OLPC UK/Lending Library and Repair Centre/Status 20090505

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[edit] OLPC UK Library Update 20090505

The OLPC UK Local Laptop Lending Library (LLLL) has received its laptop allocation courtesy of OLPC.

Here is an updated status and the next steps; but first, please recall that the purpose of the combined Library / Repair Centre is to:

• support the OLPC mission and community via lending out laptops to UK volunteers / contributors; and

• facilitate with space, materiel, and expertise XO repairs by volunteers; and

• encourage, enable, and support Contributor Program applicants from the UK.

[edit] Status

• 10 laptops (9 fully functional, one with broken wireless) and 8 working batteries are in the UK.

• All laptops have:
  • developer keys
  • security disabled
  • markings with a OLPCUK-NN (NN from 1 to 10) code, my mobile phone number, and the olpc-uk@lists.laptop.org mailing list address
  • been flashed to latest firmware (Q2E41)
  • have the latest Sugar-on-a-Stick build (Rawhide/Fedora 11 + OLPC kernel) installed.

• 3 pairs of laptops are available for borrowing: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Image:Olpcuk_llll_sixlaptopsmontage_dsc07664-small.jpg

• 2 pairs of laptops have been lent to developer Library beta-testers in central London (est return time: 1.5 months)

• More help is always needed with outreach, hardware wrangling, mentoring, etc. Please get in touch directly or via olpc-uk@lists.laptop.org. Better yet, Just Do It - whatever you you're trying to help with - and I/people will try to keep up (Forgiveness vs. Permission).

• Much untriaged Repair Centre hardware is in the UK.

[edit] Next steps

• Review plans at OLPC UK meeting: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_UK/Lending_Library_and_Repair_Centre#Month_2

• Flesh out "How do I get a laptop" instructions: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_UK/Lending_Library_and_Repair_Centre#How_do_I_get_a_Laptop.3F

• Get people interested in borrowing laptops

• Start Repair Centre hardware triage

• Start Library inventory system with (gcstar, probably)

• Write up lessons learned so far; share with appropriate audiences