Chrome OS vs Joli OS
Brad Linder editor of Liliputing has put Chrome and Jolicloud head to head in the battle made for two operating systems built for the clouds.
The first Chrome OS laptops are starting to ship, bringing Google’s vision of an operating system built solely around a web browser to the masses… or to any masses that care to order a Samsung Series 5 or Acer Cromia Chromebook. But Google isn’t the only company offering an operating system aimed at low power notebooks with an emphasis on the web browser, web apps, and synchronization of your data across multiple devices. A company called Jolicloud has been pushing a similar vision for close to three years.
Like Chrome OS, Joli OS is designed to run web apps in full screen mode. You can’t shrink a browser window or view two web apps side by side at the same time. But here’s the key difference between the two operating systems: Joli OS doesn’t only run web apps.
Both operating systems include file browsers, and you can listen to MP3s, view JPGs, or read PDF files while you’re offline with a Chrome OS laptop. Like Chrome OS, Joli OS saves your preferences to an online account. You can view your desktop from any computer with a web browser just by logging in.
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