Although I don't have much idea about the making of one (though I have read the resources available at http://www.freedomtoaster.org/), I am very enthusiastic about Freedom Toasters and I do agree with nepbabu.cx that it is a must do for every fossians.
I read some concerns regarding the touchscreen in the discussion. Well, we could manage without one, but if touchscreen is required, we have some Nepalese people who have learned and gained some experience in building and implementing touchscreen based devices in India (like a network switch, a new device in India, and others). They are my friends and I will consult with them before writing more, if you people feel the need. We have a Linux Users' Group in our college. In this year's goals for the group, we have thought of installing a freedom toaster for people outside the university so that the Users' Group could help spread the cause of freedom even outside the university. It would be great if we could collaborate. After all, the success would mean another meaningful step towards freedom. It would also mean the first ever freedom toasters in asia being located in Nepal and India with Nepalese Fossians being involved in both of them ! Would love to hear from you all. On Jun 9, 9:52 pm, "nepbabu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 09, 2007 at 09:56:47PM +0545, Abhishek Singh wrote: > > I'm in too. I'm quite interested in this project and our department is very > > optimistic too. > > > On 6/9/07, Ankur Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > have you seen its implementation on seneca college, I wikied it and found > > > a lot of info, even cost estimations, you can check it too, btw, I was > > > also > > > checking cost for various part at tigerdirect.com , but seems like cost > > > could be finalized later after specs. is checked out. and one info is, > > > abt. > > > 17" touchscreen LCD costs about $750. I am also looking at proposal they > > > (seneca guys) prepared to get funding. so lets decide the design first and > > > start costing , team division and proposal preparation later. I think this > > > friday meet should focus on the design goal setting. > > But I think Himali dai is just saying according to the original > specificaiton @ freedomtoaster.org. It's whatever fossians can get > (i.e., any commodity hardware). It doesn't have to be expensive stuff. > IMHO if you ask me, even a simple keyboard, VGA monitor and a mouse will > do for now for input from user. I don't think it has to be very hifi atm. > > Just .02 cents. > > > > > > On 6/9/07, Prasanna Gautam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Yeah.. just came back.. had some progress today.. will post some info > > > > here... (after editing...) learnt a lot on how it's being implemented at > > > > South Africa. > > Looks interesting. The channel is #freedomtoaster on irc.freenode.org > FYI. > > > > > On 6/9/07, Manish Regmi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > this project sounds interesting... > > > > > i am in... > > > > > i'll do whatever i can... > > Thanks again dai. And so the thanks to all fossians, KU and MPP. > > > > > >http://manish-cs.blogspot.com/ > > If only you allowed anonymous comment on your blog. :) > > Cheers! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
