Google Eliminates Gizmo5 Client For Linux

cuttheredwire writes "Evidence on the Gizmo5 forum (login required) confirms that since Google's takeover of Gizmo5, only the Windows, Mac, and iPhone clients are available for download from the official Web page. The Linux download link no longer works. This is a potential problem for happy Linux users with paid-up credit in their Gizmo5 accounts if they need to reinstall the software. A back-door download is still available, although it is speculated on the forums that it will go away soon. Does this mean that (as with other Google projects such as Google Talk) Linux will be the poor relation for Google Voice also?"

Re:Are you sure?

[clang_jangle]

So are you saying that the real story here is that one Linux user decided to install it while the server was momentarily down, freaked out and wrote a panic-mode slashdot submission which was then published to the front page with zero fact checking?

Why, that's just shocking! :D

Re:Linux's own fault

[mhall119]

1998 called, they want their rant back.

Re:Chrome OS?

[chabotc]

Heh your comment reads like a FOX headline.

Sure there's no stable release of Chrome for Linux yet, however you can download the current dev version from http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel [chromium.org]

It's being worked on, and if anything ChromeOS (which is linux+chrome) should tell you they're taking it quite seriously

Re:Chrome OS?

[ColdWetDog]

Google simply understands that Linux users have no friends, thus have no need for face recognition and are just trying to keep everything neat and streamlined.