Everyday Nerd

I told you, about Google working on releasing more Linux apps.  Well, , Google opened Google Linux Software Repositories.

From their site:

Overview

Google’s Linux software repositories make it easier to download and stay up-to-date with current releases of Google Linux applications.

Thank you Google!  They currently support Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, Suse, and Redhat Linux Distro’s.

Why is this great?  Ease of software installation and updates.  Simply add the repository to your Linux box, type a single command, and the product is installed.  Also, when you run your update program, any Google product will be updated automatically - no more manual upgrades!

I tinker with Linux quite a bit.  One thing that bugged me though is how slow some applications - like Firefox - loaded.  Problem solved with Preloader!

sudo apt-get install Preload

.csharpcode, .csharpcode pre
{
font-size: small;
color: black;
font-family: consolas, “Courier New”, courier, monospace;
background-color: #ffffff;
/*white-space: pre;*/
}
.csharpcode pre { margin: 0em; }
.csharpcode .rem { color: #008000; }
.csharpcode .kwrd { color: #0000ff; }
.csharpcode .str { color: #006080; }
.csharpcode .op { color: #0000c0; }
.csharpcode .preproc { color: #cc6633; }
.csharpcode .asp { background-color: #ffff00; }
.csharpcode .html { color: #800000; }
.csharpcode .attr { color: #ff0000; }
.csharpcode .alt
{
background-color: #f4f4f4;
width: 100%;
margin: 0em;
}
.csharpcode .lnum { color: #606060; }

This runs in the background, and preloads applications that you use most!  I’m using with Ubuntu 7.04, but should work with most any distro.  Project page here: SourceForge

Source: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=751&num=1

Looks like Google is going to continue adding to it’s Linux applications!  With Picasa for Linux (although it runs on WINE), and Google Earth for Linux already, one can only hope that an official Google Talk client, or even Google Desktop will be here by end of year!