[Trac #1053] OLPC needs a usable GUI (i.e. not Sugar)

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#1053: OLPC needs a usable GUI (i.e. not Sugar)
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 Reporter:  gnu     |        Owner:  jg   
     Type:  defect  |       Status:  new  
 Priority:  normal  |    Milestone:  CTest
Component:  distro  |   Resolution:       
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Comment (by joaoboscoapf):

 Replying to [comment:14 jg]:
 > Sun's Java *may* become a free platform later this spring; we are
 certainly rooting for this completion. As is, Sun's J2SE is a 70 megabyte
 monolithic beast, most of which are jar files, and therefore compressed.

 I thought it was already open source. At least that's what I saw in some
 press notes, like http://www.sun.com/software/opensource/java/. Anyway,
 the JRE for java is just 16 MB and that is what you need to run Java
 applications. JDK is much bigger but you just need it for development of
 applications.

 > And we're perfectly happy if others work on alternative UI's: we're
 focused on the young children for which conventional systems work badly.

 Pepper is a "clone" of sugar and therefore i think it is suitable for
 young children too. Anyway, I just think you should try it out, even if it
 is just to "know your enemies" ... :)


 thanks for your attention.

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