<div>All good to know. One of us may try it out on a netbook towards having our club doing a bakeoff at a club meeting of open source, kid-friendly UIs. </div> <div> </div> <div>Mike </div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 1:53 PM, David Farning <<a href="mailto:dfarning@sugarlabs.org">dfarning@sugarlabs.org</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I tried to contact this project a few months ago. I never got past their email auto reply:( david <div> <div></div> <div class="h5"> On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Sean DALY <<a href="http://sdaly.be/" target="_blank">sdaly.be</a>@<a href="http://gmail.com/" target="_blank">gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Thanks Mike > > Bernie had spotted this a while ago, if you have a moment read through > this thread: > <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2009-February/004217.html" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2009-February/004217.html</a> > > This general discussion about competitors is of interest too: > <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2009-March/004328.html" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2009-March/004328.html</a> > > Sean > > > > On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Mike Lee <<a href="mailto:curiouslee@gmail.com">curiouslee@gmail.com</a>> wrote: >> Kevin Cole of our Learning Club pointed this out to me: >> >> >> <a href="http://www.qimo4kids.com/page/What-is-Qimo.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.qimo4kids.com/page/What-is-Qimo.aspx</a> >> >> "Qimo is a desktop operating system designed for kids. Based on the open >> source Ubuntu Linux desktop, Qimo comes pre-installed with educational games >> for children aged 3 and up. >> >> Qimo's interface has been designed to be intuitive and easy to use, >> providing large icons for all installed games, so that even the youngest >> users have no trouble selecting the activity they want." >> >> And from their FAQ: >> >> <a href="http://www.qimo4kids.com/page/FAQ.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.qimo4kids.com/page/FAQ.aspx</a> >> >> Q: Why not use Sugar from the OLPC project? A: Sugar is a very good >> interface for the OLPC computers it was made for, but many of the design >> decisions and interfaces don't work nearly as well on standard PCs. Qimo >> uses a customized XFCE interface to provide a fast, lightweight, and most >> importantly an easy to navigate interface that works well with standard >> computers, monitors and keyboards. >> >> >> Here's a review, but not much mention of what kids' software is included. >> >> <a href="http://www.raiden.net/articles/review_qimo_linux_for_kids/" target="_blank">http://www.raiden.net/articles/review_qimo_linux_for_kids/</a> >> >> >> Mike >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Marketing mailing list >> <a href="mailto:Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org">Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> >> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing</a> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Marketing mailing list > <a href="mailto:Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org">Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> > <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing</a> > </div></div></blockquote></div>