MeeGo
{{Short description|Linux distribution}}
{{About|the mobile operating system|other uses|Meego (disambiguation){{!}}Meego}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox OS
| name = MeeGo OS
| logo = 200px
| screenshot = File:Meego netbook ui.jpg
| caption = MeeGo's netbook user interface
| website = {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908211437/https://meego.com/|date=8 September 2011|title=meego.com}}
| developer = Nokia, Intel, Linux Foundation
| source model = Open source
| released = {{Start date|2010|5|26|df=yes}}
| latest release version = 1.2.0.10
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2012|07|12}}
| marketing target = Mobile
| kernel_type = Monolithic (Linux kernel)
| programmed_in =
| userland = GNU
| ui = Several GUIs, see below
| license = Various, see below
| working state = Terminated in favor of Tizen. Forked to create Mer.
| supported platforms = ARM and x86
| updatemodel =
| package manager = RPM Package Manager
| support status = Unsupported
}}
MeeGo is a discontinued Linux distribution hosted by the Linux Foundation, using source code from the operating systems Moblin (produced by Intel) and Maemo (produced by Nokia).{{cite web|url=http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/intel-and-nokia-merge-moblin-and-maemo-to-form-meego-670302|title=Intel and Nokia merge Moblin and Maemo to form MeeGo|last=Grabham|first=Dan |date=15 February 2010|publisher=techradar.com|access-date=15 February 2010}} MeeGo was primarily targeted at mobile devices and information appliances in the consumer electronics market. It was designed to act as an operating system for hardware platforms such as netbooks, entry-level desktops, nettops, tablet computers, mobile computing and communications devices, in-vehicle infotainment devices, SmartTV / ConnectedTV, IPTV-boxes, smart phones, and other embedded systems.{{cite web|url=http://news.opensuse.org/2010/10/06/announcing-smeegol-1-0/|title=openSUSE News – Announcing Smeegol 1.0|date=6 October 2010|access-date=6 October 2010}}
Nokia wanted to make MeeGo its primary smartphone operating system in 2010, but after a change in direction it was stopped in February 2011, leaving Intel alone in the project. The Linux Foundation canceled MeeGo in September 2011 in favor of Tizen, which Intel then joined in collaboration with Samsung.{{cite web|url=https://meego.com/community/blogs/imad/2011/whats-next-meego|title=What's Next for MeeGo|first=Imad|last=Sousou|date=27 September 2011|website=MeeGo blog|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006173715/https://meego.com/community/blogs/imad/2011/whats-next-meego|archive-date=6 October 2011}} A community-driven successor called Mer was formed that year. A Finnish start-up, Jolla, picked up Mer[https://twitter.com/JollaMobile/status/230579553142181888 Twitter / JollaHQ: @kavalczuk #MeeGo is the name]. Twitter.com. Retrieved 9 December 2013. to develop a new operating system: Sailfish OS, and launched the Jolla Phone smartphone at the end of 2013.{{cite web|publisher=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25120727|title=Jolla: Ex-Nokia employees launch smartphone|first=Dave|last=Lee|date=27 November 2013|access-date=2 February 2014}} Another Mer derivative called Nemo Mobile was also developed.
MeeGo was intended to run on a variety of hardware platforms including hand-helds, in-car devices, netbooks and televisions.{{cite web|url=http://meego.com/devices |title=Devices |publisher=MeeGo |access-date=8 December 2010}} All platforms shared the MeeGo core, with different "User Experience" ("UX") layers for each type of device. MeeGo was designed by combining the best of both Intel's Fedora-based Moblin and Nokia's Debian-based Maemo. When it was first announced, the then President and CEO of Nokia, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, said that MeeGo would create an ecosystem, which would be the best among other operating systems and would represent players from different countries.{{cite web|url=http://www.symbianblogs.com/symbian_blog/108_meego.html|title=MeeGo|publisher=Symbianblogs|access-date=7 July 2017|archive-date=5 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605015239/http://www.symbianblogs.com/symbian_blog/108_meego.html|url-status=dead}}
History
