I'm not qualified to answer your points so I'll just say a few things. First that was a great review and brought up many point's which had annoyed me but had not brought up having only used a earlier build and assuming they'd being fixed.
<br><br><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">Paint, is this the famous Tux Paint? </blockquote><div><br>No it's this program
<a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Draw">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Draw</a> I haven't used the more recent builds of it, though I can say that as of the version I used. Tuxpaint, is much more interesting, user friendly and fun.
<br></div><br><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">There are plans to add something based on<br>GStreamer, and that's great, but keep in mind the three aspects of
<br>media: video, audio, and image. All in one place to make it easy.</blockquote><div><br>I think the gstreamer based thing has been added, as referenced in the news two days ago; "Dan Williams....wrote a Jukebox activity, a gstreamer-based media player with Journal integration"
<br><br></div><div><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">I have looked into Tetris, though. Tetris? It was a fun game back<br>in, what, the 80's. I don't think it offers much as educational tools
<br>go. I believe a bit of research on what games other educational<br>distros (like Edubuntu) are using may be helpful. Look at GCompris,<br>for instance. Now those are some fun and educational activities for<br>kids. I'm not advocating the removal of Tetris, but it should be
<br>something to consider to replace it with something better.</blockquote><div> <br>Tetris is in the default install of edubuntu ;). I agree that gcompris is a great program, but it's also quite large, though in my mind well worth the space. The wiki here explains the current work been done with it todo with the laptops.
<a href="http://www.gcompris.net/wiki/index.php/Todo_for_OLPC">http://www.gcompris.net/wiki/index.php/Todo_for_OLPC</a> The other games in a default install of edubuntu are just the default gnome ones along with tuxmath, and the kde edutainment suite. Tuxmath is a really addictive game and for some reason children seem to want to use it just as much as tuxpaint. (Though I'm not sure how well it fits in with the laptops constructionist principles.) Similar to gcompris is childsplay
<a href="http://childsplay.sourceforge.net/">http://childsplay.sourceforge.net/</a>. It's alot smaller than gcompris though not as fun or comprehensive. (I thought I saw a version they were making specifically for the laptops somewhere) The kde programs are all noteworthy though kalzium is exceptional good though maybe not suited for younger children
<br><br>Sorry if I'm interrupting,<br>Philip<br></div></div><br>