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1 .SH tgtimes |
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2 Maemo Leste keeps kicking in! |
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3 .2C 31v |
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4 . |
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5 .PP |
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6 The ultimate hacker's toy project: a OpenSource powered hand-held comput… |
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7 . |
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8 .PP |
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9 Where to start from? |
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10 There can be two walls preventing every Linux enthusiast from having its… |
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11 . |
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12 .IP 1. |
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13 hardware support: getting Linux to boot on the twisted hardware setups o… |
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14 . |
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15 .IP 2. |
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16 application support: writing all the tools that make a plain unix shell … |
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17 that we usually take for granted on a phone operating system. |
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18 It may be as simple as a daemon watching incoming phone call from hardwa… |
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19 and playing a ringtone.wav whenever a call comes in, |
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20 it still has to be written. |
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21 Same goes for a keyboard application if it uses a touch-screen. |
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22 Same goes for anything. |
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23 . |
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24 .PP |
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25 Since it goes beyond the scope of a week-end hack, |
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26 collaboration takes place for making these projects happen. |
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27 . |
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28 .PP |
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29 Maemo Leste is now existing since more than four years, and keeps being … |
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30 It even shines where Android does not: |
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31 it uses mainline Linux kernel instead of forks that never get upgraded n… |
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32 This means that all software officially supported by Maemo Leste might a… |
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33 . |
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34 .PP |
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35 Of course, there are non-official porting efforts for more hardware unde… |
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36 Like it is for every operating system project. |
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37 . |
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38 .PP |
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39 Maemo Leste, the project bringing a real UNIX shell where you only had a… |
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40 featuring GPS chips reverse engineering, and a working phone module. |
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41 . |
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42 .PP |
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43 The support for the inexpensive PinePhone means you can get a fully work… |
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44 Grab it while it is hot, the lack of bloated prebuilt application forced… |
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45 . |
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46 .FS |
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47 https://maemo-leste.github.io/maemo-leste-sixteenth-update-november-and- |
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48 december-2021-january-april-2022.html |
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49 .FE |
