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BlankOn LinuxArchitecture
and how GNOME fits into the picture
Mohammad [email protected]
License: CC-BY-SA 4.0
Introduction
1997 co-found Linux Indonesia2000s various F/OSS contributions2004 co-found BlankOn2003-2007 Indonesian translation coordinator at GNOME2007-2009 Account Team member at GNOME2005-2012 Nokia/Maemo/MeeGo -> Hildon Input Method maintainer2013 BlankOn Executive Director
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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➔ ...
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
BlankOn Project
As a place to exercise before contributing to the upstream
➔ language barrier➔ culture shock
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
BlankOn Linux
Facts
Debian derivative (was Fedora and Ubuntu derivative), more than rebranding9 releases (since 2004) so far➔ 10th soon to be releasedTwo lines of hardware architectures➔ x86 (32 and 64 bits)➔ ARM
Package repository
Debian
BlankOn
Boot Loader
Kernel
Base system
GUI
ApplicationUsual stack
Boot Loader
Kernel
Base system
GUI
ApplicationBoot Loader
Boot Loader
Kernel
Sistem Dasar
GUI
AplikasiKernel
Boot Loader
Kernel
Base system
GUI
ApplicationBase system
Base system
Miniroot BlankOn (ARM)Debian bootstrap with BlankOn packages
Base system (ARM)
Miniroot BlankOn
Basic shellbusybox + init scripts
https://github.com/BlankOn/miniroot
Base system
Debootstrap with BlankOn packages
Essential BlankOn packages libc, systemd, middlewares, etc
Boot Loader
Kernel
Base system
GUI
ApplicationGUI
GUI
GNOME 3 platform
GNOME Session D-Bus GStreamer PulseAudio NetworkManager PangoPackageKit Telepathy WebKit GIO GVFS
Manokwari
Capital of West Papua province
White and sandy beaches
Capital of West Papua province
White and sandy beaches
Manokwari
GUI
Manokwari desktop
➔ HTML5 frontend➔ Vala backend➔ evolution from BlankOn Panel
architecture (then)
BlankOn
GNOME
Linux
architecture (then)
BlankOn
GNOME
Linux
gnome-panel
nautilus
metacity
chromium
evolution
architecture (then)
BlankOn
GNOME
Linux
gnome-panel
nautilus
metacity
chromium
evolution
gnome-panel
subsystem choices
BlankOn
GNOME
Linux
nautilus
metacity
chromium
evolution
gnome-panel
gnome-shell
unity
????
blankon-panel (2011)
blankon-panel
panel
blankon-panel
ValaGTK+ 3
manokwari (2012)
manokwari (2012)
paneldesktop
manokwari (2012)
ValaJavaScript
HTMLCSS
GTK+ 3
architecture
webkitgtkbackend
GTK+ front-end
HTML front-end
Vala
HTML/JS/CSS
Maleo
Macrocephalon maleo
Endemic to Sulawesi Island
Endangered species
GUI
Maleo HTML5 application runner (since 2012)
libseed
JSC GObject
Seed
Maleo
WebkitGtk
Maleo applications
Maleo
config.xml
HTML5CSSJS
Maleo
Maleo and it’s bridge to system
Maleo
config.xml
HTML5CSSJS
Maleo
Seed JSC NodeJS
Boot Loader
Kernel
Base system
GUI
ApplicationApplication
Application
HTML5GTK+Qt
Boot Loader
Kernel
Base system
GUI
ApplicationConclusion
GNOME plays a very important role as a basicplatform
BlankOn goes towards webtechnologies
