A short presentation on Firefox Operating System.

1. FIREFOX OS
- Sourav Halder
Enroll no. 510814033

2. WHAT IS FIREFOX OS?
 Basically it’s a Mobile Operating System.
 Firefox OS is not ios or android.
 It is developed by Mozilla and based on Linux and
Mozilla’s Gecko technology.
 It is open-source operating system.
 Implements all standards based web technologies
like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

3. FIREFOX OS ARCHITECTURE

4. GAIA
 The user interface of the Firefox OS platform.
 It is implemented entirely using HTML5, CSS3, and
JavaScript which runs on Gecko.,
 It also provides basic apps like Browser, Calendar,
Calculator, Camera, Email, Radio, Music, etc.

5. GECKO
 Gecko is a layout engine used in Firefox.
 Boot-to-Gecko is an environment to run apps.
 It provides APIs to access hardware resources like
battery, camera, Bluetooth, etc.

6. GONK
 It’s the lower level of the Firefox OS.
 It consists of linux kernel and user space Hardware
Abstraction Layer (HAL).
 Some of the other parts of HAL are shared with
Android Project: GPS, Camera, etc.
 The APIs used in Gecko are provided by Gonk.

7. USER INTERFACE

8. FUTURE OF FIREFOX OS
 Firefox OS, if successful,will change the way we
use the Web.We are used to visit websites but
Firefox OS will bring an era where we will be using
Web apps more than Websites.

9. “NEW IS ALWAYS BETTER!”
Thank You!