So there’s a small hardware project I’m playing with for drop.io. A telepresence robot to help me throughout my day while I work from my home office, considering I’m 1,584 miles from HQ.
Short story, long… it’s a netbook on top of a iRobot Create platform.
At any rate, what does this have to do with Jolicloud? It’s the OS that’s running on the netbook! I’m using that as a platform. It’s very netbook friendly and behaves kind of like an iPhone, where you have a simple interface where you can “add apps” and they are part of your “in your face” UI experience.
Of course, with early adopting, there’s always bugs… and this one is no exception. There are lots of really annoying issues with Jolicloud right now, but I’m sure they’ll get taken care of. Lots of password prompts and system nuances, that are results of retrofitting their UI on top of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution.
Either way, give it a try… also check out Moblin, which is another netbook focused Linux distribution.
I'm a Ruby developer that loves to play with science, math, and gadgets. Previously, I was part of a startup called drop.io, acquired by Facebook. I live in Fort Worth, TX with my wife, 2 dogs, and baby boy. I'm a foodie, a gamer, and a self proclaimed scientist.
