Who makes The Maemo Record, and how
The Maemo Record, hosted at maemo-freak.com, is an independent reference to the Maemo platform: its releases, the devices that ran it, its software, and the lineage that followed.
The platform, preserved
Where this domain comes from
The Maemo Record continues the theme this domain carried from 2009 to 2015: Maemo, the Debian-based Linux platform Nokia shipped on its internet tablets and the N900, and the lineage that followed.
From 2009 to 2015 this domain was the home of "| Maemo Freak", run by its original owner. The domain was acquired in 2026 and The Maemo Record is now an independent publication on the same theme, with no relation to the previous owner.
The Maemo Record did not exist before 2026; the years above belong to the former site, not to this one.
What this domain was
The domain maemo-freak.com ran a Maemo news and download site from 2009 to 2015, aimed at owners of the N900 and the earlier internet tablets. The era left 2727 archive captures across 400 distinct paths, covering platform news, application notes, and firmware updates. After that period, the domain served unrelated content from 2016 through 2023. Backlinks from 1575 referring domains and 511593 external links pointed to its pages over the years. The site now running here was built in 2026 as an independent reference, unaffiliated with the earlier project.
- Era
- 2009 to 2015
- Former title
- | Maemo Freak
- Archive
- 2727 captures and 400 addresses
- Links
- 1575 referring domains
- Inherited addresses still answering
- 24 addresses
Why this subject, and why here
Maemo was a Debian-based Linux platform that ran on a small set of devices, and its user base still looks for a clear account of what the platform was and where its ideas ended up. The N900 found a devoted following because it shipped with an open file system, a full X11 stack, and a root shell, letting owners install software beyond the vendor catalogue. The platform ended, but the lineage it fed, MeeGo and later Sailfish OS, kept parts of that open model alive. People who ran a Maemo device want a reference that records the releases, the software, and the transitions without the churn of a news feed.
The Maemo Record came to maemo-freak.com in 2026 as a new, independent project. The domain had carried a Maemo news and download site from 2009 to 2015, then served unrelated content for several years. It was acquired in 2026. The new project builds a structured reference on the address: the platform, its releases, the devices that ran it, the software people installed, and the lineage that followed. It is not the earlier blog, not a corporate archive, and not a successor in any legal sense. It is a reference, written and maintained as one, with the goal of giving the platform a durable record.
The site will not publish dated news announcements or firmware update posts, because that format was specific to the era and no longer serves a reference. It will not host firmware images, ROMs, or repackaged application downloads, which are outside its scope and carry legal risk. It will not carry buy and sell listings or current market valuations for second-hand devices, because this is a reference, not a classifieds board. It will not chase generic comparison content or demand-driven queries that belong to a different entity. What it does is record what existed: the releases, the hardware, the software, and the lineage, in a stable form.
Sources, method and corrections
Every fact on this site traces to a source: the archive captures of the earlier era, the domain's historical link data, or a primary document about the platform. A number appears on a page only when a source backs it and the source is named in the page's reference list. Where sources disagree, the older or more specific one is preferred, and the page notes the discrepancy. If no source supports a claim, the claim does not go on the page.
Each page is written in full, checked against its source list, and run through a quality pass that looks for unsupported claims, broken internal links, and formatting errors before publication. The page is then reviewed against the site's editorial rules: no firmware downloads, no market listings, no comparison content. There is no contact channel. The page states that corrections land in the next edition, and the fix is applied when the page is next revised in that cycle.
Corrections are applied in the next build.
What you find now, and what comes next
The following sections cover the platform, its hardware, and the lineage that carried its ideas forward.
The reference plans 35 pages: 9 core and 26 outer. Nine are published now; the remaining 26 are scheduled over a 6-month run.