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* As much of Fremantle as we can get on the N8x0
* As much of Fremantle as we can get on the N8x0


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/?nick=merwikiVisitor&channels=Mer web based IRC client]).
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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Revision as of 10:12, 4 October 2009

Mer
An open, community-led, Linux distribution for mobile devices

Goals

  • Integrate the best solutions for a wide variety of small form-factor devices
  • Encourage wider access to device capabilities through the Vendor Social Contract
  • Demonstrably provide an easy route to market for vendors
  • Dramatically reduce costs to vendors of supporting EOL hardware
  • Focus, harness and support community contributions to the platform
  • Encourage and ease migration of existing applications
  • Support experimentation, innovation and development

or, to put it another way:

  • As much of Fremantle as we can get on the N8x0

We're hanging out on #mer on FreeNode IRC (irc.freenode.net) if you would like to discuss Mer (here's a web based IRC client).

Latest activity

http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=qJEaF4Xp3RGPv3S1rLQIDg&_render=rss

From mer-chatter and planet.maemo.org: <rss title="off" desc="off" number="8" time="3600">http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=qJEaF4Xp3RGPv3S1rLQIDg&_render=rss</rss>

What next?

About: Learn more about Mer, this new Linux/Gnu distribution, and its history.
Download: Get the latest release of Mer on your device or PC.
People: Join the Mer community, and find out who’s already involved.
Development: Enhance Mer itself, and develop applications.