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Early [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/server-devel/2012-November/006191.html testing has begun!] [[#Use Cases|Use cases]], teacher suggestions, network topologies, roadmap & [[#FAQ|FAQ]] coming soon.
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Welcome to '''[http://internet-in-a-box.org Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB)]''' which is a global community of volunteer professionals taking the [http://UnleashKids.org One Laptop per Child movement] into a new decade, enabling quality learning among the world's poorest children. ''Note that we officially renamed from XSCE (School Server Community Edition) to IIAB (Internet-in-a-Box) in 2017.''
Thanks much those who joined us in person at http://olpcSF.org/summit (Oct 19-24's global community summit also including our [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugarcamp_SF_2012 SugarCamp++ hack sprint]) to meet many of this project's contributors and build out this ongoing experiment.

Please listen to the '''[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cszv1s 23min BBC podcast "How to put the internet in a box"]''' from 2020-10-20 ! Consider also see our [https://web.archive.org/web/20170923172535/http://xsce.org/ summary origins], and Don Watkins' [https://opensource.com/article/17/5/internet-in-a-box-raspberry-pi May 2017 article at opensource.com] and check out our [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0cBGCxr_WPBPa3IqPVEe3g YouTube channel].

The original California-based Internet-in-a-Box (founded by Braddock Gaskill) has been our [http://people.sugarlabs.org/~icarito/newsletter_sugarlabs/ProofSLNewsP4.psf.pdf close] [http://people.sugarlabs.org/~icarito/newsletter_sugarlabs/ProofSLNewsP5.psf.pdf partner] in making Free content as rich as possible, for all, in [http://olpcMAP.net more than twenty countries] since 2014.

Internet-in-a-Box is also being used for medical education, as can be seen in this '''[http://youtu.be/xI3Ed008Mxo Dominican Republic video]'''.

In August 2017, we helped run the http://OFF.NETWORK hackathon, bringing together many organizations [https://blog.learningequality.org/hacking-solutions-for-offline-access-eccbfe7fd910 nurturing quality offline content for all].

''Contributors of all kind are invited to '''[[/FAQ#How_can_I_help.3F|contribute your talents]]''' to kids and schools and libraries worldwide, making their learning more meaningful in any way you can!''

Professional/Commercial support for our free software is available for those who need it, via freelance consultants as necessary. Contact holt @ unleashkids.org if you need to get to know your choices here.

= Our FAQ =

Global community volunteers keep our<!-- [http://IIAB.io Forums] and--> '''[[/FAQ|Frequently Asked Questions]]''' (and answers!) fresh thanks to organic input from folks just like yourself, <i>always welcome!</i>

= Our Product =
Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) provides rich content and reliable communication to schools, libraries and classrooms. In everyday usage, a well-designed school server brings laptop/tablet collaboration to life, to [[XS_Community_Edition/Vision|bring kids the very best]] learning opportunities imaginable:

* Content – bring the best [[/FAQ#What_can_I_do_with_E-books_and_Internet-in-a-Box.3F|educational media]] available to your kids and teachers.
* Classroom connectivity – install quickly like a home Wi-Fi router, or extend it across your school.
* Internet gateway – control Internet costs with laptop/device policies you choose.
* Maintenance – manage laptop/device auto-updates, so teachers can focus on teaching.

'''Get started by downloading and installing the latest, with our official [https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-Installation Install Doc]. Raspberry Pi fans and Ubuntu 20.04 / Debian 10 users should try out our [http://download.iiab.io/ IIAB 7.2 pre-release 1-line installer]. All consider a [[/FAQ#Is_a_quick_installation_possible.3F | Quick Install]], to install the best open learning content you need, and please [[IIAB/FAQ#What_are_the_best_places_for_community_support.3F|give us input]] on which directions [https://github.com/iiab/iiab/milestone/7 IIAB 7.2] should head!'''

[[IIAB/7.1|IIAB 7.1]] was released June 6, 2020, with [https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-7.1-Release-Notes Release Notes here].

[[IIAB/7.0|IIAB 7.0]] was released September 30, 2019, with [https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-7.0-Release-Notes Release Notes here].

[[IIAB/6.7|IIAB 6.7]] was released February 21, 2019, with [https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-6.7-Release-Notes Release Notes here].

[[IIAB/6.6|IIAB 6.6]] was released September 12, 2018, with [https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-6.6-Release-Notes Release Notes here].

[[IIAB/6.5|IIAB 6.5]] was [https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/unleashkids/jYML3TLOUgg released] May 24, 2018, with [https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-6.5-Release-Notes Release Notes here].

[[IIAB/6.4|IIAB 6.4]] was released October 5, 2017, with [https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-6.4-Release-Notes Release Notes here].

[[IIAB/6.3|IIAB 6.3]] was released July 13, 2017, with [https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-6.3-Release-Notes Release Notes here].

[[IIAB/6.2|IIAB/XSCE 6.2]] was released April 19, 2017, with [https://github.com/xsce/xsce/wiki/IIAB-6.2-Release-Notes Release Notes here].

[[XS_Community_Edition/6.1|XSCE 6.1]] was [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/server-devel/2016-September/007961.html released] September 22, 2016, including Calibre, WordPress, DokuWiki, Sugarizer and CUPS.

[[XS_Community_Edition/6.0|XSCE 6.0]] was [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/server-devel/2016-March/007854.html released] March 27, 2016, following our [[XS_Community_Edition/6.0/Sprint | Toronto Summit]], including [[XS_Community_Edition/Features|many new features]] for educators and administrators. For example [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgg_%28software%29 Elgg] for students and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nextcloud Nextcloud] for teachers, as tested in Malaysia starting March 2015. Downloadable images for different OS's are increasingly available (e.g. on [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/unleashkids/N9BwwuG3hXU CentOS 7.2+] for larger servers) but [http://groups.google.com/group/unleashkids drop us a line] if you need assistance.

