I am still learning Python but I think this is a great idea. OLPC is designed for children in developing nations and that would be a great resource for people trying to spread God's word to them.
On Jan 14, 2008 12:38 PM, DJ Ortley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Having started at least one of those conversations, I still mildly > have an interest. Especially as I've learned Python since then. :) > > It seemed that the conversation ended with people thinking the intent > was to get sword stuck on the the laptops before they ship, which > obviously isn't going to happen (and definatly weren't my original > thoughts.) > > As I said, I'm still mildly interested, but I don't know how involved > I can be in the short term as I have many other plates spinning (and > falling down.) > > -DJ > > > On Jan 14, 2008 10:02 AM, Jason Galyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There were various conversations in the past relating to Bible related > > software for the One Laptop Per Child or XO project. I would like to > > start the discussion back up if anyone is interested. > > > > At my local Python Users Group meeting (http://dfwpython.org) we had > > three of the units and played around with them including messing with > > the mesh networking and collaborative activities. > > > > These are very cool, I can't say enough good about them. > > > > While large amounts of text are out due to storage (and RAM) is there > > interest in developing client or server software for and lesson > > management applications? > > > > For example, you could still have bible reading assignments (including > > the follow along in the class) using either the browser or just the > > normal pyGTK interface receiving its information from the class (school) > > server. > > > > There have been some great ideas generated already however having seen > > some of these, I can say that the potential for teaching the world the > > Word is limitless. Combining these with general education setup > > missions would be a great boon for witnessing. > > > > Some resources: > > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Home - general website > > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Developers - development info > > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sugar_with_sugar-jhbuild - development > > checkout of the sugar environment > > > > note that with sugar, you have the latest development versions available > > (my preference) with sugar-jhbuild, downloadable packages for many > > platforms, and vm images such as for VMWare, Parallels, and QEMU. > > > > Download a copy and see what the potential is! > > > > Jason > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page > > > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page >
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