Seminar On SAILFISH OPERATING SYSTEM

BY VIJAYALAKSHMI.H.T

1DS10IS113

CONTENTS

• Introduction• What is Sailfish OS?• Origin• Requirements• Architecture• Technology• Design• Applications

Introduction

• A mobile operating system, also called a mobile OS, is an operating system that is specifically designed to run on mobile devices such as mobile phones, smartphones, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices.

• However, they currently deal more with wireless versions of broadband and local connectivity.

EXISTING MOBILE OPERATING SYSTEMS

• Symbian OS• Android OS• iPhone OS (iOS )• BlackBerry OS• Windows • MeeGo OS

Why do we need yet another 'mobile' OS ?

“NO”

“No visibility”

“Yes.”Visibility & influence

“No influence”

“No visibility”

What is Sailfish OS?

Linux based operating system

Built on the heritage of MeeGo

Runs Qt/QML, HTML5 and

Android apps

Using Qt 5 & Wayland

Developed by Jolla

ORIGIN

• MeeGo needed to evolve ... but died

• Mer was reborn

• Jolla was launched

• Sailfish OS was spawned

What is NOT Sailfish OS?

•NOT another Android based OS

•NOT fully open (Sailfish UI part is

currently closed)

Requirements

•Oracle Virtual Box 4.1.18 or newer

• About 5GB free disk space

• 4GB RAM (recommended)

Compatible platforms:

• Windows

• Linux

ARCHITECTURE

Sailfish UI

Mer

Linux Kernel

Contd…

Contd…

•Mer is FOSS mobile-optimized core distribution; powered by

Qt/QML and HTML5. The project is openly developed and

meritocratically governed.

•Which projects and products use Mer?

• Nemo Mobile

• Plasma Active

• Seadot

• Sailfish

TECHNOLOGY

• Native

• Android Runtime

• HTML5

DESIGN

• Effortless interaction

• True multitasking at its best

• Logical

• Integrated services

SAILFISH LETS YOU:

• Operate efficiently

• Deliver quickly

• Use your own code

• Focus on innovation

HOW?

• Customer focus

• Pragmatic

• Operating entirely in the open

• Being meritocratic

• Inclusive

HOW?

• User Interface

• Expertise

• Business partners

• An ecosystem

SAILFISH DELIVERS

• Compatibility

• Availability

• Flexibility

Applications

• Acer Iconia tab W500• Google Nexus 4• Google Nexus 7• HP Mini• Nokia N950 and Nokia N9

Conclusion

• More lightweight than Ubuntu on slower devices.

• Has more apps due to the Android compatibility layer.

• BB10 apps can be easily ported to Sailfish.• Fully open source.

References

• http://www.sailfishos.org• https://

sailfishos.org/wiki/Main_Page#Contribute• https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Sailfish• http://jolla.com• http://merproject.org • http://qt-project.org

THANK YOU