The desktop browser wars have claimed another casualty. Camino, a free, open source Web browser specifically designed for the Mac OS X operating system, will no longer be developed going forward. The Camino Project is a group of people devoted to creating the best web browser for Mac OS X. Volunteers are divided up into teams in order to focus efforts. Project Leaders The following four people are the leaders of the project.

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A listing of all available releases of Camino.

Version 2.1

For Mac OS X 10.4 or later

Camino 2.1.2 is the latest stable release of Camino. For more information about Camino 2.1.2, please see our release notes.

The following Camino releases are no longer supported.

Version 2.0

The following Camino releases are no longer supported.

Mac Os Versions

Version 1.6

For Mac OS X 10.3.9

The following Camino releases are no longer supported. Camino 1.6.11 is the last release of Camino for users of Mac OS X 10.3.9.

Version 1.5

For Mac OS X 10.3.0 through 10.3.8

The following Camino releases are no longer supported. Camino 1.5.5 is the last release of Camino for users of Mac OS X 10.3.0 through 10.3.8.

Version 1.0

For Mac OS X 10.2

The following Camino releases are no longer supported. Camino 1.0.6 is the last release of Camino for users of Mac OS X 10.2.

Version 0.8

Project: Camino Mac Os X

For Mac OS X 10.1

The following Camino releases are no longer supported. Camino 0.8.5 is the last release of Camino for users of Mac OS X 10.1.

Project: Camino Mac Os Catalina

Version 0.7 and prior

The following Camino releases are no longer supported.

Since its humble beginnings in early 2002, the Gecko-based OS X web browser Camino (originally known as Chimera) has been one of the most-acclaimed browsers on the Mac platform. Mac.Ars had a chance to find out what's up in the world of Camino (and open source development on OS X) by chatting with Mike Pinkerton, the driving force behind Camino. In the interview he talks about the pace of development, his thoughts on Safari, and how Camino got its start in the first place:

We started developing a side project, then called 'Chimera' for its hybrid mix of native Cocoa front-end and cross-platform/Carbon/Cocoa backend. The goal of this project was to make a fast, standards-compliant browser that just worked. It didn't have 50,000 features, you couldn't check your email from the certificate dialog. It was streamlined and simple; exactly what you needed and nothing more.

Mike also discusses the effect the release of Safari had on Camino, some of the challenges in doing open-source development on Mac OS X, and the future direction of Camino. Check it out.