Maemo Platform

The Maemo Platform is the software stack for Nokia Internet Tablets, which includes the Maemo operating system and the Maemo SDK. The Maemo platform is developed by the Maemo Software department within Nokia.

Maemo

The Maemo platform includes the Maemo operating system, which is based on Debian GNU/Linux and draws much of its GUI, frameworks, and libraries from the GNOME project. It uses the Matchbox window manager, and like Ubuntu Mobile, it uses the GTK-based Hildon as its GUI and application framework.

Maemo SDK

The Maemo SDK is based around the Debian-oriented Scratchbox Cross Compilation Toolkit, which provides a sandbox environment in which development may take place. Scratchbox uses Qemu to emulate an ARMEL processor or sbrsh to remotely execute instructions. Scratchbox-compatible rootstraps are available for both x86 and ARMEL, so the majority of development and debugging takes place on x86, with final packaging being for ARMEL. [ [http://maemo.org/maemo_training_material/maemo4.x/html/maemo_Technology_Overview/Chapter_05_Software_Development_Process_for_maemo_SDK.html#OverviewofthesoftwaredevelopmentprocessusingthemaemoSDKenvironment Overview of the software development process using the maemo SDK environment] ]

ee also

* Openmoko
* LiMo Foundation
* Hildon
* Android
* LiPS

References

External links

* [http://www.maemo.org maemo.org]
* [http://wiki.maemo.org maemo.org wiki] ( [http://maemo.org/community/wiki/ old one] )
* [http://planet.maemo.org maemo.org planet]
* [https://bugs.maemo.org/ Maemo bugzilla]
* [http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/sbox2/Maemo Maemo in freedesktop.org]
* [http://www.scratchbox.org/ Scratchbox Cross Compilation Toolkit]
* [irc://irc.freenode.net/maemo #maemo] on freenode
* [http://maemo.org/maemo_training_material/maemo4.x/html/maemo_Technology_Overview/index.html Material for Nokia's own introductory course on Maemo]