The MeeGo operating system (OS) code is now available to the open-source community. This availability is the latest step in the full merger of Intel’s Moblin and Nokia’s Maemo software platforms, which was designed to create a Linux-based platform that will run on multiple hardware platforms across a range of computing devices, such as pocketable mobile computers, netbooks, tablets, media phones, connected TVs, and in-vehicle infotainment systems.

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Specifically, the MeeGo distribution infrastructure and the OS base from the Linux kernel to the OS infrastructure up to the middleware layer are now open. MeeGo’s architecture is based on a common core across the different usage models. The core includes the core OS libraries, the comms and telephony services, Internet and social networking services, visual services, media services, data management, device services, and personal services.

MeeGo offers the Qt application development environment. Using Qt, developers can write once to create applications for a variety of devices and platforms and market them through Nokia’s Ovi Store and the Intel AppUp Center. Also, the Linux Foundation will host MeeGo, which will be governed using the best practices of the open-source development model. The first release of MeeGo is expected in May with devices from Nokia and other manufacturers launching later in 2010.

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