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<big>[[Mailing_lists/Introduction|An introduction to mailing lists]]</big>
<b>If you are new to the use of mailing lists in open-source projects, please see [[Mailing_lists/Introduction|An introduction to mailing lists]].</b>


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.
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.
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 is only partial, see http://lists.laptop.org and http://lists.sugarlabs.org for the full listing.

== Primary mailing lists ==

The mailing lists shown below are the most active of those available, and are generally the first point of contact for new contributors and wide-reaching discussions.


== General ==
{|
{|
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/OLPC-open OLPC Open]''' || ''General OLPC community discussion and chit-chat''
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/OLPC-open OLPC Open]''' || ''General OLPC community discussion and chit-chat.''
|-
|-
|'''[http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/IAEP It's An Education Project (IAEP)]''' || ''A list at [[Sugar Labs]] on Sugar and the learning theories that it espouses''
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Devel Devel]''' || ''OLPC hardware and software development. Not for general discussion.''
|-
|-
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Accessibility Accessibility]''' || ''Discussion of accessibility on the OLPC''
|'''[http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/Sugar-devel Sugar-devel]''' || ''[[Sugar]] and Sugar-related development.''
|-
|-
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Community-News Community News]''' || ''Weekend community news''
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Server-devel Server-devel]''' || ''[[School server]] development.''
|-
|-
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Health Health]''' || ''OLPC Health''
|'''[http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/IAEP It's An Education Project (IAEP)]''' || ''Sugar and the learning theories that it espouses.''
|-
|-
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Library Library]''' || ''OLPC Library and content discussions''
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Localization Localization]''' || ''Software localization.''
|-
|-
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Localization Localization]''' || ''Localization mailing list''
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Testing Testing] || ''Testing discussions related to Sugar and OLPC.''
|-
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Repairs Repairs]''' || ''Discussion about and for grassroots repair centers''
|-
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang Support Gang]''' || ''Community Support Volunteers''
|-
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Testing Testing] || ''Testing discussions related to Sugar and OLPC''
|-
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Wiki-gang Wiki Gang]''' || ''Wiki maintenance volunteers''
|-
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Olpc-sysadmin OLPC Sysadmin]''' || ''Mailing list for OLPC sysadmin team''
|}
|}


== Education ==
== Other mailing lists ==

These mailing lists may be less active (or totally inactive), and new contributors are advised to start with the mailing lists shown above. However, these quieter and more-specific lists can often be woken up by new contributors expressing interest to get involved.

=== Education ===
{|
{|
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Educators Educators]''' || ''Educators and OLPC''
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Educators Educators]''' || ''Educators and OLPC''
|-
|-
| '''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Research Research]''' || ''Academic and field research about OLPC and its impacts''
| '''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Research Research]''' || ''Academic and field research about OLPC and its impacts''
|-
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Health Health]''' || ''OLPC Health''
|-
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Library Library]''' || ''OLPC Library and content discussions''
|}
|}


=== Grassroots groups ===

== Grassroots groups ==
{|
{|
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Grassroots Grassroots]''' || ''Grassroots OLPC groups. Exchange and share experiences in building up a grassroots OLPC group''
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Grassroots Grassroots]''' || ''Grassroots OLPC groups. Exchange and share experiences in building up a grassroots OLPC group''
|-
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Repairs Repairs]''' || ''Discussion about and for grassroots repair centers''
|-
|-
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-Sur OLPC Sur]''' || ''OLPC en castellano para usuarios, docentes, voluntarios y administradores''
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-Sur OLPC Sur]''' || ''OLPC en castellano para usuarios, docentes, voluntarios y administradores''
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|}
|}


=== Country lists ===
==== Africa ====
==== Africa ====
{|
{|
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|-
|-
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Olpc-za OLPC ZA]''' || ''[[OLPC Gambia]]
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Olpc-za OLPC ZA]''' || ''[[OLPC Gambia]]
|-

|''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Egypt-opensource Uganda Open Source]''' || ''Discussion of open source in Uganda''
|''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Egypt-opensource Uganda Open Source]''' || ''Discussion of open source in Uganda''
|}
|}
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|-
|-
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Olpc-france OLPC France]''' || ''[[OLPC France|OLPC in France]] and francophone countries''
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Olpc-france OLPC France]''' || ''[[OLPC France|OLPC in France]] and francophone countries''
|}

==== Central América ====
{|
|'''[http://www.fundacionzt.org Fundación Zamora Terán]''' || ''[[OLPC Nicaragua]]'' || ''[[Zamora_Teran]]''
|}
|}


