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Welcome to the kick-off page for Australia. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QnSYpIolvHM/T6koG9fKhCI/AAAAAAAAC8o/OKR8OXRREyE/s1600/olpcAU.jpg [http://www.laptop.org.au/ OLPC Australia] was launched in March 2008. They received a small batch of laptops to distribute as that independent Foundation could manage it across pilot projects in the region. __TOC__ == Technical development == Technical development is co-ordinated at https://dev.laptop.org.au/. See the [https://dev.laptop.org.au/participate Participation] page to get involved. === Technical projects === Some of the key technical [http://dev.laptop.org.au/projects/general/wiki/Projects projects] supported by OLPC Australia. '''[https://dev.laptop.org.au/projects/xo-au XO-AU]''': an Australian-specific software build for XOs. It contains localised settings and content suitable for Australian children. It has been developed in consultation with schools, educators and local communities. '''[https://dev.laptop.org.au/projects/xs-au XS-AU]''': a reconfiguration of the XS school server. '''[https://dev.laptop.org.au/projects/mini-server Mini Server]''': A mini update server that runs on an XO. Other XOs can wirelessly update their OS from it, using olpc-update. In a sense, it is like [[Nandblaster]], but data (including the Journal) is preserved. '''[http://edu.laptop.org.au/laptop/xop XOP]''': An XO [[Product_News#XO_Rack | racking]] and charging solution. The charger developed by OLPC Australia is better suited for the racks than the [[Product_News#XOP_Distributed_Bundle | OLPC version]]. == Community == These are community groups assisting OLPC Australia. See our [https://dev.laptop.org.au/projects/general/wiki/Events Events page] for more. The [[MelbourneXOClub|Melbourne XO Club]] meets monthly. OLPC Australia personnel are often present at the [http://www.slug.org.au Sydney Linux Users Group]. == [http://laptop.org.au/vision/people Key contacts] == === OLPC Australia Board === * Rangan Srikhanta, Chief Executive Officer * Clinton Hoffmann, Chairman * [http://web.media.mit.edu/~bv/ Prof. Barry Vercoe], Director * Charles Kane, Director * Philip Argy, Director * Michael McLeod - Director === Team === * [[User:Sridhar|Sridhar Dhanapalan]], Engineering Manager * Rita Sharma, Operations Manager * Jerry Vonau, Software Engineer * Deepak Muddha, Software Test Engineer * Sasha Faint, Customer Service * Ning Gong, Finance and Logistics Co-ordinator * Alan James, Regional Manager - Northern Territory == See also == * [[OLPC Oceania]] * [[OLPC New Zealand]] == External links == * [http://www.laptop.org.au/ OLPC Australia (official site)] * [https://dev.laptop.org.au/ OLPC Australia technical development] * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia Australia (Wikipedia)] [[category:deployments]] [[Category:Countries|Australia]]

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