phillinux wrote:
At 11:31 PM 1/5/2008, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 10:29:55PM -0500, phillinux wrote:
> Did anyone here work on the OLPC XO project???
So back up. what allows Oo.o to run on your linux box now? An
X-windows system. You don't even need a window manager. So, does the
XO have X? If so, and provided other minimum dependencies are met,
then yes you could run Oo.o on it. You might have better success with
some other, more lightweight apps though: abiword, gnumeric, etc.
And, what allows guis and apps to be built for a particular kernel?
Well, they're not built for the kernel, more like built for a
particular libc, but we'll ignore that part. What is needed to build
anything for a particular system is a compiler and development headers
for the various libraries used. Seeing as some apps have been ported
to the XO, that makes it a pretty good bet that there is a compiler
and the requisite libraries available.
A
For starters, What is O.o.o?? does this refer to object oriented
development tools??
O.O.o = Open Office.org
<snip>
I'm looking to find a way
to get Open office or any office suite that will translate/convert
common file formats - like microsoft's - so kids can co-operate on
projects.
These are all possible.
In Abiword, for example, teach your pupils how to save in RTF and any
other Word Processor will recognise and display it.
The kernel on th XO is a redhat derivative (I think) because I saw some
selinux stuff in there.
No indication - Debian features this also, but I believe, at last
advice, that OLPC was based on Fedora, a RH derivative.
I don't think it has any loaded modules.
It will have or very little will run.
<snip>
Thin clients are nice for a lab,
...and very productive in the educational context also.
but a lot of educators are looking for
a light cheep machine kids can carry around and take home. A graphic
browser is essential for research
Opera is probably the most featureful, coupled with the smallest of
footprints for that type.
and frankly if kids can listen to
music and play with it as well, their work center becomes a real source
of enjoyment
and no homework gets done.
. and at 100 bucks, no tragedy if it gets ripped off or
lost.
Depends on your budget.
Most school districts pay $50 and $60 for crappy text books.
I don't think they'll be throwing the books away altogether.
While the OLPC folks are focused on the third world (a really great
thing) I have my sights set on my inner city kids; some of whom come to
school with their Macbook pros, and others who don't have a pot to piss
in or a window to throw it out!! A functional $100 laptop (like the
Asus EEE, only cheaper) would be hard for school administrators to refuse.
They would love a thin client-based network even more.
Especially with the tie in with administration, performance assessment
graphs, statistics and etc as an aid to remedial teaching and the ilk
coming off the server.
Poorer kids could and would stay back after school.
Thanks for your fee back.
We didn't charge one, but now that you mention it:
http://www.debian.org/donations#money_donations
I'll look into the IBM 'developerworks site
and see what their doing
I drop by occasionally.
See you there.
--
David Palmer
Linux User - #352034
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