Hello, On 03/21/2011 11:02 PM, Obey Arthur Liu wrote: > On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Fred Concklin <[email protected]>wrote >> Hey all, >> >> I'm Fred Concklin. I'm interested in working for Debian during >> GSOC2011. I'm a junior at Hampshire College; I study CS (AI); >> I'm 21; I've been running GNU/Linux for 10 years. >> >> My particular area of interest is in mobile devices. I know >> that there was a request to work on the OpenMoko NeoFreerunner >> last year, but I haven't seen any mobile requests (other than >> virtualizing arm) this year. >> >> I have an OpenMoko NeoFreerunner with Debian on it but my basic >> feeling about the project is that it is more or less dead >> (please correct me if wrong). >> > It is my opinion that it is a (very) dead horse. > Words that hurt. [...] >> I thought I'd run this by the list and see what people >> think. Then I'd like to throw around ideas about the best >> approach. Then I'll submit my application for review, >> moderation, and wait it out in the applicant pool. >> >> Also, if there are other resources/lists/people to talk to >> please let me know. >> > Have you had a thought about ChromeOS devices? Only the Cr-48 is kind of out > though. > > I think there are interesting possibilities around /correctly/ porting > Debian to these new devices. > Indeed Debian has been quite popular due to its flexibility, modularity and > ARM support, although the smart people who did the existing ports are not > part of the Debian community. > Could there not be a way to specify exactly that as some sort of a project? The GSoC could provide some extra helping hands to perform that exact linking between those porters and our community.
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