Open WebOS 1.0 reaches milestone Beta, source code available on Github

As the plan is expected in January, a team of developers responsible for building open source Open webOS operating system has officially announced version Open webOS 1.0 Beta yesterday, 31/08 / 2012. With 450,000 lines of code and 54 open-source component is released under the Apache 2.0 license form until the present time, Open webOS 1.0 Beta shows the efforts of the development team and community support for programmers this OS platform of Gram (newly established subsidiary of HP).   According to the announcement of OS development team, in this beta issue, they provide programmers with 2 Design System (Build System): OpenEmbedded and Desktop. Accordingly, the OpenEmbedded system provides the ideal development environment for bringing (porting) webOS new devices with an ARM emulator (ARM Emulator) and run the core services as db8 and node.js. Meanwhile, Desktop systems will provide the environment for enhancing the user experience with new features and allows integration of the latest open source technologies. Installed on the Ubuntu Desktop system will have all the features and components that have been released so far. Besides, the System Manager's Desktop now supports systems running applications, including the core (Core Application) such as Calendar and Contacts with the Synergy services associated with it. Third-party applications Enyo is also supported in this Beta.   However, it is regrettable that the development team did not provide any information lists the hardware is compatible with the current version of the software or any suggestions concerning the disclosure of information about the time this Beta. However, before that, a number of target information that of Open WebOS can run on the SoC (System-on-Chip) Linux Kernel 3.3 + support "and they" aim to support the foundation hard in the future. " Therefore, with the launch of the OpenEmbedded system for porting OS to the new equipment we can also predict the release Open WebOS will support the new hardware only.   If interested in Palm's former platform, you can visit the project's web site at this address for more information. Source of beta, you can address the project on Github to download.   Source: OpenWebOSProject ...