MeeGo T01 was first announced at Mobile World Congress in February 2010 by Intel and Nokia in a joint press conference. The stated aim is to merge the efforts of Intel's Moblin and Nokia's Maemo former projects into one new common project that would drive a broad third party application ecosystem. According to Intel, MeeGo was developed because Microsoft did not offer comprehensive Windows 7 support for the Atom processor.{{cite web |url=http://www.techradar.com/news/computing-components/processors/intel-meego-exists-because-microsoft-let-us-down-684665 |title=Intel: MeeGo exists because Microsoft let us down |date=20 April 2010 |publisher=TechRadar |access-date=28 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423032549/http://www.techradar.com/news/computing-components/processors/intel-meego-exists-because-microsoft-let-us-down-684665 |archive-date=23 April 2010 |url-status=dead }} On 16 February 2010 a tech talk notice was posted about the former Maemo development project founded in 2009 and code named Harmattan, that originally slated to become Maemo 6. Those notice stated that Harmattan is now considered to be a MeeGo instance (though not a MeeGo product), and Nokia is giving up the Maemo branding for Harmattan on the Nokia N9 and beyond. (Any previous Maemo versions up to Maemo 5, a.k.a. Fremantle, will still be referred to as Maemo.) In addition it was made clear that only the naming was given up whilst development on Harmattan would continue so that any schedules would have been met.{{cite web|url=http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=529073&postcount=14|title=maemo.org – Talk – Renaming Maemo 6 to MeeGo/Harmattan|access-date=27 February 2010 }}
Aminocom and Novell also played a large part in the MeeGo effort, working with the Linux Foundation on their build infrastructure and official MeeGo products. Amino was responsible for extending MeeGo to TV devices,{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW1NCVvG3DM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/DW1NCVvG3DM |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=MeeGo Partner – Amino |date=11 April 2011 |publisher=MeeGoZone }}{{cbignore}} while Novell was increasingly introducing technology that was originally developed for openSUSE, (including Open Build Service, ZYpp for package management, and other system management tools).{{cite web|url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODY1Ng|title=openSUSE Releases MeeGo-based Smeegol Linux|access-date=6 October 2010}} In November 2010, AMD also joined the alliance of companies that were actively developing MeeGo.{{cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2010/11/15/amd-will-contribute-engineering-expertise-to-meego-development/ |title=AMD will contribute 'engineering expertise' to MeeGo development project |work=Engadget |date=15 November 2010 |access-date=8 December 2010}}
Quite noticeable changes in the project setup happened on 11 February 2011 when Nokia officially announced to switch over to Windows Phone 7 and thus abandoning MeeGo and the partnership.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mobot.net/nokia-boss-stephen-elop-dropped-meego-24542 |title=Nokia boss Stephen Elop: why we dropped MeeGo |first=Martin |last=James |date=2 June 2011 |access-date=24 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702175802/http://www.mobot.net/nokia-boss-stephen-elop-dropped-meego-24542 |archive-date=2 July 2018 |url-status=dead }} Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said in an interview with Engadget: "What we’re doing is not thinking of MeeGo as the Plan B. We’re thinking about MeeGo and related development work as what’s the next generation."{{Cite web | url=https://lazure2.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/be-aware-of-zte-et-al-and-white-box-shanzhai-vendors-wake-up-call-now-for-nokia-soon-for-microsoft-intel-rim-and-even-apple/ | title=Be aware of ZTE et al. And white-box (Shanzhai) vendors: Wake up call now for Nokia, soon for Microsoft, Intel, RIM and even Apple!| date=21 February 2011}}Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/m6pHR0r-_Sc Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120825181231/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6pHR0r-_Sc Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6pHR0r-_Sc| title = Stephen Elop Interview | date = 15 February 2011 | via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} Nokia did eventually release one MeeGo smartphone that year running "Harmattan", the Nokia N9.{{cite web | last=Grubb | first=Ben | title=Review: Nokia's button-less N9 smartphone | website=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=2011-10-26 | url=https://www.smh.com.au/technology/review-nokias-buttonless-n9-smartphone-20111026-1mj0x.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033818/https://www.smh.com.au/technology/review-nokias-buttonless-n9-smartphone-20111026-1mj0x.html | archive-date=2020-11-12 | url-status=live | access-date=2025-03-20 | quote =The Linux-based operating system powering the N9 is MeeGo.}}
