Beta version of the "killer" (or "competitor") Google Chrome OS will be released in January 2010, release - within a year
Computerworld writes about the estimated timelines for the free access of the new Web OS for netbooks - Jolicloud. She is better known as a very peculiar " competitor " of Google Chrome OS. So, Tarik Krim, the CEO of Jolicloud, says the public beta will be presented at the end of January 2010 at CES and the final release will be released within a year.
Jolicloud will differ from Google Chrome OS, first of all, in that it will not be completely “web axis” - users will be able to choose not only remote storage, but also a regular computer drive as the file storage location. In addition, full support for modern Intel GMA500 GPUs for netbooks such as Dell Mini 12, Asus Eee 1101HA or Acer Aspire One 751 is considered a competitive advantage, which allows you to watch HD-video on them. The interface will be optimized for small netbook screens. Other internal devices will also work better than on regular desktop Linux distributions.
A typical Jolicloud case study will be to install it as a second OS (along with Windows XP or 7 Starter) on a netbook, and even a simple user can do it. Therefore, the system will be freely distributed for download from the project website. There will be no OEM presets - as the aforementioned general director put it, “there are only 12 people in our company and we cannot pay them for meetings with each [vendor]”. He made an even more biting remark: "While Chrome OS will provide users with something more massive [generic], we will do something close to the Mac in terms of user interface."
Jolicloud will differ from Google Chrome OS, first of all, in that it will not be completely “web axis” - users will be able to choose not only remote storage, but also a regular computer drive as the file storage location. In addition, full support for modern Intel GMA500 GPUs for netbooks such as Dell Mini 12, Asus Eee 1101HA or Acer Aspire One 751 is considered a competitive advantage, which allows you to watch HD-video on them. The interface will be optimized for small netbook screens. Other internal devices will also work better than on regular desktop Linux distributions.
A typical Jolicloud case study will be to install it as a second OS (along with Windows XP or 7 Starter) on a netbook, and even a simple user can do it. Therefore, the system will be freely distributed for download from the project website. There will be no OEM presets - as the aforementioned general director put it, “there are only 12 people in our company and we cannot pay them for meetings with each [vendor]”. He made an even more biting remark: "While Chrome OS will provide users with something more massive [generic], we will do something close to the Mac in terms of user interface."