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title: Google Chrome Now On Linux, Alpha Release
description: Google Chrome Now On Linux, Alpha Release
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# [Google Chrome Now On Linux, Alpha Release](https://www.ironpaper.com/current/2009/06/google-chrome-now-on-linux-alpha-release)

 Written by [Ironpaper](https://www.ironpaper.com/current/author/admin) | Jun 2, 2009 3:49:05 AM

Google Chrome is now available for Linux as an alpha release.

The developers of the open source Chromium code base decided to build the Linux port with GTK+, the toolkit that is used by the popular GNOME desktop environment. This will help it feel more like a native application for GNOME based Linux distributions.

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