Origin: Norway
Category: Mobile Desktop
environment: Hildon
Architecture: ARM
Based: Debian
Maemo, a Linux-based operating system and mobile platform from Finnish communication and information technology company Nokia.Software applications designed to run on the Maemo platform were developed by the Maemo Community, a nonprofit, open-source community supported by Nokia.
Maemo is a modified version of the Debian GNU/Linux distribution that has been reconfigured for mobile devices.Guome uses libraries from the GNOME project, matchbox window manager, and GTK-based Hildon framework as the application framework.GUI uses the GTK toolkit and Hildon user interface widgets and API.
The Maemo operating system is designed for Nokia Internet Tablets with features very similar to Nokia's high-tech N-series and E-series mobile phones with TI OMAP ARM SoCs, widescreen displays and expandable internal storage
Maemo comes with a number of built-in apps such as Mozilla-based MicroB scanner, Macromedia Flash player, Gizmo5 and Skype.3 through the application manager or APT and dpkg.
More applications can be installed from party sources.At the Mobile World Congress in February 2010, it was announced that the Maemo project would merge with Moblin to create the MeeGo mobile software platform.Despite this, the Maemo community remained active, and in late 2012 Nokia began transferring maemo ownership to the newly established Hildon Foundation.
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