Mer

The Mer platform is a Linux distribution for mobile devices based on the Maemo platform from Nokia. Mer goals include:

• Improving and developing parts of Maemo that are of interest to the Maemo community.
• Making it easier to port existing desktop applications by hildonizing and adjusting them to the tablet form factor.
• Encouraging third party experimentation and development.
• Supporting tablet hardware no longer receiving updated OS software by Nokia.
• Making Maemo a generic platform for all tablet devices, including non-Nokia ones.
• Focusing Maemo community efforts in platform-related areas

It is -not- a Nokia project, it's a project started by maemo.org community members.

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.

Historically, the Mer platform came from a discussion on reconstructing Maemo and a desire to make a proof of concept system of the thoughts in this proposal (M-R PoC), which developed into Mer after realization that it was a viable direction of development.

If you would like to participate in and contribute to Mer - participate in the Mer Sprints - current one is Mer Sprint 0.7 and read the Mer Documentation

If you want to see documentation for Mer releases - see Mer Releases, latest is Mer 0.6

Participants in Mer

(Please read the Mer Sprints instead of editing this table, if you would like to participate)

Stskeeps || Carsten V. Munk || Centre for Pervasive Healthcare, University of Aarhus. MSc. student || Beginning || Aarhus, Denmark

Nickname	Name	Affiliation (employer) or occupation	Since	Location