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== Background == | == Background == | ||
- | + | Mer is a new operating system for small, mobile touch-screen devices. | |
It is Linux based and layers the best open-source elements of Nokia's Maemo platform over a modern Ubuntu base. | It is Linux based and layers the best open-source elements of Nokia's Maemo platform over a modern Ubuntu base. | ||
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The goals of Mer include: | The goals of Mer include: | ||
* Integrate the best solutions for a wide variety of small form-factor devices | * Integrate the best solutions for a wide variety of small form-factor devices | ||
- | * | + | * Allow easy access to the capabilities these devices offer |
- | * | + | * Allow hardware to be useful even after manufacturer updates cease |
- | * | + | * Providing an open foundation that demonstrably provides an easy route to market for vendors such as SmartQ |
+ | * Drive the Vendor Social Contract | ||
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* Focus, harness and support community contributions to the platform | * Focus, harness and support community contributions to the platform | ||
- | * Encourage and ease migration of existing applications | + | * Encourage and ease migration of existing desktop applications |
- | * | + | * Encouraging third party experimentation and development |
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== Mission == | == Mission == | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
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== Status == | == Status == | ||
Mer is new and [[Mer/Releases|constantly developing]] so the [[Mer/Status|status]] of support for hardware and applications is steadily improving. | Mer is new and [[Mer/Releases|constantly developing]] so the [[Mer/Status|status]] of support for hardware and applications is steadily improving. | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
- | Mer has evolved from discussion around [[Maemo_Reconstructed|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 | + | Mer has evolved from discussion around [[Maemo_Reconstructed|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. |
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== Screenshots == | == Screenshots == | ||
- | + | You can see the current release screenshots [[Mer/Releases/0.11#Screenshots|here]] | |
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+ | <gallery> | ||
+ | Image:Mer-screenshot-meiz-home.png | ||
+ | Image:Mer-screenshot-meiz-wifi.png | ||
+ | Image:Mer-screenshot-jaffa-ham.png | ||
+ | Image:Mer-screenshot-meiz-xchat.png | ||
+ | Image:Mer-screenshot-meiz-midori.png | ||
+ | </gallery> | ||
+ | [[Category:Mer|About]] |
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