Comment Re:Open != Supported (Score 1) 278
| I suggest you look at the OS2007 Hacker Edition firmware. It's the next best thing to official support (considering that it is both sponsored by and sanctioned by Nokia).
Indeed - I have looked at it and am glad it exists, but it seems that enough things don't work that it isn't real support. As with most open source things, if I had enough time, I could go in and try to fix it, but it isn't worth it for obsolete hardware, which is the problem. Companies can afford to pay people to support obsolete hardware, but there is obviously a disconnect within Nokia and the Maemo community.
I get the impression that the instruction sets and CPU features are different and nobody wants to try to backport some of the media stuff. Perhaps there are real performance reasons why the N800 is much better, but that doesn't have to make me happy.
Indeed - I have looked at it and am glad it exists, but it seems that enough things don't work that it isn't real support. As with most open source things, if I had enough time, I could go in and try to fix it, but it isn't worth it for obsolete hardware, which is the problem. Companies can afford to pay people to support obsolete hardware, but there is obviously a disconnect within Nokia and the Maemo community.
I get the impression that the instruction sets and CPU features are different and nobody wants to try to backport some of the media stuff. Perhaps there are real performance reasons why the N800 is much better, but that doesn't have to make me happy.