Earlier, [[XS_Community_Edition/5.1|XSCE 5.1]] was released July 27, 2014. Read the [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/server-devel/2014-July/007464.html full announcement] and [https://github.com/XSCE/xsce/blob/master/ReleaseNotes5.1.rst release notes] to learn about its capabilities. The list is impressive: Samba filesharing, XOVis visualization of student work patterns, vnStat traffic-monitoring console, better Internet-in-a-Box searchability, customizable web-filtering requested by many schools, OpenVPN remote access, and a new module for automated field-testing. [[XS_Community_Edition/5.0|XSCE 5.0]] was released [[XS_Community_Edition/5.0/Road_Map|Jan 22, 2014]] introducing [[XS_Community_Edition/5.0/Ansible_Progress|ansible progress]] for developers especially ([http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/server-devel/2014-January/007148.html announcement]). [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/server-devel/2013-December/007031.html XSCE 5.0 RC 1] was released Dec 17, 2013, formerly known as 0.5 RC 1, and [[XS_Community_Edition/0.4|XSCE 0.4]] on [[XS_Community_Edition/0.4/Road_Map|Oct 3, 2013]].

= Our Project =

Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) is a community-based project developed and supported by volunteers around the world.

Our heartbeat is weekly calls, typically Thursdays 10:00AM NYC Time, and a 24hr live chat channel described further below. See the '''[http://minutes.iiab.io Agenda/Minutes]''' for a history of past topics or to add to this week's agenda. Please email [[User:Holt|Adam Holt]] (holt @ unleashkids.org) to coordinate adding you to the call!

Code & issue tracking transitioned from https://github.com/xsce/xsce to https://github.com/iiab/iiab in May 2017.

Our '''[[/FAQ#What_technical_documentation_exists.3F|technical documentation]]''' has made great strides since 2017, please let us know what else is needed!

Several times per year we try to meet face-to-face, for a week or weekend of design/hacking. During these sprints (so far all hosted in the northern hemisphere) we drive for consensus designs, work like crazy to prove the core is deliverable, towards a feature freeze soon after the sprint.

For August 2017 we've organizing the http://OFF.NETWORK Content Hackathon in conjunction with Wikimania 2017 in Montreal. We try hard to welcome all: but of course if you're the sort that stands on a soapbox to preach, we may ask you to take a turn in the kitchen ;)

We always welcome [http://www.theopensourceway.org/wiki/Introduction open community tools], supporting very diverse contributors and education systems from different parts of the world. Please explore our '''[http://IIAB.io Forums!]'''

You can also join our 24x7 IRC live chat [https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#schoolserver directly on the web] by entering channel '''#schoolserver''' (or, any IRC chat software can be connected to '''irc.freenode.net''' to join this same channel). If your Internet connection is intermittent and you need an intermediary computer (AKA irc bouncer) to connect to irc for you, please contact us and consider [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LofncyUS90gO8DFgDJZKLf2DPnEUlJe0MVoa5-i7L8A/edit these instructions].

Our primary mailing lists are [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel server-devel@lists.laptop.org] for software/hardware engineering and [http://groups.google.com/group/unleashkids unleashkids@googlegroups.com] for educators and implementers. New contributors of all kind are strongly encouraged!

In 2017, we aim for renewed support for community-managed digital libraries, including [https://calibre-ebook.com/ Calibre] and/or [http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pathagar Pathagar].

We all try hard not to lose sight of the struggle surrounding the world's poorest schools, which (1) lack broadband (2) are unable to afford pay-per-view ebooks, and (3) are wary of advertising/manipulation of our youngest citizens.

Education is inherently political: how can we each invest our lives nurturing the most meaningful learning opportunities/communities in the face of well-meaning governments/corporations/unions/religions so often adrift?

As such please consider our 85-person "xsce-devel" Google Group, where all contributors are invited to join in non-published discussion: to join please just send a short note about your school/server/experience/ambitions to holt @ laptop.org. (Implementation conversations on civic learning realities are sorely needed at every level, but with a reality check: [http://planet.laptop.org OLPC's long history] makes clear that humanitarian action is rarely served by "e-male" posturing traditions inherent to so many mailing lists. Field educators are far too busy for another self-indulgent flame war.)

As such we seek a more friendly balance, by including more educators' and female voices, in an [https://www.theopensourceway.org/wiki/Communities_of_practice#Develop_both_public_and_private_community_spaces invigorating & organic interplay between public/posterity spaces and more intimate/offline engagement!]

= Our Ecosystem =

School Servers come in many forms, from tiny offline digital libraries to giant LMS (learning management systems). Here are some of the better known approaches, for developing world communities:

