Directory of Open webOS Resources

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Open WebOS is a Linux operating system. Palm launched WebOS in January 2009 as the successor to Palm OS. It was acquired by Hewlett-Packard.

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After the failure of the HP TouchPad and the proposed sale of the HP Personal Systems Group, HP made the platform open source, and it became Open WebOS.

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WebOS was purchased by LG Electronics, which intends to use it for smart TVs.

Resources in This Category

• Ars Technica: Reviving the dead: How Android devices are keeping webOS alive

  http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/01/reviving-the-dead-how-android-devices-are-keeping-webos-alive/
  Using open source frameworks to help Palm live on via re-purposed Nexus devices.

• ExtremeTech: LG Acquires WebOS from HP – for Use in Smart TVs, not Smartphones

  http://www.extremetech.com/computing/149220-lg-acquires-webos-from-hp-for-use-in-smart-tvs-not-smartphones
  LG has officially purchased the mobile operating system from HP for use on smart TVs.

• ExtremeTech: Open WebOS 1.0 Announced

  http://www.extremetech.com/computing/115577-open-webos-1-0-announced
  HP has officially announced that WebOS will be open sourced by September 2012.

• Intomobile: HP Will Open Source webOS

  http://www.intomobile.com/2011/12/09/hp-open-source-webos/
  HP will keep webOS but submit it to an open source community.

• Intomobile: In Memoriam: The Life and Death of webOS

  http://www.intomobile.com/2011/08/18/memoriam-life-and-death-webos/
  A look at the life and times of the platform when it looked like that HP was killing off webOS. It discusses the time from the Pre to the grave.

• Open webOS

  http://www.openwebosproject.org/
  Official home page of the Open webOS Project. Includes documentation and blog.

• Open webOS Forum

  http://www.openwebosforum.com/
  Discussion about LG and webOS, the Open webOS project and various devices.

• TechRadar: HP Gifts WebOS to Open Source

  http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/hp-gifts-webos-to-open-source-1046950
  Hewlett-Packard has announced that it will contribute the WebOS operating system to the open source community.

• TechRadar: HP Introduces WebOS 1.0

  http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/hp-introduces-webos-1-0-1100674
  HP has finally released their promised open source webOS 1.0 to the public.

• TechRadar: WebOS Lives Again with Open Source Beta

  http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/webos-lives-again-with-open-source-beta-1094445
  Hewlett Packard is now launching the open source beta for its WebOS mobile operating system.

• WebOS Internals

  http://www.webos-internals.org/
  Wiki for collecting information about the inner workings of webOS.

• webOS Nation

  http://www.webosnation.com/
  WebOS news, reviews, and discussion.

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