On 11/26/06, Owen Stampflee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > We are planning on using Linux on a PS3 to teach kids to program. We > > have tried various things in the past including Linux on a PS2. I am > > looking forward to installing on our PS3 and seeing what we can do. > Sounds alot more fun that what most of us started programming with... > > > I hope I can get squeak (current smalltalk that has education support) > > up and am planning on teaching some OpenGL on the PS3. I will be sad > > if we can not get at the cool stuff on the CELL and other hardware but > > am hopeful that the situation will be short lived. > Smalltalk would be possible, but I've never tried it. OpenGL is going to > be in software mode, so it'll be slow. We are including the > Barcelona/IBM Cell SDK and libraries, but I highly doubt that someone > without many years of programming skills will be able to wrap their head > around it, it still makes my head spin.
:-) OpenGL in software mode is probably ok for the kids starting out. Ask me after I get running :-) Gary > > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' > _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
