OLPC Friends/SydneyUG: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
|||
(10 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
The [[Has location city::Sydney]] ([[Has location country::Australia]]) OLPC User Group is not currently active. For other ways to get involved, please refer to the [http://dev.laptop.org.au/participate OLPC Australia participation page]. Offers from active community contributors to take over this group would be gladly considered. Please contact [[User:Sridhar|Sridhar Dhanapalan]]. |
|||
OLPC Australia personnel are often present at the [http://www.slug.org.au Sydney Linux Users Group]. |
|||
{{deprecated}} |
|||
The [[Has location city::Sydney]] ([[Has location country::Australia]]) OLPC User Group meets monthly to do testing, hacking and general techie activities around the OLPC. Announcements are made through the [http://olpcfriends.org OLPC Friends] mailing list. |
The [[Has location city::Sydney]] ([[Has location country::Australia]]) OLPC User Group meets monthly to do testing, hacking and general techie activities around the OLPC. Announcements are made through the [http://olpcfriends.org OLPC Friends] mailing list. |
||
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 [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/WellyNZTesters Welly NZ Testers] who have created such a great model for OLPC testing. |
||
Please call Pia on 0400 966 453 if you have any questions (or get lost when looking for events :)) |
|||
==Next meeting== |
==Next meeting== |
||
The next OLPC Friends Hackfest will be on 26th July at L&T workshop room 416, Level 4 Mathews Building UNSW. |
|||
The hackfest is back this month and we will be meeting at Room 133 Building E6A Macquarie University on [[Start date::Sunday 26th April 2009 1:00pm]] - [[End date::Sunday 26th April 2009 5:00pm|5:00pm]]. |
|||
=== Previous meetings === |
=== Previous meetings === |
||
Next meeting with be Saturday the 28th February from 11am till 3pm. We skipped January due to all the post http://linux.conf.au catchup needed by several people involved :) |
|||
June: 21st June, 2009. |
|||
This month, we will be trying a venue called Curious Works at Suite 402 (level 4), 11 Randle St, Surry Hills, NSW, 2010. Details on their website here http://www.curiousworks.com.au/about/ |
|||
May: 17th May, 2009. |
|||
April: http://bit.ly/16xUcP |
|||
February: http://bit.ly/YqVdG |
|||
=== Actions for next meeting=== |
=== Actions for next meeting=== |
||
# Testing Activities for G1G1; use http://wiki.laptop.org/go/G1G1_Activity_testing and http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activity_smoke_testing to report testing. |
# Testing Activities for G1G1; use http://wiki.laptop.org/go/G1G1_Activity_testing and http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activity_smoke_testing to report testing. |
||
# Testing Image 8.2.1 (802 build) |
|||
# 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]. |
|||
# SoaS |
|||
# Keep working on our testing strategy to ensure we are getting it right. |
# Keep working on our testing strategy to ensure we are getting it right. |
||
# Keep having fun! |
# Keep having fun! |
||
Line 25: | Line 36: | ||
==Who's got what== |
==Who's got what== |
||
Add your laptop below to the testing group. |
Add your laptop below to the testing group. Mitchell will bring 5 or more extra XOs every session. |
||
{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="center" |
{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="center" |
||
Line 32: | Line 43: | ||
! Laptops || Who || |
! Laptops || Who || |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 5 laptops || Mitchell Seaton || |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| 3 laptops || John Ferlito || |
| 3 laptops || John Ferlito || |
||
Line 44: | Line 55: | ||
== Log of things done == |
== Log of things done == |
||
We'll list our achievements as we go. |
We'll list our achievements as we go. |
||
=== Saturday 20th December 2008 === |
=== Saturday 20th December 2008 === |
||
* Attendees - Pia Waugh, Jeff Waugh, Aimee Forsstrom + 2, John Ferlito, Benjamin Pfeiffer, Nick Cross + 1, Henry, David Schweinsberg, Nick, Margaret |
* Attendees - Pia Waugh, Jeff Waugh, Aimee Forsstrom + 2, John Ferlito, Benjamin Pfeiffer, Nick Cross + 1, Henry, David Schweinsberg, Nick, Margaret |
||
* About half the group were doing testing of the G1G1 Activities, others were discussing potential trials, partnerships and potential development projects. |
* About half the group were doing testing of the G1G1 Activities, others were discussing potential trials, partnerships and potential development projects. |
||
* Hours: ~3hrs |
* Hours: ~3hrs |
||
=== Saturday 28th February 2009 === |
|||
* http://bit.ly/YqVdG |
|||
=== Sunday 26th April 2009 === |
|||
* http://bit.ly/16xUcP |
|||
=== Sunday 17th May 2009 === |
|||
* Upgraded 5 XO laptops to 802 build |
|||
* Showed Charles' how to flash NAND, olpc-update and Developer Key. |
|||
* Discussion re. networking and teacher training. |
|||
=== Sunday 21st June 2009 === |
|||
* Attendees - Mitchell Seaton, Andy Owen, Nick Sewell, Charles Chen |
|||
* SoaS XO-1 img to NAND |
|||
* SoaS latest snapshot testing |
|||
* Activity testing (Distance, Pippy, Turtle Art and more) |
|||
* Discussions re. deployments |
|||
[[Testing]]|[[Volunteer]] |
[[Testing]]|[[Volunteer]] |
||
[[User: |
[[User:Meaton]] |
||
[[Category:XO User Group]] |
[[Category:XO User Group]] |
||
[[Category:OLPC Friends]] |
|||
[[Category:Countries|Australia]] |
|||
[[Category:Australia]] |
Latest revision as of 13:54, 21 June 2011
The Has location city::Sydney (Has location country::Australia) OLPC User Group is not currently active. For other ways to get involved, please refer to the OLPC Australia participation page. Offers from active community contributors to take over this group would be gladly considered. Please contact Sridhar Dhanapalan.
OLPC Australia personnel are often present at the Sydney Linux Users Group.
The Has location city::Sydney (Has location country::Australia) OLPC User Group meets monthly to do testing, hacking and general techie activities around the OLPC. Announcements are made through the OLPC Friends mailing list. Many thanks to the Welly NZ Testers who have created such a great model for OLPC testing. Next meetingThe next OLPC Friends Hackfest will be on 26th July at L&T workshop room 416, Level 4 Mathews Building UNSW. Previous meetingsJune: 21st June, 2009. May: 17th May, 2009. April: http://bit.ly/16xUcP February: http://bit.ly/YqVdG Actions for next meeting
Bonus testing options
Who's got whatAdd your laptop below to the testing group. Mitchell will bring 5 or more extra XOs every session.
Tips for Testing
Log of things doneWe'll list our achievements as we go. Saturday 20th December 2008
Saturday 28th February 2009Sunday 26th April 2009Sunday 17th May 2009
Sunday 21st June 2009
|