Tariq Krim, former Netvibes CEO, will launch a Linux-based OS for Netbooks in 2009 called Jolicloud.

Though it appears based on the UBUNTU Netbook Remix, Jolicloud looks nice and should be a light-weight alternative to Netbooks running Windows XP/Vista/7 or other LINUX distributions. HP offers a locked down LINUX version on their Netbooks called MI. HP/MI looks good but sanitized to the point it is unusable. Hopefully Jolicloud will at the very least allow shell access.

What I really need is a faster OS on the Nokia N810. I wonder if Jolicloud will scale to that platform?

(See also: www.jolicloud.com)
(See also: Flickr: Jolicloud)