Mer/Releases/0.12

2011-08-28T14:30:08Z

120.28.227.113: /* Released images */

{{Mer}}

Mer 0.12 was prepared in the sprint [[Mer/Sprints/0.12|7. April 2009 - 20 April 2009 with a testing period: 20 April 2009 - 27 April 2009]]. If you want help with the release, show up in #mer on IRC, on irc.freenode.net.

== Call for developer participation ==

There will be a Maemo/Mozilla hackfest in Copenhagen ([[Mozilla Maemo Danish Weekend]]), Saturday-Sunday 30-31 May 2009 (with party Friday 29 May), where Mer is one of the focus areas as well. As it is a hackfest the focus will be more on coding than on presentations. From Mer project so far Stskeeps will be attending.

If you have the time and ability to show up (there might be an option of [http://internettablettalk.com/forums/showpost.php?p=277347&postcount=4 sponsorship]) and ability to push some code or artwork or other things through and help out - do show up, it'll be a blast and will bring us closer to Mer 1.0. We hope to establish a IRC presence as well if you want to contribute remotely.

Focus area from Mer project point of view will be a weekend focused on getting Mer ready for day-to-day usage (1.0), both logistically (repositories, restricted builders, etc) and user interface (control panels, getting audio to work on N8x0, and so forth).

== Notable accomplishments and news ==

* Claudius Henrichs will be heading up the localization area.
* David Greaves/lbt is now in charge of Builders & development tools component.
* Matthew Craig/mtc in charge of Outreach
* Based on Ubuntu Jaunty official release.
* John Bloom (johnx) manned a Mer table at [http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/ LinuxFest Northwest 2009]
* WiFi issue on N8x0 finally fixed
* Power saving on N8x0 works again.
* We will be switching to alternate repositories soon, as we are integrating with OpenSUSE Build Service. This means no more stuff will go into repository.mer.tspre.org post-0.12.
* Sound support, but requires closed blobs, and someone needs to step up and code a DSP protocol driver for PulseAudio (source code for protocol open)
* Battery monitor (tablet-battery-monitor), requires closed blobs (installs them itself)
* galculator ported
* BlueMan ported - which means tethering, DUN, PAN, and a lot of interesting things
* Hildon desktop when dying, now shows a dialog box that it died.
* Drag lock fixed
* large-statusbar-clock
* Several fixes to Panels.
* set kernel.core-pattern to something sane consistent across platforms (/var/cores)
* Pocket Loox 720 port now has some additional things to make it usable (such as working touchscreen)
* More work on Freerunner port
* Launchpad refused our l10n's, cos Nokia uses tana_fi_internet instead of english strings, and hence we'll work with maemo.org and Transifex.
* Alternate theme by Meizirkki: hildon-theme-sumea-mer
* We actually use maemo-launcher now so a lot of things should use less memory and work better. 770 port should be more usable too.
* Some claim Mer has quite good battery life on N8x0 now.
* Mer is now officially Scratchbox-free, thanks to impressive work on QEMU by ScriptRipper

== Known issues ==

* home applets behave oddly when in non-800x480
* Screen should not dim and turn off during first boot wizard
* Magic X menu stretches too far, before adding v ^ buttons.
* Happens occasionally: [https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4250 Initial configuration - Root Password Confirmation Prompt - No virtual keyboard]
* X driver for omapfb does not use Manual updates yet and hence can be a bit slow in updating the screen which may give the impression the system is slow.
* Rotation in advanced-backlight kills hildon desktop
* No charging screen on flashable image
* modifying panel settings causes HD to sometimes crash
* 770 rescue menu does not seem to work (keys doesn't work)
* 770 doesn't pick up correct RTC, or it doesn't have it set
* Control panel may appear to have no menu but it actually doesn't have one.
* [https://bugs.launchpad.net/m-r/+bug/355026 Can not enter an address in hildon-application-manager]
* X-Terminal is not localized yet, at all (shows webameedit, etc)
* The task switcher does not appear rightmost as it should
* There seems to be a bit of "air" around windows, near left and right corners, also in marquee.
* Marquee background acts weird.
* JFFS2 version of N8x0 port causes weird video problem when rebooting.
* Midori has no HIM in text fields.
* Powerlaunch not working correctly while charger plugged in, no reaction while pressing power-button, no keyboard backlight
* Advanced-backlight crashes hildon-desktop while charger plugged (might be tablet-battery-monitor related)
* Marquee-panel doesn't scale when rotating the screen.
* Deselecting dropdown menu plugin crashes desktop
* Powerlaunch button prompts not correct (no "Yes" "No")
* Applications "Organise" dialog unresponsive

