LG’s Linux-based webOS Goes Open Source, Again!

Posted by elobga on Apr 17, 2018 4:21 PM EDT
It's FOSS; By Derick Sullivan Lobga
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One of the earliest mobile operating systems, Palm OS is still alive in the form of webOS. It’s current owner LG is making it open source, once again.

webOS has metamorphosed from Open webOS, HP webOS, Palm webOS and to LG webOS. It was originally developed by Palm for its Personal Digital Assistant. In 2010, HP bought Palm and thus acquired Palm webOS but a few years later, HP sold it to LG Electronics for them to use it on their web-enabled smart TVs replacing its NetCast platform.

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