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    General questions about the N900

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    a179 | # 1 | 2009-10-11, 20:34 | Report

    Hi,
    I heard about the N900 two weeks ago, I don't realy know much, but I am quite interested. I have some questions about the maemo and the N900 so I have decided to ask you:
    Will I be able to have KDE on the N900 like on the n810 / n800?
    Will regular linux applications and games (with low requirements) work on the N900 (like on a tablet or computer)?
    Thanks!

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    solideogloria | # 2 | 2009-10-11, 20:47 | Report

    Originally Posted by a179 View Post
    Will regular linux applications and games (with low requirements) work on the N900 (like on a tablet or computer)?
    Thanks!
    Most likely. But they need to be cross-compiled for ARM tweaked to fit the user interface. the complexity of this task can vary from trivial to (almost?) impossible

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    a179 | # 3 | 2009-10-11, 21:11 | Report

    Thank you for the realy quick reply!!!
    What are the statiatics? what is the aproximate percent of those application (which are easily cross-compiled)? (if you know
    What do you mean by "to fit the user interface", and if I change the Desktop Environment (KDE, openbox)? I didn't understand.
    Thanks again!

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    a179 | # 4 | 2009-10-12, 20:07 | Report

    answer? somebody?

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    epz | # 5 | 2009-10-14, 23:20 | Report

    a good start would be to look at a source based distro like gentoo, if a package has a number of architectures then it will likely be able to be ported faster.

    You may even be able to cross compile it yourself out the box.

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