Jolicloud

Jolicloud For Kids Coming Soon?

Peter from Netbooked caught Jolicloud’s founder Tariq Krim talking about “Jolicloud for kids” on Twitter:

“preping a jolicloud for kids. If you have kids (6 to 17) would love to chat with them and with you to build the perfect offer !”

Looks like a kiddie version of Jolicloud is coming soon.

Jolicloud To Support 1080p HD Videos On Pine Trail Netbooks

Jolicloud will be adding support for 1080p HD video playback on netbooks running on Intel Pine Trail platform. The format supported includes DivX, Xvid, and most other MPEG4-based codecs, except for H.264. It will not require any external processor such as the Broadcom Crystal HD video accelerator to play the 1080p HD video.

According to Jolicloud founder, Tariq Krim, the update will be released later this week or early next week. Check out the video below for the demonstration of 1080p HD video playback on Samsung N220 running Jolicloud:

via: Liliputing

Jolicloud Netbook OS review

Jolicloud is an Ubuntu Linux based operating system which is designed specifically for netbooks to run web applications such as Gmail, Google Docs, Facebook, Twitter, etc… and the best part is, it’s free. If you like to try something other than Windows XP or 7 on your netbook, Jolicloud is a great choice. Below is a brief review and walkthrough of the Jolicloud OS.

Windows 7 And JoliCloud – Which One Boots Faster?

Well this is not exactly a fair comparison but just to give you an idea of the booting time for both Windows 7 and Jolicloud on netbooks.

Windows 7 booting time on an Acer Aspire One D250: 33 seconds.

Jolicloud booting time on a Samsung N140: 28 seconds.

Jolicloud Public Beta Version Now Available

Jolicloud is an Ubuntu Linux based operating system which is designed specifically for netbooks to run web applications such as Gmail, Google Docs, Facebook, and Twitter.. This operating system has been in private alpha testing for months and is now finally released to the public. You can now download it here and install without invitation code. Make sure you check the list of netbooks that are compatible with Jolicloud before installing.

While the Jolicloud has just been released to the public, some folks with private invitation has been able to download and tested the OS while it’s still in private alpha version. Below are some walk through video on the Jolicloud by these folks.

It turns out that the Jolicloud has a pretty fast boot-up time of less than 40 seconds.. and different from Google Chrome OS, the Jolicloud is more than just a web browser. It can run native Linux applications such as OpenOffice.org, Boxee, and GIMP, which makes it pretty useful when you’re on an airplane or another location where you may not have an internet connection.