Here’s how to install it on Ubuntu. This works for Karmic Koala 9.10.

The short way with the command line

In the file /etc/apt/sources.list add the following line:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic main

In a terminal, get a key and refresh the repository index:

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 4E5E17B5
apt-get update

And install Chromium:

apt-get install chromium-browser

Installing Chromium: a walkthrough

Here’s the long version.

Normally, packages in Ubuntu are installed from the main Ubuntu repositories. But there’s also the concept of “Personal Package Archives” for experimental software. To use these, you have to specify PPA information to Ubuntu.

In a terminal, add the keys for the Chromium PPA:

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 4E5E17B5

Here’s the output:

Open up System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager. Then, in Synaptic, choose Settings > Repositories.

Click on the “Other Software” tab and then click “Add”:

Enter the following into the dialog:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic main

When you click on “Add Source”, a new repository is added which will pull in Chromium updates:

Synaptic will tell you you need to reload package information:

Click on the Reload button in the upper left-hand corner of Synaptic. Synaptic will reload package information:

After that’s done, enter “chromium” in the Quick Search box, right-click on Chromium Browser, and and select “Mark for Installation”:

Synaptic prompts you to mark additional required packages for installation. Choose Apply:

Note: don’t choose the “chromium” package. That’s actually an old Linux-based game:

Click on Apply in the toolbar in Synaptic. Verify your choice in the Summary dialog:

Synaptic downloads the package files:

And installs them:

The changes are applied:

To run Chromium, choose “Chromium Web Browser” from the Internet menu in Applications:

These instructions are for adding the daily builds PPA for Chromium, meaning that you’ll get updates for it every day if you want. For me, the version I’m running is fine, so I don’t click on the Update button when Update Manager shows up.

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A number of blogs are reporting on pictures of Google’s tablet (still under development) posted at the Chromium dev site.

One big difference between the Apple iPad (and iPhone) and Google’s Android and Tablet is that with Google, you can run multiple programs at once. So you need a UI to switch programs, and Google came up with dragging windows:

Google is said to be working with HTC, who made Google’s Nexus One cell phone, to create the Google Tablet.

Google Tablet: Full Keyboard

Google Tablet: Split Keyboard

Google Tablet: Keyboard Anchored to Side

Google Tablet: Context Menu

Google Tablet: Switching Programs

Google Tablet: Dragging WIndows

Resources

Google Tablet: Google and HTC To Launch Apple iSlate Rival [RUMOR]
A First Taste Of What The Google Tablet’s Interface Will Look Like
Google Shows Off its Tablet Concept
Chromium tablet concepts
Google Tablet YouTube
NeoWin: Google’s tablet UI concept pictures
Smarthouse: HTC To Launch Apple iSlate Competitor
Register: Google chisels Chrome OS tablet, rumors say
Washington post article

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