MeeGo 1.0 hands-on at ArsTechnica
 

ArsTechnica just posted a very nice hands-on with MeeGo 1.0 for netbooks: Hands-on: MeeGo for netbooks picks up where Moblin left off

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Also, the new Phoronix benchmark for netbook distros includes Meego 1.0, compared to recent releases of more established brands (UNR, Fedora etc.). Very impressive showing for an 1.0 release ! (especially for boot time)

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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag..._10_perf&num=1

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Download from Meego site is slow as snail on wheelchair and the only torrent I found is even slower.

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wow very nice . .

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I especially like the part where meego doesn't provide any drivers or codecs. Good luck generating interest in your OS when it doesn't run properly on anything.

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very useful thanks

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Don't know it it's been posted already : http://youtube.com/watch?v=MEcc98RbK3o

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I have tested out 2 prior versions of Moblin before, and this "Meego" looks exactly like Moblin (with the exception of Chromium, which is new). Is Maemo really being used, or being swallowed?

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Looks are not everything.. Meego uses Maemo's telephony stack as well as other internal components.

There is more to an OS then just the gui.

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Will Intel have it's own UX for phones or is Nokia's Harmattan/MeeGo the only smartphone UX for MeeGo?

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There will be a basic reference UI that, i'm guessing, is owned by Intel. There were screen shots released about a month ago. Nokia will have it's own Meego UI as well as any other manufacture that opts to use Meego on there device.

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I assumed on the telephony stuff. But only assume. How do you know it uses it, and "other" things? I would really like to know more.

And no, the UI is not everything, but it's a lot for general users. And I don't see the Meego netbook UI being even close to adaptable for a 3.5 inch screen.

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How would telephony be useful in a netbook?

WWAN/3G modem is one thing. But telephony?

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The way i have understood is that Nokia's MeeGo will not have just different UI, but the middleware is different to Intels Meego too.

That's why Nokia's Harmattan/MeeGo is not even MeeGo product, but instance fo MeeGo.

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MeeGo is modular. That's the reason why the first releases consisted in kernels and the such. I bet Nokia has been already working on its own UX with older builds, it's the only way they will be on time to release a device this year.

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I think you answered your own question...with so many netbooks and laptops coming with GSM/3G/4G adapters, it makes sense to support telephony functions.

Plus you'll probably see Meego on more tablets/MIDs/whatever, in addition to car PCs (BMW) which may have phones built in.

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http://meego.com/sites/all/files/use...MeeGoArch1.png

A lot of the components below the UX layer are heavily contributed to by Nokia engineers and Nokia contractors.

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There is a different Handheld interface that will be used for, well, handhelds. Also, you don't have to assume anything. It's all documented and h as been discussed at length on this forum.

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That's not how i understood it but I could be wrong. I'm pretty sure both share the same code base.

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Documentation is what I was after. And 'discussed in a forum' is not.
The chart offered above was helpful.

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Nokia have given their OS to Intel as a gift.
Intel is one step closer to mobile phone market.

As a user, hope there are Meego devices in the market which OS is user upgradable then it really will be a handhold computer.