MelbourneXOClub
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The Melbourne XO Club meets monthly* to do testing, hacking and general activities around the OLPC.
(* the third saturday of every month except in September, when we celebrate Software Freedom Day instead, and in January - when we hold a social BBQ instead.)
Many thanks to the Welly NZ Testers who have created such a great model for OLPC testing.
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[edit] Plans for this month
[edit] Next Testing Session
When: 12-4pm - every third Saturday of the month
Where: 110 Grey Street, East Melbourne*
Google Map: http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&q=unitarian+church+melbourne&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl
Map: see http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map#hub
Transport: *Train:* It is about a 10-15 minute walk from Parliament Station through Fitzroy Gardens: Google Map with directions: http://g.co/maps/pe3fv
- Tram:* The closest tram stop is Stop 15 on Victoria Parade, which is on
the Routes 24, 31, and 109.
Bus: The following bus routes will take you to the corner of Victoria Parade and Powlett Street:
- 302, - 303, - 304, - 309, - 313, - 315, - 318, - 340, - 350, - 684, - 905, - 906, - 907, - 908
Parking: can be found at the church building and nearby..
We'll be testing the latest software build... come along, and help out. If you have an XO - please let us know, and we'll be happy to help you flash it to the latest version. If you don't have an XO bring a laptop and a USB key and we'll have a go at testing sugar on a stick.
Contact: Tony Forster: forster at ozonline dot com dot au - 03 9796 8161
[edit] What we do
- User testing - if its not easily discoverable it needs fixing
- Bug testing - Activities and operating system
- Testing on XO hardware, we have some spare XO units
- Testing Sugar on a Stick / live CD - bring your laptop
- Keep having fun!
We plan to coordinate with NZ on testing.
[edit] Who's got what
Bring your laptop below the testing group. If you don't have an XO laptop, you can emulate the current build of the OLPC environment — Fedora 9 + Sugar + core activities — on your existing computer by running a Live CD or running one of our OS images under emulation.
Further Details here: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Downloads/Landing_page
[edit] Log of things done
Past sessions .
19 Mar 2011 - tested Scratch and Turtle Art
20 Aug 11 - testing OS2
17 September 2011 (and software freedom day)
15 October 2011 (pictured) testing Sugar 0.94 OS880
Past activity test notes here:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pyBIsSK_3IlsHBpwk1EFNcQ
[edit] Next Meetings
- monthly, third Saturday of the month
[edit] Who are we
Hosted by Linux Users of Victoria is one of Australia's largest Linux User Groups Please contact Jiri at sabik@baum.com.au for information on LUV.

