Joli OS the future of Linux?

[KBD47]

Man I hope this isn't the future of Linux:
http://www.jolicloud.com/blog/2011/10/2 ... organized/

If it becomes just one big phone and tablet OS with little thought to the desktop computer user, I think it fails both the desktop user and the phone/tablet user. I highly doubt that, beyond Android, Linux will make a dent on the phone and tablet market. Here is what I recently posted on another message board: Joli OS has just announced its beta to run on tablets, phones, and computers. Guess what? It's based on Ubuntu. The writing is on the wall. Why make tablet/phone interfaces if you don't plan on entering the tablet and even phone market in the future? Maybe not for iPads or iPhones, but there are other tablets and phones and more to come. Joli OS is just the first to start down the path IMO.
But is it the correct path? And will desktop users follow the new tablet interface Linux makers?
KBD47

[mrjoeyman]

Well from what I see around me, the people who determine the path of such things (the buyer/users) need all of the latest and greatest "eye candy" and edge of the envelope technology to keep them happy, so I don't see that happening in that market from Linux anytime soon. At least to the extent that the masses "need" it. (IMHO)

[randomizer]

The biggest part of this announcement is not Joli OS (which is kinda cool, and very speedy on my old netbook), but the new Jolicloud platform. They are two separate entities which are tightly integrated but functional apart from each other. Well Jolicloud is anyway. Joli OS isn't so useful without Jolicloud. I signed up to the beta a while ago but totally forgot about it. I await an invite.

[KBD47]

Finally, all of us who said Unity was made for tablets instead of computers are justified. We just forget to add phones and TVs:

Shuttleworth said, “This is a natural expansion of our idea as Ubuntu as Linux for human beings. As people have moved from desktop to new form factors for computing, it’s important for us to reach out to out community on these platforms. So, we’ll embrace the challenge of how to use Ubuntu on smartphones, tablets and smart-screens.”


http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/u ... t-tvs/9834