On Mon, May 23, 2011 9:05 pm, Sameer Verma wrote: > On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 8:47 PM, C. Scott Ananian <o...@cscott.net> wrote: >> To sweeten the pot, I'm offering a delicious stone soup for anyone who >> those >> who pitch in on the port. You need only supply a few extra ingredients. >> --scott
I'm not recommending it, just offering to to anybody whose itch it scratches, perhaps in learning embedded systems programming, or in science fair projects, or whatever. > Used to be axe soup in my folklore :-) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_soup Nail soup in mine. > Sameer > >> On May 21, 2011 10:35 PM, <moku...@earthtreasury.org> 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 <echer...@gmail.com> >>> Date: Sat, May 21, 2011 at 22:10 >>> Subject: Re: [Sur] linux system por $25 >>> To: Eben Upton <eben.up...@gmail.com> >>> >>> On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 12:22, Eben Upton <eben.up...@gmail.com> 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 <echer...@gmail.com> >>>> 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 <sdaly...@gmail.com> >>>>> Date: Fri, May 6, 2011 at 11:28 >>>>> Subject: Re: [Sur] linux system por $25 >>>>> To: "OLPC para usuarios, docentes, voluntarios y administradores" >>>>> <olpc-...@lists.laptop.org> >>>>> Cc: Gleducar <gledu...@gleducar.org.ar> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/marketing/2011-May/003273.html >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Daniel Ajoy <da.a...@gmail.com> >>>>> 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 >>> Devel@lists.laptop.org >>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Devel mailing list >> Devel@lists.laptop.org >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel >> >> > -- 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 Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel