B2G OS

B2G OS
Developer Mozilla community[1]
Written in HTML5, CSS, JavaScript,[2] C++
OS family Firefox OS/Open Web (based on Linux kernel)
Working state Active
Source model Open source
Marketing target Smartphones
Tablet computers
Platforms ARM, x86, MIPS
Kernel type Monolithic (Linux)
Default user interface Graphical
License Free software (MPL 2.0)
Official website github.com/mozilla-b2g/B2G

B2G OS is a community-developed successor to Firefox OS, (developed by Mozilla Foundation). It follows the Firefox OS vision of providing a complete, community-based alternative operating system, that runs software as web applications. The software ('applications') therefore use open web standards and programming languages such as JavaScript and HTML5, a robust privilege model, and open web APIs that can communicate directly with the device's hardware.

History

B2G OS was forked from Firefox OS following Mozilla's decision to discontinue support for their mobile operating system.[3] The decision was made, according to Ari Jaaksi and David Bryant, in order to "evolve quickly and enable substantial new architectural changes in Gecko, Mozilla’s Platform Engineering organization needs to remove all B2G-related code from mozilla-central."[4]

The Firefox Marketplace, B2G OS's app store was shut down on 30 March 2018.[5]

References

  1. ↑ https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Archive/B2G_OS
  2. ↑ B2G/Architecture - Mozilla Wiki.
  3. ↑ https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/firefox-os-connected-devices-announcement/6864
  4. ↑ "Boot 2 Gecko Being Stripped From Mozilla's Codebase - Phoronix". www.phoronix.com. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  5. ↑ "Marketplace - MozillaWiki". wiki.mozilla.org. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
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