Re: [ilugd] ExpEyes experiment design contest for students
Hello Raj, You know, this sounds like a really cool initiative. I don't remember anything about physics, but the samples shown on the web look interesting. Sorry for the late response ... somehow I missed this mail :( Yes, ExpEyes can do a lot of interesting things ... and it is also perhaps one of the very few open hardware initiatives from India. I wouldn't mind owning one of those things. There is a page on the website with a list of vendors - you may be able to purchase from one of them! I was only able to find one (non-definitive) link on the 'net about its hardware licence, though -- any place that is documented? I will check this out with Ajith, the main developer of the device. All the best with the contest, and do give us the highlights once it's completed. Thank you; will post updates once the contest is over! regards, pramode ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] Need advice on setup of computers for a rural school
Hi, On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 11:38 PM, Gora Mohanty g...@mimirtech.com wrote: Have snipped much of your reply, but thank you very much. This is exactly the sort of feedback that I was looking for, and meshes in very well with my initial thoughts. Could you explain further what FSMK is, and how we could benefit from their expertise? Glad that the reply was useful. FSMK or Free Software movement Karnataka[1] is a non profit organization trying to spread free software ideas to people from all parts of society mainly in Karnataka. We do not have any permanent employees and the volunteers are mainly either software professionals, academicians or students in colleges. Community center is one chapter of FSMK where we try to reach students from less privileged part of the society and teach them to use computers completely on free software. Some more info about it here, [2],[3]. Regarding LTSP in particular, it was one experiment that tried to utilize few old donated systems while starting a new community center at FSMK's office. I had tried it myself with the help of few others and hence I can help you with whatever I learnt while implementing it. Apart from little configuration tweaking for network setup, LTSP itself is very easy to setup. This guide[4] is very good and explanatory. Considering replies from others in this thread, it will be interesting to setup LTSP based cluster with thin client being powered by Raspberry Pi. It will make the whole setup very compact. However one problem with Raspberry Pi in such setup is that if something in it gets faulty, I dont think it can be repaired. But again considering the low cost of raspberry pi, you can still try it out. [1] - http://www.fsmk.org [2] - http://www.gnu.org/education/edu-cases-india-ambedkar.html [3] - http://slumdweller.wikispaces.com/ [4] - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/LTSPQuickInstall -- Regards, Vignesh http://blog.viggy.in http://fsmk.org ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] Need advice on setup of computers for a rural school
Raspberry pi - can be purchased off Amazon.com However, while you do that - AND I KNOW THIS IS NOT ANDROID forums - you may want to try, Android PC - $50-$80 with Wifi, HDMI (or vga) output, usb port... this takes about 4W power. and has 1.5Ghz dual core CPU + MALI GPU. I have heard, people have ported linux on this - ubuntu, bu the android works pretty much off the shelf. You can buy this off, Dealextreme (dx.com) or ebay.in. This IMHO would be your best/closest bet. Alok On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 11:49 PM, Gora Mohanty g...@mimirtech.com wrote: On 5 October 2012 09:11, Saurabh Jain saurabh.j...@gmail.com wrote: Shameless plug, but Thinvent has built solar computers just for this purpose. Google for thinvent solar. I can also get a low cost ferrocement structure done if space and security are issues. Thanks, Saurabh. Solar-powered computers sound interesting, and I know people in other contexts who would jump at these, and will promote these to them. For this particular project, I will need to look at the costs of the solar-powered computer. Thanks, also for your offer of a secure construction, but reasonable buildings already exist in the school, and that is not an immediate issue. Does Thinvent have a presence in Orissa? Regards, Gora ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd -- --- http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=12406006trk=tab_pro http://aloksinha2001.blogspot.in ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] Need advice on setup of computers for a rural school
On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 1:23 AM, Alok Sinha asi...@g8.net wrote: Raspberry pi - can be purchased off Amazon.com they can be ordered here in India from two stores available below http://in.element14.com/jsp/bespoke/bespoke7.jsp?bespokepage=e14/common/promotions/rpi-accessories.jspICID=ap-rpiacsry-hwb http://shopping.kitsnspares.com/bon1/productdescription.asp?id=367360 -Satya ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
