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2014-10-21 , 05:19
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Originally Posted by endsormeans View Post
I never noticed before...but the recent post from august concerning Funtoo for n8x0/ n900 has me curious. Has anyone messed with funtoo lately? I'm curious about what does / doesn't work and how quick/ slow it is....considering I haven't seen much concerning user experiences ...

http://www.funtoo.org/Funtoo_Linux_Installation_on_ARM
I've not tried it but running a source based distro on the N900, let alone N8x0 is not my idea of "fun". I wonder how many days it would take to do a base install.

I suppose it might be usable if you ran the install and emerges on a PC in a QEMU chroot but it would still be a pain in the arse.
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DebiaN900 - Native Debian on the N900. Deprecated in favour of Maemo Leste.

Maemo Leste for N950 and N9 (currently broken).
Devuan for N950 and N9.

Mobile devices with mainline Linux support - Help needed with documentation.

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