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Moblin Web Browser

Also known as: moblin-web-browser
2009 – 2010 Discontinued
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Built-in browser of Moblin 2, Intel's OS for netbooks: Mozilla's Gecko rendering but an interface written in Clutter and blended into the system shell; reworked in Moblin 2.1 with support for plugins and add-ons.

Facts

Developer
Intel / Linux Foundation (Moblin project)
Website
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Engine
Gecko
Derived from
Mozilla Application Suite (Mozilla)
Successor
MeeGo (Chromium browser for netbooks)
Platforms
Linux
Details
Moblin 2.0 and 2.1 (Atom netbooks); Moblin merged into MeeGo in 2010
Popularity
40/100 — Estimate: a few tens of thousands of netbooks running Moblin

Key versions

  1. Moblin v2.0 betaGeckoMoblin 2 beta for netbooks, with a Gecko browser integrated into the Clutter UI.[1]
  2. Moblin v2.1Moblin 2.1: improved browser and better plug-in support.[2]
  3. —Moblin and Maemo merger into MeeGo announced, ending Moblin.[1]

Version sources: [1] Moblin (Wikipedia en), [2] osnews.com

Sources

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moblin
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/2015/https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=moblin_v2_ui&num=2
  3. https://www.osnews.com/story/22453/moblin-21-released/