The first low-cost smartphones running Mozilla?s Firefox OS won?t go on sale for quite some time yet, but Nokia engineer Oleg Romashin has already gotten an experimental version of the software up and running on his Raspberry Pi.
It?s really no surprise that the 700MHz mini computer can handle the all-web operating system, but the video does offer an interesting glimpse at what Mozilla and its partners are going to bring to market. Performance is pretty solid, and certainly good enough for entry-level, feature phone-killing smartphones. Those devices will be critical to the early success of Firefox OS as Mozilla aims for a foothold in emerging markets before going global.
And if this is how a very early, enthusiast-ported?build of Firefox OS runs on an comparatively slow processor now, just imagine how well it?ll run on a souped-up current-gen (or even last-gen) mobile SoC. No doubt the stuttering you see in the WebGL demos will be gone and UI animations will be silky-smooth.
If you?ve got a Raspberry Pi and are keen to see how Firefox OS runs on your own rig, Romashin is even offering up .tar.gz downloads of his work for others to enjoy. You?ll find them on hi personal website at romaxa.info.
Is there anything the tiny, $35 DIY computer?can?t?do? It?s already gotten a?turbo-charged version?of?Debian, an?Android port, the Chromium web browser, and it?s been tasked with doing everything from capturing and transmitting aerial photos to hunting for aliens.
via Mozilla Links
Source: http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/raspberry-pi-gets-a-firefox-os-port-20120816/
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