4 Jan
2006
4 Jan
'06
11:53 p.m.
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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5 Jan
5 Jan
2:13 a.m.
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 <tomleem(a)comcast.net> 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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2:56 a.m.
Hi,
On 1/4/06, Ivan Vodopiviz <merkoth(a)gmail.com> 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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7 Jan
7 Jan
4:02 p.m.
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* <tomleem(a)comcast.net
<mailto:tomleem@comcast.net>> 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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4:08 p.m.
Steven Edwards wrote:
Hi,
On 1/4/06, Ivan Vodopiviz <merkoth(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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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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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that is an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo
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5:20 p.m.
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
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Hi,
On 1/4/06, Ivan Vodopiviz <merkoth(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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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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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that is an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo
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7:36 p.m.
Tom Lee Mullins schrieb:
Ivan Vodopiviz wrote:
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
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* <tomleem(a)comcast.net
<mailto:tomleem@comcast.net>> 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(?). 
8:24 p.m.
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.
8 Jan
8 Jan
10:09 p.m.
Ged Murphy wrote:
David Hinz wrote:
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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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.
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