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A Firefox OS based Puppy soon ?
Posted: Wed 10 Jul 2013, 23:59
by eztuxer
How about it ?
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/doc ... S/Platform
It would have built in touch screen support for tablets, and get Puppy finally on smartphones...
Posted: Fri 19 Jul 2013, 04:44
by disciple
But it wouldn't be Puppy, it would be Firefox OS...
Posted: Fri 19 Jul 2013, 15:16
by bark_bark_bark
It would be 1,000,000% impossible. Firefox OS uses it's own kernel while Puppy uses Linux as the kernel.
To totally different worlds here. And plus I can't imagine doing anything on such a tiny screen.
Everything is better on a larger screen (especially movies)
BTW, I can't understand how anyone could enjoy a HD movie on such a tiny screen. It's like you have to squint to see anything.
Posted: Fri 19 Jul 2013, 18:47
by sunburnt
A total noob Q...
How about a Toyota Mazda car?
Posted: Fri 19 Jul 2013, 21:33
by Karl Godt
bark_bark_bark wrote:It would be 1,000,000% impossible. Firefox OS uses it's own kernel while Puppy uses Linux as the kernel.
That is apparently 100% wrong .
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/doc ... troductionFirefox OS (also referred to by its codename "Boot to Gecko" or "B2G") is Mozilla's open source mobile operating system based on Linux and Mozilla's Gecko technology.
Capturing a screenshot
Capturing a screenshot is as simple as pressing the power and home buttons at the same time. The screenshot image will be in /sdcard/screenshots on your device; you can access it using the Gallery app on your phone, as well.
If for some reason that doesn't work, you can also do it from the terminal on the Linux or Mac OS X computer that has a Firefox OS build system installed.
Make sure you have ffmpeg installed.
On Mac, if you use MacPorts, you can do this with sudo port install ffmpeg. For homebrew, do brew install ffmpeg.
On Linux (Ubuntu/Debian), use sudo apt-get install ffmpeg.
Connect your phone to the computer using a USB cable.
Navigate your phone into whatever situation you want to screenshot.
cd into the B2G/gaia directory
make screenshot
You now have a screenshot called screenshot.png.
But It's not me to woof up a Puppy with FirefoxOS binaries .
Posted: Sat 20 Jul 2013, 01:57
by bark_bark_bark
crap, maybe I should've read the articles on it (not like I care anyways).
Posted: Sat 20 Jul 2013, 17:52
by sunburnt
The point of Puppy: Debian, Ubuntu, and Slackware is to have a common base for apps.
All Ubuntu apps. I`ve tried in any of the Precise Puppies have worked.
I don`t know what kind of app. base Firefox O.S. has, but why another Puppy?
Puppy use to be an Orphan O.S., no real large base of apps. to speak of...
But now these Puppies are part of various families of O.S.s.
These distro`s apps. need to be made into SFS or RoxApp no-install packages.
This so they`re easily added and removed, and don`t take up Save file space.
RoxApp type packages have the advantage that they don`t use union layers.
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Posted: Sun 21 Jul 2013, 10:00
by disciple
I don`t know what kind of app. base Firefox O.S. has, but why another Puppy?
The point in Firefox O.S. is to do everything inside Firefox, so it doesn't have apps like Puppy.
Posted: Sun 21 Jul 2013, 21:09
by sunburnt
disciple; Yes, and there`s advantages to the "browser platform".
Browser apps. are especially nice for programmers, one app. runs in all O.S.s.
But the Q remains the same... Does it have a Handbrake equivalent, etc.?
Posted: Sun 21 Jul 2013, 22:08
by disciple
Handbrake the video transcoder? Or is there another handbrake?
Posted: Mon 22 Jul 2013, 18:14
by sunburnt
Yes, the video app. Just an example, there`s sooo many apps. to port...