On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 4:48 AM, Johan Vermeulen
jvermeulen@cawdekempen.bewrote:
op 04-04-14 03:01, Always Learning schreef:
On Fri, 2014-04-04 at 10:09 +1000, David Beveridge wrote:
Children, and indeed people, develop at different ages. I think what is
needed is something like, for example,
- what is a computer
- the basis and basics of Linux
- Centos simply
If a four year old can ask why is the sky blue, and then a 10 year old
already familiar with IPv4 wants to know how he can make a simple web
page, Sugar is not the answer.
Depends on the age group, as you've pointed out.
Lets give the children something really great, awesome, interesting and
thought provoking.
Hello,
I now see that there is a Fedora edu spin in-the-making.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Education
It is better to support Fedora than to "reinvent the wheel" with an
identical/similar CentOS spin.
The software selection is larger with Fedora than with CentOS.
I would suggest it is best to look at what Fedora is currently doing or
even planning on doing. See if there's something better or vastly
different that CentOS can offer.
I can understand why this list is not too warm with the idea of Centos
for children.
A lot of people on the list are trained professionals who are
responsible for critical systems.
Yep.
No doubt everyone would gladly promote Centos, but probably and
understandably, most are short on free time.
No reason to reïnvent the wheel . Let's find out how the Fedora project
is doing.
+1
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On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 4:48 AM, Johan Vermeulen
jvermeulen@cawdekempen.bewrote:
>
> op 04-04-14 03:01, Always Learning schreef:
> > On Fri, 2014-04-04 at 10:09 +1000, David Beveridge wrote:
> >
> >> There is this
> >>
> >>
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sugar
> >>
> >> based on fedora, for younger children.
> > Thanks Dave.
> >
> > But, looking at the initial web page, this is NOT what I believe is
> > required.
> >
> > For example, on
> >
>
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Creating_an_Activity#Overview_of_unique_hardware_e...
> >
> > ------------------
> >
> > "When you have at least ten lines of code
> >
> > At this point you are ready to host your code in a repository so that
> > other developers can look at it. You should also create trac tickets to
> > track bugs and feature requests. One of the main OLPC communication
> > systems is through the dev.laptop.org trac page where people can see the
> > status of activities as releases are prepared, testers can file bug
> > reports, and translators can submit translations of your activity. You
> > need to do three things to set this system up:
> >
> > 1. Request project hosting: You need to fill out an application and
> > send it to the devel list (another good reason to join).
> >
> >
> > --------------
> >
> >
> > That does not seem to be directed at children, curious children and
> > children with a desire for inspirational news and information.
> >
> > Might be OK for them grown-ups. Not so great for CHILDREN.
> >
> > If the children already know about IP addresses, have some concept of
> > servers and clients and want to play with making a web site (basic HTML
> > followed with some CSS), then Sugar is way-off the mark as the Americans
> > say.
> >
> > Children, and indeed people, develop at different ages. I think what is
> > needed is something like, for example,
> >
> >> * what is a computer
> >> * the basis and basics of Linux
> >> * Centos simply
> > If a four year old can ask why is the sky blue, and then a 10 year old
> > already familiar with IPv4 wants to know how he can make a simple web
> > page, Sugar is not the answer.
> >
> > Lets give the children something really great, awesome, interesting and
> > thought provoking.
> >
> >
> Hello,
>
> I now see that there is a Fedora edu spin in-the-making.
>
>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Education
>
> I can understand why this list is not too warm with the idea of Centos
> for children.
> A lot of people on the list are trained professionals who are
> responsible for critical systems.
> No doubt everyone would gladly promote Centos, but probably and
> understandably, most are short on free time.
>
> No reason to reïnvent the wheel . Let's find out how the Fedora project
> is doing.
>
> Friendly regards, J.
>
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