[REBOL] Re: OLPC = The Children's Machine << Where Rebol belongs ???
From: jasonic:nomadics at: 17-Mar-2007 2:33
Software
Children in a remote Cambodian school where a pilot laptop program has
been in place since 2001.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Olpc2_cambodia.JPG>
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Olpc2_cambodia.JPG>
Children in a remote Cambodian <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodia>
school where a pilot laptop program has been in place since 2001.
All of the software <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_software> on
the laptop will be open source.^[26]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child#_note-lworld> The
projected software as of November 2006^[27]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child#_note-24> are:
* A pared-down version of Fedora Core
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora_Core> Linux
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux> as the operating system
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system>, with students
receiving root access
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_access>.^[28]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child#_note-gettys2>
* A simple custom web browser
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser> based upon the Gecko
engine <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecko_%28layout_engine%29>
used by Firefox <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox>, with a
special version of the Opera <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera>
web browser also in development.
* A word processor <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_processor>
based upon AbiWord <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AbiWord>.
* Email through the web-based Gmail
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmail> service.^[2]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child#_note-nyt20061130>
* Chat <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chat> and VOIP
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VOIP> programs.
* Several interpreted programming languages
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpreted_programming_language>,
including Logo
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_programming_language>,
JavaScript <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript>, Python
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_%28programming_language%29>,
Csound <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Csound>, and the eToys
<http://www.squeakland.org> version of Squeak
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squeak>.^[28]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child#_note-gettys2>
* A music sequencer <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_sequencer>
with digital instruments: Jean Piché's TamTam
<http://wiki.laptop.org/go/TamTam>
* Audio and video player software
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_player_%28software%29>:
Mplayer <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mplayer> or Helix
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helix_%28project%29>.
The laptop will use the Sugar
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_%28GUI%29> graphical user interface,
written in Python, on top of the X Window System
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System>. This interface is not
based on the typical desktop metaphor but presents an iconic view of
programs and documents and a map-like view of nearby connected users.
The current active program is displayed in full-screen mode.^[2]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child#_note-nyt20061130>
