Re: [Sugar-devel] Porting Sugar on Android (Ice cream sandwich)
Yes, Prof. Nagarjunaji, I have heard of your device and was really keen on the opportunity to interact with you over it. Of course, I am not one for reinventing the wheel and hence, the possible steps plus I, too, am more in favor of the 2nd option. Though, interestingly, Peter Robinson's suggestion makes a lot of sense of having a Fedora when, anyway, there is Linux under. I will definitely meet up with you in Mumbai when the opportunity comes forth. "though touchscreen may have some advantages for some activities. Second, Sugar learning platform has plenty of activities to offer which are not available on Android currently." 1. Touchscreen opens up a lot of possibilities by way of creating more touchscreen conducive activities that are culture, locale specific. Enabling Touchscreen event for existing activities does not necessarily leverage the advantage of touch screen in enhancing the existing learning experience and to this regard, I am concerned about the complete picture of enabling a hand-held device to the optimum performance and therefore, this question. 2. Second you totally on the second. Regards, RJv On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 9:07 PM, Nagarjuna G. wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 8:54 PM, RJV wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> We are planning to port Sugar on Android and are faced with these options: >> >> 1. Sugar as an application on Android. >> 2. As a platform on top of the Linux platform. >> >> Can the Sugar build be used to create an app bundle to deploy to the app >> store? Are there any licensing issues? >> >> On 2., can someone share their experience, if any, please? >> > > We are very close to having Sugar on a tablet as well as a armel netbook, > based on A10 chipset. We already have it working through a SD card, we are > now in the process of flashing the internal memory, so that it will work > fast. Almost all the hardware on A10 chipset is working with the linux > kernel without any binary blobs. > > We work in Mumbai. In case you are around the city, we can meet and > discuss how we can work together. > > The reason why 1 is not considered for us an option is: what children > need is not a desktop that is meant mainly for delivery of content to play > multimedia files and do business communications. We would like the > children to work, do activities using a workspace that can be used with a > keyboard, though touchscreen may have some advantages for some activities. > Second, Sugar learning platform has plenty of activities to offer which are > not available on Android currently. and Third, 1 will take a long time > than 2. So we opted for 2. > > -- > Nagarjuna G. > http://www.gnowledge.org/ > -- Regards, *Ravichandran J.V.* http://ravichandranjv.blogspot.com XO 1.75 - 12.1, 0.96, Build 21, Q4D17 ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Porting Sugar on Android (Ice cream sandwich)
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 8:54 PM, RJV wrote: > Hi, > > We are planning to port Sugar on Android and are faced with these options: > > 1. Sugar as an application on Android. > 2. As a platform on top of the Linux platform. > > Can the Sugar build be used to create an app bundle to deploy to the app > store? Are there any licensing issues? > > On 2., can someone share their experience, if any, please? > We are very close to having Sugar on a tablet as well as a armel netbook, based on A10 chipset. We already have it working through a SD card, we are now in the process of flashing the internal memory, so that it will work fast. Almost all the hardware on A10 chipset is working with the linux kernel without any binary blobs. We work in Mumbai. In case you are around the city, we can meet and discuss how we can work together. The reason why 1 is not considered for us an option is: what children need is not a desktop that is meant mainly for delivery of content to play multimedia files and do business communications. We would like the children to work, do activities using a workspace that can be used with a keyboard, though touchscreen may have some advantages for some activities. Second, Sugar learning platform has plenty of activities to offer which are not available on Android currently. and Third, 1 will take a long time than 2. So we opted for 2. -- Nagarjuna G. http://www.gnowledge.org/ ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Porting Sugar on Android (Ice cream sandwich)
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 5:19 AM, RJV wrote: > Implement a shell -- replacing the standard Android shell -- that has the > main features of Sugar shell > > This looks like the nearest to what I hope to achieve - the same experience > of the XO on a hand-held device especially the Ad-Hoc networking. If using Sugar on a handheld tablet style device you might also want to look at running Linux on the tablet device and then you wouldn't need to deal with the sugar side of it at all. Fedora, on which the XO OS is based, for example will run find on a number of tablet devices with some work. With the touch work in the last cycle, that will continue into the next, it might be an option that might yield the same eventual wanted outcome. Peter > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:01 AM, Martin Langhoff > wrote: >> >> I'm sorry! Looks like I misread your name. A faux pass typical of >> borderline autistic people -- get all the technical details clearly, >> mess up the other person's name. >> >> Hope the technical part was useful. No offense intended. >> >> cheers, >> >> >> martin >> >> On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 3:12 PM, RJV wrote: >> > Thanks, Martin. Btw, where did you deduce the name "Rajiv" from? :) >> > >> > RJv >> > >> > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 1:13 AM, Martin Langhoff >> > >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Implement a shell -- replacing the standard Android shell -- that >> >> has the main features of Sugar shell >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Regards, >> > >> > Ravichandran J.V. >> > http://ravichandranjv.blogspot.com >> > XO 1.75 - 12.1, 0.96, Build 21, Q4D17 >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> martin.langh...@gmail.com >> mar...@laptop.org -- Software Architect - OLPC >> - ask interesting questions >> - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first >> - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Ravichandran J.V. > http://ravichandranjv.blogspot.com > XO 1.75 - 12.1, 0.96, Build 21, Q4D17 > > > ___ > Devel mailing list > de...@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Porting Sugar on Android (Ice cream sandwich)