* The original [[School Server | OLPC School Server]], where it all began!
* [http://kickstarter.com/projects/1776324009/brck-your-backup-generator-for-the-internet BRCK.com] Hotspot by Ushahidi, creators of the [http://www.brck.com/2015/09/brck-education-kio-and-kio-kit-launch/ Kio Tablet]
* http://SMEserver.org since 1999, based on CentOS
* http://eXeLearning.org being enhanced by Mike Dawson, for Nokia phones
* http://LibraryBox.us by Jason Griffey & All (map shows 25 locations)
* http://internet-in-a-box.org by Braddock Gaskill
* http://LocalFi.org by Caryl Bigenho, Sebastian Silva & All
* [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Network Sugar Network] by Aleksey Lim
* [http://github.com/open-learning-exchange/BeLL-System BeLL Ground Server] on RPi, by http://OLE.org
* [https://github.com/PathagarBooks/pathagar Pathagar Bookserver] by Sayamindu Dasgupta, now maintained by Seth Woodworth & All
* [http://libraryforall.org Library For All], [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1692978335/library-for-all-a-digital-library-for-the-developi apparently for Haiti] but is there Creole content?
* [http://www.librariesforall.org/library-in-a-box/ Library in a Box] by Libraries For All.
* [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/griffey/librarybox-20 LibraryBox] by [http://jasongriffey.net/ Jason Griffey]
* [http://piratebox.cc PirateBox] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Darts David Darts]
* [http://www.widernet.org/egranary/ eGranary Digital Library]
* [http://villagetelco.org/ Village Telco] by Terry Gillett et. al.
* [http://pi.worldpossible.org/ RACHEL-Pi] "Remote Areas Community Hotspots for Education and Learning"
* [http://lifehacker.com/5765617/cd3wd-archives-the-information-necessary-to-rebuild-society CD3WD DVDs] archive for developing world homesteaders, to [http://www.cd3wd.com/CD3WD/FUTURE.htm "help the 3rd world rebuild itself"] reminiscent of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_Earth_Catalog Whole Earth Catalog] begun in 1968
* Khan Academy is increasingly being [http://international.khanacademy.org/ translated properly!?]
* [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero Wikipedia Zero] arranges free mobile phone access in 25+ countries; Kenya experimenting with SMS access to classic phones ([http://www.dw.de/wikipedia-zero-free-data-if-you-can-afford-it/a-17304321 carrier dependent, may force bundling of data plan])
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeNAS FreeNAS] network-attached storage system based on FreeBSD.
* [http://projectbernie.org/ Project BERNIE] (Basic Educational Resources Needed for Innovative Education) by Tony Anderson.
* [http://www.ideas-box.org/en/ Ideas Box] / [https://github.com/ideascube/ideascube Ideas Cube] by Libraries Without Borders / Bibliothèques Sans Frontières.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTKFa8i8sr4&list=UUrYxuLzyp8ixiZOK62kcslQ $100 Aptus Solar WiFi Mini-PC / Classroom Without Walls]. Open Library by Commonwealth of Learning / COL in India, focusing quality content (customizable offline Khan, Wikipedia, ebooks), running Ubuntu for 20 WiFi devices.
* [https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/lantern-one-device-free-data-from-space-forever Lantern] "One Device, Free Data From Space Forever"
* [http://aconnectedplanet.org A Connected Planet] - strong tablet implementer in Haiti / Plateau Central.
* [http://ole.org Open Learning Exchange] and similar dedicated implementers, like Mennonite Committee in ~6 countries in Central Africa?
* [http://mujica.org/khan/ Khan Academy on a Stick] by Jonathan Field.
* [https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox FreedomBox] By JNTU (Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad) and http://freedomboxfoundation.org
* [http://funsepa.org FUNSEPA] in Guatemala aims to provide reconditioned computers & training to public schools (as many as 4M kids?)
* [http://www.minielibrary.com/ mini eLibrary] by Smartware Myanmar Co., ltd.
* [http://www.potentiel3-0.org/index.php/en/who-we-are/our-history/11-sample-articles/76-2018-livbox LivBox] built on YNIBOX
* [http://www.ynibox.org/ YNIBOX] by Fred Moine & All

= Our Community =
Our community is made up of people just like you. If you are interested in the project please reach out:

