Mailing lists
An introduction to mailing lists
Mailing lists are used extensively for communication amongst members of the OLPC community. They are used for software/hardware development, user and deployment support, general disussion, community outreach, and more. With some exceptions, OLPC mailing lists are public, meaning that anyone can subscribe and post, and anyone (even those without subscriptions) can read the archives.
A list of OLPC-related mailing lists is shown below. Clicking the links below will lead to the list's individual page, where a more thorough description and forms for subscribing can be found. This list may be incomplete, see http://lists.laptop.org for the most up-to-date listing.
General
| OLPC Open | General OLPC community discussion and chit-chat |
| Accessibility | Discussion of accessibility on the OLPC |
| Community News | Weekend community news |
| Health | OLPC Health |
| Library | OLPC Library and content discussions |
| Localization | Localization mailing list |
| Repairs | Discussion about and for grassroots repair centers |
| Support Gang | Community Support Volunteers |
| Testing | Testing discussions related to Sugar and OLPC |
| Wiki Gang | Wiki maintenance volunteers |
| OLPC Sysadmin | Mailing list for OLPC sysadmin team |
Education
| Educators | Educators and OLPC |
| Research | Academic and field research about OLPC and its impacts |
Grassroots groups
| Grassroots | Grassroots OLPC groups. Exchange and share experiences in building up a grassroots OLPC group |
| OLPC Sur | OLPC en castellano para usuarios, docentes, voluntarios y administradores |
| OLPC Boston | Boston, MA USA Users Group |
| OLPC Chicago | OLPC Chicago |
| OLPC LCDC | OLPC Learning Club DC |
| OLPC NYC | OLPC NYC |
| OLPC SF | OLPC San Francisco |
| OLPC Workshop | OLPC Workshops |
| Toronto Dev | Discussion list for Toronto area OLPC developers |
| Roadshows | XO roadshows |
| University Chapters | Grassroots OLPC chapters at colleges and universities |
Country lists
Africa
| Egypt Open Source | Discussion of open source in Egypt | ||
| Ethiopia | OLPC Ethiopia | ||
| Ghana Open Source | Discussion of open source in Ghana | ||
| in Tanzania | OLPC PTN in Tanzania | ||
| Nigeria Open Source | Discussion of open source in Nigeria | ||
| OLPC ZA | OLPC South Africa | ||
| OLPC NG | OLPC Nigeria Ambassadors | ||
| OLPC ZA | OLPC Gambia | Uganda Open Source' | Discussion of open source in Uganda |
Asia
Europe
| OLPC CH | OLPC Switzerland |
| OLPC DE | OLPC Deutschland |
| OLPC Europe | OLPC Europe |
| OLPC France | OLPC in France and francophone countries |
South America
| Argentina | OLPC Argentina |
| Bolivia | OLPC Bolivia |
| Brasil | OLPC Brasil |
| Colombia | OLPC Colombia/Grassroots Organization |
| Kreyol | Haitian Kreyol translation |
| Peru | OLPC Peru |
| OLPC Haiti | OLPC Haiti |
| OLPC Uruguay | OLPC Uruguay |
Development
| Bugs | OLPC bugtracker mailing list |
| Devel | A low-volume list for announcement of interest to developers. Not for general discussion! |
| OpenEC | Discussion of OpenEC development |
| Security | Discussion of linux and bitfrost security, activity isolation, 'rainbow' (our security subsystem), and theft deterrence measures. |
| Server Devel | School server development discussion |
| Sugar | Discussion of OLPC design, desktop platform and user experience |
OLPC hardware
Peripherals Discussion for XO peripherals
Activity development
EduBlog EduBlog mailing list Etoys Discussion of the Etoys multi-media authoring environment on OLPC Games Games for the OLPC SocialCalc SocialCalc mailing list Wiki Discussion of WikiReaders and related tech
