Thread: Maemo 6 / Harmattan on N900?
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attila77 is offline attila77
2010-01-30 , 18:38
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Originally Posted by nwerneck View Post
If Maemo is supposed to be a mobile Linux distribution, it must be possible to always try to run newer stuff on older hardware. If a program like a 3D desktop requires more powerful hardware, the old users should just be able to opt out of installing it, just like we can choose between Gnome and Xfce (and Awesome in my case) on the desktop.
There is nothing preventing that on Maemo. AFAIK you are free to install XFCE, KDE or any other environment your hacking heart desires (and suffer the integration problems that brings).

The trouble is that here people expect the opposite of what you say - they do NOT want just working components (which is precisely what the officially announced Qt4.6 gives you and were perceived as 'bandaids' by some in this very thread), but want an uncompromising Maemo 6 in it's fullest. That's the problem. New/prospective N900 owners without the linux/tech background are more likely to think in black and white - I get Maemo 6 and all will be dandy, or I don't get Maemo 6 and the N900 is brick and Nokia sucks. The reality is, however, that neither of those statements is true, but that is a message people don't (want to) hear.
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