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