[OLPC-SF] Raspberry Pi $25 computer
Sameer Verma
sverma at sfsu.edu
Mon May 23 21:05:25 EDT 2011
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
>
Used to be axe soup in my folklore :-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_soup
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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