Request for help: Would like community applications to show and discuss at LinuxWorld

[Michael Shiloh]

That is a wonderful story. Thanks for sharing!

So, will the baby be named in some way for Openmoko :-)?

Thanks for the great story and the great smile, and best of luck!

Michael



Michele Renda wrote:
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> I hope this story will not put you all to smile too much because I don't
> think it merit too much to be discussed at LinuxWorld :)
> 
> I and my girlfriend decided to have a baby. Until now we used a online
> service that was telling us when is the best moment to get it.
> The only problem was that usually we don't have always internet with us,
> expecially when we need.
> 
> So, I decided to write an application for Freerunner that can help us: I
>  *never* wrote an application for Linux. I knew only Java / VB / PHP.
> 
> I watched around and I read that FreeRunner will support Python and
> PyGtk: I decided to use it (gtk) becuase in my desktop I use gnome
> (Ubuntu 8.04 and Fedora 9), and python because seem to be enougth easy.
> I started to write it 3 days ago and now it is almost ready :)
> 
> I think it was a good choose for these reasons:
> 
> 1. I had the possibility to write it using a complete and fully
> documented language ( with google you can solve almost all the problems)
> 
> 2. I can use my application also on my Desktop
> 
> 3. I can use a high level - interpreted language that make programming
> easier (and a bit less clean :)
> 
> I will receive my FreeRunner next week, but for now I am surprised how
> look on Gnome.
> 
> I'd like to release it under GPL. For me was wonderful to know that in
> three days I had the possibility to make my custom application, without
> the need to use a particular language / toolkit, without need to pay a
> lot of money for producer SDK, and to be able to give it to a my friend
> without the need to upload it to a store!
> 
> This for me mean freedom and this is the added value of Openmoko Freerunner.
> 
> 
> Michael Shiloh wrote:
>> Michele,
>>
>> This sounds excellent.
>>
>> I should add for all of you to consider: interesting is not just the 
>> application, but perhaps the ease with which you were able to develop, 
>> the convenience of testing, perhaps simply the inspiration of an open 
>> phone. And the challenges and difficulties as well for that matter.
>>
>> These all make excellent topics for discussion when skeptics ask me 
>> what's so special about Openmoko.
>>
>> So tell me your stories! They are valuable content for my talks.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> Michele Renda wrote:
>> Hi Michael
>>
>> I am just finishing my first application for the Freerunner. It is
>> python written and use gtk.
>>
>> Are these toolkits allowed to the "campain"?
>>
>> It is a very simple application, require no connectivity or big
>> resource, but I never saw something like this in a phone.
>>
>> I will give more details in the list when it will be ready
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