Documentation/Maemo SDK Virtual Image Tutorial/Introduction

= Introduction =

Maemo SDK Virtual Images are a good option for those developers who do not want to spend time and effort to download, install and configure the Linux environment and all required tools for Maemo applications development.

Maemo SDK Virtual Image support following Maemo devices and platform releases:


 * Nokia N800, N810 and N810 WiMAX Edition with Diablo 4.1.x.
 * Nokia N900 with Fremantle 5.x, see figure 1.1.

The Ubuntu Desktop-based Maemo SDK Virtual Image is an especially good choice to be used in Maemo development workshops and training sessions as it does not require any special configuration for attendees machines. It significantly reduces the dependencies of the host machine, such as installed operating system, other software and superuser privileges. All you need to do is install the virtualisation software of your choice to the host machine and deploy Maemo SDK Virtual Image for it. With this setup, attendees can launch the virtualisation environment (such as VMWare Player) as guest users without ever accessing the host environment with administration privileges. Inside Maemo SDK Virtual Image users have, of course, full administration privileges for the Ubuntu and Maemo SDK environments.

Do not hesitate to use Maemo SDK Virtual Images, they were created to make Maemo application development a lot easier!