== Screenshots ==

<gallery perRow="5">
Image:Mer0.11_Blueman3.png
Image:Mer0.12_Blueman7.png
Image:Mer0.11_NetworkManager.png
Image:Mer0.11_Notifications.png
Image:Mer0.11_Xterm.png
Image:Mer0.11_AdvancedBacklight.png
Image:Mer0.11_HAM.png
Image:Mer0.11_AM.png
Image:Mer0.11_Filechooser.png
Image:Mer0.11_Mirage.png
Image:Mer0.11_Maemopad.png
Image:Mer0.11_homeip.png
Image:Mer0.12_ShopperQt.png
</gallery>

Video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSJ82NywcJE Mer 0.12, Xorg with fbdev driver]

== Disclaimer ==

* '''There is ''no'' warranty'''. This may blow up your MMC, steal your wife or cause doomsday to come around. But if you find some bugs, please report them on [https://bugs.maemo.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Mer bugs.maemo.org Bugzilla] and we'll try to see what we can do to fix the bug causing it.
* If anything goes wrong, grab a USB cable, and rescue mode is done through holding down Home key when booting Mer (on tablets)

== Installation guide ==

[[Mer/Documentation/Installation|Installation guide can be found here]], including link to Mer installer for N8x0 - version should be '''2.0.0-mer9'''

== Released images ==

{| class = "wikitable"
|-
| MD5sum || URL || Description
|-
| 90cbc781caa3ef18718cb3cc38ef3e7c || http://stskeeps.subnetmask.net/mer/0.12/mer-armel-770-image-v0.12.tar.gz || rootfs tar.gz for Nokia 770 port
|-
| a72837f1599176543541b0496bebc48f || http://stskeeps.subnetmask.net/mer/0.12/mer-armel-beagleboard-bootfs-v0.12.tar.gz || bootfs for Beagleboard port
|-
| 5d125c0b2caf8cd9b4846c0656f28c66 || http://stskeeps.subnetmask.net/mer/0.12/mer-armel-beagleboard-rootfs-v0.12.tar.gz || rootfs for Beagleboard port
|-
| 871f73e9b5ce4c384804aa1b5f068b85 || http://stskeeps.subnetmask.net/mer/0.12/mer-armel-n8x0-image-v0.12.jffs2 || flashable image for Nokia N8x0 port, JFFS2 part (requires kernel below)
|-
| 6136f3875cd813f609daf1b92cffcdc5 || http://stskeeps.subnetmask.net/mer/0.12/mer-armel-n8x0-kernel-v0.12.zImage || flashable image for Nokia N8x0 port, Kernel part (requires jffs2 above)
|-
| 1189a3dfba353fb38d3e086a6317b8c6 || http://stskeeps.subnetmask.net/mer/0.12/mer-armel-n8x0-kernelstd-v0.12.zImage [http://www.digitalproductsavenue.com ebooks with resale rights][http://www.coppervalleycustomhomes.com custom home builders] || kernel for standard setups, Nokia N8x0 port. Use to get extra features (working USBnet on XP, etc)
|-
| 483ca616952b906cf6affead288009b7 || http://stskeeps.subnetmask.net/mer/0.12/mer-armel-n8x0-image-v0.12.tar.gz || rootfs tar.gz for Nokia N8x0 port
|-
| d34c57e3ee32122cf6e73571cf72d9ad || http://stskeeps.subnetmask.net/mer/0.12/mer-x86-generic-image-v0.12.tar.gz || rootfs for X86, generic
|-
| 1fab670b98530e59697e4338d2684667 || http://stskeeps.subnetmask.net/mer/0.12/mer-x86-generic-image-v0.12.vmdk.zip || VMDK, X86 for VirtualBox, VMware, etc.
|-
| 192e4217de16b2e1a534b3ccf2fff034 || http://stskeeps.subnetmask.net/mer/0.12/mer-armel-pocketloox720-v0.12.tar.gz || rootfs tar.gz for Pocket Loox 720 port (experimental)
|-
| 3c6be5fe1756514dda07a4ab5ab44e29 || http://stskeeps.subnetmask.net/mer/0.12/mer-armel-pocketloox720-v0.12.zImage || kernel for Pocket Loox 720 port (experimental)
|}

