Our world has been shaken by Nokia! Where does Nokia’s abandonment of Open Source leave MeeGo? And what can the average user do to reclaim power over their gadgets!
PLUS – Debian 6.0 is released, and we’ll tell you why it’s more important than ever!
All this week on, The Linux Action Show!
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Episode Show Notes:
Runs Linux:
Qnap Turbo NAS, Runs Linux.
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Android Pick:
Tricorder TR-580
Network Info II
Android Picks so far, thanks to Madjo in the IRC Chat room!
News:
Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” released
Why Debian Matters More Than Ever
MPEG LA begins search for WebM/VP8 patents
Alien Dalvik – Android apps on non-Android phones
Best Buy Will Hold a Pre-sale for the Motorola XOOM Starting February 17th
MeeGo’s Future:
Nokia workers mourn death of Symbian, thousands walk out
Nokia’s Windows Phone 7 concept revealed.
Nokia to developers: no Qt for Windows Phone development
Intel: “We’re Not Blinking on MeeGo”
Nokia to Receive Billions from Microsoft
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop rallies troops in brutally honest ‘burning platform’ memo?
MeeGo Drops Netbooks?
Linux Cell Phone Distros:
Maemo – https://maemo.org/
Hildon – https://live.gnome.org/Hildon
Mer – https://wiki.maemo.org/Mer
MeeGo – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MeeGo
OpenMoko – https://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Main_Page
Qtopia / QT Extended – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qtopia
OPIE – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPIE_user_interface
SHR – https://shr-project.org/trac