Meego-A Linux Based Platform

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MeeGo-A Linux based platform

ByShihabudheen T

No 48

S7 CSE

GECI


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What is MeeGo?

On February 15, 2010, the

worlds largest chip

manufacturer, Intel, and the

worlds largest mobile

handset manufacturer,Nokia, announced joining

their existing open source

projects (Moblin and

Maemo respectively) toform a new project called

MeeGo, hosted at the Linux

Foundation.


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Contents

Introduction to the MeeGo project

MeeGo Architecture

Benefits the MeeGo platform

Role of the Linux Foundation


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Introduction

MeeGo is a Linux-based platform that is

capable of running on multiple computing

devices

The primary goal of the MeeGo project was to

unify the efforts of the Moblin and Maemo

communities and to enable a next generation

open source Linux-platform suited for avariety of client devices.


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MeeGo will be doing so while

1. Maintaining freedom for innovation

2. Continuing the tradition of community

involvement (inherited from Maemo and

Moblin)

3. Accelerating time-to-market for a new set of

applications, services and user experiences


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Maemo Background

By Nokia (http://www.maemo.org), provided a Linux-based software stack that runs on mobile devices.

The Maemo platform is built in large parts of opensource components and its SDK provides an open

development environment for applications on top ofthe Maemo platform.

A series of Nokia Internet Tablets with touch screenhave been built with the Maemo platform. The latestMaemo device was the Nokia N900, powered byMaemo 5, that introduced a completely redesignedfinger-touch UI, cellular phone feature, and livemulticasting on the Maemo dashboard.


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Moblin Background

The Moblin project, short for Mobile Linux, is Intelsopen source initiative (http://www.moblin.org) createdto develop software for smartphones, netbooks,mobile internet devices (MIDs), and in-vehicle

infotainment (IVI) systems, and other mobile devices. It is an optimized Linux-based platform for small

computing devices.

It runs on Intel Atom, an inexpensive chip with lowpower requirements.

A unique characteristic to devices running Moblin isthat they can boot up quickly and can be online withina few seconds.


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SCREENSHOT OF THE MOBLIN 2.1 MEDIA PANEL

(IMAGE CREDIT: HTTP://MOBLIN.ORG)


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Facts You Must Know About MeeGo

Full open source project governed according tobest practices of open source development.

Hosted under the auspices of the Linux

Foundation Aligned closely with upstream projects

Offers a complete software stack includingreference user experience implementations

Lowers complexity for targeting multiple devicesegments


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Facts You Must Know About MeeGo

Offers differentiation abilities through userexperience customization

Provides a rich cross-platform developmentenvironment and tools

Offers a compliance program to certify softwarestacks and application portability

Supports multiple hardware architectures

Supports multiple app stores Has over 1000 committed professional

developers and hundreds of open sourcedevelopers


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MEEGOS CONTRIBUTIONS TO UPSTREAM OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS FROM WHICH IT IS BUILT.


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MeeGo Architecture

MeeGo provides a full open source software

stack from core operating system up to user

interface libraries and tools.

It offers user experience reference

implementations.

It allows proprietary add-ons to be added by

vendors to support hardware, services, or

customized user experiences.


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Basic Linux Architecture


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Linux Architecture Components

System Libraries (glibc)

System Call Interface

Kernel Components

init Process Scheduler

Memory Manager

Virtual File System

Network Interface Inter-Process Communication

Loadable Modules


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Linux Architecture Components

Device Drivers

Almost half of the Linux kernel source files are

devoted to device drivers Architecture-Dependent Code

source for the architecture families and processorscan be found here

Hardware

not part of the Linux kernel


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Back to MeeGo Architecture

MeeGo architecture is divided into three layers:1. The MeeGo OS Base layer consists of the Hardware

Adaptation Software required to adapt MeeGo tosupport various hardware architectures and the

Linux kernel and core services2. The MeeGo OS Middleware layer provides a

hardware and usage model independent API forbuilding both native applications and web run timeapplications

3. The MeeGo User Experience (UX) layer providesreference user experiences for multiple platformsegments.


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MeeGo Reference Architecture


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MeeGo Netbook UX

The netbook is the first user experience tobecome available for MeeGo.

Released on May 25,2010.

It delivers a wealth of Internet, computing andcommunication experiences with richgraphics, multi-tasking and multimedia

capabilities. It is highly optimized for power and

performance.


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Screen shots of the netbook user experience featuring

the MeeGo MyZone


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Benefits of the MeeGo Software

Platform

The MeeGo open source project is unique in

that it offers benefits to everyone in the

ecosystem starting from the developer all the

way up to the operator and the industry as a

whole.


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Benefits to Open Source Developers

As an open source

developer

Have access to tools

Mailing lists

Discussion forum

Accessibility to technical

meetings


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Benefits to Application Developers

Expands the market

opportunities

Offers Qt and Web

runtime for applicationdevelopment

Provides cross platform

environments


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SINGLE APP AVAILABLE FROM MULTIPLE APP STORES

TO A WIDE RANGE OF DEVICE TYPES


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Benefits to Device Manufacturers

Helps to accelerate time tomarket using an off-the-shelf,open source and optimizedsoftware stack

Lowers complexities involved intargeting multiple devicesegments

Enables device manufacturesto participate in the evolutionof the software platform


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Benefits to Operators

Enables differentiation throughuser interface customization

It provides a single platform formultitude of devices

This minimizes the effortsneeded by the operators intraining their teams

Allows their subscribers to befamiliar with the experiencecommon to many device types.


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Benefits to the Linux Platform

MeeGo is helpful for Linux as aplatform as it combines mobiledevelopment resources

All other Linux mobile and desktopefforts that use the componentsas MeeGo will benefit from theincreased engineering efforts onthose components

This is the power of the opensource development model


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MeeGo Compliance Program

One of the characteristics of MeeGo is the

compliance program that will allow ISVs and

OSVs to go through the compliance program

and have their applications, distributions,

devices, etc, certified as MeeGo compliant.


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BENEFITS OF THE MEEGO COMPLIANCE PROGRAM TO

VARIOUS ECOSYSTEM PLAYERS


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The Linux Foundation and MeeGo

Accelerating the adoption of Linux

Promoting collaboration between industry players

and the open source community

Unifying efforts towards the benefits of a strongLinux platform

Promoting a truly open Linux platform and improving

Linux as a technical platform

Encouraging companies to drive their contributions

and technical work upstream


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Conclusion

MeeGo is a Linux-based platform that is capable ofrunning on multiple computing devices.

The primary goal of the MeeGo project was to unifythe efforts of the Moblin and Maemo communities andto enable a next generation open source Linux-platform suited for a variety of client devices.

MeeGo project has now the opportunity tosignificantly expand the market opportunities on awide range of devices

MeeGo provides a rich cross-platform developmentenvironment


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References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MeeGo

http://meego.com/about

http://meego.com/developers/meego-architecture
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