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The Melbourne XO Club will meet monthly to do testing, hacking and general activities around the OLPC. Announcements are made through the [http://olpcfriends.org OLPC Friends] mailing list.
The Melbourne XO Club meets monthly* to do testing, hacking and general activities around the OLPC.


(* the third saturday of every month except in September, when we celebrate Software Freedom Day instead, and in January - when we hold a social BBQ instead.)
Many thanks to the [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/WellyNZTesters Welly NZ Testers] who have created such a great model for OLPC testing.


Many thanks to the [[WellyNZTesters|Welly NZ Testers]] who have created such a great model for OLPC testing.
=Plans for this week=


=Plans for this month=
== First Meeting ==


== Next Testing Session ==
'''When:''' 1-5pm - Saturday 20 December


'''When:''' 12-4pm - every third Saturday of the month
'''Where:''' Sharwood Room, Trinity College, Parkville (Royal Parade, University of Melbourne)


'''Where:''' 110 Grey Street, East Melbourne*
'''Map:''' [coming - in the meantime see http://www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au/about/location/map/maincampus]


Google Map:
'''How:''' Enter Via pedestrian Gate B - head left towards the College Oak Tree, turn right in the Clarke's cloister, head past the Junior Common Room to The Sharwood Room, which looks like a little chapel.
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&q=unitarian+church+melbourne&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl


'''Transport:''' Trams on Royal Parade and Swanston Street, Busses on Grattan Street.
Train to North Melbourne Station and take the 401 Bus to Grattan St or Train to Melbourne Central and Trams on Swanston and Elizabeth go to the University.


'''Parking:''' Limited on Royal Parade.


'''Map:''' see http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map#hub
== RSVP ==


'''Transport:''' *Train:* It is about a 10-15 minute walk from Parliament Station through
Please list your name and contact here and email donna [at] cc.com.au
Fitzroy Gardens:
Google Map with directions: http://g.co/maps/pe3fv


*Tram:* The closest tram stop is Stop 15 on Victoria Parade, which is on
== What to do ==
the Routes 24, 31, and 109.
# Testing Activities for G1G1; use (and edit!) http://wiki.laptop.org/go/How_to_test_an_Activity and http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Reporting_test_results.
# Testing Image 8.2.1 - has new patches to deal with network issues [http://inodes.org/blog/2008/11/25/olpc-wireless-packet-loss/ discussed here].
# Contribution to NZ based testing form - http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pyBIsSK_3IlsHBpwk1EFNcQ. This presents a form that fills in: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pyBIsSK_3IlsHBpwk1EFNcQ
# Keep working on our testing strategy to ensure we are getting it right.
# Keep having fun!


Bus: The following bus routes will take you to the corner of Victoria
=Who's got what=
Parade and Powlett Street:
Add your laptop below to the testing group. Donna will try to bring along a few extra laptops.


- 302,
If you don't have a laptop - see if you can install Sugar on your own machine, or prepare a liveCD or Sugar on a USB Stick.
- 303,
- 304,
- 309,
- 313,
- 315,
- 318,
- 340,
- 350,
- 684,
- 905,
- 906,
- 907,
- 908


Details here: http://sugarlabs.org/go/Supported_systems#Updating_Sugar_to_the_Latest_Version


'''Parking:''' can be found at the church building and nearby..
* '''Laptop Name - Who's bringing it - Project'''

* Kattekrab - Donna Benjamin - Testing 8.2-767

* Stewart - Donna Benjamin - Testing 8.2-767

* Laptop 3 - Tony Forster - Testing 8.2-767
We'll be testing the latest software build... come along, and help out. If you have an XO - please let us know, and we'll be happy to help you flash it to the latest version. If you don't have an XO bring a laptop and a USB key and we'll have a go at testing sugar on a stick.

Contact: Tony Forster: forster at ozonline dot com dot au - 03 9796 8161

== What we do ==
# User testing - if its not easily [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/The_Undiscoverable discoverable] it needs fixing
# Bug testing - Activities and operating system
# Testing on XO hardware, we have some spare XO units
# Testing Sugar on a Stick / live CD - bring your laptop
# Keep having fun!

We plan to coordinate with [[OLPC_New_Zealand/Test_Requests|NZ on testing]].

==Who's got what==
Bring your laptop below the testing group.
If you don't have an [[XO]] laptop, you can emulate the current build of the OLPC environment — Fedora 9 + Sugar + core activities — on your existing computer by running a [[Live CD]] or running one of our [[OS images]] under [[emulation]].

