[Linux dev] Re: Ideas for a program?

[Allen Van Der Ross <allen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 19:24, Paul Surgeon wrote:
> I want to start playing with C programming under Linux but would like to 
> actually code something that is constructive and has a use.
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas?
> Some little app that does something that someone needs or would like.
> 
> The only thing I can think of so far is writing an app that monitors the 
> growth of files or directories on a system so that an admin can see what is 
> growing too fast or where all the disk space is dissapearing.
> Not sure if it would be that useful though.
 
I have a suggestion, but it's different from your idea.

Why don't you develop educational programs for kids?

I dunno what's available out there, but it would be
quite useful in getting schools (esp. Primary) to
adopt Linux over Windows.

Just a thought...

Cheers,
Allen.