▁Mar ino ▁Gr im ani , ▁Dog e ▁of ▁Ven ice ▁( 1 5 9 5 – 1 6 0 6 ) ▁ ▁Middle ▁East ▁and ▁North ▁Africa ▁Saf avid ▁Empire ▁– ▁Abb as ▁I , ▁Shah ▁of ▁Iran ▁( 1 5 8 7 – 1 6 2 9 ) <0x0A> </s> ▁J oli ▁OS ▁was ▁an ▁Ubuntu - based ▁Linux ▁distribution ▁developed ▁by ▁the ▁French ▁company ▁J ol ic l oud ▁( also ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁operating ▁system ▁until ▁version ▁ 1 . 2 ). ▁J oli ▁OS ▁is ▁now ▁an ▁open ▁source ▁project , ▁with ▁source ▁code ▁hosted ▁on ▁GitHub . ▁ ▁On ▁ 2 2 ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁the ▁developers ▁decided ▁to ▁dis continue ▁J oli ▁OS , ▁but ▁keep ▁the ▁source ▁code ▁open . ▁ ▁J ol ic l oud ▁was ▁dis cont in ued ▁on ▁April ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁The ▁project ▁was ▁launched ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁by ▁Net v ib es ▁founder ▁T ari q ▁K rim ▁and ▁Rom ain ▁Hu et . ▁K rim ▁originally ▁wanted ▁to ▁build ▁a ▁laptop ▁using ▁environment ally ▁friendly ▁manufact uring ▁methods , ▁but ▁the ▁two ▁co - found ers ▁ref oc used ▁the ▁effort ▁on ▁building ▁an ▁operating ▁system . ▁After ▁purch asing ▁a ▁few ▁net books ▁and ▁renew ing ▁their ▁acquaint ance ▁with ▁Linux , ▁they ▁r ented ▁office ▁space ▁in ▁the ▁Mont org ueil ▁area ▁of ▁Paris ▁and ▁were ▁later ▁joined ▁by