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    Jolicloud

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by MidnightSun, Dec 11, 2009.

  1. MidnightSun

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    Jolicloud

    Jolicloud is a Linux distribution optimized to be fast and perfectly suited for netbooks. It seems pretty interesting, although I don't have a netbook to test it on, and my brother will not let me try it out on his Mini 10v.

    Jolicloud installs onto your C drive in Windows, so it's easy to install/uninstall it.

    [​IMG]

    Jolicloud intro:

    Supported Netbooks:
    (I hope no one posted this already. I tried searching several times, though)... :eek:
     
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    MidnightSun, Dec 11, 2009
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  2. JodyH

    JodyH Newbie

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    I like the looks of this.
    I may have to give it a try and see how it compares to Ubuntu Netbook remix.
     
    JodyH, Dec 12, 2009
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    TechCrunch did a review of Jolicloud back when it was in Alpha state, and found that it was very nice, except for the installation procedure.

    With the new beta, however, there is no longer a need to download a USB image and boot from it to install - rather, you can simply run an installation file within Windows to install Jolicloud.

    Looks interesting - I intend to test it out sometime during my midyear break.
     
    MidnightSun, Dec 12, 2009
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    Nice interface, install was easy and hardware detection was good but had a few too many glitches for me. Uninstall worked perfectly.
    I like Ubuntu Netbook better.
     
    JodyH, Dec 14, 2009
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    BrandonSi Notebook Savant

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    Hmm.. Looks VM worthy, might check it out. Thanks for sharing that!
     
    BrandonSi, Dec 14, 2009
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    Hm. It has the N10E, but not the N10J. I wonder if they could put the Nvidia binary and community/open source drivers in the repos... they say there is support for the ION platform, so I would expect these drivers to work just fine for the N10.

    Edit: N10J support is seen on the Wiki, but not on the main compatibility page. I'll be downloading this.
     
    ChivalricRonin, Dec 16, 2009
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