The keyboard does not matter since I will have to use an external keyboard anyway (I have big hands). What is important is that I have to be able to reflash the machine to use English and it has to be at least a B3 or B4 (or G1G1 or whatever with the Geode LX). Shall I apply again?
Jim Gettys wrote: > I checked this morning now that I'm functioning again; the developer's > program should be moving again, and volumes available should be much > higher than before mass production (particularly if you can tolerate the > Arabic keyboard, where we have stock that can be redirected right now). > > Sorry to be slow to respond; I came down sick with a nasty cold bug > last week on top of recovering from surgery. I'm only now wading > through 1200 back unread mail messages. > - Jim > > > > On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 07:04 -0400, Walter Bender wrote: > >> I was perhaps under the mistaken impression that OLPC was dumping >> machines to developers like candy again after a hiatus due to a >> logistical snafu. Hmm. >> >> -walter >> >> 2008/4/29 NoiseEHC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >>> Actually it is a funny proposal since without real XO machines it is a >>> little bit hard to profile programs and since it seems that it is quite >>> impossible nowadays to get a machine, they are out of luck. Exactly why >>> does not OLPC just dump machines to developers like candy? Even if only >>> 1% of people do something about performance, it could be more cost >>> effective than hiring 1 man for it (and the XO badly needs this work). >>> >>> BTW if you referring to this >>> http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-March/012033.html >>> or this >>> http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/sugar/2006-September/000439.html >>> then these are not easy and fast things either. >>> >>> >>> >>> Walter Bender wrote: >>> > Any interest in the themes/topics Tomeu outlined in his email about >>> > Sugar performance? Lots of interesting things to explore that would be >>> > of real value to the project. >>> > >>> > -walter >>> > >>> > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Patrick Jahenr >>> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> > >>> >> Hi there, >>> >> >>> >> We are a group of 15 collegians, studying 'Applied Computer Science' >>> >> at the University of Applied Sciences in Iserlohn (Germany) and we >>> >> are looking for a project for the OLPC within the scope of our subject >>> >> "Computer-Networks". Our professor (Prof. Martin Hühne) let us choose >>> >> our own topic, leading us directly to our first problem: What can >>> >> we do? >>> >> >>> >> We have to find a project fitting to this demand. We read the wiki >>> >> and realised, that most of our ideas we thought we could implement >>> >> are either finished software projects or simply not good enough to >>> >> keep on thinking about them, because they do not fit to the OLPC- >>> >> ideas. The wiki pages for Project ideas are nice, but you do not >>> >> know exactly whether there is already someone working on one of the >>> >> projects, or not. The Pages for Current Projects are quite nice too, >>> >> but there you do not know if the people working on it actually do >>> >> need help. >>> >> >>> >> That is why we post this little request to the readers of this mailing >>> >> list. >>> >> >>> >> We are looking for either a project we can take part on, or a not- >>> >> yet-implemented idea. It should not bee too big for us in order to >>> >> be finished within time; it should not be too small to have something >>> >> to do for 15 students. (Anyway, don't forget we need to sleep) >>> >> It would be nice, but not all necessary if the project could involve >>> >> some of the networking technologies of the XO, I mean, the subject >>> >> is "Computer-Networks" >>> >> >>> >> Furthermore, there is a time limit: We will have to end the project >>> >> until end of June, whereas there will be the same subject for another >>> >> group of students after our free period, which will have the same, >>> >> or a similar task. Probably, they will go on, on our project, if >>> >> its not finished. >>> >> >>> >> Our Knowledge Base: >>> >> We have good basic knowledge in C/C++, Java, some basic knowledge >>> >> in scripting languages (Perl, PHP and bash) and some of us have good >>> >> knowledge of Linux. A further subject called "Software-Engineering" >>> >> came along with us for one and a half year. >>> >> We started reading and working in Python and GTK, and saw, we can >>> >> cope that. >>> >> >>> >> We are open for all your suggestions, you can email me directly if >>> >> you have a project we can take part on, but you could also just answer >>> >> here, if you have a good idea which of the project ideas we could >>> >> implement. >>> >> >>> >> Thank you in advance, >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> Patrick >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> P.S. Please forgive me my English skills >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> Devel mailing list >>> >> [email protected] >>> >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel >>> >> >>> >> >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Devel mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Devel mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel >> _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
