Why I Love Wine
No, not the kind of wine that makes you tipsy, but the kind that allows Windows programs to run on non-windows operating systems. With the release of Google Chrome, the new browser from Google, I was disappointed that they had failed to make a beta version for other operating systems. However, I tried running the installer in wine, only to get the following result:
fixme:advapi:CheckTokenMembership ((nil) 0×13fba0 0×33f930) stub!
fixme:process:SetProcessShutdownParameters (00000280, 00000001): partial stub.
fixme:ole:CoInitializeSecurity ((nil),-1,(nil),(nil),6,2,(nil),64,(nil)) - stub!
fixme:winhttp:WinHttpOpen ((null), 1, (null), (null), 0×0): stub
A few people managed to get it working through a few tweaks.
First, make sure you are running the latest version of wine (1.1.3 currently).
Download the offline installer of Google Chrome.
Then get the native riched20 and riched30:
wget http://kegel.com/wine/winetricks
sh ./winetricks riched20 riched30
To run Google Chrome simply execute the following command:
wine “$HOME/.wine/drive_c/windows/profiles/$USER/Local Settings/Application Data/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe” –new-http –in-process-plugins
It should also run from your Wine program directory (Applications -> Wine -> Programs -> Google Chrome) if you are running Gnome.
Just to prove it works, here is a screenshot.
It works!
Oh yeah, and I wrote this post in Google Chrome :D
It is a bit laggy and the anti-aliasing doesn’t work, but that is expected with a compatibility layer such as wine. All the main features are fast and impressive though. It gets a thumbs up from me!
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Great. Now read the license agreement :P
Robert Heywood
3 Sep 08 at 9:36 pm (GMT)
Are you talking about this section?
http://tapthehive.com/discuss/This_Post_Not_Made_In_Chrome_Google_s_EULA_Sucks
Adrian Hayter
3 Sep 08 at 9:48 pm (GMT)
Hey thanks for the info! I’ll be sure to try that out when I get home to my Ubuntu install..
Sisyphus Fragment
3 Sep 08 at 10:03 pm (GMT)
FYI: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080903-google-on-chrome-eula-controversy-our-bad-well-change-it.html
Sisphus Fragment
3 Sep 08 at 11:27 pm (GMT)
anti-aliasing doesn’t seem to be a characteristic of GC at all, I don’t think it has anything to do with Wine. Just sayin.
Luis Dias
4 Sep 08 at 5:23 pm (GMT)
okay, they fixed section 11. Carry on.
Robert Heywood
4 Sep 08 at 7:34 pm (GMT)
oops, forgot to link.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/update-to-google-chromes-terms-of.html
Robert Heywood
4 Sep 08 at 7:35 pm (GMT)
Well my installation on Windows XP does look much better. It might just be the way I have wine set up though.
Adrian Hayter
4 Sep 08 at 11:57 pm (GMT)
Great, which distro you use, I use mainly Ubuntu and now I am using Linpus Litte on a Aspire ONE.
Faryshta
9 Sep 08 at 10:47 am (GMT)
@Faryshta
I use Gentoo on my laptop, Ubuntu on my desktop.
Adrian Hayter
9 Sep 08 at 11:00 am (GMT)
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