Meego 1.0 Arrives for Linux Netbooks

“After three months of development, the 1.0 release of the MeeGo
open source Linux mobile operating system is now available. MeeGo
is joint effort led by Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and Nokia (NYSE: NOK)
that was first announced in February.

“MeeGo combines elements of Intel’s Moblin Linux with Nokia’s
Maemo Linux effort into a new mobile operating system that can be
used for netbooks, handheld devices and other mobile applications.
The initial MeeGo 1.0 release is only available for netbooks, with
a MeeGoo handset version planned for a June release.

“”This release provides developers with a stable core foundation
for application development and a rich user experience for
Netbooks,” Imad Sousou, director of Intel’s open source technology
center, wrote in a mailing list posting.

“At the core of the MeeGo release is a Linux 2.6.33 kernel.
Ironically, the 2.6.33 kernel was the first kernel to drop support
for the rival Google Android operating system and its associated
drivers.”

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