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MeeGo for Netbooks released -- and it's fast

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http://www.linuxfordevices.com – The Intel- and Nokia-backed MeeGo project released version 1.0 of an open source operating system optimized for Intel Atom-based netbooks. MeeGo v1.0 for Netbooks -- which we found to be speedy -- comprises Google's Chrome browser, Nokia's Qt 4.6, plus a variety of other tools, and will be followed next month by a handset version, says the project.... (Embedded)

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The MeeGo community, formed by Intel and Nokia, on Thursday released the MeeGo distribution infrastructure and operating system base to developers. Images released are Intel Atom-based netbooks; ARM-based Nokia N900; and Intel Atom-based handsets running on the Moorestown chip.

Enterprise Mobile Today: "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."

The MeeGo community has & opened the repositories& on early code for the open source mobile Linux operating system, which combines the Intel-backed Moblin and Nokia's Maemo platforms. Images are now publicly available for the MeeGo distribution infrastructure and OS base & from the Linux kernel to the OS infrastructure up to the middleware layer,& says the community....

This is the latest version of Opera Mobile for MeeGo powered device. This Opera 11 comes with many improvements and updates. Make sure you have this Opera Mini 11 on your MeeGo to get the most powerful mobile web browser with great user experiences, and the popular Opera Turbo support.

The MeeGo project released version 1.1 of the MeeGo core, plus version 1.1 upgrades for the Netbook, In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI), and Handset user experience (UX) stacks.

Platform supports Intel-based netbooks, Nokia N900

The MeeGo project has released preview source code for the MeeGo Handset environment, including the first touchscreen support. Meanwhile, Intel has released a video demonstrating a pre-alpha version of MeeGo's tablet environment, showing off five-finger multitouch support....

The Linux-based MeeGo operating system gained traction at Computex, with prototype tablets shown by Wistron, Compal, Quanta, CZC, and others, and Acer announcing it will offer MeeGo on both netbooks and tablets. Meanwhile, Phoronix benchmarked MeeGo for Netbooks and found it to be faster than Ubuntu Netbook Remix, Fedora, and Moblin....

Prior to being spun into MeeGo, Intel's Moblin Linux distribution was one of the fastest-booting Linux distributions. Moblin worked phenomenally for Intel Atom netbooks with a great user-interface and was very quick at starting up. With the release this week of MeeGo 1.2, we have some Bootchart numbers for MeeGo...