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* Introduction to Forum Nokia: official & stable.
* Introduction to Forum Nokia: official & stable.
* Introduction to maemo.org Developers corner: community & unstable.
* Introduction to maemo.org Developers corner: community & unstable.
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* Links to Quickstard Guide, Reference Manual and Training Materials.
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* Links to Quickstart Guide, Reference Manual and Training Materials.
== Introduction to open source ==
== Introduction to open source ==

Revision as of 12:30, 11 November 2008

maemo.nokia.com will contain two pages related to the current scope of maemo.org. Here we will draft the text for both. Quim has to deliver a first complete draft by 2008-11-18.

Introduction for developers

Ideas to develop, keeping them simple and short. More catchy than accurate or explained in depth.

  • Basic platform description.
  • Intro to the offering in a sensible way: Mozilla add-ons, Python, C/C++, GTK+Qt, SDK, SDK+, Eclipse plugins (do we need to digest all this or make a tighter selection).
  • Specific message to Linux ports.
  • Specific message to Symbian and .NET developers.
  • Highlights on open platform development.
  • Introduction to Forum Nokia: official & stable.
  • Introduction to maemo.org Developers corner: community & unstable.
  • Links to Quickstart Guide, Reference Manual and Training Materials.

Introduction to open source

Ideas to develop, keeping them simple and short. More catchy than accurate or explained in depth.

  • Why being able to look at the source code of software is relevant to normal people.
  • How normal people benefits from software freedom.
  • Every user is a potential contributor.
  • How Maemo benefits from the work of other projects, and viceversa.
  • Short history and trends.
  • maemo.org entry points to get started.

Links to know more:

  • propose URLs