Jolicloud appears to be the OS my netbook had been waiting for

Joli­cloud Launcher

If you are a net­book user and you have been look­ing for the per­fect OS to put on your net­book, might i sug­gest: Joli­cloud.

What are my cri­te­ria for a great net­book OS?  Basi­cally 3 things:

1. Max­i­mized screen real estate
2. Runs FAST on mobile processor
3. Exten­sive dri­vers to sup­port hardware
4. NOT A CRITERIA BUT JOLICLOUD BLOWS THE OTHERS OUT OF THE WATER:  Ease of instal­la­tion to net­book PC

OK, So Joli­cloud doesn’t score per­fectly, because for what­ever rea­son, Win­dows 7 is still run­ning faster, and the track­pad still needs some tweak­ing to get it to work, but for a net­book OS, Joli­cloud get 2 thumbs up from me and here’s why:

• The UI is totally opti­mized for small screens, even moreso that Ubuntu Net­book Remix.
• The app instal­la­tion process is the eas­i­est i’ve ever seen.
• Many of the “apps” are sim­ply webapps with their own site-specific browsers, so you can switch “apps” to Gmail, which is a window-less, border-less, menu-less browser win­dow JUST for Gmail (or Gdocs, or Pan­dora, or etc…)
• Joli­cloud is the first OS i’ve seen to really embrace the net­book idea, because, yeah, it’s a net­book, so no, it really won’t be much use to you when you aren’t on the net.
• Ease of instal­la­tion:  No flash dri­ves, no bootable flags, if you are run­ning win­dows, just down­load, exe­cute, and .….. wait.  It was the eas­i­est OS install i ever did, except i really didn’t do any­thing at all.  It was great!

My setup:  Up until last week i have been run­ning Win­dows 7, and Ubuntu 9.10 Net­book remix in a dual-boot setup on my Asus eee PC 1005HA w/ 2Gb RAM.  I’m now a triple-booter

Joli­cloud