[Mer] Mer up to day to day use quality on the N810?
 

Is Mer for the N810 up to day to day use quality? I assumed that it wasn't but I wanted to know. I don't have an N810 yet so I can't see for my self. If not when will it get to that point? Is anyone working on it? Or is everyone just dumping the N810 and focusing on the N900?(Which is way to expensive for me to even consider)

Thanks in advance.

Re: Mer up to day to day use quality on the N810?
 

Due to some of the Maemo projects getting too busy I've had to back off from Mer so I'm a bit out of the loop. So the short answer is from what I gather, currently not. For the last release of Mer, they were in kind of a holding pattern waiting for Maemo 5 code drops from Nokia. Hopefully it'll be shaping up soon.

The best ways to get an idea of the status include

• Checking the known issues on the Mer download page
• Checking the hardware support page (But sometimes people are slow in updating it)
• Downloading the Virtual Machine image and trying it out.

Re: [Mer] Mer up to day to day use quality on the N810?
 

Due to the N900 and the somewhat 'fickle' attention span/continuity within the maemo development community I'd say that personally I have given up on ever seeing the Mer project produce a stable and full featured product (as 'stable and full featured' as say Diablo).

Not to 'blame' the developers but there are simply not enough of them - and the ones still 'willing' to develop for legacy products like the NITs are even fewer.

I of course hope I may be wrong..but...I sort of doubt it :(

Re: [Mer] Mer up to day to day use quality on the N810?
 

I think they are waiting for the open gl driver from Texas instruments..

Re: [Mer] Mer up to day to day use quality on the N810?
 

It was mentioned that not having the drivers are not holding up the progress of Mer.

Re: [Mer] Mer up to day to day use quality on the N810?
 

oh ok, I too sure hope its coming along still.. even though slow

Re: [Mer] Mer up to day to day use quality on the N810?
 

So do I, it would be nice to get access to some of the Ubuntu software on the NIT.

Re: [Mer] Mer up to day to day use quality on the N810?
 

Sad to say but I think you're right. I doubt Mer is going to get beyond the experiment/toy stage. I would actually have higher hopes for the attempts at porting Android to the N810. But realistically, I use my N810, at least in part, for my work and I can't afford to experiment too much so it's probably Diablo till the battery dies.

Re: [Mer] Mer up to day to day use quality on the N810?
 

You do know that the battery IS replacable, right? :D

Re: [Mer] Mer up to day to day use quality on the N810?
 

It's always been my policy that, given the choice between a new battery and new technology, I want the shiny new gadget. :D