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 MeeGo's netbook user interface | |
| Developer | Nokia, Intel, Linux Foundation |
|---|---|
| OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
| Working state | Terminated in favor of Tizen. Forked to create Mer. |
| Source model | Open source |
| Initial release | 26 May 2010 |
| Latest release | 1.2.0.10 / 12 July 2012 |
| Marketing target | Mobile |
| Package manager | RPM Package Manager |
| Platforms | ARM and x86 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux kernel) |
| Userland | GNU |
| Default user interface | Several GUIs, see below |
| License | Various, see below |
| Official website | meego.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 8 September 2011) |
| Support status | |
| Unsupported | |
MeeGo is a discontinued Linux distribution hosted by the Linux Foundation, using source code from the operating systems Moblin (produced by Intel) and Maemo (produced by Nokia).[1] MeeGo was primarily targeted at mobile devices and information appliances in the consumer electronics market. It was designed to act as an operating system for hardware platforms such as netbooks, entry-level desktops, nettops, tablet computers, mobile computing and communications devices, in-vehicle infotainment devices, SmartTV / ConnectedTV, IPTV-boxes, smart phones, and other embedded systems.[2]
Nokia wanted to make MeeGo its primary smartphone operating system in 2010, but after a change in direction it was stopped in February 2011, leaving Intel alone in the project. The Linux Foundation canceled MeeGo in September 2011 in favor of Tizen, which Intel then joined in collaboration with Samsung.[3] A community-driven successor called Mer was formed that year. A Finnish start-up, Jolla, picked up Mer[4] to develop a new operating system: Sailfish OS, and launched the Jolla Phone smartphone at the end of 2013.[5] Another Mer derivative called Nemo Mobile was also developed.
MeeGo was intended to run on a variety of hardware platforms including hand-helds, in-car devices, netbooks and televisions.[6] All platforms shared the MeeGo core, with different "User Experience" ("UX") layers for each type of device. MeeGo was designed by combining the best of both Intel's Fedora-based Moblin and Nokia's Debian-based Maemo. When it was first announced, the then President and CEO of Nokia, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, said that MeeGo would create an ecosystem, which would be the best among other operating systems and would represent players from different countries.[7]
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- ^ Sousou, Imad (27 September 2011). "What's Next for MeeGo". MeeGo blog. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011.
- ^ Twitter / JollaHQ: @kavalczuk #MeeGo is the name. Twitter.com. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ^ Lee, Dave (27 November 2013). "Jolla: Ex-Nokia employees launch smartphone". BBC. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ "Devices". MeeGo. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
- ^ "MeeGo". Symbianblogs. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2017.