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[http://github.com/iiab/iiab IIAB 6.3] (Internet-in-a-Box 6.3) |
[http://github.com/iiab/iiab IIAB 6.3] (Internet-in-a-Box 6.3) was released on July 13, 2017, after many of us met for a great March event (http://socallinuxexpo.org) in the Los Angeles area — and further developed some near-universal field requirements in Oaxaca, Mexico during late April, 2017. |
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Please see our [https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-6.3-Release-Notes IIAB 6.3 Release Notes]! |
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| ⚫ | Whereas [[XS_Community_Edition/6.2|IIAB/XSCE 6.2]] released April 19, 2017 was intended to bring [[XS_Community_Edition/6.1|XSCE 6.1]] from Fedora/CentOS to Raspbian/Debian (and possibly later Ubuntu) — we are very excited to now build off Raspberry Pi's organic community energy around the globe. This means popular demand is increasingly now driving ease-of-use / ease-of-content-maintenance improvements of many |
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| ⚫ | Whereas [[XS_Community_Edition/6.2|IIAB/XSCE 6.2]] released April 19, 2017 was intended to bring [[XS_Community_Edition/6.1|XSCE 6.1]] from Fedora/CentOS to Raspbian/Debian (and possibly later Ubuntu) — we are very excited to now build off Raspberry Pi's organic community energy around the globe. This means popular demand is increasingly now driving ease-of-use / ease-of-content-maintenance improvements of *many* kinds, even if yes Captive Portal did not make the cut this time! |
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'''SOME PROPOSED FEATURES ARE LISTED IN THE JANUARY 17, 2017 MEETING MINUTES @ http://tinyurl.com/xsceminutes (and under March 16, 2017 @ http://minutes.iiab.io)''' |
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To see how the design of IIAB 6.3 evolved over the prior 3 months in much more detail, please read our twice-weekly minutes here: |
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Please join our weekly "Thursday" calls to help push this forward -- educators and contributors of all kind are welcome: |
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e.g. a significant code refactoring occured in early June 2017 harmonizing most/all internal commands and variable names to "iiab-whatever" after a decade — instead of "xsce-whatever" and "xs-whatever" — regardless whether uppercase of lowercase. |
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'''GIVE IT A SPIN!''' |
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''Give this a shot on a Raspberry Pi 3 especially — very similar also works x86_64 OS's like Ubuntu 16.04.2, CentOS 7.3 and Debian 8.8:'' |
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curl [http://download.iiab.io/6.3/rpi/load |
curl [http://download.iiab.io/6.3/rpi/load.txt download.iiab.io/6.3/rpi/load.txt] | sudo bash |
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curl [http://download.iiab.io/6.3/rpi/load.txt download.iiab.io/6.3/rpi/load-lite.txt] | sudo bash |
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Fair Warning: the [https://github.com/xsce/xsce/wiki/IIAB-Installation#do-everything-from-scratch "from scratch"] approach to installation above takes <u>about 1.5 hours</u> to complete on a recent install of Raspbian on RPi3 — depending on the speed of your microSD card — and how well-ventilate your RPi3 CPU. Let it rip and let us know!! |
Fair Warning: the [https://github.com/xsce/xsce/wiki/IIAB-Installation#do-everything-from-scratch "from scratch"] approach to installation above takes <u>about 1.5 hours</u> to complete on a recent install of Raspbian on RPi3 — depending on the speed of your microSD card — and how well-ventilate your RPi3 CPU. Let it rip and let us know!! |
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Note this is the master branch of (pre-release) Internet-in-a-Box 6.3, so of course there are No Guarantees, but everyone massively appreciates your feedback/observations, as we anticipate a final release very shortly ("around late June 2017") if all goes well! |
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While You Wait: check out http://FAQ.IIAB.IO and feel free to read (or improve!) the docs @ https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki :) |
While You Wait: check out http://FAQ.IIAB.IO and feel free to read (or improve!) the docs @ https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki :) |
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[[../6.4|IIAB 6.4]] is expected next. |
[[../6.4|IIAB 6.4]] is expected next. |
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The latest ''stable'' release of IIAB should always be available at: https://github.com/xsce/xsce/releases/latest |
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The prior ''stable'' release (IIAB/XSCE 6.2 from April 19, 2017, which added a few critical fixes since then) remains available at: https://github.com/xsce/xsce/releases/latest |
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Note the name chance — as our new repos (software code) emerged in late May 2017 here: http://github.com/iiab |
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Return to this IIAB 6.3 summary site anytime later, with short link: http://wiki.iiab.io/6.3 |
Return to this IIAB 6.3 summary site anytime later, with short link: http://wiki.iiab.io/6.3 |
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Revision as of 17:11, 13 July 2017
This IIAB XSCE content does not reflect the opinion of OLPC. These pages were created by members of a volunteer community supporting OLPC and deployments.
IIAB 6.3 (Internet-in-a-Box 6.3) was released on July 13, 2017, after many of us met for a great March event (http://socallinuxexpo.org) in the Los Angeles area — and further developed some near-universal field requirements in Oaxaca, Mexico during late April, 2017.
Please see our IIAB 6.3 Release Notes!
As of early July 2017, IIAB 6.3 is in use in Ghana, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Nicaragua, Malaysia and soon Lebanon.
Whereas IIAB/XSCE 6.2 released April 19, 2017 was intended to bring XSCE 6.1 from Fedora/CentOS to Raspbian/Debian (and possibly later Ubuntu) — we are very excited to now build off Raspberry Pi's organic community energy around the globe. This means popular demand is increasingly now driving ease-of-use / ease-of-content-maintenance improvements of *many* kinds, even if yes Captive Portal did not make the cut this time!
To see how the design of IIAB 6.3 evolved over the prior 3 months in much more detail, please read our twice-weekly minutes here:
http://minutes.iiab.io
e.g. a significant code refactoring occured in early June 2017 harmonizing most/all internal commands and variable names to "iiab-whatever" after a decade — instead of "xsce-whatever" and "xs-whatever" — regardless whether uppercase of lowercase.
GIVE IT A SPIN!
Give this a shot on a Raspberry Pi 3 especially — very similar also works x86_64 OS's like Ubuntu 16.04.2, CentOS 7.3 and Debian 8.8:
curl download.iiab.io/6.3/rpi/load.txt | sudo bash
Or if you want this to run significantly faster:
curl download.iiab.io/6.3/rpi/load-lite.txt | sudo bash
An Ethernet (live Internet) cable installed into the back of your Raspberry Pi 3 is strongly recommend.
Write to bugs @ iiab.io if you find important bugs, and don't be shy posting to our public forums at http://iiab.io !
Fair Warning: the "from scratch" approach to installation above takes about 1.5 hours to complete on a recent install of Raspbian on RPi3 — depending on the speed of your microSD card — and how well-ventilate your RPi3 CPU. Let it rip and let us know!!
While You Wait: check out http://FAQ.IIAB.IO and feel free to read (or improve!) the docs @ https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki :)
IIAB 6.4 is expected next.
The latest stable release of IIAB should always be available at: https://github.com/xsce/xsce/releases/latest
The prior stable release (IIAB/XSCE 6.2 from April 19, 2017, which added a few critical fixes since then) remains available at: https://github.com/xsce/xsce/releases/latest
Note the name chance — as our new repos (software code) emerged in late May 2017 here: http://github.com/iiab
Return to this IIAB 6.3 summary site anytime later, with short link: http://wiki.iiab.io/6.3