Chrome Version (from the about:version page): 44.0.2403
OS + version: LinuxMint 17.1
CPU architecture (32-bit / 64-bit): 64
Window manager:
URLs (if relevant):
Behavior in Linux Firefox: flawless
Behavior on Opera 12.16: flawless
Behavior in Opera 34: same as Chrome

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. open a local directory with an index.html file (or similar) with links to 1000 or so thumbnail images

In blink-based builds on linux, many of the thumbnails will not be loaded

This behavior seems consistent in Blink-based browsers and is due to these browsers honoring limits on open files set by "ulimit -n". A workaround is therefore to set a higher limit on open files, e.g. with the command "ulimit -S -n 4000". However, this is archaic, and other browsers (e.g. Firefox and Opera 12) does not impose this limit. Further, Blink-based browsers are happy to load all thumbnails if provided an HTTP-based URL to the same files (as opposed to a local file handle).