User talk:Mike727

Background

A majority of consumer hand-held devices have been designed to run Android or iOS (~consequently, the hardware architecture is generally not an ideal platform for running a Linux distro). For some, these platforms are not ideal since they clash with certain ideologies; which can deem them inadequate or restrictive. There has been various initiatives for creating or branching from these platforms where various communities strive to make (~improvements/overcome flaws).

Some initiatives have achieved installing a Linux distribution on top of the Android kernel.

Cite: http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=1542529&postcount=44

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FAQ

Q. How does Maemo Leste (7) differ to Maemo 5?

Q. What is 'mainline Linux' support?

Q. Will Maemo Leste work on ...(device)?

A. (cite: http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=1540157&postcount=20)