LWN: Comments on "MeeGo 1.2 released"

MeeGo 1.2 released

job — Thu, 26 May 2011 11:26:35 +0000

Thank you, that's exactly what I wanted to know. That means they might work well in the future as well, I am sick and tired of driver issues with the other major tablet platform. I might treat myself to one then, as they've dropped in price considerably.

MeeGo 1.2 released

ajross — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:45:32 +0000

Yes, it runs very well on the WeTab/ExoPC. Obviously you have to install it yourself, but this device is more or less the primary target of the pinetrail tablet images.

who's left to adopt meego?

nlucas — Fri, 20 May 2011 15:07:06 +0000

I was surprised to see the major mobile enterprise in my country selling a Maemo device (Nokia N900). [1]

It's not much, and I really don't know how long they will support it, but does seem to indicate Maemo it's still not dead for Nokia.

Nokia has a 60% market share in my country.

[1] http://www.tmn.pt/portal/site/loja/menuitem.1ed531b0dc810...

MeeGo 1.2 released

burchr — Thu, 19 May 2011 23:36:37 +0000

The software is all open, and fully available. Whether it runs on any given hardware depends on whether the hardware adaptation for that hardware is possible (i.e. if there are available graphics/network/other drivers).

This does, at least partially, depend on hardware vendors providing support, but not exclusively.

who's left to adopt meego?

Hausvib6 — Thu, 19 May 2011 22:17:31 +0000

Some laptop manufacter install some kind of Maemo/Meego to non-enslaved laptops (no Windows preinstalled). In my case, it is just installed, not even supporting all feature of the laptop hardware. The funny thing is I can't find a button to shutdown the laptop from the user interface though I'm sure this is not a bug, somehow.

MeeGo 1.2 released

job — Thu, 19 May 2011 21:57:02 +0000

Does this run on Wetab? Or does the situation resemble Android, where the software is released to hardware partners which may or may not release modified software for their tablets?

who's left to adopt meego?

tajyrink — Thu, 19 May 2011 18:30:34 +0000

I don't know what are the plans for official releases, but there seems to be a 1.2 RC3 for Nokia N900 now available, worked together by a paid team and voluntary people. Looks good to me since eventually I'm searching for a successor/alternative to my Neo FreeRunner (even though GTA04 could give it a couple of more years), and currently it seems power management and other similar critical issues start to be solved. Power management was mentioned in the MeeGo Core release notes (https://meego.com/downloads/releases/1.2/meego-v1.2-core-...) and the RC3 is available from http://wiki.meego.com/ARM/N900

who's left to adopt meego?

tajyrink — Thu, 19 May 2011 18:26:48 +0000

Do you mean in the netbook, tablet, in-vehicle, smart TV, marine industry or handset market? Well of course I know you meant handsets, but just to make a point. MeeGo seems to aim broad. In the handset area, in the news there have been talks about LG, ZTE, Huawei, Panasonic, China Mobile at least.

who's left to adopt meego?

tzafrir — Thu, 19 May 2011 18:01:12 +0000

Nokia? Who is that? (No handset UX was released)

who's left to adopt meego?

b7j0c — Thu, 19 May 2011 17:26:10 +0000

now that nokia has gone win7 and may soon be swallowed entirely by ms, and rim is continuing on its own proprietary strategy...who is left to adopt meego??