A few days ago Jolicloud is in beta and does not need any invitation to download. To be honest I had also received the invitation, but I had not found the time to try this OS, I have not found until yesterday afternoon to spend two hours all'eeepc. First I downloaded the latest version, then I tried to put it on a USB stick directly on Linux, but there was no way so I spent the whole window and from there to the creation of the pen has gone smoothly.
The installation is as simple as you can imagine and is no different from a normal ubuntu, in any case, the guide web Jolicloud explains quite well how to proceed.
E 'was refreshing to see everything work right away, only the audio has some problems but after a reboot is affixed gone too.
The operating system is derived from Ubuntu, the boot is quite fast in the notification is an icon that allows you to vary the operating frequency of cpu up to all 900 Mhz.
The interface is very similar to Ubuntu Netbook Remix pre 9.10, Jolicloud different is the application that allows you to very easily manage the installation of software on the machine. In fact on this system there is no trace of Synaptic, apt-get while still working quite well.
Jolicloud make extensive use of Prism webapp, the icon Facebook or Twitter does is install a configuration file for Prism. Compared
Chrome OS is the impression of a more traditional but more solid and usable.
Personally, I found a stable system, with a clean interface and easy to use, also provide pre-installed The flash plugin is a perfect choice if you want to make an operating system for people with little familiarity with Linux.
course there is still some window to resize properly to make it usable on the resolution of 7 inches of my eeepc. Overall, the feedback is very good and I think to hold it in place of UNR 9.10 I was found to be slightly heavy, with too many bugs on my 701.
Jolicloud I honestly believe that the interface was not limited to a few features, but this does not alter the validity of the project and its ability to grow this new user interface.