The team over at Jolicloud have updated their development blog and provided details of whats in store when they roll out their next release. In case you haven’t heard of it, Jolicloud is a cloud-centric open-source OS based on Ubuntu Netbook Remix. It takes popular web apps and bundles them up as desktop apps, so when you click an application in your system, you’re actually being whisked away to whatever service you selected, even though it appears to be running locally. Jolicloud is tailored specifically for Netbooks, it’s incredibly lightweight and can boot in a matter of seconds on most Netbook hardware. They also say with this latest release they’ve hit 100% compatibility with Intel-powered Netbooks.
We’re big fans of Jolicloud here (I’m using it right now!), so it’s pleasing to see them continue their work towards a fully-fledged OS. They’ve already established a solid early-adopter userbase and will now be looking to push more into the mainstream.
The biggest news from the team is that they are ditching Mozilla Prism as their web app platform and migrating to Google Chrome – this will provide numerous advantages but most importantly it will make your apps run faster. They’ve also revamped their App Center and added a higher resolution screen mode for Nettops running on large monitors.
Jolicloud CEO and all-around nice guy Tariq Krim is due to keynote the Plugg Conference in Brussels in a few days, where more details (including release dates) will be forthcoming.
Source – Jolicloud Blog.
