Jolicloud operating system
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Jolicloud operating system
Just checking to see if anyone is using the Jolicloud operating system on their netbook? I installed it a few weeks ago and am quite impressed by it. Super stable, quick, and lots of apps. If you've never heard of it check it out:
http://www.jolicloud.com/
There is a dual boot option, and it's meant basically for netbooks.
http://www.jolicloud.com/
There is a dual boot option, and it's meant basically for netbooks.
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It takes a little bit to get used to, but for the most part is really intuitive. It's got some cool apps like Pigeon, which brings all your instant messaging accounts into one. My laptop is borderline netbook - 12" screen, AMD Athlon NEO processor, ATI X1300 vid card. It came with Windows Vista and I got a free upgrade to windows 7. Jolicloud runs so much faster, and I haven't had any system crashes.
Using it right now btw and I have 5 programs running.
Using it right now btw and I have 5 programs running.
#4
Any improvement in battery life? The stock 3 cell battery on the S10 sucks...honestly, less than 2 hours of actual use time even in the "low power" setting. And the 6 cell battery is too big for me.
I signed up for the Google CR48 beta program, but I haven't gotten one so far.
EDIT:
Did you do the Windows dual boot, or did you do a clean install? I'm going to try the dual boot first.
I signed up for the Google CR48 beta program, but I haven't gotten one so far.
EDIT:
Did you do the Windows dual boot, or did you do a clean install? I'm going to try the dual boot first.
#5
Any improvement in battery life? The stock 3 cell battery on the S10 sucks...honestly, less than 2 hours of actual use time even in the "low power" setting. And the 6 cell battery is too big for me.
I signed up for the Google CR48 beta program, but I haven't gotten one so far.
EDIT:
Did you do the Windows dual boot, or did you do a clean install? I'm going to try the dual boot first.
I signed up for the Google CR48 beta program, but I haven't gotten one so far.
EDIT:
Did you do the Windows dual boot, or did you do a clean install? I'm going to try the dual boot first.
#6
I ran jolicloud 1.1 for a couple weeks on my eee 701, and it was junk. It's just another bloated linux distro that isn't easily customizable. The only time I used the massive toolbar at the top was to navigate to my drives. It updates regardless of me not wanting the update. It boots to internet in 40 seconds, slower than when I ran windows 7, a bigger os. It uses a lot of processing power and battery life, compared to lighter oses with same functions. It has a lot of bells and whistles, but for my purposes, I don't want to hear the whistles go woo. Here's a review someone did which fits the bill:
http://muedemaus.blogspot.com/2010/1...icloud-11.html
HOWever, it is an extremely simple easy to use/understand GUI much like its grandaddy xandros, so everybody and my dog can use it without ever touching the command line. Keep in mind there are several other (and imo better) distros out there, but as long as you're comfortable with what you have that's what matters. Lately I've been using tinycore linux GUI, which is 13mb installed lol. Here are some other good netbook oses, unetbootin and a usb drive allows you to try them out easily:
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=729
http://muedemaus.blogspot.com/2010/1...icloud-11.html
HOWever, it is an extremely simple easy to use/understand GUI much like its grandaddy xandros, so everybody and my dog can use it without ever touching the command line. Keep in mind there are several other (and imo better) distros out there, but as long as you're comfortable with what you have that's what matters. Lately I've been using tinycore linux GUI, which is 13mb installed lol. Here are some other good netbook oses, unetbootin and a usb drive allows you to try them out easily:
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=729
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Wait- what? I've never seen any x86 machine that handled dual-booting in the BIOS (unless you count selecting one bootable device vs. another, but that requires multiple physical drives, not just multiple partitions.)
Typically, dual-boot selection is done by a bootloader program that executes just after POST.
Typically, dual-boot selection is done by a bootloader program that executes just after POST.
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Oh, when you said it was "in the bios" I thought you meant it was in the bios.
That just sounds like the bootloader, which is the piece of software that runs after POST, and loads the operating system. In the case of windows, it's installed as part of the OS. Used to be called NTLDR, now it's BOOTMGR.
That just sounds like the bootloader, which is the piece of software that runs after POST, and loads the operating system. In the case of windows, it's installed as part of the OS. Used to be called NTLDR, now it's BOOTMGR.
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This sort of thing (esp ChromeOS) seems to be targeted largely to corporate types whose ERP systems and other common apps live "in the cloud", but yes, it does make the fundamental assumption that you don't really want to install and run applications locally on your PC in the traditional manner.
Does anybody else think that this sort of thing represents, in general, a large step backwards into a more 1960s philosophy? Wasn't the whole point of the PC revolution of the late 70s and early 80s to free us from the client-server architechture?
Does anybody else think that this sort of thing represents, in general, a large step backwards into a more 1960s philosophy? Wasn't the whole point of the PC revolution of the late 70s and early 80s to free us from the client-server architechture?