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== Development ==
==== Development and technology ====
{|
{|
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Accessibility Accessibility]''' || ''Discussion of accessibility on the OLPC''
|-
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Bugs Bugs]''' || ''OLPC bugtracker mailing list''
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Bugs Bugs]''' || ''OLPC bugtracker mailing list''
|-
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Devel Devel]''' || ''A low-volume list for announcement of interest to developers. Not for general discussion! ''
|-
|-
|'''[http://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/olpc olpc]''' || ''The [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OLPC Fedora-OLPC Project] list for olpc operating system development.''
|'''[http://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/olpc olpc]''' || ''The [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OLPC Fedora-OLPC Project] list for olpc operating system development.''
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|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Security Security]''' || ''Discussion of linux and bitfrost security, activity isolation, 'rainbow' (our security subsystem), and theft deterrence measures.''
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Security Security]''' || ''Discussion of linux and bitfrost security, activity isolation, 'rainbow' (our security subsystem), and theft deterrence measures.''
|-
|-
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Server-devel Server-devel]''' || ''[[School server]] development discussion''
|-
|'''[http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/Sugar-devel Sugar-devel]''' || ''Discussion of the [[Sugar]] learning platform design, development, and other technical matters''
|}

<blockquote>
=== OLPC hardware ===
{|
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Peripherals Peripherals]''' || Discussion for XO [[Peripherals|peripherals]]
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Peripherals Peripherals]''' || Discussion for XO [[Peripherals|peripherals]]
|-
|-
||'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Power Power]''' || Discussions on XO laptop power - See [[:Category:Battery & Power]]
||'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Power Power]''' || Discussions on XO laptop power - See [[:Category:Battery & Power]]
|}
|-
</blockquote>

<blockquote>
=== Activity development ===
{|
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Edublog EduBlog]''' || ''[[EduBlog]] mailing list''
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Edublog EduBlog]''' || ''[[EduBlog]] mailing list''
|-
|-
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Etoys Etoys]''' || ''Discussion of the [[Etoys]] multi-media authoring environment on OLPC
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Etoys Etoys]''' || ''Discussion of the [[Etoys]] multi-media authoring environment on OLPC
|-
|-
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Games Games]''' || ''[[Games]] for the OLPC''
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Games Games]''' || ''[[Games]] for OLPC''
|-
|-
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Socialcalc SocialCalc]''' || ''[[SocialCalc]] mailing list''
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Socialcalc SocialCalc]''' || ''[[SocialCalc]] mailing list''
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|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Wikireader Wiki]''' || ''Discussion of [[WikiReaders]] and related tech''
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Wikireader Wiki]''' || ''Discussion of [[WikiReaders]] and related tech''
|}
|}

</blockquote>
==== Members-only groups ====
{|
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang Support Gang]''' || ''Community Support Volunteers''
|-
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Wiki-gang Wiki Gang]''' || ''Wiki maintenance volunteers''
|-
|'''[http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Olpc-sysadmin OLPC Sysadmin]''' || ''Mailing list for OLPC sysadmin team''
|}



[[Category:Community]]
[[Category:Community]]

Revision as of 13:11, 20 February 2011

If you are new to the use of mailing lists in open-source projects, please see 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 is only partial, see http://lists.laptop.org and http://lists.sugarlabs.org for the full listing.

Primary mailing lists

The mailing lists shown below are the most active of those available, and are generally the first point of contact for new contributors and wide-reaching discussions.

OLPC Open General OLPC community discussion and chit-chat.
Devel OLPC hardware and software development. Not for general discussion.
Sugar-devel Sugar and Sugar-related development.
Server-devel School server development.
It's An Education Project (IAEP) Sugar and the learning theories that it espouses.
Localization Software localization.
Testing Testing discussions related to Sugar and OLPC.

Other mailing lists

These mailing lists may be less active (or totally inactive), and new contributors are advised to start with the mailing lists shown above. However, these quieter and more-specific lists can often be woken up by new contributors expressing interest to get involved.

Education

Educators Educators and OLPC
Research Academic and field research about OLPC and its impacts
Health OLPC Health
Library OLPC Library and content discussions

Grassroots groups

Grassroots Grassroots OLPC groups. Exchange and share experiences in building up a grassroots OLPC group
Repairs Discussion about and for grassroots repair centers
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

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 MA OLPC Morocco
OLPC NG OLPC Nigeria Ambassadors
OLPC ZA OLPC Gambia
Uganda Open Source' Discussion of open source in Uganda

Asia

OLPC India Announce OLPC India
India OLPC India
Nepal OLPC Nepal
OLPC Indonesia OLPC Indonesia
OLPC Philippines eKindling OLPC Philippines
OLPC saudi arabia OLPC saudi arabia
OLPC Kuwait OLPC Kuwait
OLPC Malaysia OLPC Malaysia
OLPC Vietnam OLPC Vietnam

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 and technology

Accessibility Discussion of accessibility on the OLPC
Bugs OLPC bugtracker mailing list
olpc The Fedora-OLPC Project list for olpc operating system development.
OpenEC Discussion of OpenEC development
Security Discussion of linux and bitfrost security, activity isolation, 'rainbow' (our security subsystem), and theft deterrence measures.
Peripherals Discussion for XO peripherals
Power Discussions on XO laptop power - See Category:Battery & Power
EduBlog EduBlog mailing list
Etoys Discussion of the Etoys multi-media authoring environment on OLPC
Games Games for OLPC
SocialCalc SocialCalc mailing list
Wiki Discussion of WikiReaders and related tech

Members-only groups

Support Gang Community Support Volunteers
Wiki Gang Wiki maintenance volunteers
OLPC Sysadmin Mailing list for OLPC sysadmin team