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Jolicloud 1.0 to bring touchscreen support

Jet Sun — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:02:08 +0000

Jolicloud v1.0 is set to bring with it full touchscreen support, just in time for the mass number of tablets and convertible netbooks that are due to hit the market. There’s no release date for the latest version, but we’ve attached a video after the break that shows a demonstration of the touch-enabled Jolicloud OS running on a Samsung NB30 netbook with touchscreen display.

Here is a list of supported touchscreen technologies:

* ADS7846/TSC2046 and ADS7843 based touchscreens
* AD7877 based touchscreens
* AD7879 based touchscreens: AD7879-1 I2C Interface
* AD7879 based touchscreens: AD7879 SPI Interface
* Compaq iPAQ H3600 (Bitsy) touchscreen
* SharpSL (Corgi and Spitz series) touchscreen driver
* Touchscreen support for Dialog Semiconductor DA9034
* EETI touchscreen panel support
* Fujitsu serial touchscreen
* Gunze AHL-51S touchscreen
* Elo serial touchscreens
* Wacom W8001 penabled serial touchscreen
* MELFAS MCS-5000 touchscreen
* MicroTouch serial touchscreens
* iNexio serial touchscreens
* ICS MicroClock MK712 touchscreen
* HP Jornada 6xx touchscreen
* HP Jornada 7xx touchscreen
* HTC Shift X9500 touchscreen
* Penmount serial touchscreen
* Renesas MIGO-R touchscreen
* Touchright serial touchscreen
* Touchwin serial touchscreen
* Atmel Touchscreen Interface
* Philips UCB1400 touchscreen
* Support for WM97xx AC97 touchscreen controllers
* WM9705 Touchscreen interface support
* WM9712 Touchscreen interface support
* WM9713 Touchscreen interface support
* WM97xx Atmel accelerated touch
* WM97xx Mainstone/Palm accelerated touch
* Zylonite accelerated touch
* USB Touchscreen Driver
o eGalax Touchkit USB (also includes eTurboTouch CT-410/510/700)
o PanJit TouchSet USB
o 3M MicroTouch USB (EX II series)
o ITM
o Some other eTurboTouch
o Gunze AHL61
o DMC TSC-10/25
o IRTOUCHSYSTEMS/UNITOP
o IdealTEK URTC1000
o GoTop Super_Q2/GogoPen/PenPower tablets
o JASTEC USB Touch Controller/DigiTech DTR-02U
* Sahara TouchIT-213 touchscreen
* TSC2007 based touchscreens
* W90P910 touchscreen driver
* Motorola PCAP touchscreen

Jolicloud’s new desktop mode goes live

Jet Sun — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:02:03 +0000

Jolicloud is now rolling out its desktop mode switcher that allows you to view the OS more suited to a desktop environment. If the screen is bigger than 11-inches, the desktop mode will be enabled by default.

Apps can now be organised just how you want in this new mode. To upgrade to the new version just hit “Update All” from the Preferences menu.

Jolicloud gets HTML5 ready; releases web app source code

Jet Sun — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:02:03 +0000

Jolicloud has released its new web application platform today that is based on Google Chrome rather than the Mozilla Prism of old. Current users need simply to update the system for the new platform to be installed. The new system should be faster with a smaller memory footprint and enables HTML5-ready browsing.

Jolicloud has named its customised Chromium (open-source version of Chrome) web app platform Nickel and even released the source code. Jolicloud says that Nickel is the “Chromium for fullscreen web apps”. The company says that over 600 apps are available in its App Center.

Jolicloud’s final ‘Robby’ release due in weeks; web apps switched to Chrome

Jet Sun — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:00:45 +0000

Jolicloud has announced that its final ‘Robby’ build will be released to the public by the end of the month. It has also announced that it will be automatically switching its web application platform to Google Chrome from Mozilla Prism that it has been using currently.

The move is said to bring a faster browsing experience, more efficient use of memory, better performance on ARM smartbooks/tablets, HTML5 as well as Chrome extensions support. Despite the switch, Firefox will still be the default browser used. It claims that Firefox on Jolicloud is 10 percent faster than on other Linux distributions due to optimisations carried out.

Jolicloud is also introducing a desktop mode, suitable for netbooks larger than 11-inches or nettops. For the first time, Jolicloud also has 100 percent compatibility of all Intel-powered netbooks.

Windows 7 polled as the best netbook OS

Jet Sun — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:47:29 +0000

There are so many operating system choices when you’ve bought your new netbook. You have the usual desktop stalwarts such as Windows, OS X and Ubuntu, but there is a growing number of Linux alternatives catered to the netbook experience such as Jolicloud, Moblin and the upcoming Chrome OS.

