Jolicloud: Cloud enabled and not just for netbooks

“There’s a Linux distribution for every occasion and the main
purpose of Jolicloud is to present a web enabled GUI for netbooks
and similar devices. I’m going to take a look at a preview release
of the forthcoming 1.1 version. Under the hood, it’s based on the
Ubuntu long term service release (10.04), and the front end is
handled by a combination of the Chromium web browser and a full
screen user interface that eschews overlapping windows.

“Netbooks are the obvious target of this distribution, and by
default, it’s setup as a browser for website and cloud based
applications. However, it’s easy to expand, and I think this could
be a distribution with a lot of uses. It’s possible to add
applications, and it can also be installed on any hardware that
standard Ubuntu can including desktop PCs. Even better, as well as
focussing on convenience, it’s easy to use, meaning that it might
be a good platform for people who aren’t very good at using
computers.”

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