* [http://schoolserver.wordpress.com/author/georgejhunt/ George Hunt] (configuration, GUI, low-power HW)
* [http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/tim-moody/6/722/2a6 Tim] [http://google.com/search?q=Tim+Moody+site%3Alists.laptop.org Moody] (documentation, testing, Puppet/Ansible auto-distribution & config mgmt)
* [http://www.olpcsf.org/CommunitySummit2010/people.php Anna Schoolfield] (testing, content/ebooks curation platforms)
* [http://www.linkedin.com/in/anishmangal Anish] [http://twitter.com/m_anish Mangal] (integration, offline cloud, India deployments, content curation)
* [http://www.meetup.com/programmersandentrepreneurs/members/38583022/ Rodrigo Hartmann] (security, GUI, maintainability, intl languages)
* [http://activitycentral.com/tags/david-farning David Farning] (software engineering tips)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqAKK9tUIiY Alex Kleider] (bookserver eg. [https://github.com/PathagarBooks/pathagar Pathagar])
* [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-rodriguez/63/91/abb David Rodríguez Álvarez] (web design)
* [http://trisquel.info/en/wiki/trisquel-team Rubén Rodríguez] (Linux/Trisquel advisor)
* [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Holt Adam Holt] (documentation, community coordination & outreach)
* [http://verma.sfsu.edu Professor Sameer Verma] (free/open advisor & user)
* [[User:Sridhar|Sridhar Dhanapalan]] ([http://www.dhanapalan.com/blog/2012/02/01/creating-an-education-programme/ video]; author of the 2012 [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dnhU2F6EntepVXTgN8QpkME8fZVUuPjcCoMUfAVKbcc/pub XSCE Design Whitepaper])
* [http://in.linkedin.com/pub/nitika-mangal/3/790/b50 Nitika Mangal] (QA Manager in India)
* [http://sugardextrose.org/users/31 Santiago Collazo] (Sysadmin, [http://ansibleworks.com Ansible])
* [http://olpcMAP.net?id=1158001 Kartik Kumar Perisetla] ([https://sites.google.com/site/kartikperisetla/miscellaneous Sugar developer,] Delhi, India)
* [http://paiwastoon.net Mike Dawson] (advisor on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SME_Server SME Server] technologies, Mideast, Afghanistan)
* [http://sethish.com Seth Wolfwood] ([http://www.olpcsf.org/node/126 Pathagar] ebooks library)
* [http://internet-in-a-box.org Braddock Gaskill] (Internet-in-a-Box)
* [http://codewiz.org Bernie Innocenti] (free software advisor)
* Mikus Grinbergs (XO-4 & similar hardware testing)
* [http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/john-gunkel/42/5b0/7 John Gunkel] (IT configuration)
* [http://in.linkedin.com/pub/ajay-garg/5/4/434 Ajay Garg] (webdav 1-to-many collaboration)
* [http://es.linkedin.com/in/migonzalvar Miguel González] (performance testing)
* [http://anee.me/ Aneesh Dogra] (Pathagar digital book library)
* [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andreas-gros/47/566/80 Andi] [https://twitter.com/future_andi Gros] (Pathagar books' metadata: where & why?)
* [http://villagetelco.org/2011/04/small-enterprise-campus-network-secn/ Terry Gillett] (Village Telco, wireless integration)
* [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Satellit Tom] [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Satellit Gilliard] (CentOS testing)
* [http://olpcbasecamp.blogspot.com/ T.K. Kang] (testing, Asia outreach)
* [http://wikieducator.org/User:Leeming David Leeming] (Oceania/Pacific deployment realities)
* [https://twitter.com/craigperue Craig] [http://jm.linkedin.com/in/craigperue Perue] (Jamaica/Caribbean project management)
* [http://dk.linkedin.com/in/mitchseaton Mitch Seaton] (deployment realities, Philippines, Australia, Madagascar)
* [http://bzg.fr Bastien Guerry] (OLPC France, Lisper, philosopher-in-chief!)
* [http://books.google.com/books/about/Power_Line_Communications_in_Practice.html?id=2cvj-oFvfE0C Xavier Carcelle] (OLPC France/Madagascar, backup testing)
* [http://reactivated.net Daniel Drake] (deployment scalability, based out of [http://www.fundacionzt.org/ Nicaragua])
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sj Samuel Jacob Klein] (open educational architectures, Wikipedia community relations)
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Special:Contributions/Quozl James] [http://au.linkedin.com/pub/james-cameron/13/92b/aa3 Cameron] ([http://laptop.org/about/people/james-cameron Quozl], keeping us all honest!)
* [http://thinkbignepal.blogspot.com/2011/06/thank-you-olpc-volunteer-kevin-mark.html Kevin Mark] (live tech support, on the '''#schoolserver''' channel at http://webchat.freenode.net)
* [https://jeromegagnonvoyer.wordpress.com/ Jérôme Gagnon-Voyer] (OpenStreetMap offline architecture)
* [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/gerri-light/47/576/1ba Gerri Light] (University of Pennsylvania, learning requirements of deployments)
* [http://youtu.be/MCVNnyJcRWw Christine] [http://csgolpc.weebly.com/meet-the-team.html Murakami] ([http://www.columbusschoolforgirls.net/etoys/ Columbus School for Girls], WordPress design, service learning in Caribbean & Africa)

= Our History & Inspiration =

How did IIAB/XSCE's design evolve? Progress only makes sense when we [[/FAQ#How_did_IIAB.2FXSCE.27s_design_evolve.3F|learn from the past...]]


Please revisit this XS Community Edition page in coming weeks. Open education contributors most welcome! For now:
<ul>
<li>Community [https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1dnhU2F6EntepVXTgN8QpkME8fZVUuPjcCoMUfAVKbcc Design Document] outlining purpose & scenarios (Sept 7, 2012)</li>
<li>Context: OLPC School Server [[School Server|background]] & community [http://schoolserver.wordpress.com/ blog]</li>
<li>[http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/toronto-dev/2012-September/000142.html Early Demo & Goals] near Toronto (Sept 22, 2012)</li>
<li>Tracker: https://sugardextrose.org/projects/xs-config within https://sugardextrose.org/projects/xs</li>
<li>Recent changes: https://sugardextrose.org/projects/xs-config/activity within https://sugardextrose.org/projects/xs/activity</li>
<li>Public mailing list: http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel</li>
<li>Contributors: [http://sugardextrose.org/users/507 Jerry Vonau] (SW architecture), [http://schoolserver.wordpress.com/author/georgejhunt/ George Hunt] (GUI configuration, low-power HW), [http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/tim-moody/6/722/2a6 Tim] [http://google.com/search?q=Tim+Moody+site%3Alists.laptop.org Moody] (documentation), [http://www.olpcsf.org/CommunitySummit2010/people.php Anna Schoolfield] (testing?), [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqAKK9tUIiY Alex Kleider] (bookserver?) & many more!
<li>Packaging: http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/School_Server_Packaging
<li>Contact: holt @ laptop.org, [[User:Sridhar|Sridhar Dhanapalan]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWji2O3p-9s video])
</ul>
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==FAQ==


== <u><i><b>NEW SINCE 2014: SEE [http://minutes.iiab.io WEEKLY UPDATES!]</b></i></u> ==
Q: What server hardware works?<br>
A: For now XO-1.5 (i386), XO-1.75 (ARM) or larger/conventional i386 or ARM servers or almost any kind. Later XO-4, x86-64 and other architectures will be supported when/if hardware is found to spin basic RPMs. More detail @ [[User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/Install_Recipe|Install Recipe]]


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Q: What "large disks" are recommended when installing on XO-1.5 or XO-1.75?<br>
A: XO-1.5 and XO-1.75 work with many SD cards up to 32GB. For much larger storage, consider a 2.5-inch hard disk connected by USB, ensuring it uses less than 2.5W / 500 mA (USB spec). Larger 3.5-inch hard disks generally consume too much power. Discuss your specific desires/recommendations/results [mailto:server-devel@lists.laptop.org on mailing list]! Of course, hard disks are far more prone to drop damage as compared to SD cards -- take precautions physically securing your hard disk if possible. As of Nov 19 2012, partitioning of external disks (SD, USB memory sticks, USB hard drives) is being fine-tuned; this should be working within a few days if not hours.


