Project Open webOS announced the start of work on the open source operating system, webOS, which decided to rename LuneOS. The new open-source operating system for mobile devices designed to offer users the best of webOS, which in its time has not reached commercial success.
Translated from the French Lune - moon. The name was given in honor of the component LunaSysMgr, responsible for a variety of user interface elements in the original version of webOS. And although the developers decided to give the name in honor of this element, it is no longer used by them - graphical interface has been rewritten using more modern technology QT 5.2 / QML, WebKit 2 and others.
According to the developers, their task - to offer users an ideal mobile operating system created by the community and inherited the most favorite features of webOS. According to the developers, they do not replicate the functionality of iOS and Android, and want to create a platform that will satisfy all the needs of mobile users, said Cnews .
All versions LuneOS will be called in honor of coffee drinks. In accordance with this first version was called Affogato. You can download it and install it on the Nexus 4 and Galaxy Nexus and HP TouchPad Tablet and Nexus 7. Members Nexus 4 and HP TouchPad will be able to receive future updates.
In addition LunaSysMgr, developers replaced and other system components. For example, a layer of the radio interface Radio Interface Layer (RIL) and the graphics drivers were borrowed from Android. This is done in order to facilitate the porting system on Android-powered devices. For those wishing to try out the "OSes" on the official website available installation instructions .
During its short history webOS three times changed the host. Initially the system is designed for use in Palm smartphones. In 2010, HP bought Palm for $ 1.2 billion, received the rights to webOS. However, HP has released on the basis of this system, only a few smartphones and only tablet TouchPad, who gained success in the market. In December 2011, HP has opened the source code of the operating system developer community. In March of 2013 the right to webOS bought LG Electronics. After that Koreans integrated operating system in its "smart" TVs.