I am the mentor for the Project ''Build your own widgetset''.
I am trained physicist and i have a license for formal training of students. In my spare time i support open source projects since several years.
Question you should ask, when considering to make the project (actually any project)
*do you have any experience with students ?
-Yes, several years
*how can we communicate ?
-I prefer email, timezone UTC+2, use 4biz (.at.) web.de
*What LINUX distribution should i use ?
-You can use anything that supports X11
*can i use a small computer like the raspberry pi ?
-yes