Maemo is a software platform that is mostly based on open source code and powers mobile devices such as the Nokia N810 and N900 Internet Tablets. Maemo platform has been developed by Nokia in collaboration with many open source projects such as the Linux kernel, Debian, GNOME, and many more.
Questions tagged [maemo]
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How to get started with Maemo software development
A few months ego I purchased Nokia N800 device and since then I'm itching to write some code for it. I know that some of the application I'm running are written in Python and that there is a Mono port for the Maemo platform as well.
Basically what…

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How to redirect from Audio Output to Mic Input using PulseAudio?
I'm working on a mobile app for Maemo/MeeGo and Maemo uses PulseAudio. I want to play a mp3 to caller (and cancel the mic when doing it, and not to listen caller, everything should be done on background), to do this, I have to redirect Audio Output…

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/tmp folder and gcc
I am using the maemo Operating System and the GCC compiler. I have an error when I compile an application: there is no enough space on /tmp. I have 10% of my space free so I don't understand why this happens.. anyway, is it possible to change the…

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Does anyone know Nokia's strategy on Qt, Symbian, Maemo, MeeGo?
I don't know this question should or shouldn't be here but I wonder so much. What will Nokia do with Qt, Symbian (3rd, 5th, 1, 2, 3 ...) and MeeGo (Meego will be with symbian or will replace Symbian) and Maemo?
Do you think it is good to learn Nokia…

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difference between Nokia's MeeGo 1.2 "Harmattan" and intel Meego?
Nokia has recently announced Nokia N9 with MeeGo 1.2 "Harmattan. Some forums are saying
that it is differed from intel MeeGo. Is it true? What is Maemo?
Is Maemo same as MeeGo Harmattan? Where can we download SDK to develop applications for it with…
user141302
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How do I deal with multiple common user interfaces?
I'm working on a python application that runs on 2 different platforms, namely regular desktop linux and Maemo 4. We use PyGTK on both platforms but on Maemo there are a bunch of little tweaks to make it look nice which are implemented as…

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use maemo camera by python
I wrote a simple program for Maemo by Python to check some pixel's color every time that my function is called. But this function runs very slowly (3-5 seconds each call). Is there any faster way to do this?
import Image
import os
import sys
#…

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QPainter width and height
Is there any chance to find out the size of the QPainter? I am using QPainter for drawing the whole graphic interface for a mobile app. The problem is that certain application overlay the window with menu which size is different for every device,…

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Python + QT + Gstreamer
I'm working with PyQt and trying to get video from a webcam to play within a QT widget. I've found tutorials for C and Qt, and for python and gtk, but NOTHING for this combo of pyQt and gstreamer. Anybody get this working?
This plays the video…

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How to start Qt development on Windows, but targeting Maemo 5?
I've recently heard about Qt and read about how fun it is to develop with. By the way, I'm also buying a Nokia N900 and I heard that its operating system, Maemo 5, supports Qt quite nicely, so I thought I'll give it a shot.
I'm a .NET developer, so…

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Code coverage tools for Symbian C++ and Maemo
What code coverage tools have you used with Symbian C++ and Maemo? What are the pros and cons of the tool you are using?

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Is it legal to use functions returning a temporary in initialiser lists
I have the following constructor of an object
Segment::Segment(QPointF const& start, QPointF const& end):
mOrigin(toVector3df(start)),mEnd(toVector3df(end)){
}
mOrigin is of type Vector3df and the function toVector3df(QPointF const&) returns…

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How to detect Meego/Maemo platform in Python?
I develop cross-platform application for Maemo/Meego/Linux platforms using python (PySide).
I use a workaround to distinguish between Maemo and Linux platfroms:
try:
import PySide.QtMaemo5
PLATFORM = 'maemo'
except ImportError:
PLATFORM…

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Programmatically requesting elevated rights in Linux
(This question has identical title, but question body asks it in scripting point of view, e.g. su -c, don't dupe this to that)
I have a Qt GUI app that needs to perform some file operations in /etc based on user input. One option would probably to…

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How to get started with mobile development
Now that Nokia will soon ship my pre-ordered n900, I thought I would familiarize myself with mobile development - maemo seems friendly enough for a guy who's done development only on Linux since days of Amiga and C=64 and is in love with…

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