sailfish operating system
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Seminar On SAILFISH OPERATING SYSTEM
BY VIJAYALAKSHMI.H.T
1DS10IS113
CONTENTS
• Introduction• What is Sailfish OS?• Origin• Requirements• Architecture• Technology• Design• Applications
Introduction
• A mobile operating system, also called a mobile OS, is an operating system that is specifically designed to run on mobile devices such as mobile phones, smartphones, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices.
• However, they currently deal more with wireless versions of broadband and local connectivity.
EXISTING MOBILE OPERATING SYSTEMS
• Symbian OS• Android OS• iPhone OS (iOS )• BlackBerry OS• Windows • MeeGo OS
Why do we need yet another 'mobile' OS ?
“NO”
“No visibility”
“Yes.”Visibility & influence
“No influence”
“No visibility”
What is Sailfish OS?
Linux based operating system
Built on the heritage of MeeGo
Runs Qt/QML, HTML5 and
Android apps
Using Qt 5 & Wayland
Developed by Jolla
ORIGIN
• MeeGo needed to evolve ... but died
• Mer was reborn
• Jolla was launched
• Sailfish OS was spawned
What is NOT Sailfish OS?
•NOT another Android based OS
•NOT fully open (Sailfish UI part is
currently closed)
Requirements
•Oracle Virtual Box 4.1.18 or newer
• About 5GB free disk space
• 4GB RAM (recommended)
Compatible platforms:
• Windows
• Linux
ARCHITECTURE
Sailfish UI
Mer
Linux Kernel
Contd…
Contd…
•Mer is FOSS mobile-optimized core distribution; powered by
Qt/QML and HTML5. The project is openly developed and
meritocratically governed.
•Which projects and products use Mer?
• Nemo Mobile
• Plasma Active
• Seadot
• Sailfish
TECHNOLOGY
• Native
• Android Runtime
• HTML5
DESIGN
• Effortless interaction
• True multitasking at its best
• Logical
• Integrated services
SAILFISH LETS YOU:
• Operate efficiently
• Deliver quickly
• Use your own code
• Focus on innovation
HOW?
• Customer focus
• Pragmatic
• Operating entirely in the open
• Being meritocratic
• Inclusive
HOW?
• User Interface
• Expertise
• Business partners
• An ecosystem
SAILFISH DELIVERS
• Compatibility
• Availability
• Flexibility
Applications
• Acer Iconia tab W500• Google Nexus 4• Google Nexus 7• HP Mini• Nokia N950 and Nokia N9
Conclusion
• More lightweight than Ubuntu on slower devices.
• Has more apps due to the Android compatibility layer.
• BB10 apps can be easily ported to Sailfish.• Fully open source.
References
• http://www.sailfishos.org• https://
sailfishos.org/wiki/Main_Page#Contribute• https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Sailfish• http://jolla.com• http://merproject.org • http://qt-project.org
THANK YOU