Lifehacker has been conducting a poll over the last week, asking its readers what is the best netbook operating system. First of all they asked their readers to flag their favourite, they then rounded up the five most popular OSes and conducted a poll to find a winner.

The five chosen candidates were Windows 7, Ubuntu, Jolicloud, OS X and Linux Mint. What I find strange about this collection is that there is no Windows XP. Given that Windows XP was preinstalled on pretty much every netbook before last October, it’s strange there’s a lack of XP love. I was also surprised to not see Moblin as one of the chosen five. Over 760 replied to the original post, which seems a reasonably high number to get a wide range of votes.

The poll itself saw 13,001 votes and declared Windows 7 the clear winner with 36 percent of the vote followed by Ubuntu with 27 percent. Jolicloud and OS X both garnered 12 percent of the votes each with Linux Mint at last place with 8 percent. Do you agree with the list? We’d love to hear your favourite below.

Jolicloud now supports Pine Trail netbooks

Jet Sun — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:25:26 +0000

The latest Jolicloud kernel is now supporting the latest netbooks based on the Intel Pine Trail platform. To perform the update you need to go to My Jolicloud and click the ‘Update All’ button. Having a look through the list, there doesn’t seem to be any major Pine trail netbook that has been excluded. Check out the list for yourself after the break.

Jolicloud Pine Trail netbook compatibility:

Acer: Aspire One 532h
Asus: Eee PC 1001P, Eee PC 1005P, Eee PC 1005PE, Eee PC 1005PE-H, Eee PC 1008P
BenQ: Joybook Lite U103
FIC: SVE00
Fujitsu: LifeBook MH380
Gateway: LT2104u, LT2106u, LT2108u, LT2110u, LT2113u, LT2114u, LT2115u, LT2118u,
LT2119u, LT2120u, LT2122u, LT2123u
HP: Mini 210, Mini 2102, Mini 5102
Intel: Classmate clamshell ‘2nd gen’, Classmate convertible ‘2nd gen’
Lenovo: IdeaPad S10-3, IdeaPad S10-3t
MSI: Wind U130, Wind U135
NEC: Lavie Light PC-BL530
Samsung: N150, N210, N220
Sony: VAIO W ‘2nd gen’
Toshiba: NB305-N310, NB305-N410, NB305-N413

Jolicloud announces Pine Trail 1080p video support

Jet Sun — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:39:16 +0000

Jolicloud has already demonstrated 1080p HD video on netbooks running on Intel’s Diamondville processors (N270 & N280), but now it has also announced 1080p support of Intel’s new Pine Trail processors (N450 Atom). No external decoder (like the Broadcom Crystal HD) is needed and most codecs should work. Liliputing says that only 1080p H.264 content will not work.

This new update is expected to go live in the next couple of weeks and will also bring with it support for Nvidia ION, Intel GMA 500 graphics as well as the VIA C7-M. Until then, check out a demo of 1080p video content playing through Jolicloud on a Samsung N210 netbook.

Jolicloud gets Nvidia ION support; 1080p HD video demoed

Jet Sun — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:08:14 +0000

Jolicloud will be getting Nvidia ION netbook support in the very near future. This means the ability to play back 1080p high definition video content out of the box, certainly a very nice addition. There’s no word on exactly when it will be released but it can’t be too long now. Check out a video demonstration of this in action after the break.

Jolicloud Pre-Beta now available to download

Jet Sun — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:18:41 +0000

The Pre-Beta of Jolicloud is now available to download for all, no need to request an invitation. This comes with Jolicloud Express that enables you to install the OS within Windows, without deleting your current Windows install. This means you can always switch back to Windows whenever you want.

The new Jolicloud HTML5 launcher is also part of the release and a screenie is attached after the break. As part of this release, it appears that the Jolicloud website has been revamped and it certainly looks much more professional now. You can download the 600MB exe file from here.

Via Netbooked.

Thanks Dan!

Jolicloud announces Pre-Beta Release; new features outlined

Jet Sun — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:15:09 +0000

Jolicloud has started to release invitations for the Pre-Beta release. This release will bring with it GMA500 support, giving the OS 98 percent compatibility with all netbooks in the market. A few netbooks running VIA C7M or AMD GEODE are the lonely few that don’t have support right now.

The Pre-Beta release includes the new Window installer called Jolicloud Express. This allows you to install the OS within windows, much like you would a new browser. This keeps Windows as a separate entity with data untouched. The old ways (ISO / USB) of installation remain for those running Linux.

The company also plans to release a new UI over the coming months. This includes redesigned logos and an updated theme. More Beta announcements are expected during the LeWeb conference in Paris on December 9th. One of these includes a new way to control your Jolicloud netbook via twitter, now that sounds very intriguing.

The company has also announced that it sent out 60,000 invitations for the Alpha program. Those that use it during this period get a special ‘Founding Member’ status. A nice way to say thank you.