Mer very slow on an N900
 

Hi
I installed Mer on my N900. But is painfully slow.
Has anybody else tried it. Would like to know your remarks/suggestions.
Btw, It looks very good. I got the wifi working and then installed some apps.

The geek in me loves to see a bootmenu similar to grub on desktops :-D

Re: Mer very slow on an N900
 

I installed an older version a few weeks ago. Info here:
http://wiki.maemo.org/User:Jebba/Mer

I have downloaded 0.17testing10 but haven't given it a ride yet.

Re: Mer very slow on an N900
 

Mer works on N900 ??

Re: Mer very slow on an N900
 

Hey Jebba,
I have installed the latest version -
mer-armel-n900-rootfs-v0.17testing10.tar.gz

It looks great. But is very slow. I am just not able to figure out the reason for it.

My microSD card is fairly fast (not the fastest).

Re: Mer very slow on an N900
 

Yes, it did for me :-)
Just follow this -
http://mer-project.blogspot.com/2010...okia-n900.html
You'll be up and running in less than 1 hour :-)

Re: Mer very slow on an N900
 

y would u put mer on n900, thats like a downgrade..

Re: Mer very slow on an N900
 

To make it an upgrade.

Re: Mer very slow on an N900
 

so, its better than maemo 5 or its is an upgrade to to GUI??

Re: Mer very slow on an N900
 

Right now Maemo 5 definitely runs nicer on N900 than Mer, but they have different purposes. Mer tries to build a freer, more mainline "style" distro than what comes from Nokia. It still drags in some non-free bits from Nokia though, for such things as battery. It will punt non free parts before Nokia. It also is designed to run on older Nokia internet tablets, which is nice if you have one of those.

Re: Mer very slow on an N900
 

yeah if i had and knew linux OS