On 27 September 2011, it was announced by Intel employee Imad Sousou that in collaboration with Samsung Solstice, MeeGo will be replaced by Tizen during 2012.{{cite web|last=Paul|first=Ryan|title=MeeGo rebooted as Intel and Samsung launch new Tizen platform|date=28 September 2011|url=https://arstechnica.com/free/news/2011/09/meego-rebooted-as-intel-and-samsung-launch-new-tizen-platform.ars|publisher=Ars Technica|access-date=28 September 2011}}[https://www.engadget.com/2011/09/28/meego-to-be-folded-into-linux-based-tizen-os-slated-to-arrive-i/ MeeGo to be folded into Linux kernel-based Tizen OS, slated to arrive in 2012][http://thisismynext.com/2011/09/28/meego-dead-meet-tizen-free-os-based-linux/ MeeGo is dead: Meet Tizen, another new free OS based on Linux]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}[https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTk1Mg Tizen Is Announced; MeeGo Will Transition To It]
Community developers from the Mer project, however, started to continue MeeGo without Intel and Nokia.[http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/where_is_the_future_for_openness_in_mobile/ Where is the future for openness in mobile? – Henri Bergius]. Bergie.iki.fi (3 October 2011). Retrieved 9 December 2013.{{cite mailing list|url=http://lists.meego.com/pipermail/meego-dev/2011-October/484215.html |title=[MeeGo-dev] MeeGo Reconstructed – a plan of action and direction for MeeGo |first=Carsten |last=Munk |date=3 October 2011 |mailing-list=meego-dev |access-date=3 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603205756/http://lists.meego.com/pipermail/meego-dev/2011-October/484215.html |archive-date=3 June 2013 }}[https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTAwMzE MeeGo Community Investigates Tizen Alternatives] At a later time some of the former MeeGo developers from Nokia headed for founding the company Jolla that after some time popped up with a MeeGo and its free successor Mer-based OS platform they called Sailfish OS.{{Cite web | url=http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Jollas-Smartphone-System-Sailfish-OS-Update-verbessert-UI-und-Speichernutzung-2506104.html | title=Jollas Smartphone-System Sailfish OS: Update verbessert UI und Speichernutzung| date=23 December 2014}}
System requirements
MeeGo provided support for both ARM and Intel x86 processors with SSSE3 enabled{{cite web|url=http://meego.com/about/faq|title=MeeGo FAQ|access-date=15 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410140853/https://meego.com/about/faq|archive-date=10 April 2012|url-status=dead}} and used btrfs as the default file system.{{cite web |url=http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/MeeGo-project-chooses-Btrfs-as-standard-file-system-999051.html |title=MeeGo project chooses Btrfs as standard file system |date=12 May 2010 |work=The H }}
User interfaces
Within the MeeGo project there are several graphical user interfaces – internally called User Experiences ("UX").
= Netbook =
The Netbook UX is a continuation of the Moblin interface. It is written using the Clutter-based Mx toolkit, and uses the Mutter window manager.
Samsung Netbook NP-N100 use MeeGo for its operating system.{{cite web|url=http://www.samsung.com/ph/consumer/monitor-peripherals-printer/notebook-pc/netbook/NP-N100-MA02PH|title=Samsung N100}}
MeeGo's netbook version uses several Linux applications in the background, such as Evolution (Email, calendar), Empathy (instant messaging), Gwibber (microblogging), Chromium (web browser), and Banshee (multimedia player), all integrated into the graphical user interface.
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= Handset =
File:meego-handset-launcher.png
The Handset UX is based on Qt, with GTK+ and Clutter included to provide compatibility for Moblin applications. To support the hundreds of Hildon-based Maemo applications, users have to install the Hildon library ported by the maemo.org community. Depending on the device, applications will be provided from either the Intel AppUp or the Nokia Ovi digital software distribution systems.{{cite web|url=http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/2010/20100215corp.htm|title=MeeGo Press Release|access-date=15 February 2010}}
The MeeGo Handset UX's "Day 1" prerelease was on 30 June 2010. The preview was initially available for the Aava Mobile Intel Moorestown platform, and a 'kickstart' file provided for developers to build an image for the Nokia N900.{{cite web |url=http://meego.com/community/blogs/valhalla/2010/meego-handset-project-day-1-here |title=MeeGo Handset UX Day 1 Blog Post |access-date=30 June 2010 |archive-date=23 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423180405/http://meego.com/community/blogs/valhalla/2010/meego-handset-project-day-1-here |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://meego.com/downloads/releases/1.0.80.8/meego-handset-day1-developer-preview |title=MeeGo Handset UX Developer Preview |access-date=30 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202030538/http://meego.com/downloads/releases/1.0.80.8/meego-handset-day1-developer-preview |archive-date=2 December 2010 |url-status=dead }}
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= Smartphone =
= Tablet =
File:MeeGo Tablet Computex 2010.png
Intel demonstrated the Tablet UX on a Moorestown-based tablet PC at COMPUTEX Taipei in early June 2010.