=== Jul 2014 Agenda ===
Q: Tim Moody & Jerry Vonau (similar to Sameer Verma) ask what XO services are genuinely used or needed:


XSCE 5.1 was released July 27th 2014, with [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/server-devel/2014-July/007464.html announcement and release notes here!]
Activation Server?<br>
Presence/Chat Server?<br>
Activity Server?<br>
Moodle Content?<br>
Moodle User Management?<br>
Backup?<br>
DHCP/Name Server/Routing?<br>
Content Filtering?<br>
xs-rsync? (used by olpc-update)<br>|
Squid or other proxy?<br>
Other?<br>
What do XOs do when there is no server?


=== Jun 2014 Agenda ===
==Use Cases==


XSCE 5.1 release imminent. For Intel NUC at minimum, and hopefully many other platforms tested soon too...
In addition the scenarios listed in [https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1dnhU2F6EntepVXTgN8QpkME8fZVUuPjcCoMUfAVKbcc Sridhar's Design Doc], here are 7 interesting use cases proposed by Tony Anderson:


=== Jun 2014 Agenda ===
1. Configure the XS server to handle internet access via a GSM (mobile) network. In much of the developing world, cell phone networks outreach wifi.


George Hunt begins active Fedora 20 development on low-end [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Unit_of_Computing Intel NUCs] like the Celeron 2.4GHz dual-core, evaluating this WiFi-enabled all-inclusive unit's toughness for deployment across many Haiti schools later this summer.
2. How to configure the XS server to control XO access to the internet (e.g for the next hour only the 4th grade class) to make effective use of the available bandwidth.


=== May 2014 Agenda ===
3. In an expensive GSM environment, how to configure the school server to access the internet for updates periodically, e.g. fetch and send email, access rss feeds of news in the local language, get updates from a central server).


Progress accelerating on [[XS_Community_Edition/Features#Features_Planned|XSCE 5.1]] thanks to Tim & George. Implementation in Haiti, Ghana, Nepal, India anticipated late summer. June's weekly progress summaries will be posted in our [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o6QtzLb6e58YKWqMf_junux2XyBRLFm31un8YLcYslg weekly minutes].
4. Configure the server to support an attached printer and to make this printer accessible (under control for paper and ink usage). The current print model in Linux requires each client (XO) to have the print driver installed. The main cost of a printer is the expendables (paper and ink), so schools will have to limit student ability to print.


=== Apr 2014 Agenda ===
5. Configure the server to provide email (pop3 and smtp). Make this work in a 'dial-up' internet environment (i.e. internet access is not continuous but intermittent).


Learning about Martin Dluhos' [https://martasd.cloudant.com/xovis/_design/xovis-couchapp/index.html visualizations] of kids' usage patterns in Nepal. Transition to new download site http://download.unleashkids.org. New page added for '''[[XS_Community_Edition/Microtasks|Volunteer Microtasks]]'''.
6. Currently I am using Django to provide access to a digital library stored on the school server. Pathagar has a similar approach. OLE Nepal is using Fedora Commons and Fez.


=== Mch 2014 Agenda ===
7. The school server can be configured with Mediawiki to enable access to Wiki4Schools. There is an alternative based on Kiwix and Wiki4Schools using the Zim format. This has the advantage of providing a search interface. Note: I normally get to Wikipedia via a Google search. The school server does not support such an engine. Incidentally, the school server wiki slice is much larger than that offered by the Wiki Sugar activities and does not tie up space in the XO local store.


User acceptance testing accelerates in Haiti & Malaysia, gathering requirements from OLE Nepal for [[XS_Community_Edition/Features#Features_Planned|XSCE 5.1, 5.5 or 6.0]]. Hardware/power planning matures, around Cubox and competitors.
==Documentation==


=== Feb 2014 Agenda ===
[[User:Holt/XS Community Edition/Install Recipe|DRAFT Install Recipe]] for XO-1.5 (i386), XO-1.75 (ARM) and larger servers.


[[XS_Community_Edition/Features|Planning]] gets serious for [[XS_Community_Edition/5.1|XSCE 5.1]] and [[XS_Community_Edition/6.0|XSCE 6.0]] around our late Feb [[XS_Community_Edition/6.0/Sprint|meetup in Los Angeles]], alongside a greatly improved version of Internet-in-a-Box. [[XS_Community_Edition/Features#Features_Implemented|Current]] and [[XS_Community_Edition/Features#Features_Planned|Planned Features]] nicely detailed in separate tables on the [[XS_Community_Edition/Features]] page.
Other Fedora 17+ platforms later. Prefab USB images for offline install should also later be provided, for XO-1.5 and XO-1.75. XO-1 is NOT supported as memory/disk are insufficient.


=== Jan 2014 Agenda ===
Other reference docs for now: http://schoolserver.wordpress.com (see "Blog" and "XS Installation" pulldown menu especially)


Internet-in-a-Box incl full-text-search refinement with [[XS_Community_Edition/5.0|XSCE 5.0]]; implementation intensifies in Haiti; XSCE 5.1 or 6.0 [[XS_Community_Edition/Features|brainstorming/groundwork]].
===Sep Agenda===


=== Dec 2013 Agenda ===
Toronto area hack sprint Sept 16-23, incl public demo Saturday Sept 22.


