Mer for X86, Nokia N8x0, Nokia 770 and SmartQ5/7 version 0.16

Information about Mer can be found at http://wiki.maemo.org/Mer and everything you need to know about the release on http://wiki.maemo.org/Mer/Releases/0.16. It also has an impressive list of known issues so please read them through first before installing and then complaining about them before checking if we already noticed

We have also put up some general installation information and those with clone-to-SD Maemo will find this good to read through.

0.16 is a transitional release to 0.17 where we switch to the Fremantle hildon-desktop and our 'plain' desktop (based on qtablet) depending on GL ability. Since it is transitional it is breaking in some places. We just had to get the release out there to move on to 0.17 shinyness



Mer is still a work in progress and as such you should not expect too much of it (note long list of known issues). We are in dire need of hands, both coders, architects/designers, testers, or anyone passionate about mobile development, so if you think you can contribute, you're more than welcome to join us in this community effort.

If you would like to participate, read through http://wiki.maemo.org/Mer/People and http://wiki.maemo.org/Mer/Sprints (this includes a guide on how to participate actively - simple procedures!) and see if there's anything you can help out with. We're on #mer on FreeNode, IRC, if you'd like to hang out and discuss.

Thanks to all the people helping out with testing, development, design, etc. This community project wouldn't move ahead without you (you're far too many to list by now, but see mer-chatter archives for those active on there).