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Joli well gone, Lubuntu to see you...

Well the Linux rabbit hole continues, after a little more research into Joli OS it turns out support has discontinued (they want to focus on the web based OS: JoliCloud), so I’m giving Lubuntu a go…

Not as easy as Joli OS or Windows, the first problem I ran into was just installing system apps, because I’ve never used them I was none the wiser that there was a problem and there was no indication. But that’s more of an issue with being lead by the nose when it comes to computers, to appeal to the masses things have to be simplified (sometimes even stupefied) so anyone can use them, its one of the reasons we’re moving towards touch.

As it turns out it was because I hadn’t updated…

So my impressions so far: my third OS in three days – not for the beginner, but that’s a vague statement at the best of times, in this case it means you’ll be spending a lot of time figuring stuff out, rather than stuff being done automatically or being told with popups, this sounds like it more of an effort but in reality I feel I have a more vested interest in how the Netbook is running. More importantly I have more control: for me the biggest reason for switching was the Netbook was getting slower and unable to play online media, which was odd considering the hardware hasn’t changed. So it’s a lot faster and I mean noticeably faster than Windows, added to that I can watch video (web based), so far so good.

#Joli OS #JoliCloud #JoliDrive #Lubuntu #Netbook #OS

New Post has been published on The Devilblog

New Post has been published on http://www.devilbod.co.uk/2014/02/14/joli-new-things/

Joli new things

Ah Linux puns, I’ve installed Joli OS (known as Joli Drive) on my Netbook, for a few reasons and so far I’m very impressed…

I’ve been running Windows 7 for a long time and for the most part I’ve been happy, but lately it’s become noticeably slower especially when handling web based media or HTML5. Its not a bad little Netbook with ok specs but with Microsoft announcing there end of XP support (don’t panic it will still work fine), XP felt a little too much of a step backwards.

So…

Its installed fine – ran the installer which sorted out its own partition, it did it’s business appeared to hang on one reboot but was fine.

It uses an app system which I’m learning my way around, it can be a little fiddly due to its web based nature so it doesn’t always behave like a desktop, bit like a phone. It took me a while to figure out where the file manager was (run – nautilus), but I’ve now added a shortcut to it on my panel (Windows Bar).

And now I’m testing and seeing if it everything I need works.

#Joli OS #JoliCloud #JoliDrive #Linux #Testing

Box.com + joliDrive & Apple TV for a film library

I've had my DVD ripped film library stuck on a 1TB USB hard drive for the last few years now, to watch a film we have to plug the drive into a laptop and switch iTunes to use this library before Apple TV can see it (on home sharing) and we can then watch a film. All too much hassle and it means we never watch any of our old films.

So, with my newly enlarged Box account, I decided to move some of our films up to the cloud. The film rips are between 1GB and 3GB in size — pretty big — and uploads are taking about 2 hours per film.

I mentioned JoliDrive in the title as I use this app on my iPhone to view and use the files on my social networks and cloud storage accounts, it's brilliant and means this method of storing and playing films can be used with Box, Dropbox, SkyDrive, MediaFire, SugarSync and many others.

I can now explore a folder full of films that we can play and send to Apple TV via AirPlay, this is all done straight away without any cables or external hard drives or laptops. Super simple and until Apple sort out iTunes Match for films, this is how we'll be watching our DVDs from now on.

Note: When ripping my DVDs I used a default Apple TV setting, this worked fine when the films were stored on a HDD, but now they're in the cloud, the video stream needs to be web optimised. This is a simple check box on Handbrake (my video encoding app of choice), so easy to do — I just wish I knew this when I started ripping my collection.

#dvdrip #film library #box.com #jolidrive #text #blog

All The Apps

There are a few apps that I use on a regular basis that need as many other apps and social networks connected to get the best out of them. They're not quite the 'one app to replace them all', but they've either cut down on the amount of apps needed on my iPhone or made my life on the Internet quite a bit nicer.

Flipboard

I have a number of my networks plugged into Flipboard; Twitter, Flickr, Google+, SoundCloud, Instagram, YouTube and Tumblr as well as a few boards for certain topics and feeds. It's a great way to consume content, pictures look great and everything can be shared or read later with a quick menu item. It also syncs from my iPhone to my Kindle Fire HD; so if I make a change to my board layout on one device, the other syncs and reflects those changes.

Link: flipboard.com

IFTTT

If This Then That. It has pretty much changed the way the web works for me, especially within social networks. There are so many channels available (apps/networks to use) from the ones you expect — Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Flickr etc — to some really neat devices like the Blink(1) or the WeMo Motion and WeMo Switch. I mainly use it to send updates of new blog posts or new photo uploads to Flickr to other social networks (Twitter mainly), but you can do so much with it because of all the channels that are plugged into IFTTT; how about a text message each morning with the weather report, or saving all Instragram liked photos to Dropbox, or how about turning the lights on when the front door is opened!

Link: ifttt.com

Timehop

This is one of my favourite apps on my iPhone, it's an app that I only use once a day and one that I wait for a notification to open. Timehop links to all your social networks and pulls the updates and photos you created on today's date from your history. I have it linked to my Twitter account (with my entire Twitter archive uploaded so it stretches back nearly 6 years), Flickr, Instagram, Foursquare and a menu bar app on my laptop that has uploaded my iPhoto library for loads more images. Every morning I'm treated to snippets of what I did last year, two years ago and further back still. It's great, I love it and can't wait to see more apps added — I'd love to have LastFM on there so I can see what music I was listening to years ago.

Link: timehop.com

Jolidrive

Jolidrive by Jolicloud is an interesting one. Jolicloud have been around for a while now and they've done a few interesting things, such as Joli OS, but it looks like they are now concentrating on Jolidrive. Jolidrive connects all your networks and cloud based storage apps such as Dropbox, Box and Skydrive and presents you with an app to view and explore all of your content — and in some cases your feeds/streams from those networks — in one space. Jolidrive is available on desktop via a browser and on iOS as well. The one piece of functionality that would make this app truly amazing would be if you could edit, move or copy files between the apps in your drive; for example you could download a track from a producer you're following on Soundcloud into your Skydrive, or maybe archive a few of your favourite Instagram photos to Box, or save a Gmail attachment into Dropbox or export an Evernote document into Google Docs. That would be cool and I hope I'm sure it's something the Joli developers have thought about.

Link: jolicloud.com

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Exfm now on Jolidrive!

We are excited to announce that our friends over at Jolidrive have added Exfm as a new service! If you haven't checked out Jolidrive, now's the time. In their own words - 'Jolidrive unifies all your content from multiple services in one simple and beautiful interface accessible from anywhere.' We couldn't agree more. Jolidrive is beautiful and the ability to access your music, photos, docs and videos from every service you use all in one place is simply killer.

Jolidrive's Exfm integration is stunning. You can access your loved songs, followed sites, genres, trending, site of the day and more!

You can even search Exfm or all your other accounts right in one place. Head over to the Jolidrive blog to learn all about our integration. From NYC to Paris, this is a match made in heaven.