[[XS_Community_Edition/5.0/Road_Map|XSCE 5.0 release]] approaching, alongside [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/server-devel/2013-December/007056.html Internet-in-a-Box with fulltext search] of Wikipedia! Prep intensifying for Haiti deployments (Jan 2014) and Nepal hopefully sometime early in 2014.
===Oct Agenda===


=== Nov 2013 Agenda ===
Working w/ Alex Kleider's model classroom @ http://olpcSF.org/summit & http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugarcamp_SF_2012
[[XS_Community_Edition/5.0/Ansible Progress|v5.0 culmination]] -> [[XS_Community_Edition/Features|5.1 or 6.0 definition]] hack sprint, [[XS_Community_Edition/5.0/Sprint#XS.28CE.29_Sprint_Part_2:_Malaysia_Culmination|Nov 18-20 in Malacca, Malaysia]], in conjunction with [http://www.olpc.asia/basecamp2013/ OLPC Basecamp 2013 (Nov 16-18)] whose [http://olpcbasecamp.blogspot.com/ enlivening blog] lays clear our humanitarian commitment.


===Nov Agenda===
=== Oct 2013 Agenda ===
[[XS_Community_Edition/0.4|XSCE 0.4]] released [[XS_Community_Edition/0.4/Road_Map|October 3, 2013]]. v5.0 "crystallization" hack sprint [[XS_Community_Edition/5.0/Sprint|Oct 21-23 in San Francisco]] (formerly known as 0.5) following [http://olpcSF.org/summit SF's Summit (Oct 18-20)], in conjunction with Internet Archive's [http://bib.archive.org/ Books in Browsers Summit Oct 24-25]


=== Sep 2013 Agenda ===
[[XS_Community_Edition/0.4/Road_Map|v0.4 release]] final testing. Haiti implementation of XSCE 0.4 at two schools, for the new school year.

=== Aug 2013 Agenda ===
[[XS_Community_Edition/0.4|XSCE 0.4 RC1]] released August 24. Prep for final release! Haiti implementation late Aug and early Sept. [http://utilite-computer.com Utilite] and/or [http://trimslice.com TrimSlice] custom hardware early prototype shipping to beta experimenters.

=== Jul 2013 Agenda ===
[[XS_Community_Edition/0.4/Sprint|v0.4 Sprint July 8-12]], 1hr north of Winnipeg. [[User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.4|v0.4 spec]] gaining precision, bringing stability & configurability to most XOs, x86, 64-bit Fedora, RPi? [https://github.com/PathagarBooks/pathagar Pathagar bookserver] & [http://internet-in-a-box.org Internet-in-a-Box] integration also expected.

=== Jun 2013 Agenda ===
[[XS_Community_Edition/0.3|Version 0.3]] released! Prep July sprint! Volunteers can [http://facebook.com/UnleashKids buy XO-4 Touch Laptops] if they will help test XSCE & http://internet-in-a-box.org etc.

=== May 2013 Agenda ===
[http://haitidreams.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/community-sprint-conclusion-v-3-alpha-and-v-4-dreams/ Very successful] [http://haitidreams.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/school-server-community-edition-toronto-hack-sprint-begins/ Toronto-area Sprint] [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/server-devel/2013-April/006343.html May 8-13],with Braddock Gaskill all the way from LA! [http://schoolserver.org/0.3 0.3 RC1] unleashed May 14; [[User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.3/Road_Map|RC2]] May 28? [http://bhagmalpur.wordpress.com/ India] prototype installed.

=== Apr 2013 Agenda ===
Prep v0.3 May sprint. Los Angeles interfacing with Caryl Bigenho's http://localfi.org and Braddock Gaskill's http://internet-in-a-box.org.

=== Mch 2013 Agenda ===
Boston meetup Mch 1-4 with Sameer Verma, Anish Mangal. Early pre-field test connects an orphanage from Haiti.

=== Feb 2013 Agenda ===
[http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/server-devel/2013-January/006250.html Toronto/Waterloo area Sprint Feb 6/7 to 10/11.]

Release of XSCE [[User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.1 | 0.1 Stable]] and [[User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.2 | 0.2 Coming.]]

=== Jan 2013 Agenda ===
[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nnQuxmu45d8sMwFP9G2JEZBuEYhMAnQBl87tmylcmxw/edit Proposed Core Spec] and [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aki16JhXo4mEdEU1MzA5OGJuOERtbGxHSkxzT2ZFSGc Priority Tuning].

=== Dec 2012 Agenda ===
Jamaica implementation sprint (delayed).

=== Nov 2012 Agenda ===
Centred around Toronto area hack sprint Nov 10-18:
Centred around Toronto area hack sprint Nov 10-18:


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Meet with Anish Mangal and Nathan Riddle near Detroit etc to discuss wider community integration.
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===Dec Agenda===
=== Oct 2012 Agenda ===
Working w/ Alex Kleider's model classroom @ http://olpcSF.org/summit & http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugarcamp_SF_2012.

=== Sep 2012 Agenda ===
Toronto area hack sprint Sept 16-23, incl public demo Saturday Sept 22.


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Welcome to Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) which is a global community of volunteer professionals taking the One Laptop per Child movement into a new decade, enabling quality learning among the world's poorest children. Note that we officially renamed from XSCE (School Server Community Edition) to IIAB (Internet-in-a-Box) in 2017.

