[Soc-coordination] DGSOC idea and discussion

[Obey Arthur Liu]

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Fred Concklin <fredconcklin at gmail.com>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.


> More recently, I've been working
>         on the OpeniBoot project to get Android on the iPad. I built
>         and ran Android successfully on the iPad in November. I've also
>         had Debian running in a chroot jail on my HTC dream with
>         CyanogenMod.
>
>         I'm in the market for a new phone and I've been looking at the
>         Motorola Atrix. One thing which I thing is interesting is the
>         lapdock. I'd like to work on getting Debian running on the
>         Motorola Atrix and work on usability with the device and the
>         lapdock.
>

I'm not quite sure about the Atrix in particular. People seem very confused
about the gimmick. It might remain experimental.


>
>         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.

Cheers
-Arthur
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