Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Products you want to see in the 2016 Giving Guide?

[Christopher M. Hobbs]

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On Sat, 3 Dec 2016 14:54:24 +0000
Pen-Yuan Hsing <penyuanhsing@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2016-10-31 21:20, Zak Rogoff wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > The FSF's Holiday Giving Guide is scheduled to launch in November,
> > so I'm putting out a call for product suggestions. Stuff that's new
> > this year is especially welcome, but we're not limiting ourselves
> > to new products.
> >
> > Here's last year's guide: www.fsf.org/givingguide/2015
> >
> > And the list of ideas that have been proposed so far:
> > https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Giving_Guide_Suggestions
> >
> > Please reply all with any suggestions you'd like to make.
> >
> > Thanks!
> 
> Just so summarise suggestions that I've seen so far, I especially
> like the suggestions for kids and hope at least some can make it into
> this year's Giving Guide. Let me know if I forgot anything/anyone.
> 
>  From Mariah:
> 
> > Minetest instead of Minecraft
> > Desktop with Sugar instead of Chromebooks
> > Kerbal Space Program for GNU/Linux instead of Elite Dangerous
> > OsmAnd with a device mounting system instead of a Garmin or Google
> > Maps GitLab instead of GitHub
> > ownCloud instead of Google Drive
> > LittleBits instead of Lego
> 
>  From keesepema:
> 
> > Bee Bot
> https://www.bee-bot.us/
> 
>  From Adonay:
> 
> > Colobot: a game where you can program your own robots to explore the
> > fictional planets of the game. Story mode is very challenging and
> > interesting. Although I haven't played it for a while.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colobot
> 
>  From cmh:
> 
> * Snap Circuits: http://www.snapcircuits.net/
> 
> * Sugar on a Stick: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick
> 
> * Magnaformers: http://www.magformers.com/
> 
> * Tegu magnetic blocks: http://www.tegu.com/
> 
> * Learning Resources' Gears! Gears! Gears!
> 
> * Kiwi Crate: http://www.kiwicrate.com
> 

Note the Trisquel version of Sugar on a Stick because I don't know if
the Fedora one is 100% libre.  You'll need to enable a casper partition
if you want any activities you install to persist between reboots.

And don't forget Robot Turtles!

cmh

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