Dell providing BETA of Chromium OS for Dell Mini 10v

Dell has made available BETA version of the Chrome OS for one of its netbooks and the lucky one is Dell Mini 10V. The image can downloaded from this link and you will need a linux machine for writing this to the flash USB drive. All you have to do is write the following in the terminal

dd if=ChromiumOS_Mini10v_Nov25.img of=/dev/sdb

Note: you will a minimum of 8GB flash drive for installing chrome on the flash drive.

Dell to offer Google Chrome OS on future netbooks, along with Windows XP and Ubuntu OS

Dell is keenly interested in forthcoming smartbooks and they are very much looking forward to provide Google’s Chrome OS on future netbooks.

“The target market for smartbooks will be no different from Linux-based netbooks as they both have the same usage scenario. Like smartbooks, Linux-based netbooks are targeted at those looking for quick access to Web-based applications.The more [Web-based] applications there are, the better it is for Linux,” Finch, Dell’s official, said.

And some Linux news, Dell has decided to update the Ubuntu 8.04 software with the Ubuntu 9.04 NBR and will release an update for their Ubuntu netbooks in coming week.

“There are still a large percentage of people that prefer Windows, even on a netbook,” Finch said. Many are familiar with the look and feel of Windows, and are unwilling to trade in for the longer battery life offered by Linux. He couldn’t comment about the possible adoption rates of Windows 7, which is due for release on Oct. 22.