Joli on the MiniJolicloud on the Dell Mini

Sorry for the super delayed response in writing this, I had some family matters to attend to and they have been taking up much time.   But, without any more of a delay, here are my opening round thoughts of Jolicloud 1.0

Good:

• I obviously love the HTML5 menu system.   I enjoyed the Ubuntu Netbook Remix, but that was 3+ versions of Ubuntu ago, it’s a bit dated and needed work – the new launcher is leaps & bounds above.
• The synchronization across netbooks.   I have a virtual machine on a work computer, and being able to keep the two accounts synced is great.
• I enjoy all the new graphics & menus surrounding your social networking.
• The profile information is much clearer & easier to use than ever.
• Adding applications, organizing, & launching are a joy to use.   They really did some nice work with the layouts.

Not so good:

• Every time I log in, I have to re-sync all 53 applications that I have.   I have a virtual machine on a work computer and maybe that is why it wants to synchronize every time, but I have to download and install Gimp every time I sign in.
• The updates on my account just don’t update.    Every time I log in, I have to sync my apps, and apply 30+ updates that never take.  If I launch the Jolicloud Updates app from before, nothing ever appears.   I don’t want to try Ubuntu’s update-manager, as it crashed a VM of Jolicloud a few months prior that I don’t want to try yet.  Is there another update .deb that I can download to get these to update?
• Is there a way to move Legacy Apps into the Launcher? Am I missing this?

There’s my first list.  Does anyone else have anything to add to the Good & Not So Good?   Jolicloud has been great with offering updates to issues/concerns that users have with the funcionality, so any constructive criticism will not fall on deaf ears.

Good luck to all & hope to see many updates in the future!

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Thanks for stopping by. We’ll have a full review of Jolicloud 1.0, hopefully with some videos shortly.

I’ve been using it for a few days, and I really like a lot of the changes. More to come shortly.

Here is the screen that I woke up to this morning on Jolicloud:

Users will begin to see this throughout the next few days to begin their upgrades.

Not much time to talk now, I’m ready to upgrade!

The good folks at Jolicloud have put together their own upgrade guide to ease users into making the transition from Jolicloud 0.9 to 1.0.

Check out more at their Official Upgrade Guide.

We’ll have our own reactions here as the upgrades get rolled out to founding members…

Here’s what it will look like when you get to update your Jolicloud:

Check out more Jolicloud Pic’s on their Twitter account.

The newest version of Jolicloud – version 1.0 will launch to selected members throughout the next few days. The new HTML5 launcher will be the biggest visual change from the original Ubuntu Netbook Remix interface to the new HTML5 launcher that will be the single largest change in Jolicloud history.

Here’s the official final version screen shot for 1.0:

Jolicloud 1.0 Launcher

Read the official blog post from Jolicloud’s Blog page.

More to come in the next few days…