Wolfgang, Thanks for the welcome. I have been on the IRC chat several times (apink) and have gotten good information there. This is a nice community.
>How will this make your students perceive the Ben NanoNote though? :-) My students on the whole are impressed that I carry a small computer around that does their grades. Some appreciate that it runs linux. > ...100% stable firmware, no hangs, crashes, memory corruptions we cannot > recover from, surprises. So far I have not noticed any hangs, crashes etc. It seems stable so far (and I hope it stays so). Thanks for the great little computer. George > George, > I cannot remember you posting here - so first: Welcome to this list! > Then you start with such a nice report of how you use your Ben. Cool. > > > I do not know how large of a market there is for people like me. > > It would be nice to see the sales build. > > They will. The key is to make the device work better for ourselves > first, and we have this list and IRC chat to exchange our experiences > and plans towards that. > > > I am a teacher and use it to collect and calculate grades as I teach. > > I have set up a database using sqlite3 and use scripts to input > > grades as I circulate around the room looking at student work. > > A very vivid description. How will this make your students perceive the > Ben NanoNote though? :-) > Reading your usage of the Ben makes me want to make sure we have a > 100% stable firmware, no hangs, crashes, memory corruptions we cannot > recover from, surprises. > > If you have any suggestions of software you would like to see ported to > the Ben, not only names but also simply ideas for what kind of software > you would like to see, please email this list. > We continue on the foundations (bootloader, kernel, build system, libraries), > and I think for myself over the next months I will try to help with a better > backup, encryption and update process. > > Thanks a lot for reporting back on your NanoNote usage, we built the device > for people like you and it's rewarding to hear back. > Good luck working with your students, Cheers, > Wolfgang > > _______________________________________________ > Qi Hardware Discussion List > Mail to list (members only): [email protected] > Subscribe or Unsubscribe: > http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion > -- George Palen <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
