GNOME.Asia 2015: BlankOn Linux Architecture
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This document discusses the BlankOn Linux distribution and how the GNOME desktop environment fits into its architecture. BlankOn is a non-profit project in Indonesia that uses free and open-source software to develop local skills. It is based on Debian and uses GNOME as its default desktop environment. BlankOn has also developed its own desktop called Manokwari, which evolved from BlankOn Panel and uses HTML5, Vala, and GTK+ technologies. Additionally, BlankOn provides an application runtime called Maleo that allows HTML5 apps to run on the desktop using a bridge to the system. In conclusion, GNOME plays a very important role as the basic platform for BlankOn, while BlankOn is moving toward more web technologies.
GNOME.Asia 2015: BlankOn Linux Architecture
- 1. BlankOn Linux Architecture and how GNOME fits into the picture Mohammad Anwari [email protected] License: CC-BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Introduction 1997 co-found Linux Indonesia 2000s various F/OSS contributions 2004 co-found BlankOn 2003-2007 Indonesian translation coordinator at GNOME 2007-2009 Account Team member at GNOME 2005-2012 Nokia/Maemo/MeeGo -> Hildon Input Method maintainer 2013 BlankOn Executive Director linkedin.com/in/mdamtlinkedin.com/in/mdam
- 3. BlankOn Project A non-profit effort to develop competences of Indonesian people by creating an ecosystem around F/OSS We have: ➔ businesses ➔ academists ➔ farmers ➔ local government officials ➔ students ➔ ...
- 4. Typical Indonesian would willingly contribute to a community ➔ gotong royong (communal work culture) ➔ want loose or very flexible rules ➔ balance between local and international style BlankOn Project
- 5. BlankOn Project As a place to exercise before contributing to the upstream ➔ language barrier ➔ culture shock
- 6. Products ➔ Linux distribution: BlankOn Linux ➔ Mobile: Ridon ➔ Desktop: Manokwari ➔ Runtime HTML5: Maleo ➔ Aksara Nusantara ◆ Input methods and fonts ➔ BlankOn Installer ➔ Build farms ➔ Artworks BlankOn Project
- 8. Facts Debian derivative (was Fedora and Ubuntu derivative), more than rebranding 9 releases (since 2004) so far ➔ 10th soon to be released Two lines of hardware architectures ➔ x86 (32 and 64 bits) ➔ ARM
- 14. Base system Miniroot BlankOn (ARM) Debian bootstrap with BlankOn packages
- 15. Base system (ARM) Miniroot BlankOn Basic shell busybox + init scripts https://github.com/BlankOn/miniroot
- 16. Base system Debootstrap with BlankOn packages Essential BlankOn packages libc, systemd, middlewares, etc
- 18. GUI GNOME 3 platform GNOME Session D-Bus GStreamer PulseAudio NetworkManager Pango PackageKit Telepathy WebKit GIO GVFS
- 19. Manokwari Capital of West Papua province White and sandy beaches Capital of West Papua province White and sandy beaches Manokwari
- 20. GUI Manokwari desktop ➔ HTML5 frontend ➔ Vala backend ➔ evolution from BlankOn Panel
- 24. gnome-panel
- 29. manokwari (2012)
- 33. Maleo Macrocephalon maleo Endemic to Sulawesi Island Endangered species
- 34. GUI Maleo HTML5 application runner (since 2012) libseed JSC GObject Seed Maleo WebkitGtk
- 36. Maleo and it’s bridge to system Maleo config.xml HTML5 CSS JS Maleo Seed JSC NodeJS
- 40. Boot Loader Kernel Base system GUI Application Conclusion GNOME plays a very important role as a basic platform BlankOn goes towards web technologies