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railroadmaster
2010-07-23, 01:59
Well I was thinking th HTC Hd2 is very capable device. I would love to see MeeGo get ported to the HTC Hd2 because Windows Mboile while it isn't horrible it is showing its age. However Windows Mobile is very hackable and Linux distributions have been ported to such as Android and Ubuntu. I wouldn't understand why the Hd2 couldn't run it. The haret.exe method could very easily work. I wonder would anyone be up to the challenge of porting it? I don't know I would love to see MeeGo on the HTC Hd2. The specs of the device seem to be capable of running it.
JorgeFX
2010-07-23, 02:10
I good to dream:rolleyes:
I was thinking why MAEMO is not portet to other devices? :confused:
Maemo is so good, and most of the people try to make Android run on the N900, or Ubutu, or Mac. But I have not seen anybody asking to port Maemo to HTC or a google phone:mad:
railroadmaster
2010-07-23, 02:14
I good to dream:rolleyes:
I was thinking why MAEMO is not portet to other devices? :confused:
Maemo is so good, and most of the people try to make Android run on the N900, or Ubutu, or Mac. But I have not seen anybody asking to port Maemo to HTC or a google phone:mad:
I could see why Maemo on the HTC Hd2 wouldn't be possible but MeeGo would be. Isn't MeeGo fully open source and thus wouldn't it be possible. Besides I asked for MeeGo not Maemo.
RogerTHAcctant
2010-07-23, 02:17
I good to dream:rolleyes:
I was thinking why MAEMO is not portet to other devices? :confused:
Maemo is so good, and most of the people try to make Android run on the N900, or Ubutu, or Mac. But I have not seen anybody asking to port Maemo to HTC or a google phone:mad:

I visit the xda-developers forums quite a bit (for the android port to my sister's hd2) and I've actually seen someone ask if they could port maemomeego before.
railroadmaster
2010-07-23, 02:20
I visit the xda-developers forums quite a bit (for the android port to my sister's hd2) and I've actually seen someone ask if they could port maemomeego before.
I have seen the Android port and it isn't bad. the Ubuntu port for the Hd2 is very good but it is killed by the fact that it has a capacitive touchscreen which isn't optimized for a cursor. However MeeGo would be ideal because it is a full Linux os that has been optimized for mobile devices with capacitive touchscreens.
SavageD
2010-07-23, 02:27
Maemo is based on linux, so is Android and Ubuntu (Which is basically linux anyway).

Because the HTC HD2 is based on windows (something not even remotely close to the linux os) It would be extremely, and I mean extremely difficult to port meego to windows mobile in a working condition. Think of it as tryna change a car into as airplane hard. Hell, most would even say its impossible. But I'm not that type :/

Simply put, meego is based on linux, ssame with android (sort of), and Ubunto. Porting meego to a windows os would be extremely difficult...

Unless of course some one conjures up a virtual machine or something along those lines for windows mobile, Which is of course, still difficult

Edit: Just realized I wondered of the actual topic and was thinking to myself...ignore the above post ;D...
railroadmaster
2010-07-23, 02:33
Maemo is based on linux, so is Android and Ubuntu (Which is basically linux anyway).

Because the HTC HD2 is based on windows (something not even remotely close to the linux os) It would be extremely, and I mean extremely difficult to port meego to windows mobile in a working condition. Think of it as tryna change a car into as airplane hard. Hell, most would even say its impossible. But I'm not that type :/

Simply put, meego is based on linux, ssame with android (sort of), and Ubunto. Porting meego to a windows os would be extremely difficult...

Unless of course some one conjures up a virtual machine or something along those lines for windows mobile, Which is of course, still difficult
No it has been done. Video of Android here running here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyglmQmv3uU via haret.exe. video of Ubuntu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p70HU_Mq5F0.
Also I wondering if MeeGo could be ported not Maemo. Maemo is more dead than Windows Mobile. MeeGo would be ideal because it is a FULL Linux os. The Linux Kernel has been ported the Hd2.
railroadmaster
2010-07-23, 04:26
People seem to think I'm asking for Maemo for the HTC Hd2 when the title clearly says MeeGo.
SavageD
2010-07-23, 04:47
Meego is beta at this point, isn't even worth porting. Although, if it is true that they can port android and ubuntu to hd2, through modified kernels and such. Then its more than possible to port meego to the hd2, guess not much people are interested in that at this time. I dunno, it would probably make more sense if you posted this in an HTC forum.

Saying things like "maemo is more dead than Windows Mobile," in this forum...well kinda turns us off if you know what I mean....maemo simply pwns and is by far one of the best OS available for smart phones at this time, the only other worthy rival being android...
te37v
2010-07-23, 04:53
MeeGo would be ideal because it is a FULL Linux os.

I wouldn't really consider it a FULL linux os as I heard Meego doesn't have desktops but rather a home screen which launches apps to appeal to the masses. In other words it's not truly linux.
Flandry
2010-07-23, 04:55
I wouldn't really consider it a FULL linux os as I heard Meego doesn't have desktops but rather a home screen which launches apps to appeal to the masses. In other words it's not truly linux.

You just offended millions of headless servers around the world.
JorgeFX
2010-07-23, 04:57
Maemo is not dead, Maemo IS a direct rival for Android and Windows. I know you talk about MeeGo, but what I wanned to say is that Maemo is better than all the other OS on the market and people keep porting only the other stuff and Maemo that is the best NOT. If Meego will be 100 times better than Maemo, do you think that it will be ported to other devices right away? NO, the truth is that people will try to port Android to the first Meego device.. People often likes the stuff that do not worth
Termana
2010-07-23, 05:52
First of all, this thread is being derailed by misconceptions and lies.

Secondly, you could potentially port MeeGo to the HD2, however one barrier would be the Handset UI. To my knowledge no Snapdragon chipset has Open GL ES drivers written to work with Xorg, they only work with Android's SurfaceFlinger, and obviously there are appropriate drivers for Windows Mobile. Therefore, in order to get the Handset UI to come up, you would need to have it do software rendering, which can be slow, but still possible. Or you can just use a different UI on top of the MeeGo stack, like XFCE etc.

Edit: I should have mentioned the Handset UI relies on having Open GL ES 2.0 drivers that work with Xorg, which is why if you don't have them, you need to go back to software rendering.