Google Releases Chrome 17 Stable for Linux

Softpedia is the first to announce today, February 8 that Google has just released and the last stable release of Google Chrome 17 web browsers for Linux, Macintosh, Windows and Chrome Frame platform.


Google Chrome 17 (actual version is 17.0.963.46) includes new features such as extension API, an updated Omnibox prerendering, download scanning protection, and many small changes and security fixes. Google Chrome 17 is here to offer faster downloads and more secure browsing.

"With the current stable release, Chrome is now doing the same thing except not to sandwich .. When you start typing in the omnibox and autocompletes URL to your site is likely to visit, will Chrome PreRender page, so it will appear more quickly - sometimes , even immediately - as soon as you hit Enter ".

"On the security side, Chrome now does even more to help protect you from malicious downloads. Also check the list of known bad files, Chrome also perform checks on executable files (such as" exe ". And" MSI ". File)."

"If the executable does not match the white list, check with Google Chrome for more information, such as whether you are accessing the website hosts a large number of malicious downloads." - It is stated in the announcement blog.


Google Chrome 17 under Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

As we have stated at the beginning of the article, Google Chrome web browser 17 also brings many bug fixes. To see them all, please see the official release notes.

As usual, Google Chrome 17 is available for both 32-bit architecture and 64-bit binary packages for Ubuntu 11:10 (Ocelot Oneiric) and Debian 6.0 distribution, as well as for all RPM-based Linux operating systems.

About Google Chrome

Google Chrome is a revolutionary web browser that makes surfing the internet more efficient and ergonomic by placing modules on each new tab is opened.

Instead of showing a blank page, Google Chrome offers eight thumbnails, display the most visited sites, the search bar of history and even the last ten closed tabs.

Google Chrome is very fast, from the moment you open it up close.

Download Google Chrome for Linux 17.0.963.46 now from Softpedia.

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