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==Existing Activity Packs==
==Existing Activity Packs==
All activity packs should have a descriptive page in [[:Category:Activity Pack]]. Here are some notable ones:


*[[G1G1_activity_pack]]
*[[G1G1 activity pack]]
*[[Peru_activity_pack]]
*[[Peru activity pack]]


== Installing an activity pack ==
Here is a link to the category that should be used to tag activity packs: [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Category:Activity_Pack Category:Activity Pack]
To use an activity pack:

# Download its zip file.
# Unzip it onto the root of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_flash_drive USB flash drive].
# Insert the USB flash drive into your XO and reboot.
# Hold the X game key while booting if your machine is not a secure XO (its firmware is unlocked).

Linux will boot and unpack each of the bundles into place.

* Another future option for installing 'activity pack' bundles, from console use [[xo-get]].


== Creating your own activity pack ==
== Creating your own activity pack ==

Revision as of 04:27, 22 May 2008

What is an Activity Pack?

An Activity Pack is a collection of Activity Bundles.

Existing Activity Packs

All activity packs should have a descriptive page in Category:Activity Pack. Here are some notable ones:

Installing an activity pack

To use an activity pack:

  1. Download its zip file.
  2. Unzip it onto the root of a USB flash drive.
  3. Insert the USB flash drive into your XO and reboot.
  4. Hold the X game key while booting if your machine is not a secure XO (its firmware is unlocked).

Linux will boot and unpack each of the bundles into place.

  • Another future option for installing 'activity pack' bundles, from console use xo-get.

Creating your own activity pack

The create-customization-key Python script will create a customization key bundles/ directory for G1G1 (or Mexico, or Peru, or "all"). You should first unpack a customization key image on to a USB disk, and then in the root of the USB disk:

python create-customization-key G1G1

The advantage of creating the key yourself is that you get the very latest activities from the Update.1 repository, as opposed to the ones that were latest at the time the most recent Activity Pack was created.