Debian based

Maemo Leste is based on Devuan Beowulf (Debian Buster) and all supported devices ship with recent mainline Linux kernels.

The project is almost usable as a daily driver for your device. We are currently in the development phase and we are actively searching for developers. For some devices, we have development images available - such as the Nokia N900, Motorola Droid 4, and the PinePhone. There is also a 64bit virtual machine you can use to try out Maemo Leste.

For an impression, see some of our screenshots.

Goals

Device freedom

We provide a truly open-source alternative for mobile devices. This includes reverse engineering closed-source drivers, ensuring that users have full control over their devices.

Compatibility

Maintaining compatibility with software developed for previous Maemo platforms, particularly Maemo 5 (Fremantle), is a priority for Maemo Leste.

Modernization

We modernize the Maemo ecosystem by updating its underlying software stack while retaining the original Maemo user experience.

Hardware support

Expanding hardware support is a major goal, allowing Leste to run on various mobile devices and single-board computers.

Installation

For a general usage introduction, it is useful to check out https://leste.maemo.org/Getting_Started

So far we have set up repositories for our packages, which support amd64, armhf, and arm64 architectures. We have FOSS replacements for all included and previously closed Maemo packages (and we have no closed packages in use), further building on the Maemo community efforts to replace all closed bits with open source software.

Installation guides are provided per device. For open tasks and issues, please see our Github bugtracker: maemo-leste/bugtracker/issues

Software status is documented here: https://leste.maemo.org/Status . A proper overview of the current (Maemo) software state will be provided soon.

Supported devices

You can find wiki pages of our supported devices on https://leste.maemo.org/Category:Device

Contribute

Our community gathers on IRC and the mailing list where we collaborate on development. Come and say hi! We have several Nokia N900, Motorola Droid 3, Droid 4, Bionic and RAZR units available for developers, so if you are interested in helping out but have trouble acquiring a device, let us know.