Raspberry Pi $25 computer

[mokurai at earthtreasury.org]

On Mon, May 23, 2011 9:05 pm, Sameer Verma wrote:
> On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 8:47 PM, C. Scott Ananian <olpc at cscott.net> wrote:
>> To sweeten the pot, I'm offering a delicious stone soup for anyone who
>> those
>> who pitch in on the port.  You need only supply a few extra ingredients.
>>   --scott

I'm not recommending it, just offering to to anybody whose itch it
scratches, perhaps in learning embedded systems programming, or in science
fair projects, or whatever.

> Used to be axe soup in my folklore :-)
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_soup

Nail soup in mine.

> Sameer
>
>> On May 21, 2011 10:35 PM, <mokurai at earthtreasury.org> wrote:
>>> FYI. Anybody who would like to port Sugar to a $25 computer (requiring
>>> only monitor, mouse, and keyboard) should contact Eben, and let us
>>> know too.
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com>
>>> Date: Sat, May 21, 2011 at 22:10
>>> Subject: Re: [Sur] linux system por $25
>>> To: Eben Upton <eben.upton at gmail.com>
>>>
>>> On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 12:22, Eben Upton <eben.upton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi Edward
>>>> Thanks for your mail, and apologies for the delay in replying. The
>>>> devices should be available to the general public later in the year;
>>>> I'll add you to our mailing list, and will keep you posted as we get
>>>> closer to launch.
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>>> We've heard of Sugar, but need to find out more about it. Do you think
>>>> it's suitable for a machine with limited processing power and only
>>>> 256MB of RAM?
>>>
>>> That's what it was designed for.
>>>
>>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Hardware_specifications
>>> AMD Geode 433 Mhz processor
>>> 256M RAM
>>> Fedora Linux
>>>
>>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Getting_Started
>>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities
>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Eben Upton
>>>> Director, Raspberry Pi Foundation
>>>>
>>>> Follow us @Raspberry_Pi on Twitter
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Your Web site asks
>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you have open-source educational software we can use?
>>>>>
>>>>> The answer is Yes. Sugar education software runs on a variety of
>>>>> Linux
>>>>> distributions, including Ubuntu. It is currently in the hands of more
>>>>> than 2 million children.
>>>>>
>>>>>> We plan to develop, manufacture and distribute an ultra-low-cost
>>> computer,
>>>>>> for use in teaching computer programming to children.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sugar includes Python and Smalltalk (Etoys). One Laptop Per Child XO
>>>>> computers also run Open Firmware, written in FORTH, and including the
>>>>> complete FORTH development library, the editor, and an assembler. OFW
>>>>> is available for systems based on ARM processors.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Sugar Labs Replacing Textbooks project, which I started recently,
>>>>> will include a variety of materials for teaching programming and
>>>>> Computer Science, and for applying those languages to every school
>>>>> subject. We have compiled a list of successful projects for teaching
>>>>> programming in the elementary grades, including projects using
>>>>> Python,
>>>>> Smalltalk, Logo, LISP, BASIC, and APL.
>>>>>
>>>>> The real question is one that Seymour Papert asked in 1970: Can we
>>>>> design an environment in which children learn math and programming
>>>>> languages as readily as they learn human languages, largely from each
>>>>> other? Some of us think so, and we are working on it.
>>>>>
>>>>> I will be happy to answer further questions, or to direct you to
>>>>> those
>>>>> who know more about some aspects of Sugar than I.
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>> From: Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com>
>>>>> Date: Fri, May 6, 2011 at 11:28
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Sur] linux system por $25
>>>>> To: "OLPC para usuarios, docentes, voluntarios y administradores"
>>>>> <olpc-sur at lists.laptop.org>
>>>>> Cc: Gleducar <gleducar at gleducar.org.ar>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/marketing/2011-May/003273.html
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Daniel Ajoy <da.ajoy at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> linux system por $25
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.raspberrypi.org/
>>>
>>> --
>>> Edward Mokurai
>>>
>>> (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر
>>> ج) Cherlin
>>> Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation.
>>> The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination.
>>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Replacing_Textbooks
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-- 
Edward Mokurai
(默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر
ج) Cherlin
Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation.
The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination.
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Replacing_Textbooks