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2011-12-09 , 21:48
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The palm pre and the n900 do share the same hardware. How hard can it be? 0.o
 
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2011-12-09 , 22:13
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javispedro did port an early version of WebOS to the N900, not sure how much functionality he got working. Here is a link to the post which has a link to the YouTube video:

http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...6&postcount=30

If you take a look at the whole thread, there is also a link to the Repo where his work can be cloned and continued...

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=44150
 

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2011-12-09 , 22:43
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brb, building the library in Easy Debian.
Somebody should package it -- preenv-libx11fb?
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MartinK is offline MartinK
2011-12-09 , 22:52
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Originally Posted by don_falcone View Post
There's optware, where some (console) stuff is available. We speak in terms of about 10 packages, by the way. And: as there's no Gtk+ or Qt or EFL or whatever, nothing else is there. And nobody ported GUI-based stuff to Mojo or Enyo (their Javascript/XML based application framework).
Well thats quite unfortunate in case you want to modify and reuse already implemented GUI stuff. Well heck even when you just want to reuse you previous programming experience...

I don't mind everybody under the sun developing their own GUI framework but it should be possible to expect the availability of some of the most common GUI frameworks, even in the "there you have it, we don't guarantee anything" state.

There is just no hardware reason GTK, Qt or EFL couldn't run on the WebOS devices.

BTW, found something about Qt running on WebOS:
http://www.precentral.net/qt-app-pla...nning-palm-pre
http://blog.qt.nokia.com/2010/02/19/...-of-your-hand/
Unfortunately its rather old and I haven't found any recent developments during my brief search.
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2011-12-10 , 02:15
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Originally Posted by The Wizard of Huz View Post
How about porting WebOS to N900? Anyone interested in that?
I'd be more interested in the reverse: running Maemo bits, even if just chrooted, on relatively modern hardware like the Pre 3.
 

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2011-12-10 , 02:38
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... .... ....

How about creating the most* advanced mobileOS ??
Basically organize a group like the Cyanogen-Mod-Team. A three step process:

First construct the base (from all these spare parts):
-Linux kernel (3.1.4)
-WebOS bits (CSS, HTML, Dalvik)
-MeeGo bits (mobile optimizations, Qt)

Next build a competent UX:
-WebOS/N9 isn't bad, even MIUI is attractive
-But I have something even GREATER in mind already

Finally port it to a very popular (new) hardware to gain traction:
-Nook Tablet/ASUS Transformer/Galaxy Nexus

And let the good times roll!
(Android eat your heart out, mwahahahah)
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2011-12-10 , 03:05
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like webos as well, but n9 swipe is the best
 
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2011-12-10 , 03:20
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Originally Posted by Kangal View Post
... .... ....

How about creating the most* advanced mobileOS ??
Basically organize a group like the Cyanogen-Mod-Team. A three step process:

First construct the base (from all these spare parts):
-Linux kernel (3.1.4)
-WebOS bits (CSS, HTML, Dalvik)
-MeeGo bits (mobile optimizations, Qt)

Next build a competent UX:
-WebOS/N9 isn't bad, even MIUI is attractive
-But I have something even GREATER in mind already

Finally port it to a very popular (new) hardware to gain traction:
-Nook Tablet/ASUS Transformer/Galaxy Nexus
WebOS is already highly optimized for phones. As an example, the way multitasking is done (cards instead of windows, as it's done in Maemo 5)

The only way I can think of improving WebOS is: overhaul it, making the UI use uxlaunch instead of the crazy, depend-on-several-services-that-are-not-dbus-and-X thing that it has now, and make it use DEB/RPM instead of the inadequate IPKG.

Oh, and a GRID of cards, not a stack of them. Like a hybrid of the N9 and Pre, swiping them away or into view.

Oh, and maybe migrate away from Mojo/Enyo to Tizen HTML5? The two are already quite similar.
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I see this as a good thing, but yet a very bad thing. I cannot think of many open source OS's that have continued on for a long time in such a niche application - phones and tablets - especially if they decide to go the Nokia route and decide that huge parts of it are too proprietary to be released and do not release the hooks, API's, et al.
 

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2011-12-10 , 04:13
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Well... "something is something a bald man said when a single hair popped out...": Somewhat literal translation of a common phrase in spanish when we mean "at least we've got something".
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