There's a lot of talk that Nokia should release a Maemo netbook. Is there a working port of Maemo to Intel-based chips? I only know of the ARM version for the tablets.
This was partially mentioned above, but I don't think enough weight has been given to the fact that Nokia has just within the past three months announced major partnerships with both Intel and Microsoft. I don't see it as surprising that a corporate-focused booklet would choose this platform. And remember, the N900 is coming out. The OS/2 comparison is interesting, and it may well be that Maemo stays firmly in the "hobbyist" arena. But i think we will see Maemo take a bigger role as the laptop and phone continue to merge into a new hybrid device (of which netbooks and internet tablets are early forays into this class of device. K On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Gary <g...@eyetraxx.net> wrote: > Antonio Di Cello wrote: > > For italian maemo/nokia user I post on my blog the news ad the > specifications of new booklet3G > > The Guardian has more speculation on the hardware specs. > > http://m.guardian.co.uk/ms/p/gmg/op/sXsDARYcytKh_ev4Q2pP53Q/view.m?id=158147&tid=120787 > > My guess is that they're trying to get some attention before Apple > releases their touch screen tablet. I have used WIndows 7 extensively on > a seven year old notebook which is about on par with most current net > books (aside from the larger screen). It is much more usable than Vista > was on the same system but I still prefer to boot in to U-lite -- a > custom Ubuntu distribution that runs better on less powerful hardware > than any of the official Ubuntu spin-offs. Aside from that, there are > plenty of other distributions that Nokia could have chosen as there have > been several window manager and desktop projects over the years that > sufficiently emulate the Windows look and feel to ease users in to the > UI. The OS/2 vs Windows comparison is an interesting one. Maybe Nokia > will hire David Cutler to help finish freemantle. ;) > > -Gary > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users@maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > -- In Vino Veritas http://rubbernecking.info
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