16 Facts About Maemo

Maemo is a software platform originally developed by Nokia, now developed by the community, for smartphones and Internet tablets.

Maemo played a key role in Nokia's strategy to compete with Apple and Android, and that strategy failed for complex, institutional and strategic reasons.

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.

User interface in Maemo 4 is similar to many hand-held interfaces and features a "home" screen, from which all applications and settings are accessed.

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Maemo provides the Mozilla-based MicroB web-browser with complete Adobe Flash support.

Maemo employs a numeric security code as a way to lock the device's controls and display independently of the root password, to help prevent unauthorised access.

Maemo is a modified version of the Debian Linux distribution, slimmed down for mobile devices.

Maemo comes with a number of built-in applications, but additional applications can be installed from a number of sources, including various official and community software repositories, and deb files through either the built-in package manager "Application manager", or the Advanced Packaging Tool and dpkg.

Maemo operating system is designed for Nokia Internet Tablets, which feature very similar specifications to Nokia's high-end N-series and E-series cellphones, with TI OMAP ARM SoCs, large screens, and expandable internal storage.

Maemo 5, known as Fremantle, is the default operating system on the Nokia N900.

Maemo 5 comes with new hardware, the Nokia N900 featuring a Texas Instruments OMAP3 SoC, with an HSPA modem and HD camera, which provides significant improvements in speed, 3D acceleration, and media playback.

An open source Linux project called Mer, a variant of Maemo, has been formed to provide an alternative, fully open operating system for mobile devices including the Nokia N800 and N810.

Maemo 5 operating system comes preloaded with a variety of applications such as:.

Maemo Leste is entirely community-developed, and its developers are active on.

LXDE is the default desktop for the Easy Debian distribution, which is installed as a single application under Maemo but provides access to the full range of software in the ARM Debian distribution via a chroot environment.