Implement a shell -- replacing the standard Android shell -- that has the main features of Sugar shell This looks like the nearest to what I hope to achieve - the same experience of the XO on a hand-held device especially the Ad-Hoc networking. Jv On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:01 AM, Martin Langhoff wrote: > I'm sorry! Looks like I misread your name. A faux pass typical of > borderline autistic people -- get all the technical details clearly, > mess up the other person's name. > > Hope the technical part was useful. No offense intended. > > cheers, > > > martin > > On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 3:12 PM, RJV wrote: > > Thanks, Martin. Btw, where did you deduce the name "Rajiv" from? :) > > > > RJv > > > > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 1:13 AM, Martin Langhoff < > martin.langh...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> Implement a shell -- replacing the standard Android shell -- that > >> has the main features of Sugar shell > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Ravichandran J.V. > > http://ravichandranjv.blogspot.com > > XO 1.75 - 12.1, 0.96, Build 21, Q4D17 > > > > > > -- > martin.langh...@gmail.com > mar...@laptop.org -- Software Architect - OLPC > - ask interesting questions > - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first > - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff > -- Regards, *Ravichandran J.V.* http://ravichandranjv.blogspot.com XO 1.75 - 12.1, 0.96, Build 21, Q4D17 ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Porting Sugar on Android (Ice cream sandwich)
I'm sorry! Looks like I misread your name. A faux pass typical of borderline autistic people -- get all the technical details clearly, mess up the other person's name. Hope the technical part was useful. No offense intended. cheers, martin On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 3:12 PM, RJV wrote: > Thanks, Martin. Btw, where did you deduce the name "Rajiv" from? :) > > RJv > > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 1:13 AM, Martin Langhoff > wrote: >> >> Implement a shell -- replacing the standard Android shell -- that >> has the main features of Sugar shell > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Ravichandran J.V. > http://ravichandranjv.blogspot.com > XO 1.75 - 12.1, 0.96, Build 21, Q4D17 > -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- Software Architect - OLPC - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Porting Sugar on Android (Ice cream sandwich)
Thanks, Martin. Btw, where did you deduce the name "Rajiv" from? :) RJv On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 1:13 AM, Martin Langhoff wrote: > Implement a shell -- replacing the standard Android shell -- that > has the main features of Sugar shell > -- Regards, *Ravichandran J.V.* http://ravichandranjv.blogspot.com XO 1.75 - 12.1, 0.96, Build 21, Q4D17 ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Porting Sugar on Android (Ice cream sandwich)
Hi Rajiv, your plan seems to have good goals, but is missing some understanding of what you can and cannot do. You cannot run Sugar (a Python-based window manager, based on traditional Linux sw stack) on the Android stack. Way too different. To reach your goals, however, you could try something like... - identify what good Android Apps exist that match Sugar Activities, those you don' t have to port, just replace :-) (ie: don't port Record!) - those Sugar Activities that don't have an Android counterpart, reimplement them as Android apps - Implement a shell -- replacing the standard Android shell -- that has the main features of Sugar shell - Implement some of the key services that make Sugar special: ad-hoc auto-networking, collaboration stack, the Journal. The most important, IMO, is the Journal, as Android's handling of "my files" is extremely poor. All these services will need integration into the shell and apps. Alternatively, you can wait for Android/Linux stack convergence projects (see Jolla / Sailfish) to mature. Maybe in a year or two there are ways to run Sugar inside Android or Android Apps on a Linux stack. hth, m On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 10:24 AM, RJV wrote: > Hi, > > We are planning to port Sugar on Android and are faced with these options: > > 1. Sugar as an application on Android. > 2. As a platform on top of the Linux platform. > > Can the Sugar build be used to create an app bundle to deploy to the app > store? Are there any licensing issues? > > On 2., can someone share their experience, if any, please? > -- > Regards, > > Ravichandran J.V. > http://ravichandranjv.blogspot.com > XO 1.75 - 12.1, 0.96, Build 21, Q4D17 > > > ___ > Devel mailing list > de...@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- Software Architect - OLPC - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Porting Sugar on Android (Ice cream sandwich)
I think Sugar could be something like an alternative gui shell similar cynogen http://www.cyanogenmod.org/ On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 9:24 AM, RJV wrote: > Hi, > > We are planning to port Sugar on Android and are faced with these options: > > 1. Sugar as an application on Android. > 2. As a platform on top of the Linux platform. > > Can the Sugar build be used to create an app bundle to deploy to the app > store? Are there any licensing issues? > > On 2., can someone share their experience, if any, please? > -- > Regards, > > *Ravichandran J.V.* > http://ravichandranjv.blogspot.com > XO 1.75 - 12.1, 0.96, Build 21, Q4D17 > > > ___ > Devel mailing list > de...@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor http://es.openoffice.org ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
[Sugar-devel] Porting Sugar on Android (Ice cream sandwich)
Hi, We are planning to port Sugar on Android and are faced with these options: 1. Sugar as an application on Android. 2. As a platform on top of the Linux platform. Can the Sugar build be used to create an app bundle to deploy to the app store? Are there any licensing issues? On 2., can someone share their experience, if any, please? -- Regards, *Ravichandran J.V.* http://ravichandranjv.blogspot.com XO 1.75 - 12.1, 0.96, Build 21, Q4D17 ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
