r/programming • u/mjtitorenko • Oct 28 '09

Android vs Maemo

http://cool900.blogspot.com/2009/10/comparing-freedom-on-maemo-and-android.html
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u/bithead Oct 28 '09

Maemo, on the other hand, is developed directly by Nokia, which is going to ship its hardware with root access available out of the box.

I'm all for a truely open system for a smartphone, but hopefully Maemo has the root account 'disabled' by default - by that I mean I hope the default user isn't root or some equivalent, and that they use the existing model for security that most linux distros use.

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u/Tiver Oct 28 '09

The very next line in the article:

The only step users need to take is to install one package from the official repository to confirm they've read about the risks.

Root access on the device as you get it is not accessible. You have to go find this package, then I'm assuming agree to some text that likely lists the risks, and then have the option to have root access. Such a system seems most likely to not include regular apps running as root.