Micro Bit

Summary

Enable the use of BBC Micro Bit on Fedora systems. Users will be able develop, and put in new code to their micro:bit devices using Fedora.

Owner

Name: Kushal Das
Email: mail@kushaldas.in
Release notes owner:

Current status

Targeted release: Fedora 24
Last updated: 2016-01-15
Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>

Detailed Description

Micro Bit (or micro:bit) is an ARM-based embedded system designed by the BBC for use in computer education in the UK. It will be given to every 11 year old student in UK. This change will make sure that they simply use Fedora to use their devices.

Benefit to Fedora

Enabling the devlopment of Micro Bit programs will enable regular Fedora users to use their normal system for this. This change will also bring in more young developers to Fedora ecosystem as we will be the first distribution to fully support the development for the board.

Scope

Proposal owners: To implement this change

Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Release engineering: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- List of deliverables: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)