On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 6:20 AM, Jeff Moe <moe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Nokia's N900[1] is a relatively open smartphone running the Maemo distro[2] which is roughly based on Debian Etch. Moblin[3] is a distro mostly by Intel which is/was primarily for Netbooks. If you haven't heard the news[4], Intel and Nokia have agreed to merge the Maemo and Moblin projects into a new project called MeeGo[5], hosted by the Linux Foundation. > > So what's so cool about this for the fans of this list? "We are using F12 ARM release to bootstrap MeeGo using the OBS build system[6] ARM architecture support."[7] Suddenly Fedora ARM has gone from relative obscurity to being the foundation for one of the most innovative hardware/software packages out there. Very cool. :) > > Have fun, > > -Jeff > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N900 > [2] http://www.maemo.org/ > [3] http://moblin.org/ > [4] http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/374612/bb8bf5cc77d85358/ > [5] http://www.meego.org/ > [6] http://en.opensuse.org/Build_Service > [7] http://wiki.meego.com/ARM_Support > _______________________________________________ > arm mailing list > arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/arm > <repost ... silly "reply all" button got away from me/> That's awesome!!! I do however think its a little funny that the opensuse build service is being used to bootstrap Fedora, but more power to open source collaboration :) -AdamM -- http://maxamillion.googlepages.com --------------------------------------------------------- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments _______________________________________________ arm mailing list arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/arm
