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| author | P. J. McDermott <pehjota> | 2014-09-11 17:35:50 (EDT) |
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| committer | P. J. McDermott <pj@pehjota.net> | 2014-09-11 17:35:50 (EDT) |
| commit | c903f0392cd412f02859672acdc9172e67a9728f (patch) | |
| tree | d4b2a167913a517bc5eeffbc8dc1dbe3b573e19e /dev | |
| parent | 54073a14e7f0c6f0a692f30886bceb19d05dbec3 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/dev/mentoring/vals-soc/propose-app.mdwn b/dev/mentoring/vals-soc/propose-app.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a5e7580 --- /dev/null +++ b/dev/mentoring/vals-soc/propose-app.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +[[meta title="Propose your own application for ProteanOS"]] + +ProteanOS bills itself as a "universal embedded operating system", a +distribution that "aims to provide a competitive solution in a wide variety of +applications". ProteanOS currently provides software for wired and wireless +networking (including access points), network routing, firewalls, servers, +digital signage, and audio playback and recording. Work is beginning to support +kiosk systems, Web applications, and point of sale systems (see some of the +other VALS SOC projects with ProteanOS). + +Support for other embedded applications in ProteanOS is welcome. A student may +propose a new application for ProteanOS and contribute support for it. This +includes researching software packages that provide an application, doing +dependency analysis to determine which additional packages are required (and +whether it's possible and feasible to prepare those packages for ProteanOS), and +preparing all the needed packages. + + * Mentor: Patrick "P. J." McDermott + * Desirable skills: Distribution packaging, Git + * Project deliverables: ProteanOS packages to support a new application + * Difficulty: Low to medium + +Tags: embedded, distribution, packaging |