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