Thread: Topic of the Day: Should Nokia Drop Meego and roll with Android?
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acvetkov is offline acvetkov
2010-07-08 , 19:36
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Originally Posted by danramos View Post
Maemo is not Linux. LINUX is Linux. Maemo is a distribution. Android is a distribution. They BOTH took the Linux kernel, added stuff on top and around it.. BOTH of them threw in closed-source drivers.. BOTH of them threw in closed-source applications that you can't even fully remove without ending up with a broken operating system.
Ok, I need to clarify.
Linux - open source, access, freedom.

Maemo - everyting open except Battery module and Video driver (if am missing something please point it) Thats really vendor issue not Maemo
MeeGo - everything is going to be open (at least this is what they say)

Maemo/Meego you can take random source and complie


Android - re-written libc (the source is still not at kernel.org as far as I know) Provider locking, no full access JAVA DALVIK UI. You have to root Android to access it and you still can`t use random linux application due to the re-written libc. Android is the most closed "open source" OS out here. You are restricted like in iOS.


Please don`t compare Maemo/Meego to Android they are completly different.
 

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