Google Chrome 57 is Available PPA For Ubuntu and Linux Mint Derivatives

Chrome 57.0.2987.98 is now the newest stable version of the application, and it looks like it comes with various new features and improvements that have been revealed during its Beta stages of development, such as CSS Grid Layout, an improved "Add to Home" screen, as well as a Media Session API (Application Programming Interface).

"The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 57 to the stable channel - 57.0.2987.98 for Windows, Mac and Linux. This will roll out over the coming days/weeks," said Krishna Govind. "Chrome 57.0.2987.98 contains a number of fixes and improvements - a list of changes is available in the log."

Google Chrome, or Chrome, is a web browser software that tries to compete with major players, such as Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, and even the Opera web browser. It is available for the Linux, Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, and Mac OS X operating systems. But Google Chrome is more than a web browser, as it combines sophisticated open source technology, borrowed from the Chromium application, into a minimal design, all in order to help users surf the web much faster, a lot easier, and safer than ever before.

Features at a glance
A unique functionality of the Google Chrome application is its ability to search the web directly from the address bar. Just type one or more words in the address bar and immediately get suggestions for popular web pages. The application displays thumbnails of your top websites on the new tab page, a function that is popularly called Speed Dial. This functionality is also available on other similar products, and it allows you to easily access your favorite web pages instantly, with lightning speed, from any new tab.

Chrome 57 ships with 36 security fixes

In a continuous effort to improve the security and safety of Chrome users, Google's engineers managed to include a total of 36 security fixes in today's Chrome 57 update. Most of these vulnerabilities were discovered and patched by various developers that Google awarded with up to $7,500 USD, depending on the complexity of the bugs.

Check out the full release notes to see what security issues stand out, as well as the Chrome 57 Beta blog post to see all the changes that have been included in the final Chrome 57 release. Make sure that you update your installations as soon as possible to have a safe web browsing experience at all times!

How to Install / update Latest Version of Google Chrome 57 on Ubuntu Derivative System :

To Install Latest Version of Google Chrome 57 on Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak, Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 Willy Werewolf, Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04, Linux Mint 18 'Sarah', Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04 and other Ubuntu derivative systems, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands :

First download and install the key from Google Linux Repository. Or run the following command in the terminal, type the password for the user when prompted.

wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -

After installing the key, run the below command to add it to the repository.

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list'

Update ubuntu repository :

sudo apt-get update

Choose the type of Goole chrome, Stable, Beta and Unstable (Development) Version :

Install Stable Version of Google Chrome :

sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable

After installation is finished, open ubuntu on ubuntu dashboard, like this :

to remove google chrome :

sudo apt-get remove google-chrome-stable