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Moblin™

Summary

The Fedora Moblin™ Netbook spin is a spin on the Moblin User Experience for Netbooks in Fedora

Owner(s)

Detailed Description

The Moblin Architecture is designed to support multiple platforms and usage models ranging from Netbooks and NetTops to Mobile Internet Devices (MID) and various embedded usage models, such as In Vehicle Infotainment systems. The central piece of the architecture is the common layer called "Moblin Core". Moblin Core is built on the GNOME Mobile platform, extending and enriching it with new technologies like Clutter, GUPnP and mojito. The Moblin Core is the core desktop environment that sits of top of Fedora, and above the Moblin Core are the specific user interface and user interaction model for the target device(s).

Benefit to Fedora

The current release of Fedora GUI environments aren't optimised for the small screen environments of NetBook and MID devices. This will allow for a desktop environment that is optimised for these newer small, cheap devices that are becoming popular.

Kickstart File

http://pbrobinson.fedorapeople.org/FedoraMini/fedora-mini-base.ks

http://pbrobinson.fedorapeople.org/FedoraMini/fedora-mini-moblinNetbook.ks

ISO Name / FS Label

Fedora13-Moblin-arch-LiveCD.iso

Dependencies

The current plan is to base the Spin on Moblin 2.2. If there are issues with getting Moblin 2.2 into Fedora due to either upstream or other issues we will fall back to shipping Moblin 2.1 which already has all required packages in Fedora rawhide although some may require updates.

Scope / Testing

  1. Run basic spin testing
  2. Test installs from livecd and usb, test livecdcreator
  3. Test the moblin user interface including core components
  4. Test various X drivers for OpenGL support or whether it falls back to software rendering

Spins Page

Slogan

The future of the Mobile internet.

Spin description

The Fedora Moblin Spin is a Fedora-based operating system designed with the mobile device user in mind. We started with Moblin, a desktop environment built on the GNOME Mobile platform, and added new technologies such as:

  • Clutter, an open source OpenGL-based software library for creating fast, visually rich, portable and animated graphical user interfaces with an easy-to-use API.
  • GUPnP, an object-oriented open source framework for creating UPnP devices and control points, allowing mobile devices running the Fedora Moblin Spin to connect with consumer electronics products from over 899 vendors working together to create the the UPnP standard.
  • Bisho, (some wrapper for mojito social network aggregator, still looking for this, hang on)

The result is an integrated software experience suitable for use on multiple platforms, including netbooks, nettops, mobile internet devices, vehicle infotainment systems, and more.

Try the future of the mobile internet today. Learn more.

About

Screenshot

Coming soon....

Download tab

Download the Fedora Moblin spin for Netbook and Nettop computers.

Support tab

IRC:

   * #fedora on freenode.net: irc://irc.freenode.net/fedora 
   * #fedora-mini on freenode.net: irc://irc.freenode.net/fedora 

Mailing lists:

   * Fedora-list: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list 

Forums:

   * Fedora Forum: http://www.fedoraforum.org/ 

Wikis:

   * Moblin in the Fedora wiki: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Moblin

Custom branding

To be discussed with the Fedora Design team

Comments and Discussion