Thread: N900 getting Meego in end of october?
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2010-09-18 , 19:29
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Originally Posted by gerbick View Post
Why would it be unusable or unstable if the N900 is the ARM hardware reference device and why is there no definitive statement as to that progress which would lead to official support?
Because we occasionally do improve the ARM support and break things and have to deal with issues that show up on ARM and not on X86 Sometimes you'd think X86 has error-correction built-in.

It just doesn't add up. If the N900 is the de facto ARM hardware reference device, then once they've finished with the OS, then make it officially available to all as an upgrade and officially support it.
There is a dedication to maintaining the N900 port of MeeGo and it isn't going away for a long while. However, some factors here:

* Harmattan isn't MeeGo.com-based (This is clearly seen by the use of deb vs rpm)
* MeeGo for N900 hasn't been built in a typical Nokia productized manner - this has to some extent been a blessing for us as we've had more free hands to do things right, in the open, etc.
* There is a benefit to maintaining MeeGo for N900 as it keeps the ARM port stable and is the only reference device suitable for Handset.
* Other devices will always trail after N900 as we're simply ahead several man-months in implementation.
* When there's a MeeGo.com-based Nokia OS.. well, your guess is as good as mine what would happen. I know what would be technically possible, but..
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