An anonymous reader writes "In a curious contrast to conventional wisdom, there are reports of X11 Chromium being faster than Windows or Mac versions. In the thread titled 'Why is Linux Chrome so fast?,' a developer speculates that it is due to the use of... ...full story at slashdot
from slashdot on Tue, Nov 03 2009
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| 05 Jun 09 |
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Google launches Chrome for Mac, Linux - with a caveat » digg Google late Thursday released developer-only versions of its Chrome browser for Mac and Linux, making good on a nine-month-old promise that it would eventually add those editions to the Windows version that debuted last September. |
| 02 Nov 09 |
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Why is Linux Chrome so fast? » digg Chromium developers discussing why the Linux version of Chromefeels ridiculously faster than Windows and Mac. |
| 18 Mar 09 |
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2.0 Beta Chrome On Windows, Chromium On Linux » slashdot AlienRancher writes "Google launched this morning a new beta version of Chrome 2.0: 'The best thing about this new beta is speed — it's 25% faster on our V8 benchmark and 35% faster on the Sunspider benchmark than the current stable channel version... |
| 05 Jun 09 |
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Google Announces Chrome For Mac and Linux Dev Builds » slashdot Dan Kegel (who admits to being a Chrome developer) writes to point out a post from Mike Smith and Karen Grunberg, Product Managers for Google Chrome, with some good news for non-Windows users who want to play with Chrome: "In order to get more feedback... |
| 12 Mar 09 |
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Microsoft Says IE Faster Than Chrome and Firefox » slashdot An anonymous reader writes "According to its own speed tests, Microsoft's Internet Explorer loads most websites faster than both Chrome and Firefox when looking at the top 25 websites on the Internet. 'As you can see, IE8 outperforms Firefox 3.05 and... |