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DistroWatch.com: Maemo Leste

Maemo Leste


Last Update: 2026-02-08 01:17 UTC

Maemo Leste is a Devuan-based Linux distribution designed for mobile devices with touch screens, such as smartphones, tablets and personal digital assistants (PDA). It is a continuation of Nokia's Maemo project the development of which was terminated in 2011. Unlike its predecessor which only ran on a single device, Maemo Leste runs on a variety of devices. It uses a mainline Linux kernel, the Matchbox window manager, and the GTK-based Hildon framework as its graphical user interface and application framework. Besides supporting a variety of popular mobile devices, such as Nokia N900, Motorola Droid and Bionic, PinePhone, PineTab and Allwinner, the project also provides virtual images for standard 64-bit computers. Maemo Leste aims to build an unconstrained and free mobile Linux distribution for hackers, developers and casual users.

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Average visitor rating: 10.0/10 from 1 review(s).

Maemo Leste Summary
Distribution Maemo Leste
Home Page https://maemo-leste.github.io/
Mailing Lists https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/list/maemo-leste.en.html
User Forums https://talk.maemo.org/forumdisplay.php?f=66
Alternative User Forums
Documentation https://leste.maemo.org/
Screenshots https://maemo-leste.github.io/pages/screenshots.html • DistroWatch Gallery
Screencasts
Download Mirrors https://maedevu.maemo.org/images/ • DistroWatch Torrent Archive
Bug Tracker https://git.maemo.org/leste/bugtracker/issues
Related Websites GitHub • Wikipedia
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Feature 5.0-20251102
Release Date 2025-11-02
End Of Life  
Price (US$) Free
Image Size (MB) 500-800
Free Download ISO
Installation Graphical
Default Desktop Matchbox
Default Browser  
Package Format deb
Package Management  
Release Model Fixed
Office Suite --
Processor Architecture aarch64, armhf, x86_64
Init Software OpenRC
Journaled File Systems  
Multilingual  
Full Package List 5.0-20251102
Package 5.0-20251102
alsa-lib (1.2.15.3) 1.2.8
amdgpu (25.0.0) 23.0.0
apparmor (5.0.0) 3.0.8
apt (3.3.0) 2.6.1
bash (5.3) 5.2.15
bind (9.20.22) --
chromium (148.0.7778.96) --
cinnamon (6.6.8) --
cups (2.4.19) --
e2fsprogs (1.47.4) 1.47.0
ffmpeg (8.1.1) --
firefox (150.0.2) --
flatpak (1.16.6) --
freetype (2.14.3) 2.12.1
gcc (16.1.0) --
gimp (3.2.4) --
git (2.54.0) 2.39.5
glibc (2.43) 2.36
gnome-shell (50.1) --
grub (2.14) 2.06
gtk (4.22.4) 3.24.38
httpd (2.4.67) --
inkscape (1.4.4) --
kmod (34.2) 30
krita (6.0.1) --
LibreOffice (26.2.3) --
Package 5.0-20251102
libselinux (3.10) 3.4
linux (7.0.5) 6.1.153
mariadb (12.2.2) --
mate-desktop (1.28.2) --
mesa (26.1.0) 22.3.6
mysql (9.7.0) --
nautilus (50.1) --
NVIDIA (595.71.05) --
openjdk (26.0.1) --
openssh (10.3p1) 9.2p1
openssl (4.0.0) 3.0.17
perl (5.42.2) 5.36.0
php (8.5.6) --
plasma-desktop (6.6.4) --
postfix (3.11.2) --
postgresql (18.3) --
Python (3.14.5) 3.11.2
qt (6.11.0) 5.15.8
samba (4.24.1) --
systemd (260.1) --
thunderbird (150.0.2) --
vim (9.2) 9.0
vlc (3.0.23) --
wayland (1.25.0) 1.21.0
xfdesktop (4.20.2) --
xorg-server (21.1.22) 21.1.7

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Version: 5.0-20251102
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-30
Votes: 1


 I am running this on Pinephone Beta and it is by far the most responsive distro, and seems to be very complete and well thought out.
Phone calls, SMS, Wifi all work just right, matter of fact I'm not certain why I am specifying these functions, EVERYTHING works, so far.

Makes the pinephone an actual contender for daily driver.

I am grateful to the developers for their efforts. I will continue to test and am very encouraged for the future of Linux phones in general, particularly with the incoming restrictions being imposed on android

Thank you!!


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