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I am Sarah Elkins, a configuration management specialist (looking for my next job!). I have 2 XO-1 laptops from G1G1, and am a member of the OLPC Learning Club - DC (http://www.olpclearningclub.org/). I co-presented on the XO (I talked about views, Activities, the UI, and the Journal) to the Northern Virginia Linux User Group (http://www.novalug.com/). I have a technical blog (http://configures.sarahelkins.org/), with entries about OLPC, links to my resume, my tags, and more.
I have 2 XO-1 laptops from G1G1, and am a member of the OLPC Learning Club - DC (http://www.olpclearningclub.org/). I co-presented on the XO (I talked about views, Activities, the UI, and the Journal) to the Northern Virginia Linux User Group (http://www.novalug.com/). I have a technical blog (http://configures.sarahelkins.org/), with entries about OLPC, links to my resume, my tags, and more.


== OLPC at Penguicon 2008 ==
== OLPC at Penguicon 2008 ==
OLPC will be covered/featured at a couple of different events at Penguicon (Troy, Michigan, April 18-20): [[OLPC At Penguicon 2008]].
OLPC was covered/featured at a couple of different events at Penguicon (Troy, Michigan): [[OLPC At Penguicon 2008]].


== XO Exchange Registry ==
== XO Exchange Registry ==
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== My XO Setup ==
== My XO Setup ==
(thanks to [[User:Tdang]] for the idea for adding a wiki section write-up, and the wording for the hot corners fix)
(thanks to [[User:Tdang]] for the idea of this write-up


Operating System: OLPC Fedora / Sugar
Operating System: OLPC Fedora / Sugar


Build: 650
Build: 8.2.0 (767)


SD Card: 1 2 GB card
SD Card: 1 2 GB card


Hardware Mods: Sticky Keyboard tape fix courtesy of the DC OLPC Repair shop
Hardware Mods: None


Peripherals: Logitech USB mouse, 1G USB stick, ZoWii USB-Ethernet adaptor
Peripherals: Logitech USB mouse, 1G USB stick, ZoWii USB-Ethernet adaptor

Favorite Activities-All Added: Firefox


Pre-installed Activities Removed: None
Pre-installed Activities Removed: None


[[My Old 650 Setup]] (x11vnc workaround for projector, etc.)
Favorite Activities Added: [[Opera]], [[Moon]], [[Speak]], [[Star Chart]]

Non-Sugar Software: x11vnc

Modifications:
* Fixed system clock
* Disabled hot corners
* Fixed Chat scroll bug
* Installed x11vnc, Opera
* Changed the Jabber server to xochat.org

==== Fixed system clock ====
Mine came with the correct time zone, but the clock was off. I set it to the NIST clock and sync'd the hardware clock. Saved link to how to do this in [http://configures.sarahelkins.org/2008/01/28/why-fix-a-clock/]

==== Disabled Hot Corners ====
There's at least one thing about the standard Sugar interface which most users want to change. This is also known as the frame-shrink fix, and other names.

This requires just commenting out two lines in /usr/share/sugar/shell/view/frame/eventarea.py (as root, in Terminal):
def _create_invisible(self, x, y, width, height):
invisible = gtk.Invisible()
# invisible.connect('enter-notify-event', self._enter_notify_cb)
# invisible.connect('leave-notify-event', self._leave_notify_cb)

==== Fixed Chat scroll bug ====
Saved how to do this somewhere in [http://www.connotea.org/user/selkins/tag/OLPC+how-to/
=== Installed x11vnc (for projector workaround) ===
[[Remote_Display]] (to display presentation on a projector via another Linux laptop with a data port)

Latest revision as of 16:45, 16 November 2008

I have 2 XO-1 laptops from G1G1, and am a member of the OLPC Learning Club - DC (http://www.olpclearningclub.org/). I co-presented on the XO (I talked about views, Activities, the UI, and the Journal) to the Northern Virginia Linux User Group (http://www.novalug.com/). I have a technical blog (http://configures.sarahelkins.org/), with entries about OLPC, links to my resume, my tags, and more.

OLPC at Penguicon 2008

OLPC was covered/featured at a couple of different events at Penguicon (Troy, Michigan): OLPC At Penguicon 2008.

XO Exchange Registry

The XO Exchange Registry was prompted by discussion at [1]

My XO Setup

(thanks to User:Tdang for the idea of this write-up

Operating System: OLPC Fedora / Sugar

Build: 8.2.0 (767)

SD Card: 1 2 GB card

Hardware Mods: Sticky Keyboard tape fix courtesy of the DC OLPC Repair shop

Peripherals: Logitech USB mouse, 1G USB stick, ZoWii USB-Ethernet adaptor

Favorite Activities-All Added: Firefox

Pre-installed Activities Removed: None

My Old 650 Setup (x11vnc workaround for projector, etc.)