If you have a netbook, you should really give Jolicloud a try. Jolicloud is a linux distro based on Ubuntu, designed to make life easier to netbook users. It’s still in private alpha, but so far it’s my favourite OS for the aspire one. Easy installation, everything works out of the box, it’s fast, elegant, big icons, interactive-social dashboard, apps are netbook friendly (e.g. firefox comes with the the Meerkat plugin), supported apps and websites (through prism) are added weekly to the dashboard and can be added in just one click. I tried windows XP, 7, several linux distros, and even osx, and they were all pretty fast and usable (after a ram upgrade and an hdd mod), but being really “netbook friendly” is a totally different thing.

Today I got 8 invites to the Jolicloud Private Alpha to share. If you want to try it out, comment here (don’t forget to leave your email). First come first served:)