Maemo

Maemo is a Linux-based software platform originally developed by Nokia, now developed by the community, for smartphones and Internet tablets. The platform comprises both the Maemo operating system and SDK. Maemo played a key role in Nokia's strategy as an attempt to compete with Apple and Android; the only retail devices that shipped with Maemo were the Nokia Internet tablet line released in 2005 and the Nokia N900 smartphone in 2009.

Key facts

OS.developer: Maemo Leste open-source community
OS.name: Maemo Leste (Maemo 7)
OS.logo: 200px
OS.screenshot: 250px
OS.caption: Screenshot of Maemo 5
OS.family: Unix-like <!-- Not really a release
OS.source_model: Open source
OS.latest_release_version: 5.0 PR 1.3.1
OS.programmed_in: C, C++, Mono C#
OS.language: Multilingual
OS.kernel_type: Monolithic (Linux)
OS.userland: GNU
OS.ui: Hildon
OS.supported_platforms: ARM, ARM64, x86-64
OS.license: Mixed unspecified open-source and proprietary
OS.working_state: Active
OS.updatemodel: ROM flashing ordpkg (package manager)
OS.package_manager: dpkg

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

34 sections

Contents

User interface
OS2005–OS2008
Maemo 5 (Fremantle)
Features
Updating
Security
Software architecture
Software
Notable third-party applications
Media support
Software development
Hardware
Version history
OS2005
OS2006
OS2007
OS2008
Diablo
SSU
Maemo 5
Maemo Leste
Hacker Editions
Alternative desktops
Derivatives
MeeGo
Harmattan
Mer
Qt
Release history
Naming
Maemo Summit
See also
References
External links

Maemo is mostly based on open-source code and has been developed by Maemo Devices within Nokia in collaboration with many open-source projects such as the Linux kernel, Debian, and GNOME. Maemo is based on Debian and draws much of its GUI, frameworks, and libraries from the GNOME project. It uses the Matchbox window manager and the GTK-based Hildon framework as its GUI and application framework.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maemo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.