[sf-lug] qimo

[Larry Cafiero]

Interesting. Not to pick nits, but it says:

"Qimo is . . . [b]ased on the open source Ubuntu
Linux<http://www.ubuntu.com/>desktop . . . . "

Um, I seem to have missed that desktop environment.

Larry Cafiero

On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
> > Some of you may find this interesting. A Ubuntu based XFCE-customized
> > distro for kids. http://www.qimo4kids.com/WhatIsQimo.aspx
> >
>
> Looking closer, it looks like Xubuntu with GCompris, Childsplay, and
> etoys and the basics that come with Xubuntu. Oh, and a custom
> wallpaper. See screenshots at
> http://www.zooomr.com/photos/sameerverma/sets/44422/
>
> I'd still recommend Sugar to a kid/parent but that's my bias :-)
>
> cheers,
> Sameer
> --
> Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor of Information Systems
> San Francisco State University
> San Francisco CA 94132 USA
> http://verma.sfsu.edu/
> http://opensource.sfsu.edu/
>
> > Note: they are running on a Microsoft box :-) No dogfooding here?
> >
> > cheers,
> > Sameer
> > --
> > Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
> > Associate Professor of Information Systems
> > San Francisco State University
> > San Francisco CA 94132 USA
> > http://verma.sfsu.edu/
> > http://opensource.sfsu.edu/
>
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