<s>
Moblin	B-Language
,	O
short	O
for	O
'	O
mobile	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
 '	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
and	O
application	O
stack	O
for	O
Mobile	B-Device
Internet	I-Device
Devices	I-Device
(	O
MIDs	O
)	O
,	O
netbooks	B-Device
,	O
nettops	B-Protocol
and	O
embedded	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Built	O
around	O
the	O
Intel	B-Device
Atom	I-Device
processor	O
,	O
all	O
builds	O
were	O
designed	O
to	O
minimize	O
boot	O
times	O
and	O
power	O
consumption	O
as	O
a	O
netbook	B-Device
and	O
MID-centric	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
netbook/desktop	O
version	O
of	O
Moblin	B-Language
supported	O
other	O
chipsets	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
SSSE3	B-General_Concept
instruction	O
set	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Core2	O
and	O
some	O
Celeron	B-Device
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OEM	O
support	O
was	O
scarce	O
but	O
hit	O
an	O
all-time	O
high	O
in	O
2009	O
when	O
Acer	O
replaced	O
Linpus	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
with	O
Moblin	B-Language
on	O
their	O
Acer	B-Application
Aspire	I-Application
One	I-Application
netbooks	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
LG	O
Electronics	O
chose	O
Moblin	B-Language
OS	O
2.1	O
for	O
its	O
mobile	B-Device
Internet	I-Device
device	I-Device
class	O
smartphone	B-Application
the	O
LG	O
GW990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dell	O
also	O
once	O
accepted	O
orders	O
for	O
its	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
Moblin	B-Language
Remix	O
,	O
a	O
Canonical	O
Ltd	O
.	O
which	O
built	O
Moblin	B-Language
on	O
top	O
of	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
distribution	I-Operating_System
as	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Few	O
commercial	O
products	O
existed	O
around	O
Moblin	B-Language
2	O
most	O
prominently	O
a	O
Foxconn	O
netbook	B-Device
and	O
an	O
InvenTech	O
smartphone	B-Application
,	O
both	O
announced	O
at	O
Computex	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mandriva	O
offered	O
Moblin	B-Language
's	O
v2	O
version	O
to	O
all	O
Mandriva	O
distribution	O
and	O
netbook	B-Device
owners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
Consumer	O
Electronics	O
Show	O
in	O
January	O
2010	O
,	O
MSI	O
and	O
Novell	O
announced	O
SUSE	O
Moblin	B-Language
preloaded	O
on	O
the	O
MSI	O
U135	O
netbook	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Moblin	B-Language
version	O
2.1	O
,	O
this	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
original	O
equipment	O
manufacturer	O
(	O
OEM	O
)	O
to	O
sell	O
a	O
fully	O
supported	O
Intel	B-Device
Atom	I-Device
processor-based	O
netbook	B-Device
running	O
Moblin-based	O
technology	O
to	O
consumers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
Samsung	O
showed	O
four	O
netbooks	B-Device
preloaded	O
with	O
SUSE	O
Moblin	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
Mobile	O
World	O
Congress	O
in	O
February	O
2010	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
Moblin	B-Language
project	I-Language
would	O
be	O
merging	O
with	O
Maemo	B-Operating_System
to	O
create	O
the	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
mobile	O
software	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nokia	O
stopped	O
all	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
development	O
after	O
switching	O
to	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
in	O
2011	O
and	O
Intel	O
also	O
discontinued	O
work	O
on	O
to	O
join	O
the	O
Tizen	B-Application
project	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
launched	O
the	O
Moblin.org	O
site	O
in	O
July	O
2007	O
and	O
significantly	O
updated	O
the	O
site	O
in	O
April	O
2008	O
with	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
Intel	B-Device
Atom	I-Device
processor	O
family	O
at	O
the	O
Intel	O
Developer	O
Forum	O
in	O
Shanghai	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
custom	O
software	B-Application
development	I-Application
kit	I-Application
(	O
SDK	O
)	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Moblin	B-Language
2	O
OS	O
was	O
specifically	O
designed	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
an	O
Intel	B-Device
Atom	I-Device
processor	O
in	O
a	O
netbook	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2009	O
,	O
Intel	O
turned	O
Moblin	B-Language
over	O
to	O
the	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subsequently	O
,	O
Moblin	B-Language
was	O
merged	O
with	O
Maemo	B-Operating_System
,	O
becoming	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
's	O
development	O
was	O
also	O
hosted	O
by	O
the	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
initially	O
governed	O
by	O
a	O
Technical	O
Steering	O
Group	O
overseen	O
by	O
Imad	O
Sousou	O
of	O
Intel	O
and	O
Nokia	O
's	O
Valtteri	O
Halla	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
canceled	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
in	O
September	O
2011	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
Tizen	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
Finnish	O
start-up	O
,	O
Jolla	B-Operating_System
,	O
announced	O
in	O
