Re: XO-3 super-o-fficial

2009-12-24 Thread NoiseEHC
What: Sugar / Android What is the same: Application complexity: Simple (Activities) / Simple (Activities) Data storage: Ditch filesystem (central Journal) / Ditch filesystem (app specific SQLite storage) UI: Simple (ugly) / Simple (cool) Computer experience of target audience: Low (children) /

Re: Fwd: User Manual of CL1B

2009-12-24 Thread Holt
John Watlington wrote: Can someone point me to a PDF version of the FLOSS manual for the XO-1 ? http://en.flossmanuals.net/publish/PDF/g1g1_2.pdf http://www.lulu.com/content/4439260 (slightly revised, and $18 on paper) But quite honestly these web options are superior: http://laptop.org/ma

Re: XO-3 super-o-fficial

2009-12-24 Thread John Watlington
On Dec 24, 2009, at 6:59 AM, NoiseEHC wrote: > ... > debug. You know, Android OS solves exactly the same problems Sugar has > been created to solve just it is faster, uses less memory, much > prettier, has an usable developer environment... Actually, I would argue that an operating system that d

Fwd: User Manual of CL1B

2009-12-24 Thread John Watlington
Can someone point me to a PDF version of the FLOSS manual for the XO-1 ? Thanks, wad Begin forwarded message: > From: > Date: December 24, 2009 1:06:40 AM EST (CA) > To: > Cc: , , > > Subject: RE: User Manual of CL1B > > Dear John: > Sorry to disturb you during your vacation. > > After che

Re: XO-3 super-o-fficial

2009-12-24 Thread Stanley Sokolow
I'm with Bert. What problems has Android solved that Sugar was created to solve, in your opinion? On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 6:04 AM, Bert Freudenberg wrote: > On 24.12.2009, at 12:59, NoiseEHC wrote: > > > > You know, Android OS solves exactly the same problems Sugar has > > been created to solve

Re: XO-3 super-o-fficial

2009-12-24 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 24.12.2009, at 12:59, NoiseEHC wrote: > > You know, Android OS solves exactly the same problems Sugar has > been created to solve O RLY? <> - Bert - ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: [Sugar-devel] Ticket 8104

2009-12-24 Thread Cecilia Abalde
I download the patch, then run rpm-ivh but there is a problem with the files: file / etc / NetworkManager / dispatcher.d / mpp.py from install of NetworkManager-0.6.5-0.14.svn3246.olpc3.i386 conflicts with file from package NetworkManager-0.6.5-0.11.svn3246.olpc3.i386 XO NetworkManager: NetworkMa

Re: XO-3 super-o-fficial

2009-12-24 Thread NoiseEHC
> I hadn't looked closely enough to see the detailed licensing. But I'd > seen the news stories about Google cease-and-desists to the guys making > improved free versions. Is a useful fully-free version readily > available, as a practical option? > > The guy bundled the not free Google applic

Re: XO-3 super-o-fficial

2009-12-24 Thread John Gilmore
> What makes you think that this will be a proprietary version of Android? > Android is licensed Apache 2.0 with kernel patches as GPLv2[1], although > there have been some proprietary apps and customizations on top. I hadn't looked closely enough to see the detailed licensing. But I'd seen the n