Thread: Where are all the MeeGo tablets?
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momcilo is offline momcilo
2011-09-04 , 22:03
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Originally Posted by tkatchev View Post
Again. Let me stress something, for the third time in this thread:

MeeGo is a standard Linux distribution, not at all different from Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian or Mint or what-have-you.

Being a very simple and generic Linux distribution, MeeGo does not hardware vendors any more than Ubuntu or CentOS target hardware vendors.
Meego does not belong among aforementioned distributions. Reason: governing methods (you might argue about ubuntu and centos in some aspects).

Originally Posted by tkatchev View Post
The difference is that for desktop and server systems you can buy an open, standard commodity system and install any OS you wish. For handsets and tablets -- not so much, yet.
There is no rational reason for that.

Originally Posted by tkatchev View Post
P.S. Even so -- desktop and server Linux distributions need hardware vendor support, too. Though the support usually comes in the form of a couple binary blobs for video/network chips.
Ok, lets count the binaries:
- nvidia (not essential)
- ati (not essential)
- broadcom (well if this counts since GPL-ed drivers works better).
- ???
please complete the list.

The first 2 may become essential in future due to the gnome 3 dependency on clutter.
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