> >> >In the last few weeks, in the various ILUG mailing lists, there has > >> >been discussion on "School OS" [1] (Ubuntu based) which I believe has > >> >been developed under the aegis of NCERT (I hope I got that right). > >> >Rather than create yet another distro - it might be worthwhile > >> >concentrating efforts on improving and extending what is already > >> >there. > >> > > > > AFAIK, School OS does not include sugar desktop and activities. The OP is > > looking at creating a distro based on sugar to meet the local people's > need. > > > > Sugar interface is fine but it is essentially a Window Manager [1] and > IIRC it is available for Fedora. > > Yes, But the applications targeted at school students. Everything represented as GUI elements(Like cartoons)
> Why can it not be ported/extended to the SchoolOS distro which is > based on Ubuntu? There is already some effort on the way [2]. > > What I am suggesting is look for convergence between the various > efforts and effective use of resources (limited). > > [1] > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_(desktop_environment)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_%28desktop_environment%29> > [2] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Ubuntu > > I request you to try out the LIVE version of Sugar OS. So that you will come to know and worth of it. http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas/#downloads -- அன்புடன் அருண் || நுட்பம் நம்மொழியில் தழைக்கச் செய்வோம் || ------------------------------ உபுண்டு தமிழ் : http://ubuntu-tam.org தருமபுரி லினக்ஸ் பயனர் குழு : http://box434.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/thahadoorlug_yavarkkum.org உபுண்டு தமிழ் பயனர் குழு : http://lists.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-tam ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