July	O
2012	O
that	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
's	O
community-driven	O
successor	O
Mer	B-Application
,	O
would	O
be	O
the	O
basis	O
of	O
their	O
new	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
Sailfish	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
slated	O
to	O
launch	O
in	O
a	O
smartphone	B-Application
during	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
Collaboration	O
Summit	O
in	O
April	O
2009	O
,	O
Intel	O
demonstrated	O
that	O
the	O
Moblin	B-Language
2	O
alpha	O
release	O
can	O
load	O
major	O
components	O
of	O
the	O
stack	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
graphics	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
start	O
up	O
in	O
mere	O
seconds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
19	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
Imad	O
Sousou	O
announced	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Moblin	B-Language
v2.0	O
beta	O
for	O
Netbooks	B-Device
and	O
Nettops	B-Protocol
for	O
developer	O
testing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moblin	B-Language
2	O
's	O
Core	O
distribution	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
recent	O
builds	O
of	O
Fedora	O
,	O
but	O
other	O
distributions	O
to	O
announce	O
future	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
core	O
Moblin	B-Language
stack	O
include	O
Linpus	O
and	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
second	O
major	O
release	O
marked	O
a	O
shift	O
from	O
the	O
Xfce	B-Language
desktop	O
environment	O
to	O
a	O
custom-built	O
GNOME	O
Mobile	O
UI	O
based	O
on	O
OpenedHand	B-Operating_System
's	O
Clutter	B-Language
,	O
a	O
key	O
piece	O
of	O
the	O
Maemo	B-Operating_System
graphical	O
environment	O
,	O
built	O
around	O
the	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
UI	O
also	O
includes	O
an	O
integrated	O
Gecko	B-Language
web	O
browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Register	O
was	O
impressed	O
by	O
the	O
interface	O
but	O
noted	O
the	O
presence	O
of	O
"	O
quite	O
a	O
few	O
apparent	O
bugs	O
"	O
and	O
described	O
the	O
beta	O
release	O
of	O
Moblin	B-Language
2	O
as	O
"	O
closer	O
to	O
an	O
alpha	O
than	O
a	O
beta	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moblin	B-Language
Image	O
Creator	O
(	O
MIC	O
)	O
:	O
allows	O
developers	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
custom	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
file	O
system	O
for	O
a	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
MIC	O
,	O
a	O
platform	O
developer	O
can	O
choose	O
which	O
components	O
from	O
Moblin	B-Language
they	O
want	O
on	O
their	O
device	O
,	O
build	O
the	O
target	O
file	O
system	O
,	O
copy	O
all	O
the	O
necessary	O
files	O
to	O
a	O
USB	B-Architecture
mass	I-Architecture
storage	I-Architecture
device	I-Architecture
and	O
load	O
the	O
resulting	O
files	O
onto	O
the	O
target	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kernel	B-Operating_System
:	O
platform-specific	O
patches	O
to	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
and	O
various	O
other	O
device	O
drivers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UI	O
Framework	O
:	O
screen	O
interface	O
and	O
its	O
underlying	O
Clutter	B-Language
-	O
and	O
GTK+	B-Application
-based	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Browser	O
:	O
the	O
Moblin	B-Language
browser	O
is	O
full-featured	O
web	O
browser	O
based	O
on	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
technologies	O
with	O
a	O
finger-driven	O
UI	O
and	O
MID	O
UI	O
integration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Moblin	B-Language
browser	O
supports	O
key	O
plug-ins	O
like	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multimedia	O
:	O
audio	O
and	O
video	O
playback	O
and	O
photo	O
viewing	O
including	O
Helix	B-Application
or	O
GStreamer	B-Language
multimedia	O
frameworks	O
with	O
Universal	B-Application
Plug	I-Application
and	I-Application
Play	I-Application
support	O
through	O
the	O
GUPnP	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Operating_System
Connection	O
Manager	O
:	O
Internet	O
connections	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
extended	O
through	O
plug-ins	O
to	O
support	O
various	O
wired	O
or	O
wireless	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moblin	B-Language
2	O
's	O
interface	O
is	O
designed	O
for	O
netbook	B-Device
and	O
nettops	B-Protocol
and	O
built	O
on	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
graphics	O
technology	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Clutter	B-Language
,	O
DRI2	B-Application
,	O
and	O
KMS	B-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
are	O
designed	O
around	O
toolbars	O
and	O
panels	O
available	O
at	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
optimized	O
browser	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
browser	O
technology	O
revised	O
into	O
a	O
Clutter	B-Language
shell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
media	O
player	O
detects	O
and	O
indexes	O
media	O
on	O
external	O
USB	O
devices	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
UPnP	B-Application
devices	O
on	O
a	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
