I'm hoping we all being a bit paranoid and a bit cynical (which is understandable).

As far as I understand there will be an "official" Meego release every 6 months starting from October (e.g. Meego 1.1). In between official releases anyone can download, compile and package their own "developer" or "unstable" release - this release will not be official.

Something similar like a Linux kernel release, or Xorg and gnome platform for example.

I imagine that Nokia will time new hardware releases to coincide with official Meego releases - something like Debian, Ubuntu & gnome.

If you are technically-minded you keep a rolling-release cutting-edge version running on your device.
Otherwise you would wait for an official release then run it on your device.

Each release build on the previous while keeping compatibility.

The problem will be the closed-source drivers. If at some point a change in Meego is made (e.g. a new version of the kernel) which renders the closed-source driver incompatible.

(ATI deeming cards legacy and not supporting them in later versions of their closed-driver)


But as this is Nokia I would not expect too much common-sense.