XS Community Edition/5.0

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Synopsis

Building off the success of XSCE 0.4, we hope with v0.5, the glass will officially become half-full :}

Its spec document will be refined Oct 21-23 in San Francisco.

Rolling list of proposals / open-community planning:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FVUFl6vry8u9b_lNSXvcWKN6hgVB-7Je4aTBpvq0QVg

How is XSCE 0.5 coming together since Sept 2013?

Look through its spec and community efforts below, as well as XSCE's General FAQ.

• San Francisco Design/Hacking "Crystallization Sprint" will be Oct 21-23 2013. All are invited, we just ask that all RSVP with their expected contribution, thanks!
• The /Project_Specifications is not yet ready as late Sept / early Oct 2013: as such all are strongly encouraged to contribute suggestions and strategic/tactical directions. We will pull these together during San Francisco's Oct 21-23 Sprint mentioned immediately above.
• Our /Road Map is emerging in coming weeks, during San Francisco's Sprint, becoming even more precise during Malaysia's "Culmination Sprint" Nov 18-20, 2013.

Thanks for thinking how we & others can refine this for in the autumn of 2013 for Version 0.5 !

Conversion of Install Mechanism to Ansible

A major goal of the 0.5 release is converting the xs-config rpm based install to an ansible playbook.

Progress in this conversion is tracked here.

Placeholder links (for later)

• Installing
• Testing
• Configuring
• Hacking

School Server Recap

A community school server provides communication, networking, content, and maintenance to a school and/or classroom. In everyday usage the school server provides services extending capabilities of the connected laptops, enhancing teacher-child-parent relationships. In general, these services include:

• Classroom connectivity – Similar to what you would find in an advanced home router.
• Internet gateway – If available, an internet connection is made available to laptops.
• Content - Tools for deployments and teachers to make instructional media available to their schools and classrooms.
• Maintenance - Tools to keep laptops updated and running smoothly.