Re: XO-3 super-o-fficial

2009-12-24 Thread John Gilmore
What makes you think that this will be a proprietary version of Android? Android is licensed Apache 2.0 with kernel patches as GPLv2[1], although there have been some proprietary apps and customizations on top. I hadn't looked closely enough to see the detailed licensing. But I'd seen the

Re: XO-3 super-o-fficial

2009-12-24 Thread NoiseEHC
I hadn't looked closely enough to see the detailed licensing. But I'd seen the news stories about Google cease-and-desists to the guys making improved free versions. Is a useful fully-free version readily available, as a practical option? The guy bundled the not free Google

Re: [Sugar-devel] Ticket 8104

2009-12-24 Thread Cecilia Abalde
I download the patch, then run rpm-ivh Name patch but there is a problem with the files: file / etc / NetworkManager / dispatcher.d / mpp.py from install of NetworkManager-0.6.5-0.14.svn3246.olpc3.i386 conflicts with file from package NetworkManager-0.6.5-0.11.svn3246.olpc3.i386 XO

Re: XO-3 super-o-fficial

2009-12-24 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 24.12.2009, at 12:59, NoiseEHC wrote: You know, Android OS solves exactly the same problems Sugar has been created to solve O RLY? inline: orly_owl.jpeg - Bert - ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org

Re: XO-3 super-o-fficial

2009-12-24 Thread Stanley Sokolow
I'm with Bert. What problems has Android solved that Sugar was created to solve, in your opinion? On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 6:04 AM, Bert Freudenberg b...@freudenbergs.dewrote: On 24.12.2009, at 12:59, NoiseEHC wrote: You know, Android OS solves exactly the same problems Sugar has been

Fwd: User Manual of CL1B

2009-12-24 Thread John Watlington
Can someone point me to a PDF version of the FLOSS manual for the XO-1 ? Thanks, wad Begin forwarded message: From: arthur_hu...@quantatw.com Date: December 24, 2009 1:06:40 AM EST (CA) To: w...@laptop.org Cc: vickey.c...@quantatw.com, queenie.zh...@quantacn.com, e...@laptop.org

Re: XO-3 super-o-fficial

2009-12-24 Thread John Watlington
On Dec 24, 2009, at 6:59 AM, NoiseEHC wrote: ... debug. You know, Android OS solves exactly the same problems Sugar has been created to solve just it is faster, uses less memory, much prettier, has an usable developer environment... Actually, I would argue that an operating system that

Re: Fwd: User Manual of CL1B

2009-12-24 Thread Holt
John Watlington wrote: Can someone point me to a PDF version of the FLOSS manual for the XO-1 ? http://en.flossmanuals.net/publish/PDF/g1g1_2.pdf http://www.lulu.com/content/4439260 (slightly revised, and $18 on paper) But quite honestly these web options are superior:

Re: XO-3 super-o-fficial

2009-12-24 Thread NoiseEHC
What: Sugar / Android What is the same: Application complexity: Simple (Activities) / Simple (Activities) Data storage: Ditch filesystem (central Journal) / Ditch filesystem (app specific SQLite storage) UI: Simple (ugly) / Simple (cool) Computer experience of target audience: Low (children)