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2011-05-23 , 13:11
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#186
Originally Posted by frostbyte View Post
Sure, the webstore won't replace Crysis, Mass Effect or Dragon Age, but a casual 10-15 min of Angry Birds et al between heavy CLI sessions will do just nicely (no, I don't know what CLI stands for )

I have Jolicloud desktop (from webstore) set up as my home page; and I have to say I really like running Chrome now, it's like running ready-out-of-the-box linux distro on a virtual machine hosted by your browser - granted I run Chrome(ium) on Arch Linux already (on Windows 7 it's actually even more impressive). Installing apps is a breeze, exactly like on the actual Jolicloud OS, except you are running everything inside Chrome web browser.

Not sure if I could totally rely on cloud as my work puts me often in spotty WiFi coverage or mediocre 3G speeds for tethering. I'd hate to be on an overnight without being able to log on to my OS. I mean, no TMO for a day? Outrageous!
Thanks for the Jolicloud reference! It seems like Chrome only a little more OS-like in its interface. I'll be interested to check out the jolicloud applications, and play around with them! I wish that they had more 'sign in' options, including a Google Account -- not terribly unreasonable being that it's in the Chrome App Store. This would make it far easier to dive right in and give it a shot for those of us that don't use facebook.

I'll assume that your CLI reference wasn't sarcasm... CLI stands for "Command Line Interface." It is the text only interface very popular on Linux for entering commands and manipulating files on your machine. Here is an example picture below of a linux CLI:


Yeah, and internet connection is a must for Chrome OS. However, I suspect apps will include the HTML5 feature of 'offline mode' more and more in the future. Angrybirds already supports offline usage -- you can play devoid of a connection. Also Google Docs will also roll out offline mode soon.