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| [[User:b-man|b-man]] || Brian McKenzie || Hacker/Porter || 2009-01-22 || OH, US  || Hacker/Porter and also the developer of the Mer Project Installer
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Revision as of 21:42, 22 January 2009

Mer is a Linux distribution for mobile devices, based on the Maemo platform from Nokia. Mer goals 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

Releases

If you want to download a Mer release - see Mer Releases, latest is Mer 0.6.

Mission

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.

Historically, the Mer platform came from a discussion on reconstructing Maemo and a desire to make a proof of concept system of the thoughts in this proposal (M-R PoC), which developed into Mer after realization that it was a viable direction of development.

Get Involved

If you would like to participate in and contribute to Mer - participate in the Mer Sprints - current one is Mer Sprint 0.7 and read the Mer Documentation

Participants in Mer

(Please read the Mer Sprints wiki page instead of editing this table, if you would like to participate)

Nickname Name Affiliation (employer) or occupation Registered since Location Areas of interest
Stskeeps Carsten V. Munk Centre for Pervasive Healthcare, University of Aarhus. MSc. comp.sci. student Beginning Aarhus, Denmark Community, genericity of mobile platform.
Jaffa Andrew Flegg Systems' architect 2009-01-18 UK Upstream (Ubuntu/Maemo) compatibility, user-experience
GeneralAntilles Ryan Abel Student 2009-01-22 US Public relations, documentation, maemo.org infrastructure
Andrewfblack Andrew F. Black Radiation Protection Technician 2009-01-22 Alabama, US Theme Development
qwerty12 Faheem Pervez Student 2009-01-22 London, UK Mer packager.
Meizirkki Roope Kuisma Student 2009-01-22 Finland Testing
vdvsx Valério Valério MSc Student 2009-01-22 Évora, Portugal User interfaces, communication, testing, Kernel
b-man Brian McKenzie Hacker/Porter 2009-01-22 OH, US Hacker/Porter and also the developer of the Mer Project Installer

Latest Activity

From #mer on Jaiku:

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