Lanedo Explained

Type:	GmbH
Area Served:	Worldwide
Industry:	Software Consulting
Services:	Open source consultancy and engineering

Lanedo is a professional open source software development consultancy based in Germany. It operates as a European company with limited liability based in Hamburg. The company has been involved with a number of mobile and embedded platforms over the years including Maemo and MeeGo.^[1] Their software development has a focus around Linux in general and targeting platforms ranging from mobile and embedded to desktop environments.

The name 'Lanedo' is based on a roughly phonetic sounding of the letters L, N, and D. These are mentioned as Linux, Networking, and Development respectively.^[2]

History

In 2003, Mikael Hallendal and Richard Hult were working together on a project management application called Planner. They founded Imendio.^{[3] [4]}

In 2011, Lanedo joined the Document Foundation TSC (Task Steering Committee)^[5] and became much more involved in the future of LibreOffice.

Starting in summer 2012, Lanedo, in cooperation with ITOMIG, supported the town of Munich in the LibreOffice maintenance of the LiMux project.^[6] Lanedo is also actively participating in implementing the OOXML support for LibreOffice.^[7]

Projects Lanedo is involved in

July 2015. These projects are contributed to by Lanedians.^[8]

Project	Description
LibreOffice^[9]	Free office suite
NetworkManager^[10] ^[11] / ModemManager^[12]	Modem and Network connectivity suite
libqmi^[13]	Qualcomm's modem protocol library
libmbim^[14]	Mobile Broadband Interface Model (MBIM) library
Tracker^[15]	Semantic data store, indexer and a search engine
	GNU Image Manipulation Program
	Cross platform User Interface toolkit
	XMPP chat client
Giggle^[17]	Git source code repository browser
	Music composition and synthesis
Rapicorn^[18]	User Interface toolkit
GNU PDF^[19]	PDF file format library
Getting Things GNOME!^[20]	TODO / task based graphical application
WebKit^[21]	Open Source web browser engine
Linux kernel^[22]	Operating system kernel used by Linux systems
	IPC library

External links

• • • • Lanedo developer's blogs
• Imendio former Planner project

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lanedo Involvement - MeeGo . 2011-07-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111020070750/http://www.lanedo.com/meego.html . 2011-10-20 . dead .
2. Web site: Lanedo - About . https://web.archive.org/web/20110611033221/http://www.lanedo.com/about.html . 2011-06-11 . 2024-04-30 . lanedo.com.
3. Web site: Loli . Eugenia . 2004-09-28 . Interview with Mikael Hallendal Founder of Imendio about company inception and purpose . 2024-04-30 . osnews.com.
4. Web site: Home . imendio.com.
5. Web site: Document Foundation appoints Engineering Steering Committee. https://web.archive.org/web/20131208141122/http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Document-Foundation-appoints-Engineering-Steering-Committee-1248364.html . 8 December 2013 .
6. Web site: Nehmen und Geben (German article).
7. Web site: Improved OOXML support for LibreOffice and OpenOffice. https://web.archive.org/web/20131207215155/http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Improved-OOXML-support-for-LibreOffice-and-OpenOffice-1644571.html. 7 December 2013.
8. Web site: Lanedians.
9. Web site: Lanedo Involvement - LibreOffice.
10. Web site: NetworkManager & ModemManager Support.
11. Web site: Lanedo Involvement - NetworkManager.
12. Web site: ModemManager.
13. Web site: libqmi source code repository for Qualcomm's QMI modem protocol.
14. Web site: libmbim source code repository for the Modem Broadband Interface Model protocol.
15. Web site: Lanedo Involvement - Tracker.
16. Web site: GTK+ Support.
17. Web site: Giggle – GNOME wiki.
18. Web site: Rapicorn.
19. Web site: GNU PDF Project.
20. Web site: Getting Things GNOME Project.
21. Web site: Lanedo Involvement - WebKit.
22. Web site: Lanedo Involvement - Linux Kernel.