Since then, some information appeared on MeeGo website indicating there will be a Tablet UX part of the MeeGo project, but it is not known if this UX will be the one demonstrated by Intel. This Tablet UX will be fully free like the rest of the MeeGo project and will be coded with Qt and the MeeGo Touch Framework.{{cite web|url=http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=1281|title=MeeGo tablet UX|access-date=31 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101108201953/http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=1281|archive-date=8 November 2010}} Intel has revealed interest in combining Qt with Wayland instead of X11 in MeeGo Touch to use the latest graphics technologies supported by Linux kernel, which should improve user experiences and reduce system complexity.{{cite web|url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODYwMQ|title=Where Wayland May First Appear in Use by a Distro|author=Michael Larabel|author-link=Michael Larabel|date=16 September 2010|publisher=Phoronix|access-date=11 October 2010}}{{cite web|url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODYyNQ|title=Qt Is Now Drawing on Wayland|author=Michael Larabel|author-link=Michael Larabel|date=21 September 2010|publisher=Phoronix|access-date=11 October 2010}}
Minimum hardware requirements are currently unknown.
The WeTab runs MeeGo T01 with a custom user interface and was made available in September 2010.{{Cite news |url=http://wetab.mobi/en/faqsen |title=WeTab is based on MeeGo |work=The H |date=13 October 2010 |access-date=13 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003110529/http://wetab.mobi/en/faqsen |archive-date=3 October 2010 |url-status=dead }}
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= In-Vehicle infotainment =
The GENIVI Alliance, a consortium of several car makers and their industry partners, uses Moblin with Qt as base for its 'GENIVI 1.0 Reference Platform' for In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) and automotive navigation system as a uniformed mobile computing platform. Graham Smethurst of GENIVI Alliance and BMW Group announced in April 2010 the switch from Moblin to MeeGo.{{cite web |url=http://linux-foundation.org/weblogs/press/2010/04/12/public-support-for-the-meego-project/ |title=Linux Foundation Press Releases » Blog Archive » Public Support for the MeeGo Project |publisher=Linux-foundation.org |date=13 April 2010 |access-date=8 December 2010 |archive-date=13 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213084344/http://linux-foundation.org/weblogs/press/2010/04/12/public-support-for-the-meego-project |url-status=dead }}[https://archive.today/20130127221832/http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Genivi-selects-MeeGo/ Genivi Alliance selects MeeGo for automotive infotainment – News – Linux for Devices]. Archive.is (23 July 2010). Retrieved 9 December 2013.
= Smart TV =
Intel planned to develop a version of MeeGo for IPTV set top boxes, but had since cancelled.{{Cite news|url=http://wiki.meego.com/MeeGo_Smart_TV_for_Trimslice |title=MeeGo Smart TV |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309223055/http://wiki.meego.com/MeeGo_Smart_TV_for_Trimslice |archive-date=9 March 2012 }}
Licensing
The MeeGo framework consists of a wide variety of original and upstream components, all of which are licensed under licenses certified by the Free Initiative (such as the GNU General Public License). To allow hardware vendors to personalize their device's user experiences, the project's license policy requires that MeeGo's reference User Experience subsystems be licensed under a Permissive free software license – except for libraries that extend MeeGo API's (which were licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License to help discourage fragmentation), or applications (which can be licensed separately).{{cite web |url=http://meego.com/about/licensing-policy |title=MeeGo License Policy |access-date=7 July 2010 |archive-date=2 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202033631/http://meego.com/about/licensing-policy |url-status=dead }}
Technical foundations
The MeeGo Core integrates elements of two other Linux distributions: Maemo (a distribution which Nokia derived from Debian) and Moblin (which Intel derived from Fedora).{{cite web |url=http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Intel-switches-from-Ubuntu-to-Fedora-for-Mobile-Linux-736599.html |title=Intel switches from Ubuntu to Fedora for Mobile Linux |access-date=21 June 2010 }}
MeeGo uses RPM software repositories. It is one of the first Linux distributions to deploy Btrfs as the default file system.
Although most of the software in MeeGo's Jolla interface use the Qt widget toolkit, it also supports GTK+.{{cite web |url=http://wiki.meego.com/MeeGo_Netbook_and_GTK |title=MeeGo Netbook and GTK – MeeGo wiki |publisher=Wiki.meego.com |date=19 August 2010 |access-date=8 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702011014/http://wiki.meego.com/MeeGo_Netbook_and_GTK |archive-date=2 July 2010 }} The final revision of MeeGo Qt v4.7, Qt Mobility v1.0, OpenGL ES v2.0.{{cite web|title=MeeGo-Compliance-Spec-1.1.80.1|url=http://wiki.meego.com/images/MeeGo-Compliance-Spec-1.1.80.1.pdf|work=The Meego project|access-date=1 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024130725/http://wiki.meego.com/images/MeeGo-Compliance-Spec-1.1.80.1.pdf|archive-date=24 October 2012}} MeeGo also supports the Accounts & SSO, Maliit, oFono software frameworks.
