Lessons from webBox, customizing a Javascript based OS

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A project called webBox ultra cheap “browser on a box” modifies Boot to Gecko (FirefoxOS) to run a single-browser desktoplike UI on commodity boards (Raspberry Pi/CHIP) using the Gaia layer. The claim is that Gecko plus optimized WebAPIs and a browser API iframe window manager deliver better web performance than Android on the same low‑end silicon. The talk gives concrete build steps: Gaia repo, WebIDE simulator, app types (hosted/privileged/certified), examples deployed (Runcible, Panasonic) and working prototypes.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 3:08Firefox Os
3. 5:50The Runcible
4. 9:19How Do You Use Javascript To Access Low-Level Tcp Ports or Raw Bluetooth or Send an Sms
5. 16:45Types of Apps
6. 18:12Internal Certify Apps

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