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Android_808 | # 91 | 2015-02-12, 14:18 | Report

@sulu: Not really at the moment. FPTF is more about getting what we've got running on another device, I'm aiming more towards getting a Maemo-like interface up and running using a different base. I want to use gtk3 and/or qt5 for UI so that breaks a lot of existing packages. More like investigating the options for a Maemo 6/7 as opposed to working towards 5.x.

The packages I'm using avoid some of the closed source components but at what cost I'm yet to fully determine. I could have gone Cordia route and just put interface on top of Mer/Nemo but I prefer dpkg over rpm for packaging.

At the moment it's just a personal project for me, until I can ascertain what is needed to take it further. If there is anything that is beneficial to FPTF then I'm more than happy to lend a hand if available.

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DDark | # 92 | 2015-02-12, 17:18 | Report

Interesting, just by following this thread I found that there are at least 3 people(FTPF not counting) working on rebasing maemo on top of Debian. And the question is obvious, why not cooperate ?

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wicket | # 93 | 2015-02-13, 04:07 | Report

Originally Posted by pharmakon View Post

It's a shame that you don't have a spare to work on. I have a number of N900s in various conditions - one has a dead microphone, one is one of those HK refurb/forgeries w/ the missing magnet on a flimsy back cover, one is my currently daily phone (used and abused) which has suffered some wicked drops and has dead USB disease (I've been too lazy to repair it because I just rsync and I have spares to use as battery chargers), and finally another used one from ebay that I'm planning to make my daily driver.

I'm in the middle of a apartment move (which is incidentally good for taking account of where everything I own is), so it may take a short while, but I have a N900 surplus and I'd like to fix your N900 deficit.

PM me so I have a reminder.

pharmakon
(bought N900 on release day, lurker on tmo since 2010, Neo900 purchaser.)

Thank you very much for your offer. I have asked the Neo900 team if they can provide me with a Mozilla donated N900. If nothing comes of it, I will gladly take you up on your offer. Thanks again and welcome to TMO!

wicket | # 94 | 2015-02-13, 04:21 | Report

Originally Posted by DDark View Post

Interesting, just by following this thread I found that there are at least 3 people(FTPF not counting) working on rebasing maemo on top of Debian. And the question is obvious, why not cooperate ?

Nice idea. I would be happy to cooperate with anything that helps with improving the Debian mobile experience. My experiment however is substantially different from Android_808 and Aapo's rebase work. My plan is to use LXC and OverlayFS (recently mainlined) to run Fremantle in a container. It should be quite feasible, I just haven't really spent any time on it yet.

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reinob | # 95 | 2015-02-13, 09:15 | Report

Originally Posted by wicket View Post

Nice idea. I would be happy to cooperate with anything that helps with improving the Debian mobile experience. My experiment however is substantially different from Android_808 and Aapo's rebase work. My plan is to use LXC and OverlayFS (recently mainlined) to run Fremantle in a container. It should be quite feasible, I just haven't really spent any time on it yet.

Sounds like a brilliant idea!

Let's see what Jörg say re. a N900 for you. If it doesn't work out I'll gladly send some money your way.

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realu | # 96 | 2015-03-04, 19:32 | Report

hi all,

i wanted to thank everyone who is working on getting debian to run on a mobile phone!

realu

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AapoRantalainen | # 97 | 2015-03-22, 18:27 | Report

My approach was
* get rid everything Nokia messed
* merge to Debian everything Nokia did well

I never got (any) gles-driver working with kernel 3.X. Lately I have been busy with other things.

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freemangordon | # 98 | 2015-03-22, 18:46 | Report

Originally Posted by AapoRantalainen View Post

My approach was
* get rid everything Nokia messed
* merge to Debian everything Nokia did well

I never got (any) gles-driver working with kernel 3.X. Lately I have been busy with other things.

http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=142

this is the kernel on https://gitorious.org/linux-n900/fre...9718ae78a33c8: (the "upstream", not my clone, should work as well)

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sulu | # 99 | 2015-03-25, 08:09 | Report

Originally Posted by AapoRantalainen View Post

* merge to Debian everything Nokia did well

I don't remember:
Did you try to merge Fremantle's UI? I think that's something Nokia did very well.
I remember the hildon package in Squeeze being a fubar version of Chinook or Diablo and Debian's matchbox being mostly unuseable.

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AapoRantalainen | # 100 | 2015-03-25, 21:41 | Report

Originally Posted by sulu View Post

I don't remember:
Did you try to merge Fremantle's UI? I think that's something Nokia did very well.

Yes and yes.
I got Hildon-desktop (cordia patched) compiled and running top of Jessie running on N900:
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...9&postcount=82

Thus seems I haven't posted step-by-step instructions or links to the sources.

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