[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Alternative platforms ?

[From: Glen Gray]

Hey Guys,

The maemo project looks really interesting. Currently it seems  
entirely focused on the Nokia 770 platform and I'm wondering if  
that's a valid impression ?

I know a stated goal is to make it a platform of choice for internet  
tablets (or it least I thought I read that somewhere) so I was  
wondering if there's any moves on supporting generic profiles to make  
it easy to support alternative hardware.

For example, I currently work on a kind of non portable internet  
table. It's meant to be stationary (beside a bed or on an desk). It's  
essentially a custom form factor epia m10000 that's mounted in a  
special case behind a 15" 1024x768 screen. We use a base system of  
Fedora Core 2 and have our own software stack running a top of those  
binaries. There's no physical keyboard, just a touch screen and  
currently HTML driven UI.

I was thinking of doing a skunk works project to get maemo up and  
running on it and thought I'd check first to see if I was wasting my  
time.

Thanks in advance for any feedback.
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Glen Gray <glen at lincor.com>              Digital Depot, Thomas Street
Senior Software Engineer                            Dublin 8, Ireland
Lincor Solutions Ltd.                          Ph: +353 (0) 1 4893682