Jolicloud promises touch support in version 1.0, gives a demo now
By Donald Melanson 
posted June 21st 2010 11:49AM
posted June 21st 2010 11:49AM
It's been a little while since we've heard any major news about Jolicloud, but it looks like the upstart, Linux-based OS is about to get a pretty significant upgrade -- the company has just announced that version 1.0 of the operating system will boast built-in support for touchscreens. That includes a whole array of standalone touchscreens and netbook displays (full list at the link below) and, as you can see in the brief demo video after the break, it certainly seems to be responsive enough when using Jolicloud's new HTML5 interface on a Samsung NB250 netbook.
[Thanks, Nikesh]
[Thanks, Nikesh]
Jolicloud is awesome. best netbook os ever.
@Paul Elmy i'll have whatever you are having
@Paul Elmy
Dammit iOS4 isnt frikkin out yet?
I was hoping to wake up to a beautiful release and review already.. UGH >:(
@uckApple
DUDE WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?!
@Paul Elmy
What, is there something in my teeth? :O
@Paul Elmy
I believe @uckApple faps to the words "This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion" and tries his hardest in every article to evoke said words for his grubby little games.
I say don't oblige him. Don't even acknowledge him.
@Paul Elmy WHOOP! Got my name in shining lights!
Looks nice, but it has it ways to go.
Why does Angelina Jolie get her own OS? I call shennanigans.
@Girkin Firker Ok how does everyone pronounce the name "Jolicloud":
is it Jol-e-cloud
or jo-lee-cloud?
@greg787 I figured it was pronounced jolly-cloud... Maybe I'm wrong?
@bstump That's how I pronounce it.
I have Jolicloud on my Dell Mini 9. It's fine and all, but I don't see how it's thaaaaaaat different than Ubuntu Netbook Remix. I don't know if I'd go as far as to say "Best OS Ev4r!!1!".
Its a really fantastic OS for netbooks - and even older laptops that would struggle with WIN 7 etc.
I've been using it on a dual boot on my acer aspire one and I have to say the little OS performs really well and there are a few decent apps for it.
I've used it on my eeePC 4G and it works great. It was definitely the fastest OS until Ubuntu netbook remix switched away from Gnome (not sure what it is now). I'm looking forward to Jolicloud's future releases.
I've used Jolicloud, Windows 7 and XP extensively and Jolicloud is inferior to even XP. The power management is aweful and the interface design can be confusing to users. Their so-called apps are just websites without navigation which can also cause issues. I really wanted Jolicloud to work but its a minnow in a shark tank especially when Chrome OS arrives.
@waynejust They have real apps on there as well, they are not all just links to sites in the case of google docs etc.
@biginthegame For every Google Docs there are pretenders like Gmail, Facebook, IMDB (try using this "app" without a back button), Google Maps, Quake, Tribal Wars etc.
Its been a while since I used Jolicloud so maybe its better, I dunno.
I love Jolicloud, but I do not love its inefficient battery usage...
Linux distro with just a browser... yawn.....no internet connectivity and one is stuffed.
This is Jolli-good.
I installed Jolicloud last night on a new netbook (Toshiba 305) and uninstalled it after a couple hours of poking around. Confusing, ugly, and boring. It kept wanting to take over Facebook and automatically post junk. No thanks.