Mer/About

Mer is a new Linux operating system, built upon a thin base of Ubuntu Jaunty combined with the best open-source elements of Nokia's Maemo platform.

The goals of Mer include:
 * Improving and developing parts of Maemo that are of interest to the Maemo community.
 * Making it easier to port existing desktop applications by hildonizing and adjusting them to the tablet form factor.
 * Encouraging third party experimentation and development.
 * Supporting tablet hardware no longer receiving updated OS software by Nokia.
 * Making Maemo a generic platform for all tablet devices, including non-Nokia ones.
 * Focusing Maemo community efforts in platform-related areas

Mer platform development will be done in the open, with public SCM repository, bugtrackers, and Wiki-based blueprint discussion.

We should stop seeing the tablets as strictly under-powered embedded systems, and see them for what they really are: powerful, power-efficient, economical handheld computers.

Mer has evolved from discussion around reconstructing Maemo and a desire to make a proof of concept system of these thoughts. The M-R PoC developed into Mer after it was realised that it was - indeed - a viable environment for both developers and end-users.