How to Install MeeGo on PC / Netbook / Laptop

Intel and Nokia had merged the Moblin and Maemo projects a while back to form MeeGo. It’s a new mobile OS which will work on both smartphones (ARM) and netbooks (X86 – Atom).
If you have a PC, laptop or netbook powered by the Intel Atom processor, you can install MeeGo on it.
You can check the list of supported hardware platforms here.

How to Install MeeGo on your Netbook / PC / Laptop
1. First of all, download the MeeGo image on your PC. Download any one of these two MeeGo images.

Download MeeGo v1.1 for Netbooks

Download MeeGo v1.1 for Netbooks (With Chrome)

Download Win32 Image Writer

2. Run the Win32 Disk Imager and select the MeeGo disk image you downloaded.
Also insert a USB drive in your PC, and select the USB drive in W32 Disk Imager. Write the MeeGo image to the USB drive.

3. Insert the USB drive into your netbook or laptop (Atom only) and boot from the USB drive.

4. You should see a Welcome to MeeGo screen.

Select Boot MeeGo if you want to try out the MeeGo OS before installing it.
You should see a MeeGo MyZone screen. You can now run MeeGo on your netbook or PC.
Select Installation Only if you want to install MeeGo on your PC, netbook or laptop.
Click next, select the language, select the partition you want to install MeeGo in, and select the Write Changes to Disk option next.
MeeGo should now be installed on your PC or netbook. You can now proceed with the initial setup.