Further Details here: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Downloads/Landing_page




== Log of things done ==
== Log of things done ==
Past sessions .
We'll list our achievements as we go.


[[MelbXOclub-RandomObservations|20 Dec 2008]]
= Next Meetings =


[[MelbXOclub20Nov10|20 Nov 2010]]
* January 10 - [http://www.luv.asn.au/penguin-picnic Penguin Picnic] - Docklands (across the road from the Hub Community Centre)

[[MelbXOclub18Dec10|18 Dec 2010]]

[[MelbXOclub19Feb11|19 Feb 2011]]

19 Mar 2011 - tested Scratch and Turtle Art

[[MelbXOclub18jun11|18 June 2011]]

[[MelbXOclub16july11|16 July 2011]]

20 Aug 11 - testing OS2

17 September 2011 (and software freedom day)

15 October 2011 (pictured) testing Sugar 0.94 OS880

[[File:Melbournetesting15oct11.jpg|150px]]

<s>Past activity test notes here:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pyBIsSK_3IlsHBpwk1EFNcQ </s>

= Next Meetings =


* monthly, third Saturday of the month
* January linux.conf.au 2009 Super BOF
http://linux.conf.au/wiki/index.php?n=Main.OLPCBOF


== Who are we ==
== Who are we ==
Hosted by Linux Users of Victoria is one of Australia's largest Linux User Groups
Please contact Donna at donna@cc.com.au for information and to let her know you are coming.
Please contact Jiri at sabik@baum.com.au for information on LUV.




[[Testing]]|[[Volunteer]]
[[Testing]]|[[Volunteer]]
[[User:Greebo]]

Latest revision as of 21:52, 20 April 2012

The Melbourne XO Club meets monthly* to do testing, hacking and general activities around the OLPC.

(* the third saturday of every month except in September, when we celebrate Software Freedom Day instead, and in January - when we hold a social BBQ instead.)

Many thanks to the Welly NZ Testers who have created such a great model for OLPC testing.

Plans for this month

Next Testing Session

When: 12-4pm - every third Saturday of the month

Where: 110 Grey Street, East Melbourne*

Google Map: http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&q=unitarian+church+melbourne&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl


Map: see http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map#hub

Transport: *Train:* It is about a 10-15 minute walk from Parliament Station through Fitzroy Gardens: Google Map with directions: http://g.co/maps/pe3fv

  • Tram:* The closest tram stop is Stop 15 on Victoria Parade, which is on

the Routes 24, 31, and 109.

Bus: The following bus routes will take you to the corner of Victoria Parade and Powlett Street: 

  - 302,
  - 303,
  - 304,
  - 309,
  - 313,
  - 315,
  - 318,
  - 340,
  - 350,
  - 684,
  - 905,
  - 906,
  - 907,
  - 908


Parking: can be found at the church building and nearby..


We'll be testing the latest software build... come along, and help out. If you have an XO - please let us know, and we'll be happy to help you flash it to the latest version. If you don't have an XO bring a laptop and a USB key and we'll have a go at testing sugar on a stick.

Contact: Tony Forster: forster at ozonline dot com dot au - 03 9796 8161

What we do

  1. User testing - if its not easily discoverable it needs fixing
  2. Bug testing - Activities and operating system
  3. Testing on XO hardware, we have some spare XO units
  4. Testing Sugar on a Stick / live CD - bring your laptop
  5. Keep having fun!

We plan to coordinate with NZ on testing.

Who's got what

Bring your laptop below the testing group. If you don't have an XO laptop, you can emulate the current build of the OLPC environment — Fedora 9 + Sugar + core activities — on your existing computer by running a Live CD or running one of our OS images under emulation.

Further Details here: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Downloads/Landing_page


Log of things done

Past sessions .

20 Dec 2008

20 Nov 2010

18 Dec 2010

19 Feb 2011

19 Mar 2011 - tested Scratch and Turtle Art

18 June 2011

16 July 2011

20 Aug 11 - testing OS2

17 September 2011 (and software freedom day)

15 October 2011 (pictured) testing Sugar 0.94 OS880

Melbournetesting15oct11.jpg

Past activity test notes here:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pyBIsSK_3IlsHBpwk1EFNcQ

Next Meetings

  • monthly, third Saturday of the month

Who are we

Hosted by Linux Users of Victoria is one of Australia's largest Linux User Groups Please contact Jiri at sabik@baum.com.au for information on LUV.


Testing|Volunteer

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