Jolicloud: A Radical New OS

I first read about this from @tonyocruz’ tweets. Got curious, am downloading it now.

What is Jolicloud?

Jolicloud is not a traditional OS. It was built for netbook users to leverage the Cloud and make their life easier.

Source: http://www.jolicloud.com/product

Jolicloud Specifications and Features

A Simpler, Customizable Launcher Entirely Built in HTML5

• Installing an app takes only one click, and removing it is just as easy.
• Jolicloud comes with some of the best apps already pre-installed, including Gmail, Skype, Twitter, Firefox, and more.
• It’s up to you to organize your apps the way you want – your launcher is customizable.
• We take care of any app updates so that updating is easy, and that you always have the latest version of everything.

An Exhaustive App Center

• Jolicloud has selected 700+ of the best free apps to install and share with your friends.
• You don’t have to keep up with Internet trends to discover the coolest new apps – our curated, Featured Apps directory is updated weekly with the best and the latest.
• Jolicloud makes it easy for you to share what apps you like with your friends and vice versa, so it’s always a dynamic and social app environment.

A Social Stream

• Through our new Stream feature, you can feel the pulse of the Jolicloud community and discover the apps that your friends recommend.
• You’re not only kept up to date with what apps other Joliclouders like, but you can also see whatever updates your favorite apps release.
• Any notifications from Jolicloud and other third-party apps are all centralized here.

A Universal File System

• Because everything is in one place, it’s easy to manage your files and data, whether they’re on your machine or in the Cloud.
• Jolicloud facilitates access to popular online storage services like box.net, Dropbox, and drop.io, with new services being added frequently.

Experience the Anywhere OS

• You can install Jolicloud on as many devices as you’d like, and they will always be automatically synchronized. Any app you download, delete, or move around will be the same on all your other machines with no extra work on your part.
• You can even manage your interface from the Cloud – if you don’t have your computer with you, log in on any HTML5 browser like Chrome to add, remove, or organize apps.
• Moving from machine to machine has never been so easy.

It can easily be installed inside your existing operating system, allowing your computer  to have a dual boot capability. If this is the case, there should be no problem anytime you want to switch back to Windows.

I think this is worth a try. I will try this in my Asus netbook later.

For a list of compatible devices, you can check here