Is there any information available on the core architecture of the Firefox OS? I don't mean developer-facing information only. I am interested in the underlying architecture similar to that of Android available here: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/burnette/how-android-works-the-big-picture/515
Firefox OS Architecture
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In few words, Firefox OS is an environment where running HTML5-based applications (not only the mark-up language but all associated technologies including JavaScript, CSS3, web APIs...).
These applications run on an special browser called Gecko. You can consider Gecko as a Firefox with steroids with applications replacing web pages. In some aspects it lacks of some browser functionality but it implements a lot of APIs to provide a safe access to the devices.
Gecko is supported by the actual SO, Gonk. Gonk is a very simple distribution of GNU/Linux and it holds the Hardware Abstraction Layer or HAL placed between the device hardware and Gecko. Gonk translates low level hardware access to C++ interfaces and Gecko offers these interfaces to developers in form of JavaScript standard APIs.
More info in Mozilla Wiki
It is mainly Gonk (underlying linux kernel), Gecko (Firefox engine) and Gaia (user interface). On the Mozilla wiki you can find the full info on these layers; Mozilla wiki
In few words, Firefox OS is an environment where running HTML5-based applications (not only the mark-up language but all associated technologies including JavaScript, CSS3, web APIs...).
These applications run on an special browser called Gecko. You can consider Gecko as a Firefox with steroids with applications replacing web pages. In some aspects it lacks of some browser functionality but it implements a lot of APIs to provide a safe access to the devices.
Gecko is supported by the actual SO, Gonk. Gonk is a very simple distribution of GNU/Linux and it holds the Hardware Abstraction Layer or HAL placed between the device hardware and Gecko. Gonk translates low level hardware access to C++ interfaces and Gecko offers these interfaces to developers in form of JavaScript standard APIs.
More info in Mozilla Wiki
The main Firefox OS architecture is
There's a Overview and High Level Architecture slide(english) from Firefox OS AppDay in Spanish that elaborate the Architecture more concisely.
Check out the below link for full Firefox OS architecture along with security information:
On MDN you'll find a very similar image that explains exactly how Firefox OS works: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Platform/Architecture
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