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| - | There is a good chance that someone has already asked a similar question. Before submitting a new question, please take the time to do a quick '''search''' through our [http://forum.meego.com/ forums], [http://meego.com/community/mailing-lists mailing lists], [http://meego.com website] and [ | + | There is a good chance that someone has already asked a similar question. Before submitting a new question, please take the time to do a quick '''search''' through our [http://forum.meego.com/ forums], [http://meego.com/community/mailing-lists mailing lists], [http://meego.com website] and [[Main Page|wiki]] before asking a new question. |
* '''Users and General Questions''': If you are using MeeGo, but are not actively involved in MeeGo development, please post in the '''[http://forum.meego.com/ Forum]'''. Questions about support for specific hardware, installing MeeGo or other questions that don't involve looking at the code, you should start with the forum. | * '''Users and General Questions''': If you are using MeeGo, but are not actively involved in MeeGo development, please post in the '''[http://forum.meego.com/ Forum]'''. Questions about support for specific hardware, installing MeeGo or other questions that don't involve looking at the code, you should start with the forum. | ||
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Information about our build infrastructure, including a community build system, can be found on our [[Build Infrastructure]] wiki page. You might also be interested in our [[Image Creation]] instructions. | Information about our build infrastructure, including a community build system, can be found on our [[Build Infrastructure]] wiki page. You might also be interested in our [[Image Creation]] instructions. | ||
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General Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about MeeGo.
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MeeGo is an open source, Linux project focused on netbooks, handheld computing and communications devices, in-vehicle infotainment devices, connected TVs and other small form factor devices. MeeGo is a Linux Foundation project that brings together the Moblin project, headed up by Intel, and Maemo, by Nokia, into a single open source activity. Learn more about MeeGo by visiting our About page.
The Technical Steering Group sets the direction, tone, and vision for MeeGo, speaks on behalf of the project, and is responsible for project level decisions and overall leadership. Much like most open source projects governed by a benevolent dictator, the MeeGo project is led by Imad Sousou and Valtteri Halla. The complete governance, project structure and roles can be found on our Governance pages.
The simple answer is that doesn't run on your hardware yet. Right now, MeeGo runs on a limited number of hardware configurations (see above sections for details). This is a common approach for open source software. The person or people who write the first version of the software selects a subset of hardware to get the project started. For example, the first version of the Linux kernel available to the public only ran on a 386 with AT drives, because that was what Linus Torvalds had at the time. If the open source project is successful (as Linux has been) more and more people will begin contributing ports of the software to additional hardware platforms. Linux now supports many different hardware configurations because people were willing to put in the time to add them.
The best way to get support for your hardware is to either write it yourself and submit patches to MeeGo or convince someone else to support your hardware (maybe your hardware vendor). You can also file it as a feature request and hope that someone decides to work on it.
MeeGo will eventually support a broader set of hardware, but it will take time and contributions from the community to make it happen.
There is a good chance that someone has already asked a similar question. Before submitting a new question, please take the time to do a quick search through our forums, mailing lists, website and wiki before asking a new question.
You can learn more about our various mailing lists, forums, IRC channels and more by visiting the community page on the website.
The Technical Steering Group meetings are our primary governance meetings and are open to anyone who wants to attend. Many of the teams involved in MeeGo also have regular meetings on IRC. We have a MeeGo-Meeting IRC Schedule where you can find information about our meetings.
There are many ways for people to contribute to MeeGo, and you don't need to be a programmer to participate. We have a Contributing to MeeGo guide with more details.
These Wiki contribution guidelines will help you get started.
The developers section of the MeeGo website contains information about our architecture, API, SDK and other useful documentation for application developers. The Getting Started page has links to download the SDK and other introductory information.
Information about our build infrastructure, including a community build system, can be found on our Build Infrastructure wiki page. You might also be interested in our Image Creation instructions.
See Meego_IT/Mirrors for information about how to mirror repo.meego.com over rsync.