MeeGo compiles software with the openSUSE Build Service.{{cite web |url=http://wiki.meego.com/Build_Infrastructure |title=Build Infrastructure – MeeGo wiki |publisher=Wiki.meego.com |date=20 November 2010 |access-date=8 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719211330/http://wiki.meego.com/Build_Infrastructure |archive-date=19 July 2012 }}
Derivatives
File:Mer and mobile operating systems.svg
File:MeeGo and co timeline.svg
As with Moblin before, MeeGo also serves as a technology pool from which software vendors can derive new products.
= MeeGo/Harmattan =
Even though MeeGo was initiated as collaboration between Nokia and Intel, the collaboration was formed when Nokia was already developing the next incarnation of its Maemo Linux distribution. As a result, the Maemo 6 base operating system was kept intact while the Handset UX was shared, with the name changed to "MeeGo/Harmattan".
On 21 June 2011, Nokia announced its first MeeGo/Harmattan smartphone device, Nokia N9.{{cite web|url=http://conversations.nokia.com/2011/06/21/introducing-the-nokia-n9-all-it-takes-is-a-swipe/|title=Introducing the Nokia N9: all it takes is a swipe!|publisher=Nokia Corporation|access-date=21 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624125835/http://conversations.nokia.com/2011/06/21/introducing-the-nokia-n9-all-it-takes-is-a-swipe|archive-date=24 June 2011|url-status=dead}}
= Mer =
The original Mer project was a free re-implementation of Maemo, ported to the Nokia Internet Tablet N800. When MeeGo first appeared this work was discontinued and the development effort went to MeeGo.
After both Nokia and then Intel abandoned MeeGo, the Mer project was revived and continued to develop the MeeGo codebase and tools. It is now being developed in the open by a meritocratic community. Mer provides a Core capable of running various UXs developed by various other projects, and will include maintained application development APIs, such as Qt, EFL, and HTML5/WAC.
Some of the former MeeGo user interface were already ported to run on top of Mer, such as the handset reference UX, now called Nemo Mobile. There are also a couple of new tablet UXes available, such as Cordia and Plasma Active. Mer is considered to be the legitimate successor of Meego, as the other follow-up project Tizen (see below) changed the APIs fundamentally.
== Nemo Mobile ==
Nemo Mobile is a community driven operating system incorporating Mer targeted at mobile phones and tablet.
== Sailfish OS ==
Sailfish OS is an operating system developed by the Finnish startup Jolla. It also incorporates Mer. After Nokia abandoned their participation in the MeeGo project, the directors and core professionals from Nokia's N9 team left the company and together formed Jolla, to bring MeeGo back into the market mainstream. This effort eventually resulted in the creation of the Sailfish OS.
The Sailfish OS and the Sailfish OS SDK are based on the core and the tools of the Mer core distribution,[https://sailfishos.org/wiki/Main_Page#Contribute SailfishOS] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315002624/https://sailfishos.org/wiki/Main_Page |date=15 March 2013 }}. SailfishOS. Retrieved 9 December 2013. which is a revival of the core of the MeeGo project[https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Main_Page#Introduction_to_Mer Mer Wiki]. Wiki.merproject.org (20 October 2013). Retrieved 9 December 2013. (a meritocracy-governed and managed successor of the MeeGo OS, but without its own user interface and system kernel). Sailfish includes a multi-tasking user interface that Jolla intends to use to differentiate its smartphones from others and as a competitive advantage against devices that run Google's Android or Apple's iOS.{{citation | title = Jolla OS Will Run Android Apps Says CEO Jussi Hurmola | url = http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/375368/20120820/jolla-os-running-android-apps-jussi-hurmola.htm | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120825011134/http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/375368/20120820/jolla-os-running-android-apps-jussi-hurmola.htm | archive-date = 25 August 2012 }}
Among other things, the Sailfish OS is characterised by:
- can be used with a wide range of devices in the same way as MeeGo
- Jolla continues to use the MeeGo APIs (via Mer), which consists of:
- Qt 4.7 [Qt47]
- Qt Mobility 1.0 [QtMob]
- OpenGL ES 2.0 [OGLES]
- updated version, like Qt 5.0 are or will be used in/via Mer core;
- an in-house Jolla GUI (successor of swipe UI) for smartphone devices;
- uses QML, Qt and HTML5;
- thanks to Mer, the core can run on various hardware like Intel, ARM and any other which has a kernel able to work with the Mer core;
- open source, except for some of Jolla's UI elements. Those interested in further development can become involved through the Mer project or the Sailfish Alliance or Jolla;
- Jolla, i.e. the Sailfish team, is an active contributor to the Mer project
= Tizen =
Although Tizen was initially announced as a continuation of the MeeGo effort, there is little shared effort and architecture between these projects, since Tizen inherited much more from Samsung's LiMo than from MeeGo. As most of the Tizen work is happening behind closed doors and is done by Intel and Samsung engineers, the people involved in the former MeeGo open source project continued their work under Mer and projects associated with it. Because Tizen does not use the Qt framework,{{cite web|url=https://developer.tizen.org/sdk/architecture|title=Tizen Architecture|access-date=3 September 2012}} which is the core part of Meego's API (see above), Tizen cannot technically be considered to be a derivative of MeeGo.
