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Here you can find some definitions to help you better understand the "Maemo linguo" as it comes with its own versioning scheme and specific projects.

About Maemo

Maemo is the core software stack that runs on mobile devices like Nokia's N810 or N900, it is based on Debian.
Maemo's garage is where the projects for Maemo can be hosted, somewhat compareable to Sourceforge.
Maemo versions:
- 4.0, codenamed Chinook
- 4.1, codenamed Diablo, unofficial Qt support
- 5.0, codenamed Fremantle, first one to have official Qt support
- X.X, codenamed Harmattan, not much is known yet apart from deeper Qt integration and support
Nokia devices running the Maemo stack:
- N770, first Maemo based internet tablet, runs Maemo 2.2 (aka OS2006)
- N800, internet tablet running Maemo 4.0
- N810, internet tablet running Maemo 4.1
- N900, first Maemo based phone, runs Maemo5 (5.0 initially, upgraded later to 5.0 PR1.1)

Build environments

Scratchbox is a cross-compiling environment used by the Maemo community for development and packaging, it tries to emulate the whole platform at build time extensively using qemu;
MADDE is a newer cross-compiling environment, simpler and more streamlined than scratchbox, it behaves more like a classical cross-compilation environment and doesn't rely on qemu during builds.

Related Projects

Busybox is a single binary that allows you to run commands like ls, cat and bunzip2;
Hildon is an application; framework and desktop shell for Maemo, compare it to the role that Plasma plays in KDE 4;
Mer is a Maemo community driven project which focuses mainly on porting Fremantle to the N8x0 devices.

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-=== Related Projects ===
+Here you can find some definitions to help you better understand the "Maemo linguo" as it comes with its own versioning scheme and specific projects.
-* [http://maemo.org/intro/platform/ '''maemo'''] is the core software stack that runs on mobile devices like Nokia's N810 or N900
-* [https://garage.maemo.org/ '''garage'''] is where the projects for maemo are hosted, somewhat compareable to Sourceforge.
+= About Maemo =
-* OS2008 is maemo 4.x ([http://wiki.maemo.org/Codenames more info]). Compare it with Debian's Lenny.
+* [http://maemo.org/intro/platform/ '''Maemo'''] is the core software stack that runs on mobile devices like Nokia's N810 or N900, it is based on Debian.
-* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maemo#Diablo '''Diablo'''] is the version (feature upgrade 2008) of maemo.
+* Maemo's [https://garage.maemo.org/ '''garage'''] is where the projects for Maemo can be hosted, somewhat compareable to Sourceforge.
-* [http://www.scratchbox.org/ '''Scratchbox'''] is a cross-compiling environment to enable you to create software for maemo on an i386.
+* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maemo#Version_history '''Maemo versions''']:
-* [http://www.busybox.net/ '''Busybox'''] is a single binary that allows you to run commands like ls, cat and bunzip2
+** 4.0, codenamed Chinook
-* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildon '''Hildon'''] is an application framework and desktop shell for maemo, compare it to the role that Plasma plays in KDE 4
+** 4.1, codenamed Diablo, unofficial Qt support
-* [http://wiki.maemo.org/Mer '''Mer'''] which focuses mainly on porting the Fremantle OS to the N8x0 device
+** 5.0, codenamed Fremantle, first one to have official Qt support
+** X.X, codenamed Harmattan, not much is known yet apart from deeper Qt integration and support
+* Nokia devices running the Maemo stack:
+** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N770 '''N770'''], first Maemo based internet tablet, runs Maemo 2.2 (aka OS2006)
+** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N800 '''N800'''], internet tablet running Maemo 4.0
+** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N810 '''N810'''], internet tablet running Maemo 4.1
+** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N900 '''N900'''], first Maemo based phone, runs Maemo5 (5.0 initially, upgraded later to 5.0 PR1.1)
+= Build environments =
+* [http://www.scratchbox.org/ '''Scratchbox'''] is a cross-compiling environment used by the Maemo community for development and packaging, it tries to emulate the whole platform at build time extensively using qemu;
+* [http://wiki.maemo.org/MADDE '''MADDE'''] is a newer cross-compiling environment, simpler and more streamlined than scratchbox, it behaves more like a classical cross-compilation environment and doesn't rely on qemu during builds.
+= Related Projects =
+* [http://www.busybox.net/ '''Busybox'''] is a single binary that allows you to run commands like ls, cat and bunzip2;
+* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildon '''Hildon'''] is an application; framework and desktop shell for Maemo, compare it to the role that Plasma plays in KDE 4;
+* [http://wiki.maemo.org/Mer '''Mer'''] is a Maemo community driven project which focuses mainly on porting Fremantle to the N8x0 devices.