Mer

2011-08-28T14:28:32Z

120.28.227.113: /* Latest activity */

__NOTOC__
<div style="position: absolute; z-index: 0">
<imagemap>Image:Mer-faded-background.png|631px
rect 0 0 0 0 [[Mer]]
desc none
</imagemap>
<div style="z-index: 3; position: absolute; top: 42px; left: 180px; color: #fff; font-style: italic; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1.8em; width: 360px">An open, community-led, Linux distribution for mobile devices</div>
</div>

<div style="margin-left: 18px; z-index: 4; margin-right: 4em">

<div style="position: relative; padding-top: 120px; margin-right: 10em; margin-bottom: 2em">
== [[/Goals|Former goals]] ==

Mer is now an inactive project, due to the introduction of the MeeGo (http://www.meego.com) project which shares a similar mission as Mer. Mer was a community research project into an open and openly developed Maemo platform.

* Integrate the best solutions for a wide variety of small form-factor devices
* Encourage wider access to device capabilities through the Vendor Social Contract
* Demonstrably provide an easy route to market for vendors
* Dramatically reduce costs to vendors of supporting EOL hardware
* Focus, harness and support community contributions to the platform
* Encourage and ease migration of existing applications
* Support experimentation, innovation and development
or, to put it another way:
* As much of Fremantle as we can get on the N8x0
We're hanging out on #mer on FreeNode IRC (irc.freenode.net) if you would like to discuss Mer (here's a [http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=Mer web based IRC client]) and you can follow all the chat on the [http://tinyurl.com/ngroq8 IRClog].

Read [[Mer/Documentation|Documentation]] / Development [[Mer/Status|Status]].

See [[/Tasks|tasks]], [[/Blueprints|blueprints]], [[/Proposals|proposals]] and [[/User Reactions|user reactions]] for the project.</div>

== Latest activity ==
<div style="font-size: 85%; line-height: 1.3em">
<imagemap>Image:RSS_feed.png|12px|left
rect 0 0 12 12 [http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=qJEaF4Xp3RGPv3S1rLQIDg&_render=rss]
desc none
</imagemap>
From [http://n2.nabble.com/Mer-Chatter-f2732813.html mer-chatter] and [http://planet.maemo.org planet.maemo.org]:
[http://www.digitalproductsavenue.com ebooks with resale rights]
[http://www.coppervalleycustomhomes.com custom home builders]
[http://www.dissertationwritinghelp.co.uk/ Dissertation Help]
[http://www.couponcodesmine.com/ Discount Coupon Codes]
[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Cliff/Merchant Cliff merchant MD]
[http://www.myproactolreview.com/ Proactol reviews]
[http://www.fxcc.com/ ECN Forex Broker]
[http://www.saltcrafts.com/ rock salt lamps]
[http://www.e-vaporizer.co.uk/ electronic cigarette ]
<rss title="off" desc="off" number="8" time="3600">http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=qJEaF4Xp3RGPv3S1rLQIDg&_render=rss</rss>
</div>
</div>

<div style="float: left; clear: left; width: 60%; border-right: 1px solid #bbb; padding-right: 2em">

== What next? ==
<div style="float: left"><imagemap>Image:Mer-button-about.png|255px
rect 0 0 255 106 [[Mer/About|About: Learn more about Mer, this new Linux/Gnu distribution, and its history.]]
desc none</imagemap></div>
<div style="float: left"><imagemap>Image:Mer-button-download.png|255px
rect 0 0 255 106 [[Mer/Releases|Download: Get the latest release of Mer on your device or PC.]]
desc none</imagemap></div>
<div style="float: left"><imagemap>Image:Mer-button-people.png|255px
rect 0 0 255 106 [[Mer/People|People: Join the Mer community, and find out who’s already involved.]]
desc none</imagemap></div>
<div style="float: left"><imagemap>Image:Mer-button-development.png|255px
rect 0 0 255 106 [[Mer/Sprints|Development: Enhance Mer itself, and develop applications.]]
desc none</imagemap></div>

<div style="height: 60em"> </div>

[[Category:Mer]]

Maemo Wiki Mirror - User contributions [en]

Mer/Releases/0.12

Mer