= SUSE and Smeegol Linux=
On 1 June 2010, Novell announced that they would ship a SUSE Linux incarnation with MeeGo's Netbook UX (MeeGo User Experience) graphical user interface.{{cite web|url=http://www.novell.com/news/press/novell-announces-support-for-meego|title=Novell Announces Support for MeeGo|access-date=21 June 2010}}
A MeeGo-based Linux distribution with this user interface is already available from openSUSE's Goblin Team under the name Smeegol Linux, this project combines MeeGo with openSUSE to get a new netbook-designed Linux distribution. What makes Smeegol Linux unique when compared to the upstream MeeGo or openSUSE is that this distribution is at its core based on openSUSE but has the MeeGo User Experience as well as a few other changes such as adding the Mono-based Banshee media player, NetworkManager-powered network configuration, a newer version of Evolution Express, and more. Any end-users can also build their own customized Smeegol Linux OS using SUSE Studio.{{cite web|url=http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Meego:/|title=openSUSE MeeGo repo|access-date=21 June 2010}}
= Fedora =
Fedora 14 contains a selection of software from the MeeGo project.{{Cite web |url=http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/14/html/Release_Notes/sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Desktop_Users.html#id4020819 |title=Changes in Fedora for Desktop Users |access-date=24 February 2011 |archive-date=14 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314222800/http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/14/html/Release_Notes/sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Desktop_Users.html#id4020819 |url-status=dead }}
= Linpus =
Linpus Technologies is working on bringing their services on top of MeeGo Netbook and MeeGo Tablet.{{cite web|url=http://www.linpus.com/news/2010/08/31.html|title=Linpus Lite for MeeGo|access-date=31 August 2010|archive-date=17 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717021250/http://www.linpus.com/news/2010/08/31.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-_uwrhFIAA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/V-_uwrhFIAA |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Slides about Linpus Lite MeeGo|date=25 August 2010 |via=YouTube |access-date=31 August 2010}}{{cbignore}}
= Splashtop =
The latest version of the instant-on OS Splashtop-platform (by Splashtop Inc. which was previously named DeviceVM Inc.) is compliant with MeeGo, and future version of Splashtop will be based on MeeGo and will be available for commercial use in the first half of 2011.{{cite press release|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100914005686/en|title=DeviceVM Goes MeeGo-Compliant with Splashtop Product|date=14 September 2010|access-date=14 September 2010}}{{cite web|url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODczNw |title=Remember SplashTop? Here's An Update on Them |publisher=Phoronix.com |date=30 October 2010 |access-date=8 December 2010}}
Release schedule
It was announced at the Intel Developer Forum 2010 that MeeGo would follow a six-month release schedule. Version 1.0 for Atom netbooks and a code drop for the Nokia N900 became available for download {{As of|2010|05|26|alt=as of Wednesday, 26 May 2010}}.
