mobile distributions and upstream challenges
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This talk will identify some of the key challenges from a mobile platform development perspective, and solicit feedback and discussion on how mobile platforms can be more distro-like and work better with upstream projects.TRANSCRIPT
Mobile Distributions and Upstream ChallengesFOSDEM 2010
Hi, I’m Andrew.
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Raise your hand if you have a linux-based mobile phone
Raise your hand if you have a linux-based mobile phone
Raise your hand if you had a linux-based mobile phone
in February 2009
Raise your hand if you have a linux-based mobile phone
Raise your hand if you had a linux-based mobile phone
in February 2009
2008 ...
Raise your hand if you have a linux-based mobile phone
Raise your hand if you had a linux-based mobile phone
in February 2009
2008 ...
2007 ...
Raise your hand if you have a linux-based mobile phone
Raise your hand if you had a linux-based mobile phone
in February 2009
2008 ...
2007 ...
2006 ...
Embdebian
Maemo
Moblin
Ubuntu Netbook Remix
Android
ChromeOS
LiMo
OpenMoko
Building a mobile distro
Upstream challenges
Where is the latest release?
Where is the source?
What is the license?
Reference hardware
Chicken and egg: hardware not available until the software platform is built. Software platform not built until the hardware is available ...
How to get the hardware to the right people?
Availability of base boards e.g. BeagleBoard
Package management
.deb vs. .rpm vs. .tar.gz vs. ....
Cross compilation + hosting
Scratchbox
QEMU, Xen, KVM, Virtualbox
Where to from here?