Mer v0.6 released
 

Mer for Nokia 770, Nokia N800, Nokia N810, and X86, version 0.6

Information about Mer can be found at http://wiki.maemo.org and release information and released files on [url]http://wiki.maemo.org/Mer/Releases/0.6[url].
I also has a list of known issues so please read them through first before installing.

For x86 there's both a filesystem tar.gz, and a VDI (VirtualBox appliance), for N8x0 both installer, tar.gz, and jffs2 + kernel images.

There's a friendly installer made by b-man for N8x0 as well, so people can try it out without having to reflash their tablets.

This release is mainly for very early adopters and hence you shouldn't expect too much of it. :)


THIS RELEASE IS ONLY FOR YOU IF:

* You know how to connect your tablet to your computer using usb networking if need be (for tablet version)
* You know what CTRL-ALT-F1 does on a traditional Linux box (for x86 version)
* You're not using clone-to-SD (unless you know how to make a bootmenu item for it) (for tablet version)
* You know how to figure out your tablets wi-fi IP on your wireless network, and how to SSH into it. (tablet version)

It is not a complete mobile OS like Maemo, yet, but it is a good way to start getting into Mer development and contributing to it, so we can make it a complete OS. Next release is 1st February 2009 (0.7)

A screenshot of current state (Mer 0.6/x86 on Virtualbox):

http://bsd.tspre.org/~stskeeps/mer-virtualbox2.png


If you would like to help out with Mer (in any way), read through http://wiki.maemo.org/Mer/Sprints , and perhaps come hang out with us on IRC, #maemo on irc.freenode.net

Another screenshot (Mer 0.6 on N810), screenshot by meizirkki:

http://bsd.tspre.org/~stskeeps/mer-meiz.png

Thanks to all the people participating in Mer to get this release through: johnx, Meizirkki, r2d2rogers, qwerty12, wazd, zenvoid, b-man, Andrewfblack, etc. And of course thanks to Nokia for all the open source components, which without this project would not be possible.

Re: Mer v0.6 released
 

Installed, and the important things working!

Re: Mer v0.6 released
 

Ubuntu-help-centre is working - looks cool :D

http://trac.tspre.org/bman/Screenshot1.png

Re: Mer v0.6 released
 

I'm getting a CRC error when unzipping mer-x86-generic-image-v0.6.vdi.zip using unzip or 7a. Using md5sum on the zip file, I get the following:

billt@darkside:~/Download$ md5sum mer-x86-generic-image-v0.6.vdi.zip
b5998d470f56dba1aec6f2a4f703ba70 mer-x86-generic-image-v0.6.vdi.zip

Am using Ubuntu 8.10 with 2-GB system RAM.

Can anyone help?

thaibill

Re: Mer v0.6 released
 

Maybe it's time for a new Mer subcategory for easy follow...

Re: Mer v0.6 released
 

My md5sum on my side is 8c142b2bc4670a6644e85ec3806096ee, i'll try and reupload and see if it helps :P

Re: Mer v0.6 released
 

It worked for me yesterday, I only got some VirtualBox errors due to missing packages :) .

Re: Mer v0.6 released
 

Just curious but does Mer support/feature the a2dp fixes (read no extreme CPU usage) ?

Re: Mer v0.6 released
 

We don't even have sound yet :) But, we have newest Ubuntu bluez, if that might explain your question.

Re: Mer v0.6 released
 

Mer is debian based.. same as deblet... may as well just use the Debian section.