It's not a full computer w/o display/ touchscreen So the pricepoint is a little misleading.
But at those prices why aren't they giving you a batch and hoping someone hacks on the MicroSD, adding expansion RAM + SSD and fit it in a tablet type case. Add some batches available to developers and you have something like a Chumby... --- Please excuse the typing, very small keyboard... On May 22, 2011, at 4:35, Peter Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > It wouldn't be hard to "Port" as there's nothing of Sugar to port. > Sugar already runs on ARM platforms without issues getting Fedora > running on it shouldn't be too hard. The lack of RAM would likely be a > problem, but there are other issues. You need to add a microsd, USB > hub and other bits that it would need to be useful. It would be more > useful to make it a $30 computer and add more ram and a couple more > USB ports but then i suspect the $25 price point was more about > marketing than anything else. > > Peter > > On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 3:34 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> FYI. Anybody who would like to port Sugar to a $25 computer (requiring >> only monitor, mouse, and keyboard) should contact Eben, and let us >> know too. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Edward Cherlin <[email protected]> >> Date: Sat, May 21, 2011 at 22:10 >> Subject: Re: [Sur] linux system por $25 >> To: Eben Upton <[email protected]> >> >> On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 12:22, Eben Upton <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi Edward >>> Thanks for your mail, and apologies for the delay in replying. The >>> devices should be available to the general public later in the year; >>> I'll add you to our mailing list, and will keep you posted as we get >>> closer to launch. >> >> Thank you. >> >>> We've heard of Sugar, but need to find out more about it. Do you think >>> it's suitable for a machine with limited processing power and only >>> 256MB of RAM? >> >> That's what it was designed for. >> >> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Hardware_specifications >> AMD Geode 433 Mhz processor >> 256M RAM >> Fedora Linux >> >> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Getting_Started >> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities >> >>> Cheers >>> Eben Upton >>> Director, Raspberry Pi Foundation >>> >>> Follow us @Raspberry_Pi on Twitter >>> >>> >>> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Edward Cherlin <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Your Web site asks >>>> >>>>> Do you have open-source educational software we can use? >>>> >>>> The answer is Yes. Sugar education software runs on a variety of Linux >>>> distributions, including Ubuntu. It is currently in the hands of more >>>> than 2 million children. >>>> >>>>> We plan to develop, manufacture and distribute an ultra-low-cost >> computer, >>>>> for use in teaching computer programming to children. >>>> >>>> Sugar includes Python and Smalltalk (Etoys). One Laptop Per Child XO >>>> computers also run Open Firmware, written in FORTH, and including the >>>> complete FORTH development library, the editor, and an assembler. OFW >>>> is available for systems based on ARM processors. >>>> >>>> The Sugar Labs Replacing Textbooks project, which I started recently, >>>> will include a variety of materials for teaching programming and >>>> Computer Science, and for applying those languages to every school >>>> subject. We have compiled a list of successful projects for teaching >>>> programming in the elementary grades, including projects using Python, >>>> Smalltalk, Logo, LISP, BASIC, and APL. >>>> >>>> The real question is one that Seymour Papert asked in 1970: Can we >>>> design an environment in which children learn math and programming >>>> languages as readily as they learn human languages, largely from each >>>> other? Some of us think so, and we are working on it. >>>> >>>> I will be happy to answer further questions, or to direct you to those >>>> who know more about some aspects of Sugar than I. >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>> From: Sean DALY <[email protected]> >>>> Date: Fri, May 6, 2011 at 11:28 >>>> Subject: Re: [Sur] linux system por $25 >>>> To: "OLPC para usuarios, docentes, voluntarios y administradores" >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> Cc: Gleducar <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> >>>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/marketing/2011-May/003273.html >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Daniel Ajoy <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> linux system por $25 >>>>> >>>>> http://www.raspberrypi.org/ >> >> -- >> Edward Mokurai >> (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر >> ج) Cherlin >> Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. >> The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. >> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Replacing_Textbooks >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
