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"This week we are announcing our new Firefox OS developer preview phones because we believe that developers will help bring the power of the web to mobile. These developer phones are being developed by Geeksphone in partnership with Telefonica and Geeksphone."
This is a very interesting development for Free Software!
Details:
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2013/01/announcing-the-firefox-os-developer-previe...
Get the ROM:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_OS/Building_and_ins...
Get the simulator:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firefox-os-simulator/
Buy the Firefox Geeksphone (soon):
Best,
Sam.
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Sam Tuke samtuke@fsfe.org wrote:
"This week we are announcing our new Firefox OS developer preview phones because we believe that developers will help bring the power of the web to mobile. These developer phones are being developed by Geeksphone in partnership with Telefonica and Geeksphone."
This is a very interesting development for Free Software!
I agree that it's a somewhat interesting development, but I'm not so sure about the "awesome" part.
Details:
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2013/01/announcing-the-firefox-os-developer-previe...
There don't seem to be any details about which parts of the system are actually free software.
Commenter "Pravin" asks: "I dont understand the details about what is open source and what is not."
To which "Robert Nyman" who seems to be some kind of authority "answers": "Basically everything on the phone – UI, apps etc – are based on open standard technologies, HTML5, CSS & JavaScript. This is different from the other major smart phones out there."
Even Internet Explorer is "based on open standard technologies, HTML5, CSS & JavaScript". It's still a proprietary product so the answer doesn't seem particular helpful to me and I doubt that this is an accident.
Fabian
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On 01/23/2013 12:22 PM, Fabian Keil wrote:
Even Internet Explorer is "based on open standard technologies, HTML5, CSS & JavaScript". It's still a proprietary product so the answer doesn't seem particular helpful to me and I doubt that this is an accident.
I also have concerns about the lack of detail, but I also have high hopes for Mozilla, which, up until now, has never developed proprietary software to my knowledge. I wouldn't surprised if they include proprietary drivers from 3rd party manufacturers, but I am optimistic that everything non-hardware related will be Free.
How they label the 3rd party proprietary apps in their app store however, is a different matter.
I guess we need to wait and see.
Best,
Sam.
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Sony To Launch Firefox OS Smartphone In 2014
http://www.muktware.com/5287/sony-launch-firefox-os-smartphone-2014
Getting serious :)
Sam.
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Hello,
i think, it would be great if Firefox OS gets adopted.
One aspect, that I don't like however, is the choice of the name. It uses Linux as it's kernel, and which libc does it use? The GNU libc? Well, it was always unfortunate that most people don't mentioned GNU. Now they stop even mentioning "Linux". They call it "Android", "ChomeOS", "Firefox OS"... whatever.
Even large distros like Ubuntu and even Debian stopped to name it on their frontpage!
Most people think GNU/Linux is an odd system, because barely anybody uses it, they think. However that is not the reality. GNU/Linux is almost everywhere. The real problem is not that it is barely used, but that those, who use it, very often are not aware that they do.
I think, what we really need is, a better "marketing" for GNU/Linux.
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On 02/27/2013 06:33 PM, Andreas K. Foerster wrote:
Even large distros like Ubuntu and even Debian stopped to name it on their frontpage!
Check this out: http://linuxlock.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/happy-sitting-at-kids-table.html
'"Why does Google refuse to reference that Android or Chromebooks are Linux-based?"
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Because Linux Users can't be trusted to behave if they are taken out into public.'
Sam.
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On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 1:17 AM, Sam Tuke samtuke@fsfe.org wrote:
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On 02/27/2013 06:33 PM, Andreas K. Foerster wrote:
Even large distros like Ubuntu and even Debian stopped to name it on their frontpage!
Check this out: http://linuxlock.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/happy-sitting-at-kids-table.html
'"Why does Google refuse to reference that Android or Chromebooks are Linux-based?"
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Because Linux Users can't be trusted to behave if they are taken out into public.'
I don't believe Microsoft refer to their kernel much these days either.
Sam