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Re: Google Chrome- ending of Linux support.

From Brian Reay <no.sp@m.com>
Newsgroups alt.os.linux.ubuntu
Subject Re: Google Chrome- ending of Linux support.
Date 2016-01-27 11:11 +0000
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On 26/01/16 19:20, Paul wrote:
> Brian Reay wrote:
>>
>> I see that Google plan to stop supporting support for Chrome on Linux,
>> I believe 32 bit only initially.
>>
>> Hopefully, this isn't a precursor to a total end of support of Chrome
>> under Linux.
>>
>> I appreciate that others prefer other browsers but the ending of any
>> support for Linux is, in my view, not a good sign.
>>
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome
>
> Below is a list of platforms for which Chrome is available.
>
>      * Windows: XP Service Pack 2 or 3 / Server 2003 Service Pack 1 or
> later
>                / Vista / Server 2008 / 7 / 8 / Server 2012 / 8.1 / 10 /
> Server 2016
>
>            o Support for Windows XP and Vista will end in April 2016
>
>      * OS X: 10.6 or later
>
>            o Support for 32-bit Macs ended in October 2014
>            o OS X 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8 support will end in April 2016
>
>      * Linux[note 4]
>
>            o Support for 32-bit Intel processors will end in March 2016
>
>      * Android 4.0 or later
>      * iOS 7.0 or later
>
> http://www.osnews.com/story/28980/Google_ends_32-bit_Linux_support_for_Chrome
>
>
>    "Google ends 32-bit Linux support for Chrome
>
>        To provide the best experience for the most-used Linux versions,
>        we will end support for Google Chrome on 32-bit Linux, Ubuntu
> Precise (12.04),
>        and Debian 7 (wheezy) in early March, 2016. Chrome will continue
> to function
>        on these platforms but will no longer receive updates and
> security fixes.
>
>        We intend to continue supporting the 32-bit build configurations
> on Linux
>        to support building Chromium. If you are using Precise, we'd
> recommend
>        that you to upgrade to Trusty.
>
>     The first signs of the end of 32bit are on the wall - starting with
> Linux.
>     I wonder how long Google will continue to support 32bit Chrome on
> Windows.
>     For some strange reason, Microsoft is still selling 32bit Windows 10.
>    "
>
> That looks like the shift to 64 bit executables.
> Not some earthshaking change in support by OS.
>
> The support by OS is "normal", with end-of-life
> products being candidates for removal of support.
> Some support extended past end-of-life by a fair bit
> (like WinXP and Vista dying on the same day).
>
> HTH,
>      Paul


Hopefully, that is all it is. As I don't run any of the others which 
have been dropped/are dropped, I'd not see that they had been 
dropped/are to be dropped.

I expect there are still people in the Linux world who run a mix of 32 
bit and 64 bit versions of Linux and will continue to do so for some time.

Thank you for the information.

Brian


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