Please listen to the 23min BBC podcast "How to put the internet in a box" from 2020-10-20 ! Consider also see our summary origins, and Don Watkins' May 2017 article at opensource.com and check out our YouTube channel.

The original California-based Internet-in-a-Box (founded by Braddock Gaskill) has been our close partner in making Free content as rich as possible, for all, in more than twenty countries since 2014.

Internet-in-a-Box is also being used for medical education, as can be seen in this Dominican Republic video.

In August 2017, we helped run the http://OFF.NETWORK hackathon, bringing together many organizations nurturing quality offline content for all.

Contributors of all kind are invited to contribute your talents to kids and schools and libraries worldwide, making their learning more meaningful in any way you can!

Professional/Commercial support for our free software is available for those who need it, via freelance consultants as necessary. Contact holt @ unleashkids.org if you need to get to know your choices here.

Our FAQ

Global community volunteers keep our Frequently Asked Questions (and answers!) fresh thanks to organic input from folks just like yourself, always welcome!

Our Product

Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) provides rich content and reliable communication to schools, libraries and classrooms. In everyday usage, a well-designed school server brings laptop/tablet collaboration to life, to bring kids the very best learning opportunities imaginable:

  • Content – bring the best educational media available to your kids and teachers.
  • Classroom connectivity – install quickly like a home Wi-Fi router, or extend it across your school.
  • Internet gateway – control Internet costs with laptop/device policies you choose.
  • Maintenance – manage laptop/device auto-updates, so teachers can focus on teaching.

Get started by downloading and installing the latest, with our official Install Doc. Raspberry Pi fans and Ubuntu 20.04 / Debian 10 users should try out our IIAB 7.2 pre-release 1-line installer. All consider a Quick Install, to install the best open learning content you need, and please give us input on which directions IIAB 7.2 should head!

IIAB 7.1 was released June 6, 2020, with Release Notes here.

IIAB 7.0 was released September 30, 2019, with Release Notes here.

IIAB 6.7 was released February 21, 2019, with Release Notes here.

IIAB 6.6 was released September 12, 2018, with Release Notes here.

IIAB 6.5 was released May 24, 2018, with Release Notes here.

IIAB 6.4 was released October 5, 2017, with Release Notes here.

IIAB 6.3 was released July 13, 2017, with Release Notes here.

IIAB/XSCE 6.2 was released April 19, 2017, with Release Notes here.

XSCE 6.1 was released September 22, 2016, including Calibre, WordPress, DokuWiki, Sugarizer and CUPS.

XSCE 6.0 was released March 27, 2016, following our Toronto Summit, including many new features for educators and administrators. For example Elgg for students and Nextcloud for teachers, as tested in Malaysia starting March 2015. Downloadable images for different OS's are increasingly available (e.g. on CentOS 7.2+ for larger servers) but drop us a line if you need assistance.

Earlier, XSCE 5.1 was released July 27, 2014. Read the full announcement and release notes to learn about its capabilities. The list is impressive: Samba filesharing, XOVis visualization of student work patterns, vnStat traffic-monitoring console, better Internet-in-a-Box searchability, customizable web-filtering requested by many schools, OpenVPN remote access, and a new module for automated field-testing. XSCE 5.0 was released Jan 22, 2014 introducing ansible progress for developers especially (announcement). XSCE 5.0 RC 1 was released Dec 17, 2013, formerly known as 0.5 RC 1, and XSCE 0.4 on Oct 3, 2013.

Our Project

Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) is a community-based project developed and supported by volunteers around the world.

Our heartbeat is weekly calls, typically Thursdays 10:00AM NYC Time, and a 24hr live chat channel described further below. See the Agenda/Minutes for a history of past topics or to add to this week's agenda. Please email Adam Holt (holt @ unleashkids.org) to coordinate adding you to the call!

Code & issue tracking transitioned from https://github.com/xsce/xsce to https://github.com/iiab/iiab in May 2017.

Our technical documentation has made great strides since 2017, please let us know what else is needed!

Several times per year we try to meet face-to-face, for a week or weekend of design/hacking. During these sprints (so far all hosted in the northern hemisphere) we drive for consensus designs, work like crazy to prove the core is deliverable, towards a feature freeze soon after the sprint.

For August 2017 we've organizing the http://OFF.NETWORK Content Hackathon in conjunction with Wikimania 2017 in Montreal. We try hard to welcome all: but of course if you're the sort that stands on a soapbox to preach, we may ask you to take a turn in the kitchen ;)

We always welcome open community tools, supporting very diverse contributors and education systems from different parts of the world. Please explore our Forums!

You can also join our 24x7 IRC live chat directly on the web by entering channel #schoolserver (or, any IRC chat software can be connected to irc.freenode.net to join this same channel). If your Internet connection is intermittent and you need an intermediary computer (AKA irc bouncer) to connect to irc for you, please contact us and consider these instructions.

Our primary mailing lists are server-devel@lists.laptop.org for software/hardware engineering and unleashkids@googlegroups.com for educators and implementers. New contributors of all kind are strongly encouraged!

In 2017, we aim for renewed support for community-managed digital libraries, including Calibre and/or Pathagar.

We all try hard not to lose sight of the struggle surrounding the world's poorest schools, which (1) lack broadband (2) are unable to afford pay-per-view ebooks, and (3) are wary of advertising/manipulation of our youngest citizens.

Education is inherently political: how can we each invest our lives nurturing the most meaningful learning opportunities/communities in the face of well-meaning governments/corporations/unions/religions so often adrift?

