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== Background ==
== Background ==
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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.
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Mer is a new operating system for small, mobile touch-screen devices.
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It is Linux based and layers the best open-source elements of Nokia's Maemo platform over a modern Ubuntu base.
The goals of Mer include:
The goals of Mer include:
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*Improving and developing parts of Maemo that are of interest to the Maemo community.
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* Integrate the best solutions for a wide variety of small form-factor devices
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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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* Allow easy access to the capabilities these devices offer
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*Encouraging third party experimentation and development.
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* Allow hardware to be useful even after manufacturer updates cease
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*Supporting tablet hardware no longer receiving updated OS software by Nokia.
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* Providing an open foundation that demonstrably provides an easy route to market for vendors such as SmartQ
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*Making Maemo a generic platform for all tablet devices, including non-Nokia ones.
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* Drive the Vendor Social Contract
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*Focusing Maemo community efforts in platform-related areas
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* Focus, harness and support community contributions to the platform
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* Encourage and ease migration of existing desktop applications
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* Encouraging third party experimentation and development
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== Mission ==
== Mission ==

Revision as of 16:33, 24 June 2009

Mer

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.

The goals of Mer include:

  • 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
  • Focus, harness and support community contributions to the platform
  • Encourage and ease migration of existing desktop applications
  • Encouraging third party experimentation and development


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.

Status

Mer is new and constantly developing so the status of support for hardware and applications is steadily improving.

History

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.

Screenshots

You can see the current release screenshots here

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