[OLPC.ch] linux distri for kids

[Gabriele Bellini]

Hi Urs,

Thanks for your feedback.

In the last few months I evaluated many distributions intended for kids. Qimo, Doudoulinux, Edubuntu, Kiddix, Kidoz, Sugar, and a couple of others.
But each has pros and cons, and each had a quite good success. 
The idea is to boost this success with a distribution for kids to raise funds for OLPC projects.

As you said the idea would be to create from an existing distri, because from scratch it would be "self-killing".

Also, I started to work on this some months ago. I've put together a (rough) document of specifications. I "understand" what kids (and parents) are searching for. And I can help (...well, a little bit...) on financing this project.
But honestly I'm far to be a Linux expert, have no time to become one, and so am unable to create a distri.

That's why I was wondering if there are some people in this community interested by the project. Ideally I think it would need a Linux expert, a graphic designer, and a web designer.

Ciao,
Gabriele

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Urs Lerch [mailto:lists at ulerch.net]
> Sent: mercredi 4 juillet 2012 13:42
> To: Gabriele Bellini
> Cc: olpc-ch at lists.laptop.org
> Subject: Re: [OLPC.ch] olpc : introducing myself
> 
> Hi Gabriele,
> 
> > Concerning the OLPC, I’m searching to get involved mostly in the
> > marketing/promotion of the initiative, and to find ideas on how to
> > raise funds. Currently I have some ideas, and would like to know
> > anyone with competences in building Linux Live USB distributions
> > (sorry Urs, I still believe in that idea...). I had a great chance to
> > meet Urs and Michele, who introduced the organization.
> 
> This might be what you are looking for:
> 
>   http://doudoulinux.org
> 
> Although I haven't tried it out by myself yet, in my opinion there's no need
> for you to create this from scratch. As always with free software, you're also
> free to sell it.
> 
> Best,
> Urs