As such please consider our 85-person "xsce-devel" Google Group, where all contributors are invited to join in non-published discussion: to join please just send a short note about your school/server/experience/ambitions to holt @ laptop.org. (Implementation conversations on civic learning realities are sorely needed at every level, but with a reality check: OLPC's long history makes clear that humanitarian action is rarely served by "e-male" posturing traditions inherent to so many mailing lists. Field educators are far too busy for another self-indulgent flame war.)

As such we seek a more friendly balance, by including more educators' and female voices, in an invigorating & organic interplay between public/posterity spaces and more intimate/offline engagement!

Our Ecosystem

School Servers come in many forms, from tiny offline digital libraries to giant LMS (learning management systems). Here are some of the better known approaches, for developing world communities:

Our Community

Our community is made up of people just like you. If you are interested in the project please reach out:

Our History & Inspiration

How did IIAB/XSCE's design evolve? Progress only makes sense when we learn from the past...


NEW SINCE 2014: SEE WEEKLY UPDATES!


Jul 2014 Agenda

XSCE 5.1 was released July 27th 2014, with announcement and release notes here!

Jun 2014 Agenda

XSCE 5.1 release imminent. For Intel NUC at minimum, and hopefully many other platforms tested soon too...

Jun 2014 Agenda

George Hunt begins active Fedora 20 development on low-end Intel NUCs like the Celeron 2.4GHz dual-core, evaluating this WiFi-enabled all-inclusive unit's toughness for deployment across many Haiti schools later this summer.

May 2014 Agenda

Progress accelerating on XSCE 5.1 thanks to Tim & George. Implementation in Haiti, Ghana, Nepal, India anticipated late summer. June's weekly progress summaries will be posted in our weekly minutes.

Apr 2014 Agenda

Learning about Martin Dluhos' visualizations of kids' usage patterns in Nepal. Transition to new download site http://download.unleashkids.org. New page added for Volunteer Microtasks.

Mch 2014 Agenda

User acceptance testing accelerates in Haiti & Malaysia, gathering requirements from OLE Nepal for XSCE 5.1, 5.5 or 6.0. Hardware/power planning matures, around Cubox and competitors.

Feb 2014 Agenda

Planning gets serious for XSCE 5.1 and XSCE 6.0 around our late Feb meetup in Los Angeles, alongside a greatly improved version of Internet-in-a-Box. Current and Planned Features nicely detailed in separate tables on the XS_Community_Edition/Features page.

Jan 2014 Agenda

Internet-in-a-Box incl full-text-search refinement with XSCE 5.0; implementation intensifies in Haiti; XSCE 5.1 or 6.0 brainstorming/groundwork.

Dec 2013 Agenda

XSCE 5.0 release approaching, alongside Internet-in-a-Box with fulltext search of Wikipedia! Prep intensifying for Haiti deployments (Jan 2014) and Nepal hopefully sometime early in 2014.

Nov 2013 Agenda

v5.0 culmination -> 5.1 or 6.0 definition hack sprint, Nov 18-20 in Malacca, Malaysia, in conjunction with OLPC Basecamp 2013 (Nov 16-18) whose enlivening blog lays clear our humanitarian commitment.

Oct 2013 Agenda

XSCE 0.4 released October 3, 2013. v5.0 "crystallization" hack sprint Oct 21-23 in San Francisco (formerly known as 0.5) following SF's Summit (Oct 18-20), in conjunction with Internet Archive's Books in Browsers Summit Oct 24-25

Sep 2013 Agenda

v0.4 release final testing. Haiti implementation of XSCE 0.4 at two schools, for the new school year.

Aug 2013 Agenda

XSCE 0.4 RC1 released August 24. Prep for final release! Haiti implementation late Aug and early Sept. Utilite and/or TrimSlice custom hardware early prototype shipping to beta experimenters.

Jul 2013 Agenda

v0.4 Sprint July 8-12, 1hr north of Winnipeg. v0.4 spec gaining precision, bringing stability & configurability to most XOs, x86, 64-bit Fedora, RPi? Pathagar bookserver & Internet-in-a-Box integration also expected.

Jun 2013 Agenda

Version 0.3 released! Prep July sprint! Volunteers can buy XO-4 Touch Laptops if they will help test XSCE & http://internet-in-a-box.org etc.

May 2013 Agenda

Very successful Toronto-area Sprint May 8-13,with Braddock Gaskill all the way from LA! 0.3 RC1 unleashed May 14; RC2 May 28? India prototype installed.

Apr 2013 Agenda

Prep v0.3 May sprint. Los Angeles interfacing with Caryl Bigenho's http://localfi.org and Braddock Gaskill's http://internet-in-a-box.org.

Mch 2013 Agenda

Boston meetup Mch 1-4 with Sameer Verma, Anish Mangal. Early pre-field test connects an orphanage from Haiti.

Feb 2013 Agenda

Toronto/Waterloo area Sprint Feb 6/7 to 10/11.

Release of XSCE 0.1 Stable and 0.2 Coming.

Jan 2013 Agenda

Proposed Core Spec and Priority Tuning.

Dec 2012 Agenda

Jamaica implementation sprint (delayed).

Nov 2012 Agenda

Centred around Toronto area hack sprint Nov 10-18:

Expand testing+UX with Anna Schoolfield, Tim Moody & Seneca College students' packaging with York Univ/Seneca College Professor Chris Tyler.

Meet with Anish Mangal and Nathan Riddle near Detroit etc to discuss wider community integration.

Oct 2012 Agenda

Working w/ Alex Kleider's model classroom @ http://olpcSF.org/summit & http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugarcamp_SF_2012.

Sep 2012 Agenda

Toronto area hack sprint Sept 16-23, incl public demo Saturday Sept 22.

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