We already knew from a while back that MeeGo for netbooks was in the works. The wait is now over as MeeGo 1.0 has been released. MeeGo is an open source platform based on Linux which should give Netbook owners options (although it’s tough to see how it can compete with Android).

Those of you who plan to download MeeGo have the option to choose Chrome as your default browser. Here are some of the features of this new exciting platform:

Kernel based on 2.6.33

DeviceKit and udev for interacting with hardware devices

Modern 2D / 3D graphics stack including Kernel Mode Setting, non-root X

Voice and data connectivity with Connman connection manager, Ofono telephony stack and BlueZ Bluetooth

Universal Plug and Play (gUPnP)

Media frameworks

Next generation file system BTRFS

Top HP, MSI, and ASUS netbooks are all supported. MeeGo is certainly worth playing around with.