JOLICLOUD OS GOES OPEN SOURCE, HEADS TO THE CLOUD

We haven't heard too much from Jolicloud in the past few months, but the company has apparently been working quite diligently on what's next: the "new Jolicloud platform." According to a mildly vague blog post from the outfit, the next edition of the OS will introduce "the personal cloud," enabling users to access the information stored there from "your iPhone, your Android phone, your tablet, your computer and pretty much any connected device with its API." In related news, Joli OS has been open sourced and is now available to the community.

JOLI OS 1.2 NOW AVAILABLE

Joli OS, formerly Jolicloud, 1.2 has just been released. You can download the OS or test out the web app in Chrome right this second. the OS has dropped the "cloud" part of its name, but ironically, it's more cloud based than ever. The entire OS has always been centered around web apps, and now the focus is on making those easier to share, discover, and create.

The UI has been polished a bit and Dropbox has been integrated so you can easily access files from any of your Joli OS devices. And that's where the new HTML 5 Chrome app comes in -- you don't have to install Joli OS on all your computers, you can now simply log in on any system that has a Chrome browser, although local apps, like OpenOffice won't work.

If you are interested, you can download the OS here.