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The primary OLPC '''communication channels''' are [[#mailing lists|mailing lists]], [[#IRC|IRC channels]], and [[#forums|discussion forums]]. |
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Our primary communication channels are mail and blogs. |
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== Mailing lists == |
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''see also [[Community mailing lists]]'' |
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See also [[blogs]] for a list of OLPC related blogs and feeds. |
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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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===Starting a 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. Then create a page here about the list you want to start, with a brief description. Finally, add a link from this page and leave a note for [[User:Sj|sj]] or [[User:Ivan|ivan]]. |
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===Public lists=== |
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'''General announcements''' |
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* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/community-news Community-news] Weekly community news |
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* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel-machines Devel-machines] OLPC Developer Machine mailing list (''for people with development machines'') |
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'''General discussion''' |
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* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open Olpc-open] General OLPC community discussion and chit-chat |
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* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/research Research] Research related to OLPC |
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'''Country discussions''' |
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* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/argentina Argentina] [no description available] |
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* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/brasil Brasil] OLPC in Brasil |
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* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/egypt-opensource Egypt-opensource] Discussion of open source in Egypt |
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* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/india India] OLPC in India |
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* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/nigeria-opensource Nigeria-opensource] Discussion of open source in Nigeria |
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* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/peru Peru] [no description available] |
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'''Accessibility and other end-use issues''' |
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* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/accessibility Accessibility] |
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* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/aop Issues around policy: especially privacy, security, and information-flow] |
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'''Software and content development''' |
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* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel Devel] Software development mailing list |
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* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar Sugar] Discussion of OLPC design, desktop platform and user experience |
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* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/etoys Etoys] Discussion of the Etoys multi-media authoring environment on OLPC |
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* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/library Library] OLPC content discussions |
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* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/games Games] Games for the OLPC |
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* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/localization Localization] Localization the OLPC project |
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'''Hardware and other tech discussions''' |
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* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/security Security] OLPC Security Discussion |
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* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/linux-mm-cc linux-mm-cc] Compressed Caching for Linux |
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* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/networking Networking] Networking the OLPC world |
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'''Technical announcements''' |
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* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/bugs Bugs] OLPC bugtracker mail |
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* Commits-kernel Commits list for OLPC kernel; (''rumoured to exist. deprecated?'') |
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* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel-boards Devel-boards] OLPC Developer Machine mailing list (''deprecated'') |
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* Hardware-announce (''rumoured to exist, deprecated.'') |
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== Chat == |
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Most OLPC chat takes place on IRC (that's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC Internet Relay Chat]). See also the older [[IRC]] page. |
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=== IRC === |
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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. Check {{tl|User irc}} to see how to register your participation in the IRC channels within the wiki, and to find the category where users are registered. |
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==== irc.freenode.net channels ==== |
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| colspan=2 style="background:lightgray; " | '''Primary:''' |
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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. |
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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>#sugar</tt> || [[Sugar]] development. |
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| <tt>#olpc-content</tt> || [[content]] related matters and general discussion. |
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| <tt>#schoolserver</tt> || '''Note:''' irc.oftc.net |
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| <tt>#olpc-meeting</tt> || OLPC meeting, developer's meeting room |
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| colspan=2 style="background:lightgray; " | '''Channels by language''' — Usually following <tt>#olpc-''xx''</tt> (where ''xx'' is a [[Languages|language code]]). |
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| <tt>#olpc-es</tt> || [[Spanish]] language channel. Mostly [[OLPC Spanish America]]. |
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| <tt>#olpc-de</tt> || [[German]] language channel. Mostly [[OLPC Germany]] and [[OLPC Austria]]. |
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| colspan=2 style="background:lightgray; " | '''Secondary channels''' — Usually following <tt>#olpc-''[[:Category:Countries|country]]''</tt>. |
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| <tt>#olpcaustria</tt> || [[German]] language channel. [[OLPC Austria]] meets here. |
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| <tt>#olpc-peru</tt> || [[OLPC Peru|Peru]] and [[OLPC Spanish America]] subjects (most likely to be in [[Spanish]]) |
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| <tt>#olpc-brasil</tt> || [[OLPC Brazil|Brazil]] (note the spelling with the 's' - [[portuguese|português]]) |
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| <tt>#olpc-co</tt> || [[OLPC Colombia|Colombia]] |
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| <tt>#olpc-nl</tt> || [[OLPC Netherlands|the Netherlands]] |
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| <tt>#olpc-pakistan</tt> || [[OLPC Pakistan|Pakistan]] |
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| <tt>#olpcph</tt> || [[OLPC Philippines|Philippines]] @ irc.freenode.net |
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| <tt>#olpc-ro</tt> || [[OLPC Romania|Romania]] |
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| <tt>#olpc-za</tt> || [[OLPC South Africa|South Africa]] |
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'''defunct and experimental channels''' |
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* <tt>#olpc-ko</tt> - [[OLPC Korea|Korea]] |
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* <tt>#olpc-philippines</tt> || '''[irc://irc.oftc.net/olpc-philippines]''' @ irc.oftc.net |
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* <tt>#olpc-wiki</tt> — geared towards issues or subjects relative to the [[wiki]] itself ''(Created around 20 June.)'' |
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* <tt>#olpc-l10n</tt> — has [[Localization]] as its focus ''(Created around 20 June.)'' — '''dropped in october''' due to low traffic and overlap with <tt>#olpc-content</tt> |
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* <tt>#OLPC-Dictionary</tt> — related to the [http://www.omegawiki.org omegawiki.org] children's dictionary for the olpc. ''Inactive'', though MartinMai has been active again recently |
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* <tt>#tam_tam</tt> — [[TamTam]] ''Inactive?'' |
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==== irc.oftc.net channels ==== |
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* <tt>#olpc-devel</tt> — for core systems and other development, now that #olpc is truly becoming a general discussion channel |
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* <tt>#schoolserver</tt> — dedicated to the [[School server]] |
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* <tt>#debian-olpc</tt> — dedicated to porting Debian to the XO |
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=== How to use irc channels === |
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# Visit the <b>[http://olpc.osuosl.org/chat Live Web Chat]</b> |
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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]. |
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# Review the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Internet_Relay_Chat_clients software client list]. Pick one, download, install. A good all-around choice is [http://www.xchat.org/ Xchat], which works on both Linux and Windows; ''Linuxchix'' has a good [http://www.linuxchix.org/connecting-linuxchix-irc-using-xchat.html tutorial]. |
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#* For IRC on your XO, install the latest '''[[XoIRC]]''' activity. |
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# Connect to to 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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== 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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[[Category:Developers]] |
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[[Category:Sugar]] |
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=== Other chat services === |
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If there are any Skype, AIM, or other chatrooms about OLPC, please list them here. |
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== Forums == |
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There are a number of active OLPC forums, including |
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* http://olpc.osuosl.org, run by Michael Burns and the OSU OSL team |
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* http://www.xohelp.org |
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