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| Version | Kernel version | Release date | Notes | Devices supported (netbooks) | Devices supported (handsets) | Codename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:khaki" | 1.0
| style="text-align:center;" | 2.6.33{{Citation |url=http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Intel-and-Nokia-release-MeeGo-v1-0-1008900.html |title=Intel and Nokia release MeeGo v1.0 |work=The H |date=27 May 2010 }} | Primarily a Netbook release; only a code drop was released for mobile devices (the Nokia N900). | Asus EeePC 901, 1000H, 1001P, 1005HA, 1005PE, 1008HA, X101, Eeetop ET1602, Dell mini10v, Inspiron Mini 1012, Acer Aspire One D250, AO532-21S, Revo GN40, Aspire 5740–6025, Lenovo S10, MSI U100, U130, AE1900, HP mini 210–1044, Toshiba NB302. | Nokia N900 (No handset UX) | Arlington | ||||||
| style="background:khaki" | 1.0.1
| style="text-align:center;" | 2.6.33.5 ! style="white-space: nowrap" | 17 July 2009 | Update to MeeGo 1.0; Kernel updated to 2.6.33.5, USB device loading time improved, improved 3D performance, browser enhancements, resolved multiple e-mail client issue, enhanced netbook window manager, improved visuals, full support for GNOME proxy configuration in the media player, more control over DNS settings.{{Citation |url=http://www.allaboutmeego.com/news/item/11800_MeeGo_101_for_Netbooks_update_.php |title=MeeGo 1.01 for Netbooks update |work=All About MeeGo |date=12 July 2010 |access-date=12 July 2010 |archive-date=15 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100715060104/http://www.allaboutmeego.com/news/item/11800_MeeGo_101_for_Netbooks_update_.php |url-status=dead }} | All Netbooks supported by MeeGo 1.0; see above. | None | Boston | ||||||
| style="background:khaki" | 1.0.2
| style="text-align:center;" | 2.6.33.5 ! style="white-space: nowrap" | 2 August 2009 | Update to MeeGo 1.0; X-Server Update, Connection Manager Update, Package Manager UI Update, Perl Update and several more.{{Citation |url=http://meego.com/downloads/releases/updates/meego-v1.0.2-core-update |title=MeeGo v1.0.2 Core Update |date=21 September 2010 |access-date=21 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202035753/http://meego.com/downloads/releases/updates/meego-v1.0.2-core-update |archive-date=2 December 2010 |url-status=dead }} | All Netbooks supported by MeeGo 1.0; see above. | None | Cupertino | ||||||
| style="background:khaki" | 1.0.3
| style="text-align:center;" | 2.6.33.5 ! style="white-space: nowrap" | 8 October 2009 | Update to MeeGo 1.0; several Updates, e.g. Chromium browser, Connection Manager{{Citation |url=http://meego.com/downloads/releases/updates/meego-v1.0.3-core-update |title=MeeGo v1.0.3 Core Update |date=21 September 2010 |access-date=21 September 2010 |archive-date=7 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807181645/https://meego.com/downloads/releases/updates/meego-v1.0.3-core-update |url-status=dead }} | All Netbooks supported by MeeGo 1.0; see above. | None | Dallas | ||||||
| style="background:khaki" | 1.0.4
| style="text-align:center;" | 2.6.33.5 ! style="white-space: nowrap" | 3 May 2009 | Update to MeeGo 1.0; several security updates, better support for Lenovo S10-3, ...{{Citation |url=http://meego.com/downloads/releases/updates/meego-v1.0.4-core-update |title=MeeGo v1.0.4 Core Update |date=19 October 2010 |access-date=19 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202033410/http://meego.com/downloads/releases/updates/meego-v1.0.4-core-update |archive-date=2 December 2010 |url-status=dead }} | All Netbooks supported by MeeGo 1.0; see above. | None | Emeryville | ||||||
| style="background:khaki" | 1.0.5
| style="text-align:center;" | Unknown ! style="white-space: nowrap" | 24 November 2009 | All Netbooks supported by MeeGo 1.0; see above. | None | Fairbanks | ||||||
| style="background:khaki" | 1.0.6
| style="text-align:center;" | Unknown ! style="white-space: nowrap" | 6 January 2010 | All Netbooks supported by MeeGo 1.0; see above. | None | Georgetown | ||||||
| style="background:khaki" | 1.0.7
| style="text-align:center;" | Unknown ! style="white-space: nowrap" | 21 February 2010 | All Netbooks supported by MeeGo 1.0; see above. | None | Honolulu | ||||||
| style="background:khaki" | 1.1
| style="text-align:center;" | 2.6.35{{Citation |url=http://thetechjournal.com/electronics/tablet/meego-project-releases-early-handset-code.xhtml |title=MeeGo project releases preview source code |work=The Tech Journal |date=2 July 2010 }} ! style="white-space: nowrap" | 28 October 2010{{cite web |url=http://meego.com/community/blogs/valhalla/2010/meego-1.1-release |title=MeeGo 1.1 Release |work=MeeGo.com |date=28 October 2010 |access-date=29 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229220417/https://meego.com/community/blogs/valhalla/2010/meego-1.1-release |archive-date=29 December 2013 |url-status=dead }} | Touch-based devices support proposed with the Handset UX{{cite web |url=http://meego.com/community/blogs/imad/2010/meego-v1.0-core-software-platform-netbook-user-experience-project-release/ |title=MeeGo v1.0 Core Software Platform & Netbook User Experience project release |publisher=Meego.com |access-date=8 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201215136/http://meego.com/community/blogs/imad/2010/meego-v1.0-core-software-platform-netbook-user-experience-project-release |archive-date=1 December 2010 |url-status=dead }} | Unknown | Aava and Nokia N900 | Irvine | ||||||
