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lma	2010-08-19 , 07:57
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Originally Posted by qgil

The MeeGo project makes a new release every 6 months. Each release is supported with full maintenance for a year and then for emergency fixes for a second year.

http://wiki.meego.com/Release_Engine...lease_Timeline

Ok, that makes perfect sense for the netbook variant. When a new release arrives you just upgrade your computer (just as one does with distributions like Fedora or Ubuntu that have similar release cycles, BAU).

Will the same be possible Nokia MeeGo handheld devices? Ie, will someone buying the MeeGo-Harmattan device this fall be able to upgrade to the spring 2011, fall 2011 and so on releases as they come along? It's not the end of the world if that means going to "vanilla" MeeGo and losing the Nokia differentiation.

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