I have a similar experience, and also switched back to Firefox on Linux. There must be something in my setup [1] that screws with Chrome's expectations, because its performance and stability are horrendous on this computer.
It runs fine and dandy on my Windows machine though.
[1] Ubuntu 12.04, dual-monitor, AwesomeWM, Nvidia Quadro FX 580, 8-core and 8GB RAM,
It runs fine and dandy on my Windows machine though.
[1] Ubuntu 12.04, dual-monitor, AwesomeWM, Nvidia Quadro FX 580, 8-core and 8GB RAM,