Does anyone know if Google Chrome works with Linux? I don't want to try it and mess up anything. I've also heard something about a program called Chromium that is supposed to be the Linux equivalent of Chrome. Is that true?

The early Chrome beta ran under Wine. I noodled with it a bit, and decided to wait until a native Linux beta was released before I tried it again. It may become a significant browser, eventually, but at this point it is the beginning of the implementation of some very solid software engineering concepts (coarse-grained process-based threading for security and reliability for example) that might make extending/customizing the browser much less susceptible to programming and configuration errors, virus and trojan infestations, etc. Only the future will tell. Sorry, but I'm not familiar with Chromium.