JoliCloud is an Ubuntu linux based OS, developed with netbooks in mind. Since netbooks are low on processing power and most of them are used mostly for surfing the Internet it would be apt to use an OS which would not only boot up in a jiffy but will also be completely dedicated towards the use of web-applications.
JoliCloud has somewhat blurred the line between a web-application and a desktop based application. Since it is based on Ubuntu Linux, it can run all applications compatible with Ubuntu, like Gimp and OpenOffice.org, and you can also install web-applications which would create desktop icons for one click access to those web-sites. This is done by using Firefox's prism. So every time you install a web-applications, JoliCloud creates a shortcut on the desktop using Prism and thus you can launch separate instances of these applications, like twitter or Facebook in separate, single Firefox Windows.
The operating system also lets you subscribe to feeds from other JoliCloud users. So, If I am using JoliCloud and you subscribe to my updates, you will get notified about my activities, for eg. which applications I have installed etc.
I forgot to say, It looks great!!!
Jolicloud is fast, completely open source and is developed exclusively for net surfing on your netbook. In a nutshell, its a free, social netbook OS that utilizes, open source software and harnesses the open web to provide you with a seamless web experience on that low cost, ultraportable netbook of yours.
JoliCloud is currently in its Alpha release and giving out invitations to download and try it out. There are still some issues to be sorted out so the invites are coming in very slowly. Sign yourself in for invites to get a code at the earliest.
The developers of Jolicloud are also in talks with many hardware providers to make it available on their netbooks, preinstalled. It sure looks promising and may as well change the way users feel about an OS, as far as a netbook is concerned.
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