ROS on the $100 Laptop?

[Tom Lee Mullins]

http://laptop.media.mit.edu/
I sent them an e-mail about using ReactOS on their
$100 laptop. It could run Win programs (probably
more needed by students).
laptop @ media . mit . edu
Could ROS be a viable alternative to using Linux?
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[Ivan Vodopiviz]

Hi Tom,

Since ROS is still in alpha stage, I don't think it's ready for such a task
yet. There are a lot of features not implemented yet in ROS, and it needs a
lot of debugging and testing.

Cya!

On 1/4/06, Tom Lee Mullins [e-mail] wrote:
> http://laptop.media.mit.edu/
> I sent them an e-mail about using ReactOS on their
> $100 laptop. It could run Win programs (probably
> more needed by students).
> laptop @ media . mit . edu
> Could ROS be a viable alternative to using Linux?
>
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[Steven Edwards]

Hi,

On 1/4/06, Ivan Vodopiviz [e-mail] wrote:
> Since ROS is still in alpha stage, I don't think it's ready for such a task
> yet. There are a lot of features not implemented yet in ROS, and it needs a
> lot of debugging and testing.

I am already in discussion with someone with the project about getting
us prototype hardware.

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[Tom Lee Mullins]

Steven Edwards wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 1/4/06, Ivan Vodopiviz [e-mail] wrote:
> > Since ROS is still in alpha stage, I don't think it's ready for such a task
> > yet. There are a lot of features not implemented yet in ROS, and it needs a
> > lot of debugging and testing.
>
> I am already in discussion with someone with the project about getting
> us prototype hardware.
>
> --
> Steven Edwards - ReactOS and Wine developer
>
> "There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and
> that is an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo
>
> ros-general mailing list
> [e-mail]
> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-general

Since it is an MIT project, one could hope that the science majors
and/or programming students would see it as a 'learning experience'
to work with the ROS source code(?).
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[nitro2k01]

I think that for some time to come ROS will be in an alpha stage. Even
though the foundation is getting more and more stable there's still a
lot of small things missing that would make most Windows apps
unusable.
Even as ROS improves I think the target audience will be mainly people
with computer experience, as opposed to the children the laptop is
targetting.
Also I think that linux was made with FOSS in focus. Even though that
ROS is completely FOSS, it seems as if most FOSS projects where made
for *nix platforms, and probably will compile and run better on *nix
based platforms. (Because I believe that these kids will some day want
to download and compile code)
To sum it up, I don't think ROS is ready for such a task, and wont be
in time for the $100 laptop project.

/nitro2k01

On 1/7/06, Tom Lee Mullins [e-mail] wrote:
> Steven Edwards wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On 1/4/06, Ivan Vodopiviz [e-mail] wrote:
> > > Since ROS is still in alpha stage, I don't think it's ready for such a task
> > > yet. There are a lot of features not implemented yet in ROS, and it needs a
> > > lot of debugging and testing.
> >
> > I am already in discussion with someone with the project about getting
> > us prototype hardware.
> >
> > --
> > Steven Edwards - ReactOS and Wine developer
> >
> > "There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and
> > that is an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo
> >
> > ros-general mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-general
>
> Since it is an MIT project, one could hope that the science majors
> and/or programming students would see it as a 'learning experience'
> to work with the ROS source code(?).
>
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[Tom Lee Mullins]

Ivan Vodopiviz wrote:
> Hi Tom,
>
> Since ROS is still in alpha stage, I don't think it's ready for such a 
> task yet. There are a lot of features not implemented yet in ROS, and 
> it needs a lot of debugging and testing.
>
> Cya!
>
> On 1/4/06, *Tom Lee Mullins* <[e-mail] 
> mailto:[e-mail]> wrote:
> http://laptop.media.mit.edu/
> I sent them an e-mail about using ReactOS on their
> $100 laptop. It could run Win programs (probably
> more needed by students).
> laptop @ media . mit . edu
> Could ROS be a viable alternative to using Linux?

Since it is an MIT project ($100 laptop), one would think
it would be a challenge for the computer science/programmers
at the college to take the source code of ROS and make it
more useful for such projects(?).

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[David Hinz]

Tom Lee Mullins schrieb:
> Ivan Vodopiviz wrote:
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > Since ROS is still in alpha stage, I don't think it's ready for such a 
> > task yet. There are a lot of features not implemented yet in ROS, and 
> > it needs a lot of debugging and testing.
> >
> > Cya!
> >
> > On 1/4/06, *Tom Lee Mullins* <[e-mail] 
> > mailto:[e-mail]> wrote:
> > http://laptop.media.mit.edu/
> > I sent them an e-mail about using ReactOS on their
> > $100 laptop. It could run Win programs (probably
> > more needed by students).
> > laptop @ media . mit . edu
> > Could ROS be a viable alternative to using Linux?
>
> Since it is an MIT project ($100 laptop), one would think
> it would be a challenge for the computer science/programmers
> at the college to take the source code of ROS and make it
> more useful for such projects(?).

I just had a look at their website, and I think it is a good idea to ask 
them, if they would like to improve ReactOS and use it for their 
project. Don't forget, that the children that will use these laptops 
won't need things like DirectX, soundcards and so on, so a ReactOS 0.5 
will fulfill thier needs.
They need a slim and reliable OS, not something fat that does everything 
Windows XP does.
And which OS could be used for this laptop? Windows is to big, linux is 
big, but could be made smaller (a lot of work).
I don't know how these people think about us, but I think we could at 
least ask them, it's worth a try.

Greets,

David Hinz

[Ged Murphy]

David Hinz wrote:
> I don't know how these people think about us, but I think we could at 
> least ask them, it's worth a try.

As already said, Steven is dealing with this.

Plus, just so nobody gets the wrong idea, the request is being made for 
the hardware to develop and test on.
ReactOS is not being presented as a replacement for Linux at this moment 
in time. The hope is that it will be a viable option for the future. 
Getting a few machines now helps this cause.

Ged.

[Tom Lee Mullins]

Ged Murphy wrote:
> David Hinz wrote:
> > I don't know how these people think about us, but I think we could at 
> > least ask them, it's worth a try.
>
> As already said, Steven is dealing with this.
>
> Plus, just so nobody gets the wrong idea, the request is being made 
> for the hardware to develop and test on.
> ReactOS is not being presented as a replacement for Linux at this 
> moment in time. The hope is that it will be a viable option for the 
> future. Getting a few machines now helps this cause.
>
> Ged.

That is what I was asking; if it was a viable alternative to
Linux. Thanks for the reply and information.

I did ask and received an automated reply.

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