Michael Dell may not be a big fan of netbooks, but his company is certainly not going to abandon the market and allow others to reap the benefits of being involved in this market. In fact, Dell seems to be a bit ambitious with its netbook plans as well. After all, how do you explain them trying every new technology on their netbooks. Chrome is the latest piece of software that you can try on your Dell netbook thanks to a special build that has been released by the folks at Dell:

Me and some other Dell folks noticed that Engadget recently got the Chrome OS running on a Vostro A860 netbook. I’ve been doing some tinkering over the lat few days working to get our Dell Mini 10v up and running with ChromiumOS. As of late yesterday, I can report success… I have released an USB key image file to: http://linux.dell.com/files/cto.

Chrome is not a heavyweight OS. It’s ultimate goal is to take your OS to the web. It’s based on Linux and these builds are not official. In fact, the official release won’t be here until 2010. But if you have been trying to install Chrome OS on your netbook, here is your chance. Just don’t expect anything dramatic as the software is in an early stage.

Have you installed Chrome on your netbook yet?