Saturday
12Dec2009
Is Jolicloud a Solid Choice for Netbooks?
Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 11:23AM What is Jolicloud?
Jolicloud is a lightweight netbook operating system. It's totally free and installs in minutes. Once installed you are able to boot up your computer with a choice of either Windows (or whatever you have on your netbook before) or Jolicloud.
Jolicloud is sort of in the same vein as the Google Chrome OS but rather than only having web apps to power your system, Jolicloud is able to run native clients or programs.
Strong enough for full time?
I am on my netbook full time with a backup laptop of ancient qualities (I think it was built by the Mayans). So, I'm considering making Jolicloud my default or main operating system. I don't miss much from Windows XP. Most of my time spent on the computer is on the internet anyway. I already used a lot of online applications to do my day to day work and I don't use Photoshop or anything heavy.
Jolicloud is simple, lightweight and fast. I had some strange bugs going on with Google Chrome under Windows XP but they disappear under Jolicloud. Apps are a breeze to install and the library is pretty solid. Of course not everything is there but some substitutes are actually pretty nice and fun to play around with.
Jolicloud makes my netbook feel young again. I'm going to give it a few days and see if I can make the switch.
If you have a netbook you should definitely play around with Jolicloud.
Reader Comments (2)
Kevin,
I'm inspired. I'm messing around with Jolicloud, although I have NO idea what I'm doing with it. Hope its a gentle learning curve! :D
It definitely does have a very easy learning curve and the OS itself is pretty straight forward. I do hope you enjoy it! If you have any questions please ask!