Firefox OS – New Kid On the Block

   Ever since Android has made it big, Linux based mobile OS (refer to our article on Linux based Mobile OS ) have become the flavour of season in the technology world. Here in this article, we will peel of the first layer to know more about Linux based mobile operating system – FireFox OS.

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Firefox OS is the latest open source mobile operating system based on Linux kernel and is developed by Mozilla. Mozilla amalgamates with Foxconn to barrage the new Firefox OS device in the market. Besides making devices for Apple, Foxconn is expanding its business by designing and manufacturing Firefox OS based devices for some major electronic brands. Mozilla believes that this OS will bring more diversity to the mobile market as Firefox browser brought to the web.
Apparently it will be easier to create apps for this platform as it is completely based on HTML5 which is used to build websites. This flexible Firefox OS also codenamed Boot to Gecko combines Mozilla’s Gecko technology with Linux to bring developers a powerful platform for creating distinguished products. User interface of this application is a web app which is integrally efficient in displaying and producing other web apps.
This powerful mobile operating system brings justice to multi-platform concept as it gives developer the full freedom to develop applications to their maximum efficiency and distribute them under no boundaries. In true sense, Mozilla brings open standards to the mobiles. All that a developer need is a developer preview device to start developing program for Firefox OS. One good thing about these devices is that, they are available in market at very reasonable prices e.g. Peak and Keon. As some star actors quote that they are director’s actor, we would like to quote that Firefox OS is a developer’s OS.
Want to know how to install Firefox OS on a mobile device? Refer to this youtube link
Here are some useful tips for using Firefox OS device:

1. Unlocking

For unlocking the device if Firefox OS asks for a passcode, the default code is 0000.

2. Screenshot Capturing

For capturing a screenshot, you just need to press the power and home buttons at the same time.
Then you can access the screenshot from the images.

3. USB Debugging

For enabling USB debugging, put a tick mark on Remote debugging from the settings.

4. Physical Hardware buttons

Like most of the modern smartphones, it has few number of hardware buttons which are Home button, Volume Control button and Power button which do their respective functions.