Talk:Getting involved in OLPC

Other parts of the software stack
Will you be using glibc, or an alternative lightweight libc?

- kjn9

Choice of software
Firefox/Mozilla may be inevitable, but it can be frustratingly slow on a 500MHz CPU running Linux. Also it does consume a very large amount of memory. I suspect that it will be an awful lot of development work to produce a "fast and light" Firefox - I am sure if it were easy, the Firefox developers themselves would have done it by now. Attempting this yourselves might become the biggest sink of your development resources.

Have you considered using Opera - it is not Open Source, but it is no longer adware, and its developers are familiar with adapting it for resource-limited platforms (e.g. PDAs, phones).

- kjn9

Perhaps the Minimo version of Mozilla will be able to address the concerns you raise. A positive aspect of the choice of a Gecko-based browser is there is native support of SVG for 2D graphics. Also, the it provides a platform for easy development of rich content, applications and extension software using XUL and javascript. Perhaps there would be interest in adding XPCOM and XUL support to Squeak, so that educational applications developed there can make use of browser services, components and resources.

- Frederick Kintanar, Cebu City, Philippines; my blog on OLPC

Wiki Login
I have created an account (as user kjn9), but I cannot login - the server tells me that I do not have cookies enabled, while I believe that I have (I've tried with two different browsers, and checked their configuration).

I had the same experience, I suspect that this error message is generated if you have not yet confirmed your registration from the message sent to your email address (it disappeared afterwards). Perhaps somebody could provide add a phrase "do not have cookies enabled, or else you may have not yet confirmed your account registration ...", so that the error message is more informative.

Fred Kintanar

Chaste location, like the color
The first step is as good as half over.