Does Google still make Chromium browser Windows binaries available for download?

I'm only finding the source code. I could've sworn they used to have a compiled version floating around on the project page.

 

Interesting, you are right. So, Google had those Open Source kids develop a browser for them, and now that they don't need them anymore they're screwing them over and stop making the binary builds available. Smooth...

Gotta love these guys.

 

Google: "Do no evil."

 

Yep. Good one.

 

Really? You all couldn't find the binaries so you start griping about Google? Seems the problem isn't Google.

I don't really understand this hating on Google. Yes, they're a business. They're pretty good about following their "do no evil" credo overall, though. Much better than any other company anywhere near their size.

 

I am always puzzled by this Chromium vs Chrome thing. Is google chrome built from the same Chromium code base or it is google's internal product that shares the same route as chromium ?

IOW, If I take the Chromium source and build, would I get the same Chrome ?

 

Pitabred, we're talking about Chromium, not Google Chrome.

and no, Google is not particularly good at following their "don't be evil" policy. Then again they're first and foremost an advertising company, so that can't really be helped.

Why does it seem like every company who tries to position themselves as the hip, progressive underdog to Microsoft's evil big corporate image tends to end up being considerably more "evil" than MS ever was?

 

Wow I love the conclusions lmao

Chimp: Chromium is the open source project started by Google. It's worked on by anyone obviously, but there's a google team dedicated to it. Chrome is NOT Open Source but is based on Chromium. It has Google's further modifications.

If you download Chromium's latest build you'd be ahead of Chrome because Chromium is updated all the time. It would be less stable and really only useful for developers.

If you got the same version of Chromium as Chrome it would be Chrome without anything that is google specific.

Google isn't "Screwing them over" and they absolutely still need the Chromium team. No idea why you'd think otherwise Prix.



edit: http://build.chromium.org/f/chromium/snapshots/chromium-rel-xp/
in case anyone wanted the latest builds, scroll to the end.


edit2:

Please show me how they're evil. The company makes 99% of their products through advertising. I can show you tons of data showing you how they've spent money on disaster relief or how they respond to disasters with google maps. They have HUNDREDS of products that are nothing but money sink holes because they have nothing to do with advertising.

 

PROTIP: Every major corporation donates money to charity. They don't all spy on customers, kowtow to the Red Chinese government or restrict the free flow of information.

I like Google, I use a lot of Google products, but their "don't be evil" thing is incredibly hypocritical.

 

I'm still not seeing Google as evil. Just because you say so doesn't make it so. Yes, they make their money through advertising... so? They also do a lot of good things for their employees, give out a TON of very useful free software, they're a good corporate citizen that has in many (no, not all) cases stood up for what's right over what's most profitable in the short-term. What more can you want? Heck, they're publicly accusing China of meddling with Gmail. That doesn't seem like it's "kowtowing". Companies make mistakes, and how they handle them is the mark of the company. Google has earned nothing but high marks in those regards as far as I can tell.

And I'm not sure what your issue is with Chromium vs Chrome? The branding? I mean, that's the only thing that might be different. They don't do the tracking in Google or dev versions of Chrome, otherwise the browsers are pretty much identical. Chrome is built on Chromium... the differences have been removed as far as I can tell, so there's no need/way to have them separate. Really... some people are never satisfied.

 

Helping completely saturate the internet with ads, spying on users' email, tracking users for decades, censoring their products due to foreign government demands, I could go on - Google is about as "evil" as any major technology company gets. It doesn't matter that other companies do the same/similar things, other companies don't specifically boast about how important it is for them to not be evil.

As I said, I like Google, but they're as "evil" as any of their competitors - and I would NEVER make a browser branded and distributed by the largest advertiser in the history of the world a primary application on my PC, but that's just common sense.

 

Wow, every company donates to charity? I Guess that means google's donations mean nothing.

Like I said, they have dedicated resources to disaster relief. Their products are aimed at disaster relief... google maps will highlight relief centers in times of a disaster to help people in the area. You can search for doctors etc.

They've also done tons for educations, such as funding the Khan Academy with a HUGE grant.

Helping saturate the internet with ads? LOL if you think google is responsible. They provide teh SERVICE and they essentially get "hired" to do it. Do they help? Of course. Their ads are much better than "lol random phone company" because of google adsense and statistics.

The nice thing about google is that they provid ean opt out for being tracked.

Stealing emails? Source please!

As for censorship, you're referring to China? That hasn't been going on for years.

edit: Source for khan academy TWO MILLION DOLLAR GRANT. Yes, a drop in the bucket for google. But are they making profit form this? No.
http://www.stephenhobley.com/blog/2010/09/26/khan-academy-get-2m-in-funding-from-google/

Google doing some disaster relief with maps and facilitation of donations:
http://www.google.com/relief/haitiearthquake/

http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html

This is a small part. The company has so many projects that make them NO money.


edit2: As for not using their browser. Google has been funding firefox for years (since the beginning?) and I believe they still do.

 

Yes, and, for the record, I don't think there's anything wrong with that, nor do I hate them, or have any other intense feelings for them, for that matter.

On the other hand, some people may need to be reminded that Google isn't Jesus, nor are they a charity. They are a public company that has a fiduciary duty to their stockholders to maximize profits. That's all there is to them, nothing more, and nothing less.

 

Oh, and of course that particular slogan is complete and utter BS: This was (and is) obviously targeted at Microsoft, who was accused of being "evil" by a certain subculture around the 1990s or so. Of course, that company is not and was not any more evil than any other company, including Google. I would even go out on a limb and say that, at this point in time, if anything Microsoft is less "evil" than companies such as Google, or Apple, in particular...

 

It's interesting how we personify companies, even in US law we consider companies as personal entities with rights etc. Companies in fact aren't good or evil.

But if we're going to argue about which one Google is I see no reason it's any worse than other companies and I see plenty of reasons to prefer it to certain companies.

 

The only valid reason to prefer Google over its competitors is if you find their products superior. Corporate culture, especially phony veneers like Google being the "non-evil" alternative, shouldn't play into your decisions, especially when they involve paid products.

 

I couldn't agree more! I'd like to recommend ixquick.com, I switched to it and I'm loving it. It's supposed to be private and not track users, we'll see how that goes.