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Our primary communication channels are mail and blogs. |
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== Mail == |
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We use mail for private messages. See: [[Contact us]]. |
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== Blogs == |
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We use a blog for public announcements. See: [[Blogs]]. |
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Most OLPC chat takes place on IRC (that's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC Internet Relay Chat]). You can either use a computer based client to log in to IRC (like [[XOirc]] on the XO) or a web interface like the one [http://en.forum.laptop.org/chat/ at our forum]. |
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=== IRC === |
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====IRC for the total First Time user==== |
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''' [https://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.freenode.net&channel=%23OLPC-meeting Just click here]''' for IRC meetings on the OLPC Meetings channel - this will open a web interface provided by Mibbit that will connect you right away. Just click '''connect''' when that window opens, and you're in! It even has in-line '''language translation'''. |
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====easy IRC ==== |
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[[MibbitIlustrado|Illustrated guide to Mibbit]] for somewhat more advanced users. |
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You can set channels as described below. |
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===Channels=== |
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IRC is mainly designed for group communication in discussion 'channels', but allows for personal chat and data transfer as well. |
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The OLPC Community uses a series of ''channels'' in the '''<tt>irc.freenode.net</tt>''' and <tt>irc.oftc.net</tt> networks. If you have a user page on this wiki, use {{tl|User irc}} to indicate your participation in IRC channels, and to find the category where users are registered. |
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==== irc.freenode.net channels ==== |
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{| |
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| colspan=2 style="background:lightyellow; border:1px solid black;" | '''General:''' |
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| <tt>#olpc-help</tt> || Community help. If you need help using your XO, and you haven't asked anywhere else: try here first. You can access it [http://en.forum.laptop.org/chat/ from a web page right now]. |
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| <tt>#olpc-ayuda</tt> || The Spanish language (Español) version of #olpc-help. |
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| width=200px | <tt>#olpc</tt> || Contact point for all things olpc, ''and'' the core hardware development team's own channel. Picture a room where the knowledgeable core people are hard at work. It is a good place for authoritative answers, but people may be out, or too busy to respond, or don't want interruptions at the moment. '''Consider going to #olpc-help first.''' |
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| <tt>#olpc-content</tt> || [[content]] related matters and general discussion. |
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| <tt>#sugar</tt> || [[Sugar]] development. |
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| colspan=2 style="background:lightyellow; border:1px solid black;" | '''Developer:''' |
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| <tt>#fedora-olpc</tt> || The home of the [[Fedora]] interest group for OLPC |
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| colspan=2 style="background:lightyellow; border:1px solid black;" | '''Primary Community Channels''' |
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| <tt>#olpc-groups</tt> || Global channel for all local communities (no language barriers) |
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| <tt>#olpc-health</tt> || Global channel for all health-related communities (English) |
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| <tt>#olpc-es</tt> || [[Spanish]] language channel |
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| <tt>#olpc-brasil</tt> || [[Portuguese_language|Portuguese]] language channel |
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| <tt>#olpc-europe</tt> || Regional discussions for [[OLPC Europe|Europe]] |
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|} |
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==== irc.oftc.net channels ==== |
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{| |
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| colspan=2 style="background:lightyellow; border:1px solid black;" | '''Developer:''' |
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| <tt>#olpc-devel</tt> || Primary home of Developers conversation in IRC |
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| <tt>#schoolserver</tt> || Development of the [[XS]] [[School server]] |
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| colspan=2 style="background:lightyellow; border:1px solid black;" | '''Community:''' |
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| <tt>#olpc-admin</tt> || Home of the Volunteer sys-admin squad: [[Infrastructure gang]] |
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|} |
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[[Communication_channels/IRC_other|other channels]] |
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=== How to use irc channels === |
