Firefox OS is going to prove itself as a tough competitor to android in next year.
Currently running on lower end smart-phones, firefox os will surely adapt and update itself to the latest hardware features.
So lets see whats packed inside this fox ( I mean box)?
Firefox OS (project name: Boot to Gecko, also known as B2G) is a Linux kernel-based open-source operating system for smartphones and tablet computers
and is set to be used on smart TVs.
It is being developed by Mozilla, the non-profit organization best known for the Firefox web browser.
Firefox OS is designed to provide a complete community-based alternative system for mobile devices,
using open standards and approaches such as HTML5 applications, JavaScript,
a robust privilege model, open web APIs to communicate directly with cellphone hardware,
and application marketplace.
As such, it competes with commercially developed operating systems such as Apple's iOS,
Google's Android, Microsoft's Windows Phone and Jolla's Sailfish OS as well as other community-based
open source systems such as Ubuntu Touch.
Core technologies:
The initial development work involves three major software layers:
Gonk – platform denomination for a combination of the Linux kernel and the HAL from Android
Gecko – the web browser engine and application run-time services layer;
Gaia – an HTML5 layer and user-interface system.
Read about entire OS architecture at
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Platform/Architecture
Current and Future Plans:
Currently running on lower end smart-phones, firefox os will surely adapt and update itself to the latest hardware features.
So lets see whats packed inside this fox ( I mean box)?
Firefox OS (project name: Boot to Gecko, also known as B2G) is a Linux kernel-based open-source operating system for smartphones and tablet computers
and is set to be used on smart TVs.
It is being developed by Mozilla, the non-profit organization best known for the Firefox web browser.
Firefox OS is designed to provide a complete community-based alternative system for mobile devices,
using open standards and approaches such as HTML5 applications, JavaScript,
a robust privilege model, open web APIs to communicate directly with cellphone hardware,
and application marketplace.
As such, it competes with commercially developed operating systems such as Apple's iOS,
Google's Android, Microsoft's Windows Phone and Jolla's Sailfish OS as well as other community-based
open source systems such as Ubuntu Touch.
Firefox os running on Nexus 7:
Core technologies:
The initial development work involves three major software layers:
Gonk – platform denomination for a combination of the Linux kernel and the HAL from Android
Gecko – the web browser engine and application run-time services layer;
Gaia – an HTML5 layer and user-interface system.
Read about entire OS architecture at
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Platform/Architecture
Current and Future Plans:
Firefox OS version 2.0 is currently in development, with 1.3/1.4 coming close to being a stable release build. There are many phones available in wild, both consumer and developer models. To find out more, read the following:
- Firefox OS developer release notes: What's newly supported in each release.
- Phone guide: What phones are available.
- B2G roadmap: See where Firefox OS is headed, and when.
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