Hi Yogesh, Quoting yogesh powar (2016-09-20 17:12:06) > Friend of mine and I would like to donate some of our > effort/money/time providing computers at a primary school in a village > in Goa. > > We were thinking of having Raspberry Pi -3 with Input/Output devices. > But software/OS, we were thinking of having Gnu/Linux. > > Has any one tried Debian on RP3? Is Hamara Gnu/Linux endorsed by > Debian? > > Let me know if anyone has tried out this setup in the school. About your choice of hardware: Please beware that Raspberry Pi, although popular, does not have good quality hardware and cannot boot a Debian system (a non-free binary blob is required). Here's arguing at Hamara Linux, comparing price to OLinuXino devices: http://lists.hamaralinux.org/pipermail/hamara-devel/2015-October/000817.html Here's arguing at FreedomBox list about efficiency (and repeating some of above): https://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/freedombox-discuss/2015-November/006944.html Here's arguing at the Sugarlabs project about RPi3 and its non-free blob: http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2016-June/018803.html About school use: I dearly recommend you to get in touch with others in India with experience in this field. I understand it is more fun to explore on your own than aligning with the pace and mindset of others, but even doing it alone you can _borrow_ ideas from others. Here's mentioning at this list some contacts related to Debian and schools: https://lists.debian.org/146358438157.12244.5369055585253410483@auryn.jones.dk About tinkering with tiny systems more generally: Whether you choose to move on with RPi or pick another arguably superior device, please consider joining the Debian Tinker blend team: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianTinker Hope that helps, - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: signature