Linpus launches multi-touch tablet OS based on MeeGo

Linpus have announced a tablet operating system based on MeeGo. The platform was on show at the Dublin MeeGo Conference this week, running both on a prototype tablet device and a netbook. The OS has been built upon the MeeGo 1.1 core, but with a bespoke multi-touch user interface and six custom made applications.

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Live From The MeeGo Conference

I am at the MeeGo Conference in Dublin which takes place at the Aviva stadium from the 15th to 17th (Monday – Wednesday). Also, here are Rafe and Reggie from All About MeeGo and mobile analyst Julien Fourgeaud and together we will be bringing you the latest from the keynotes, sessions and all of the surrounding activities. The MeeGo Conference is the follow up event to what used to be Maemo Summit and is being attended by just over 1000 people.

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Phoronix sets MeeGo against Ubuntu for netbooks

Phoronix, the well known review and benchmarking blog for Linux users, has published an initial comparison of MeeGo 1.1 versus Ubuntu 10.10 for netbooks. In this test they pitted the two Linux distributions against each other on boot time, power usage, 3D performance, MP3 encoding, and file system performance

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MeeGo 1.1 SDK Beta Release

The MeeGo development team have just announced the release of the MeeGo SDK 1.1 Beta.

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Running Meego Handset in an N900 chroot with Easy Debian: Part 2

In this post, I show you how to start the Meego Handset 1.1 “desktop” in a Maemo chroot, using Easy Debian and the image file you made using instructions in the last post . DISCLAIMERS: This is a very shaky process. It is in no way ready for use in any way other than “Oh that’s cool!” The animations on the desktop are very slow, and none of the applications seem to work except Fennec thanks to Robin Burchell, the applications all work now .

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Meego 1.1 Released and Ready for Nokia N900 Smartphone

In Spring, Meego 1.0 was released, and today version 1.1 is now available. “The smartphone OS is a combination of Nokia’s Maemo and Intel’s Moblin ,” reported Inquirer’s Spencer Dalziel, “so it’s no wonder that this latest release looks like it was tailor made to fit Nokia’s excellent N900.”

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MeeGo 1.1 released – includes IVI, Handset and Netbook UXs

The MeeGo project reached an important milestone today with the release of MeeGo 1.1. It aims to create a solid baseline for both manufacturers and developers to devices and software across a broad range of categories (netbook, handset, IVI and) across both the ARMv7 and Intel Atom chipset architectures

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MeeGo 1.1 on Nokia N900

Running MeeGo 1.1 pre-alpha on a Nokia N900

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MeeGo 1.1 released for Nokia’s N900

Nokia has released MeeGo version 1.1 for the Nokia N900. MeeGo 1.1 features U-Boot support, which means the N900 is capable of dual-booting its current Maemo operating system as well as MeeGo v1.1. Read the full story here.

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MeeGo 1.1 For The N900 Is Here

The MeeGo 1.1 images for the N900 have just been released into the wild and are now available for download . But before you get too excited, do keep in mind that MeeGo 1.1 not ready to be used as a primetime OS on the N900 and that the images have been released following a release cycle, rather than waiting for everything to mature first.

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