Software Projects

Linux Meta-Distributions

Open-Embedded

The Open-Embedded Project produces a build system that tracks meta-data for Linux distributions and application suites for mobile Linux devices. OpenMoko currently supports Open-Embedded and GumStix has announced on their mailing list that they'll be moving to Open-Embedded from their previous Buildroot based system.

Buildroot

From their web-site... "Buildroot is a set of Makefiles and patches that makes it easy generate a cross-compilation toolchain and root filesystem for your target Linux system using the uClibc C library. Buildroot is useful mainly for people working with small or embedded systems." Buildroot is similar to Open-Embedded in that it is targeted towards small systems and is less of a distribution and more of a meta-build system. The "conventional wisdom" is that Open-Embedded is more flexible, but Buildroot is much quicker at building systems.

Application Environments

See also GUI_Frameworks

OpenMoko

OpenMoko aims to be an open source application environment for mobile phones.

Android

Android is the software environment behind the Google-instigated Open Handset Alliance.

Maemo

Maemo is Nokia's project to bring mobile linux to internet tablets. The focus of Maemo is more towards a connected internet communicator and less of a mobile phone. But the line between the two is certainly blurring.

Hildon

Hildon is the mobile framework used by Maemo; but you can apparently use Hildon without Maemo, so I'm listing them separately here. Super Mario Game for PC, Мини игры скачать, Download and Play Backgammon Game, Игра Нарды Онлайн

Jowles

Jowles is Matt Hamrick's mobile application environment.

SqueakyMoPho Project

SqueakyMoPho is a project to put a Squeak VM on the MyPhone.

Hiker

Hiker is the mobile Linux environment from the good people at Access (who used to be PalmSource.)