Firefox OS (project name: Boot to
Gecko, also known as B2G) is a Linux-based open-source operating system for
smartphones and tablet computers. It is being developed by Mozilla, the non-profit
organization best known for the Firefox web browser.
Firefox OS is designed to provide
a "complete" community-based alternative system for mobile devices,
using open standards and approaches such as HTML5 applications, JavaScript, a
robust privilege model, open web APIs to communicate directly with cellphone
hardware, and application marketplace. As such, it competes with proprietary
systems such as Apple's iOS, Google's Chrome OS and Microsoft's Windows Phone,
as well as other open source systems such as Android, Jolla's Sailfish OS and
Ubuntu Touch.
Firefox OS was publicly
demonstrated in February 2012, on Android-compatible smartphones, and again in
2013 running on Raspberry Pi. In January 2013, at CES 2013, ZTE confirmed they
would be shipping a smartphone with Firefox OS, and on July 2, 2013, Telefónica
launched the first commercial Firefox OS based phone, ZTE Open, in Spain which
was quickly followed by GeeksPhone's Peak+.
Sourece : Wikipedia
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