| style="background:khaki" | 1.1.1
| style="text-align:center;" | 2.6.35 ! style="white-space: nowrap" | 28 November 2010 | Unknown | Aava and Nokia N900 | Jefferson | ||||||
| style="background:khaki;" | 1.1.2
| style="text-align:center;" | 2.6.35 ! style="white-space: nowrap" | 7 January 2011 | Several security issues fixed, update syncevolution and connman{{cite web |url=http://meego.com/downloads/releases/updates/meego-v1.1.2-core-update |title=MeeGo v1.1.2 Core Update |date=12 January 2011 |access-date=12 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113153127/https://meego.com/downloads/releases/updates/meego-v1.1.2-core-update |archive-date=13 January 2014 |url-status=dead }} | Unknown | | Knoxville | ||||||
| style="background:khaki;" | 1.1.3
| style="text-align:center;" | 2.6.35 ! style="white-space: nowrap" | 29 January 2011 | Fixed many important security issues, enabled all programs to access remote files over network and updated translation{{cite web |url=http://meego.com/downloads/releases/updates/meego-v1.1.3-core-update |title=MeeGo v1.1.3 Core Update |date=16 March 2011 |access-date=16 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016005427/https://meego.com/downloads/releases/updates/meego-v1.1.3-core-update |archive-date=16 October 2013 |url-status=dead }} | Unknown | | Lakeside | ||||||
| style="background:khaki;" | 1.1.99
| style="text-align:center;" | 2.6.35 ! style="white-space: nowrap" | 24 February 2011 | Beta testing of MeeGo 1.2 for Nokia N900 and other handsets.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4vN_Xn0jq0 MeeGo 1.2 Developer Edition for Nokia N900 Review]. YouTube. Retrieved 9 December 2013. | Unknown | | Mallard | ||||||
| style="background:#A0E75A;" | 1.2
! style="white-space: nowrap" | 19 May 2011 | | Unknown | Nokia N950 (developers only) and Nokia N9 | Newark | ||||||
| style="background:skyBlue;" | 1.3
| style="text-align:center;" | 2.6.37 ! style="white-space: nowrap" | 2 October 2011 | | Unknown | Nokia N950 (developers only) and Nokia N9 | Otsego | ||||||
| style="background:Crimson;" | 2.0
| style="text-align:center;" | 3.0.21 ! style="white-space: nowrap" | 17 August 2012 | | Unknown | | Provo | ||||||
| style="background:pink;" | 2.7
| style="text-align:center;" | 3.0.94 ! style="white-space: nowrap" | 25 November 2013 (cancelled) | | Unknown | | Quincy |
Launch
In February 2011, Nokia announced a partnership with Microsoft for mobile handsets{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12427680 |title=Nokia and Microsoft form partnership |work=BBC News |date=11 February 2011}} and the departure of Nokia's MeeGo team manager Alberto Torres,{{cite web |url=https://www.engadget.com/2011/02/11/nokia-execs-given-the-boot-in-microsoft-centered-reorganization/ |title=Nokia execs reshuffled in Microsoft-centered Elopcalypse |work=Engadget |date=11 February 2011}} leading to speculation as to Nokia's future participation in MeeGo development or using Windows Phone by Nokia.
In September 2011, Nokia began shipping the first MeeGo smartphone Nokia N9, ahead of the Windows Phone 7 launch expected later this year.{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/mobile-technology/nokia-ships-n9-smartphone-with-meego-open-os/article2181422/ |title=Nokia ships N9 smartphone with MeeGo open OS |date=27 September 2011}}[https://www.engadget.com/2011/06/20/nokias-n9-official-a-plastic-slab-of-meego-coming-later-this-y/ Engadget: Nokia's N9 official: a luscious slab of MeeGo coming later this year], Nokia N9. The first MeeGo-based tablet WeTab was launched in 2010 by Neofonie.
In early July 2012, Nokia's Meego development lead Sotiris Makrygiannis and other team members left Nokia.{{cite web |url=https://www.engadget.com/2012/07/04/key-meego-team-members-leave-nokia/ |title=Key MeeGo team members leave Nokia, N9 owners swipe away a few tears |date=4 July 2012}}
Companies supporting the project
See also
- Comparison of mobile operating systems
- Sailfish OS – the operating system by Jolla with the Mer core, the legacy of MeeGo OS by Nokia&Intel partnership developed further by Jolla
- Mer core – the core stack of code by merproject.org, one of main parts of Sailfish OS, free open source software which initially has consisted in about 80% of the MeeGo original open source code.
- Nokia X platform – the next Linux project by Nokia
- KaiOS
- Hongmeng OS
References
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