BlankOn Linux
Architecture
and how GNOME fits into the picture
Mohammad Anwari
mdamt@di.blankon.in
License: CC-BY-SA 4.0

Introduction
1997 co-found Linux Indonesia
2000s various F/OSS contributions
2004 co-found BlankOn
2003-2007 Indonesian translation
coordinator at GNOME
2007-2009 Account Team member at
GNOME
2005-2012 Nokia/Maemo/MeeGo
-> Hildon Input Method maintainer
2013 BlankOn Executive Director
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BlankOn Project
A non-profit effort to develop competences of
Indonesian people by creating an ecosystem around
F/OSS
We have:
➔ businesses
➔ academists
➔ farmers
➔ local government officials
➔ students
➔ ...

Typical Indonesian would willingly contribute to a
community
➔ gotong royong (communal work culture)
➔ want loose or very flexible rules
➔ balance between local and international style
BlankOn Project

BlankOn Project
As a place to exercise before contributing to the
upstream
➔ language barrier
➔ culture shock

Products
➔ Linux distribution: BlankOn Linux
➔ Mobile: Ridon
➔ Desktop: Manokwari
➔ Runtime HTML5: Maleo
➔ Aksara Nusantara
◆ Input methods and fonts
➔ BlankOn Installer
➔ Build farms
➔ Artworks
BlankOn Project

BlankOn Linux

Facts
Debian derivative (was Fedora and Ubuntu
derivative), more than rebranding
9 releases (since 2004) so far
➔ 10th soon to be released
Two lines of hardware architectures
➔ x86 (32 and 64 bits)
➔ ARM

Package repository
Debian
BlankOn

Boot Loader
Kernel
Base system
GUI
Application
Usual stack

Boot Loader
Kernel
Base system
GUI
Application
Boot Loader

Boot Loader
Kernel
Sistem Dasar
GUI
Aplikasi
Kernel

Boot Loader
Kernel
Base system
GUI
Application
Base system

Base system
Miniroot BlankOn (ARM)
Debian bootstrap with BlankOn packages

Base system (ARM)
Miniroot BlankOn
Basic shell
busybox + init scripts
https://github.com/BlankOn/miniroot

Base system
Debootstrap with BlankOn packages
Essential BlankOn packages
libc, systemd, middlewares, etc

Boot Loader
Kernel
Base system
GUI
Application
GUI

GUI
GNOME 3 platform
GNOME Session D-Bus GStreamer
PulseAudio NetworkManager Pango
PackageKit Telepathy WebKit GIO GVFS

Manokwari
Capital of West Papua province
White and sandy beaches
Capital of West Papua province
White and sandy beaches
Manokwari

GUI
Manokwari desktop
➔ HTML5 frontend
➔ Vala backend
➔ evolution from BlankOn Panel

architecture (then)
BlankOn
GNOME
Linux

architecture (then)
BlankOn
GNOME
Linux
gnome-panel
nautilus
metacity
chromium
evolution

architecture (then)
BlankOn
GNOME
Linux
gnome-panel
nautilus
metacity
chromium
evolution

gnome-panel

subsystem choices
BlankOn
GNOME
Linux
nautilus
metacity
chromium
evolution
gnome-panel
gnome-shell
unity
????

blankon-panel (2011)

blankon-panel
panel

blankon-panel
Vala
GTK+ 3

manokwari (2012)

manokwari (2012)
panel
desktop

manokwari (2012)
Vala
JavaScript
HTML
CSS
GTK+ 3

architecture
webkitgtk
backend
GTK+ front-end
HTML front-end
Vala
HTML/JS/CSS

Maleo
Macrocephalon maleo
Endemic to Sulawesi Island
Endangered species

GUI
Maleo HTML5 application runner (since 2012)
libseed
JSC GObject
Seed
Maleo
WebkitGtk

Maleo applications
Maleo
config.xml
HTML5
CSS
JS
Maleo

Maleo and it’s bridge to system
Maleo
config.xml
HTML5
CSS
JS
Maleo
Seed JSC NodeJS

Boot Loader
Kernel
Base system
GUI
Application
Application

Application
HTML5
GTK+
Qt

Boot Loader
Kernel
Base system
GUI
Application
Conclusion
GNOME plays a
very important role as a basic
platform
BlankOn goes towards web
technologies

Terima kasih
github.com/BlankOn
github.com/ridon
bitbucket.org/BlankOn
mdamt@di.blankon.in