Open webOS desktop demo.Looks good. Video.

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesùs.

A new Open webOS demo on a desktop  made  by penkia shows the OS performance more efficient than before, when it was ported to a Goole Nexus, and to a  Samsung Slate 7

Penk instructions for anyone who wants to try it as follows:

UPDATED: added new download link

Download: openwebos-desktop-1005.iso (112MB)
MD5: 396dbd28dd08d337262821fec68be16c

I created an unofficial Open webOS Live distro, based on the desktop build and mkxpud for Ubuntu 12.04. It has bugs and only tested on Virtualbox, but you get the idea.

What's next

I'll work on following things

• compile new kernel and add extra kernel drivers (targeting 3.2.0-23 for 12.04 LTS)
• set boot parameter to /etc/palm/luna-platform.conf so you can configure gesture area, keyboard and resolution from boot loader
• add new cookbook & recipe to mkxpud, and try switching to OE build to further strip down image size
• Preware / Homebrew / quick install / developer mode in Open webOS?

If you find anything interesting and want to help, please do. Contact me @penk or #webos-port channel.

Notes on xPUD

I no longer maintain the old plate UI, but underlying system of xPUD is still actively developing. You can check out recent commits of added Google Chrome / Chromium support; SlateKit our reference UX for tablets, and right now we're working on Open webOS and maybe porting to Firefox Webian/Gaia.