RE: [seul-edu] Linux for kids

["Jason Mellen" <jmellen@cfl.rr.com>]

With the limited machine resources in mind, how about some of the embedded
implementations of Linux. I ran KDE-Ebeded once and it seemed to work fairly
well. All we need to do is adapt a system like that to the computers and
recompile the needed software.

I know this is a linux based list but what about similar systems such as
QNX. Just a thought.

I really think this is an important issue that needs to be dealt with.
T'would be a shame if PCs for Kids died because of Microsoft.

jmellen

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Jason Mellen
Palm Bay High School
Webmaster / TSA Reporter / Television Producer
Departmental Assistant - Vocational Education


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-seul-edu@seul.org [mailto:owner-seul-edu@seul.org]On Behalf
> Of Ben Armstrong
> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 9:35 PM
> To: seul-edu@seul.org
> Subject: Re: [seul-edu] Linux for kids
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 05, 2001 at 07:09:18PM -0400, Douglas Loss wrote:
> > That sounds ready-made for Debian Jr.  Ben Armstrong, are you
> > still on the list?
>
> Yup, alive and kicking.
>
> > If it won't work for Debian Jr,
>
> As I have indicated, it's not that Debian Jr. wouldn't work.  It's just
> that it's not a perfect match.  Where Debian Jr. aims first only to make
> it possible for users of Debian to share it with the children in their
> own lives, PC's for Kids would be putting Linux straight into homes
> where it is totally foreign.  This is not, in my mind, principally a
> technical problem.  You could probably use just about any Linux distro
> given enough time and commitment from local Linux users to support the
> end-users.
>
> Anyway, if someone would like to try Debian Jr. in its current
> (admittedly very raw) state, and see if it would meet these kids' needs
> and get back to us (see debian-jr@lists.debian.org and
> http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-jr) I would love to talk.  In spite
> of my skepticism, I think it's a very worthwhile project.
>
> Ben
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