Comments on: What is maemo? http://maemoteam.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/what-is-maemo/ A blog about the daily life of the Maemo Developer Platform team Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:32:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: dude http://maemoteam.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/what-is-maemo/#comment-23 dude Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:23:14 +0000 http://maemoteam.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/what-is-maemo/#comment-23 I have to admit I'm running x64 Kubuntu. It would be damn great if Maemo development is is not bound to dumb and old i386 platform.Actually N8x0 is ARM devices anyway.Why should I restrict myself to ancient i386 32-bit platform then?It will die in few years anyway, desktop's future is 64 bit since even today desktops are begin to hit 2^32 aka 4Gb limits.And there is x64 versions of Ubuntu\Debian.Linux was always pretty powerful in it's platform independence.So why there is no simple way to develop for Maemo on x64 systems then? I have to admit I’m running x64 Kubuntu. It would be damn great if Maemo development is is not bound to dumb and old i386 platform.Actually N8×0 is ARM devices anyway.Why should I restrict myself to ancient i386 32-bit platform then?It will die in few years anyway, desktop’s future is 64 bit since even today desktops are begin to hit 2^32 aka 4Gb limits.And there is x64 versions of Ubuntu\Debian.Linux was always pretty powerful in it’s platform independence.So why there is no simple way to develop for Maemo on x64 systems then?

]]> By: Juha Tukkinen http://maemoteam.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/what-is-maemo/#comment-21 Juha Tukkinen Sun, 14 Oct 2007 06:54:23 +0000 http://maemoteam.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/what-is-maemo/#comment-21 Lars: thanks for the comments. These points are currently indeed only partially covered in the existing how-to documents. Python is in its way to become fully supported (see our roadmap). The quick start guide deliberately left out all example code, otherwise it would have grown too big. However, your items definitely will be thought through again in the near future! :) Lars: thanks for the comments. These points are currently indeed only partially covered in the existing how-to documents. Python is in its way to become fully supported (see our roadmap). The quick start guide deliberately left out all example code, otherwise it would have grown too big. However, your items definitely will be thought through again in the near future! :)

]]> By: ferenc http://maemoteam.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/what-is-maemo/#comment-20 ferenc Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:44:57 +0000 http://maemoteam.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/what-is-maemo/#comment-20 Very nice work! I found a typo on page 22, section 8.2.1: "Scrathbox". Very nice work! I found a typo on page 22, section 8.2.1: “Scrathbox”.

]]> By: Lars Knudsen http://maemoteam.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/what-is-maemo/#comment-19 Lars Knudsen Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:08:39 +0000 http://maemoteam.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/what-is-maemo/#comment-19 Thanx a lot - this seems to cover most of the key issues when starting to develop for maemo. However, I'd like to see some of these points in there as well (if possible): * A few "dummy" (American style) examples/tutorials, covering different libs (gfx, sound, bt, ...) * A "How to do easy maemo application development in Python if you don't need to do (hard)core style (low level) software ;-)" (also covering the existing ported libs, possibly a few pygame examples, pybluez, etc.) - this should also get less experienced h4x0r5 to join. * Performance tips (e.g. what not to use at the same time/interaction matrix) * How to package applications for easy deployment (preferably covering C AND Python) - Lars :-) Thanx a lot – this seems to cover most of the key issues when starting to develop for maemo.

However, I’d like to see some of these points in there as well (if possible):

* A few “dummy” (American style) examples/tutorials, covering different libs (gfx, sound, bt, …)
* A “How to do easy maemo application development in Python if you don’t need to do (hard)core style (low level) software ;-) ” (also covering the existing ported libs, possibly a few pygame examples, pybluez, etc.) – this should also get less experienced h4×0r5 to join.
* Performance tips (e.g. what not to use at the same time/interaction matrix)
* How to package applications for easy deployment (preferably covering C AND Python)

- Lars :-)

]]> By: Juha Tukkinen http://maemoteam.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/what-is-maemo/#comment-18 Juha Tukkinen Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:52:23 +0000 http://maemoteam.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/what-is-maemo/#comment-18 hircus: thank you for this information, I have to admit that at least I was not aware of the SPARC edition of Ubuntu! hircus: thank you for this information, I have to admit that at least I was not aware of the SPARC edition of Ubuntu!

]]> By: hircus http://maemoteam.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/what-is-maemo/#comment-16 hircus Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:15:58 +0000 http://maemoteam.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/what-is-maemo/#comment-16 Ubuntu is x86-only? (section 3.4.1) c.f. the Ubuntu download page: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download that offers a SPARC edition as well. I think it's the first Linux distribution to support the multi-core Niagara CPU. Ubuntu is x86-only? (section 3.4.1)

c.f. the Ubuntu download page:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

that offers a SPARC edition as well. I think it’s the first Linux distribution to support the multi-core Niagara CPU.

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