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# For the #olpc-family of channels, you can visit the [http://forum.laptop.org/chat/ Live Web Chat]. It defaults to #olpc-help, but you can join another channel by entering<br><tt>/join #olpc-<channel></tt> (#olpc-meeting, for example) on the message-entry line. |
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# Another web-based chat for all channels is [http://www.mibbit.com mibbit], with nickname: (whatever you like), server: irc.freenode.net, and channel: #sugar (or whatever other channel you're trying to get into). It also includes an '''inline translation''' service that is helpful when other languages are used. |
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#* Here is a direct link example for [http://embed.mibbit.com/?server=irc.freenode.net&channel=%23olpc-help&noServerTab=false #olpc-help in mibbit]. |
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# Some helpful resources are [http://www.mirc.com/irc.html here], and [http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/irctutorial.html this tutorial], which also includes basic commands. |
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# Learn about IRC etiquette. Try [http://www.ircbeginner.com/ircinfo/etiquette.html here], [http://www.livinginternet.com/r/ru_chatq.htm here], or [http://www.wxwidgets.org/wiki/index.php/IRC_Etiquette here], or [http://www.nerdfest.org/lh_rules.html this link] specifically about asking questions on channels like #olpc-help. |
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#* For IRC on your XO, install the latest '''[[XoIRC]]''' activity. |
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# Connect to one of the above channels, and say hello. (To do this, choose irc.freenode.net as your server, and then /join a channel... if you're new to IRC, the [irc://freenode/#olpc-help #olpc-help] channel is probably the place you want to go first). |
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# Note [[OLPC growing pains]]. |
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== Forums == |
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There are a number of active OLPC forums, including |
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* http://forum.laptop.org/ - The official OLPC community support forum. |
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:Total posts 9344 • Total topics 1922 • Total members 3757 • <sub>26 March 2009 (EDT)</sub> |
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* http://olpcnews.com/forum/ - A popular forum site, but not frequented by core developers. |
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:total posts 28249 • Total topics 3344 • Total members 3742 • <sub>26 March 2006 (EDT)</sub> |
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== [[Mailing lists]] == |
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;<big> See: [[Mailing lists]] </big> |
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The full list of mailing lists is at '''http://lists.laptop.org'''. Sometimes they multiply when one isn't watching. |
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Lists can be searched [http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&cof=&domains=lists.laptop.org&btnG=Search&sitesearch=lists.laptop.org with google]. |
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There are also many other [[Outside mailing lists|mailing lists]] on topics related to the OLPC project. |
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===Starting a new list=== |
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The best way to start a new mailing list is to begin a discussion on a related list that already exists, and once the discussion becomes active, to ask for a separate list for that topic or that sort of traffic. |
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When you have a critical mass of people regularly talking about the same topic, request a mailing list by emailing the following information to '''sysadmin''' at '''laptop''' dot '''org''': |
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# The name you want for your mailing list, with alternative names if the first one is taken |
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# A description of the list, its purpose, and why it's needed (being able to say "we've been talking on this other list for a while, and the discussion has grown too big - see these archive links" is helpful) |
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# The name/email of the list admin, and of at least one other moderator (minimum one admin and one moderator) |
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# At least 10 names/emails of people who want to be the initial subscribers |
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It may take a while (usually several days) to hear a response back, so please be patient! |
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====List subscribers==== |
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The subscribers for many lists with non-private rosters can be viewed by visiting this web address, <nowiki>http://lists.laptop.org/mailman/roster/</nowiki><listname>. (Community-news and Devel, at least, have private rosters.) One must first have joined a list and signed in at the <nowiki>http://lists.laptop.org/options/</nowiki><listname> address. (The "Visit Subscriber List" button on the listinfo page (<nowiki>http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/</nowiki><listname>) does not currently work.) |
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[[Category:General Public]] |
[[Category:General Public]] |
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[[Category:Developers]] |
[[Category:Developers]] |
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[[Category:Sugar]] |
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[[Category:Community]] |
[[Category:Community]] |
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[[Category:IRC]] |
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