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For release in early September 2018, building upon [[../6.5|Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) 6.5]] &mdash; in honor of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IIAB_meteorites IIAB iron meteorites] !


Road map ideas evolving @ [https://github.com/iiab/iiab/milestone/3 github.com/iiab/iiab/milestone/3] and [https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/840 github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/840]
''Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) 6.6 was released September 12, 2018 ! ([http://download.iiab.io/6.6/ 1-line installer], [https://github.com/iiab/iiab/milestone/3 GitHub])''


''Please read our [https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-6.6-Release-Notes IIAB 6.6 Release Notes].''


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''DRAFT [https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-6.6-Release-Notes IIAB 6.6 Release Notes] &mdash; NEW on 2018-07-13!''

IIAB 6.6 works on Raspbian Stretch, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Debian 9 &mdash; with more experimental support for the upcoming Debian 10 "Buster" and "Sid".

FOCUS: Teachers’ + (field) Techs’ + Testers’ immediate needs ([https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/840 earlier checklist!])

CLARIF: Larger architectural improvements were deferred to [[../6.7|IIAB 6.7]] and [[../7.0|IIAB 7.0]].


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Consider installing a pre-release today, from http://download.iiab.io/6.6 !
Consider installing http://download.iiab.io/6.6 today!
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''Please join our weekly Monday/Thursday calls to help push this forward &mdash; educators and contributors of all kind are welcome:''
''Please join our weekly Thursday calls to help push this forward &mdash; educators and contributors of all kind are welcome:''


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Implementing "Captive Portal" functionality (for those who can't easily type URL's in a Latin script etc, similar to WiFi pages that appear when you connect in airports/hotels/restaurants) has proved very challenging. We could use assistance from web experts in this ongoing effort to [https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/412 get it right!] (see also [https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/826 #826] and [https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/870 #870])



Frequently Asked Questions: [http://FAQ.IIAB.IO FAQ.IIAB.IO]
Frequently Asked Questions: [http://FAQ.IIAB.IO FAQ.IIAB.IO]
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Earlier release [[../6.5|IIAB 6.5]] was released on May 24th, 2018.
The prior release was [[../6.5|IIAB 6.5]], released on May 24, 2018.


[[../6.6|IIAB 6.6]] pre-releases are downloadable and installable from: [http://download.iiab.io/6.6 download.iiab.io/6.6]
'''IIAB 6.6''' is downloadable and installable from: [http://download.iiab.io/6.6/ download.iiab.io/6.6]


After IIAB 6.6, the next expected release will likely be [[../6.7|IIAB 6.7]]
After IIAB 6.6, the next release should be: [[../6.7|IIAB 6.7]]


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Latest revision as of 22:05, 21 February 2019

This IIAB XSCE content does not reflect the opinion of OLPC. These pages were created by members of a volunteer community supporting OLPC and deployments.


Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) 6.6 was released September 12, 2018 ! (1-line installer, GitHub)

Please read our IIAB 6.6 Release Notes.


IIAB 6.6 works on Raspbian Stretch, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Debian 9 — with more experimental support for the upcoming Debian 10 "Buster" and "Sid".

FOCUS: Teachers’ + (field) Techs’ + Testers’ immediate needs (earlier checklist!)

CLARIF: Larger architectural improvements were deferred to IIAB 6.7 and IIAB 7.0.

  Consider installing http://download.iiab.io/6.6 today!


Please join our weekly Thursday calls to help push this forward — educators and contributors of all kind are welcome:

  http://minutes.iiab.io


Frequently Asked Questions: FAQ.IIAB.IO

Technical Documentation: github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki



The prior release was IIAB 6.5, released on May 24, 2018.

IIAB 6.6 is downloadable and installable from: download.iiab.io/6.6

After IIAB 6.6, the next release should be: IIAB 6.7

Official releases are always available here: github.com/iiab/iiab/releases

Return to this IIAB 6.6 summary site anytime later, with short link: wiki.iiab.io/6.6