[sllug-members]: One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) developer program

[Clint Savage]

Christian,

I would say it does not matter.  However, I would want to just have a
chat with you and your folks about the requirements so that everyone
is aware of why you are getting the computer.  I want to be as
up-front with everyone about the program, show off the XO and have a
commitment from you of a few hours per week.

If you think that will work for you, I'd be more than happy to provide
you with an XO.  I do want to mention that I currently have 6 en route
and those have already been filled, but I have had two requests since
then, so I'll be placing another request later this week.  I'll expect
to receive those late next week or early the following.  Here's the
standard response otherwise.

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Here's the deal.  Sign up on the fourth grade maths mailing list, read
up on the XO / Sugar development cycle and get ready to receive your
XO.  If you have Fedora already installed on a machine at home, go
ahead and start getting comfortable with the Sugar Desktop.  It can be
installed by running 'yum groupinstall sugar-desktop' from the command
line.

As far as getting you the XO, I'd like to meet you in person to give
it to you.  That way we can chat about what's expected of you and make
sure you are comfortable with the requirements.  Pretty
straightforward really, so when I get the XOs here (a new order is
being placed tomorrow), I'll get with you and a few of the other folks
who've committed to getting started.

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Thanks for your interest and I look forward to meeting you very soon.
Hopefully next week.

Cheers,

Clint

On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Christian Horne
<blendmaster1024 at gmail.com> wrote:
> does it matter if i'm only fourteen?
> i meet all the other requirements
> (i know python, am fairly good, was already focusing all effort on getting
> better)
>
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Clint Savage <herlo1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Justin Brinkerhoff
>> <justinbrinkerhoff at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Are they only in need of Python developers? Do they need any C, C++,
>> > Java, etc... ?
>> >
>>
>> Justin,
>>
>> Specifically, they are after python developers.  The activities they
>> are trying to create in the sugar desktop are all python.  The core of
>> the XO is built on Fedora 7 (soon to be Fedora 11) thus if you are
>> interested in helping the project indirectly, you could help the
>> Fedora Project with Java, C, C++, etc.
>>
>> Also, Fedora 10 has the 'sugar-desktop' as another desktop you can use
>> if you like.  Just run the following and you can develop on your own
>> laptop for the sugar activities.
>>
>> yum groupinstall sugar-desktop
>>
>> Hope that helps clear things up.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Clint
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