<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Fred Concklin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fredconcklin@gmail.com">fredconcklin@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hey all,<br>
<br>
I'm Fred Concklin. I'm interested in working for Debian during<br>
GSOC2011. I'm a junior at Hampshire College; I study CS (AI);<br>
I'm 21; I've been running GNU/Linux for 10 years.<br>
<br>
My particular area of interest is in mobile devices. I know<br>
that there was a request to work on the OpenMoko NeoFreerunner<br>
last year, but I haven't seen any mobile requests (other than<br>
virtualizing arm) this year.<br>
<br>
I have an OpenMoko NeoFreerunner with Debian on it but my basic<br>
feeling about the project is that it is more or less dead<br>
(please correct me if wrong).</blockquote><div><br></div><div>It is my opinion that it is a (very) dead horse.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
More recently, I've been working<br>
on the OpeniBoot project to get Android on the iPad. I built<br>
and ran Android successfully on the iPad in November. I've also<br>
had Debian running in a chroot jail on my HTC dream with<br>
CyanogenMod.<br>
<br>
I'm in the market for a new phone and I've been looking at the<br>
Motorola Atrix. One thing which I thing is interesting is the<br>
lapdock. I'd like to work on getting Debian running on the<br>
Motorola Atrix and work on usability with the device and the<br>
lapdock.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'm not quite sure about the Atrix in particular. People seem very confused about the gimmick. It might remain experimental.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<br>
I thought I'd run this by the list and see what people<br>
think. Then I'd like to throw around ideas about the best<br>
approach. Then I'll submit my application for review,<br>
moderation, and wait it out in the applicant pool.<br>
<br>
Also, if there are other resources/lists/people to talk to<br>
please let me know.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Have you had a thought about ChromeOS devices? Only the Cr-48 is kind of out though.</div><div><br></div><div>I think there are interesting possibilities around /correctly/ porting Debian to these new devices.</div>
<div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div>
<div>-Arthur</div></div>