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- | |'''Mer''' is a Linux distribution for mobile devices, based on the Maemo platform from Nokia. Mer goals include:
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| + | <div style="z-index: 3; position: absolute; top: 42px; left: 180px; color: #fff; font-style: italic; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1.8em; width: 360px">An open, community-led, Linux distribution for mobile devices</div> |
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- | *Improving and developing parts of Maemo that are of interest to the Maemo community.
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- | *Making it easier to port existing desktop applications by hildonizing and adjusting them to the tablet form factor.
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- | *Encouraging third party experimentation and development.
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- | *Supporting tablet hardware no longer receiving updated OS software by Nokia.
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- | *Making Maemo a generic platform for all tablet devices, including non-Nokia ones.
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- | *Focusing Maemo community efforts in platform-related areas
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- | |}
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- | == Releases == | + | <div style="position: relative; padding-top: 120px; margin-right: 10em; margin-bottom: 2em"> |
- | If you want to download a Mer release - see [[Mer/Releases|Mer Releases]], latest is [[Mer/Releases/0.6|Mer 0.6]].
| + | == Mer is back == |
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- | == Mission ==
| + | Please visit http://www.merproject.org to learn more about these news. |
- | Mer platform development will be done in the open, with public SCM repository, bugtrackers, and Wiki-based blueprint discussion.
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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're hanging out on #mer on FreeNode IRC (irc.freenode.net) if you would like to discuss Mer (here's a [http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=Mer web based IRC client]) |
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- | Historically, the Mer platform came from a discussion on [[Maemo_Reconstructed|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.
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- | == Get Involved ==
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- | If you would like to participate in and contribute to Mer - participate in the [[Mer/Sprints|Mer Sprints]] - current one is [[Mer/Sprints/0.7|Mer Sprint 0.7]] and read the [[Mer/Documentation|Mer Documentation]]
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- | === Participants in Mer ===
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- | (Please read the [[Mer/Sprints|Mer Sprints]] wiki page instead of editing this table, if you would like to participate)
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- | ! Nickname
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- | ! Name
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- | ! Affiliation (employer) or occupation
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- | ! Registered since
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- | ! Location
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- | ! Areas of interest
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- | | [[User:Stskeeps|Stskeeps]] || Carsten V. Munk || Centre for Pervasive Healthcare, University of Aarhus. MSc. comp.sci. student || Beginning || Aarhus, Denmark || Community, genericity of mobile platform.
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- | | [[User:Jaffa|Jaffa]] || Andrew Flegg || Systems' architect || 2009-01-18 || UK || Upstream (Ubuntu/Maemo) compatibility, user-experience
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- | | [[User:GeneralAntilles|GeneralAntilles]] || Ryan Abel || Student || 2009-01-22 || US || Public relations, documentation, maemo.org infrastructure
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- | | [[User:Andrewfblack|Andrewfblack]] || Andrew F. Black || Radiation Protection Technician| 2009-01-22 || Alabama, US || Theme Development
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- | |}
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- | == Latest Activity ==
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- | From [http://jaiku.com/channel/mer #mer on Jaiku]:
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- | <rss title="off" desc="off" number="10">http://jaiku.com/channel/mer/feed/rss</rss>
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