In January, +I +announced a new IRC +channel #debian-lego, for those of us in the Debian and Linux +community interested in LEGO, the marvellous construction system from +Denmark. We also created +a wiki page to have +a place to take notes and write down our plans and hopes. And several +people showed up to help. I was very happy to see the effect of my +call. Since the small start, we have a debtags tag +hardware::hobby:lego +tag for LEGO related packages, and now count 10 packages related to +LEGO and Mindstorms:
+ +brickos | alternative OS for LEGO Mindstorms RCX. Supports development in C/C++ |
leocad | virtual brick CAD software |
libnxt | utility library for talking to the LEGO Mindstorms NX |
lnpd | daemon for LNP communication with BrickOS |
nbc | compiler for LEGO Mindstorms NXT bricks |
nqc | Not Quite C compiler for LEGO Mindstorms RCX |
python-nxt | python driver/interface/wrapper for the Lego Mindstorms NXT robot |
python-nxt-filer | simple GUI to manage files on a LEGO Mindstorms NXT |
scratch | easy to use programming environment for ages 8 and up |
t2n | simple command-line tool for Lego NXT |
Some of these are available in Wheezy, and all but one are +currently available in Jessie/testing. leocad is so far only +available in experimental.
+ +If you care about LEGO in Debian, please join us on IRC and help +adding the rest of the great free software tools available on Linux +for LEGO designers.
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