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== Why AuntiMame? ==
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auntie_Mame

Yes, its a real name. Just not very common. Its a variant of Mary.

<pre>Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!</pre>

== Current Activities ==

[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:AuntiMame Wikimedia Commons gallery]

Categorizing every file uploaded to the wiki.
* <nowiki>[[Category:Vector Graphics]]</nowiki> <b>done</b> and add <nowiki>{{Property:Sugar_icon}}</nowiki> to icon images?
* <nowiki>{{Template:Vector Graphics}}</nowiki> <b>done</b>
* <nowiki>{{Template:Convert to Vector Graphics}}</nowiki> <b>done</b>
* <nowiki>[[Category:PDF]]</nowiki> <b>done</b>
* <nowiki>[[Category:Press]]</nowiki> <b>done</b>
* <nowiki>[[Category:OLPC Public Relations]]</nowiki>
* OLPC Legal
* OLPC Hardware
* <nowiki>[[Category:Screenshot Sugar]]</nowiki>
* <nowiki>[[Category:Screenshot Activity]]</nowiki>
* <nowiki>[[Category:Image JPG]]</nowiki>
* <nowiki>[[Category:Image Photo taken by XO]]</nowiki>
* <nowiki>[[Category:Image PNG]]</nowiki> <b>done</b>
* <nowiki>[[Category:Image GIF]]</nowiki> <b>done</b>
* <nowiki>{{Template:Convert to PNG}}</nowiki> <b>done</b>
* <nowiki>[[Category:Image Animated]]</nowiki> <b>done</b>
* Usie existing <nowiki>[[Category:Content Packages]]</nowiki> for content bundles (.xol) <b>done</b>
* Wiki images using existing <nowiki>[[Category:Wiki Images]]</nowiki> <b>done</b>
* how to deal with .doc & .rtf files?


Also ToDo:
* Deal with all Category:Uncategorized_OLPC_Media
* Apply a license to everything!

== Graphics for OLPC wiki ==
[[Image:Xo-math.svg]] [[Image:Xo-music.svg]] [[Image:Xo-education.svg]]
<br />[[Image:Xo-medicine.svg]] [[Image:Xo-literacy.svg]] [[Image:Xo colors.pdf|Official XO colors]]
<br />[[Image:icon_stethoscope.svg]] [[Image:ECG_icon.svg]] [[Image:Stars_icon.svg]] [[Image:DOS_icon.svg]]


== Formatting E-books ==
Steps for re-formatting [http://www.gutenberg.org Project Gutenberg] ASCII text files into "beautified" PDF E-books on a MS Windows machine using MS Word.

# download the the ASCII text file.
# open the ASCII file in MS Notepad.
# Select all & copy.
# Start MS Word.
#* Page size 6.75x9 inches
#* All margins .5 inch, gutter 0
#* Mirror margins
#* Use [http://www.gnome.org/fonts/ Bitstream Vera] or [http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page DejaVu] (Bitstream Vera variation) open font faces.
# Paste ASCII into new document.
# strip out PG small print
# Tools menu. Options. View tab. Check to view paragraph marks.
# Edit menu. Replace. More button. Special button. replace ^p^p (insert symbols) with "EndOfParagraph". Replace all button.
#* replace ^p with single-space
#* hide paragraph marks
#* replace " with " (this will create curly quotes)
#* replace ' with ' (for curly apostrophes)
#* replace -- with emdash

== notes to myself ==

http://dev.laptop.org/pub/content/library/games/xo-color.xml

[[OLPC_Human_Interface_Guidelines/The_Sugar_Interface/Colors|UI colors]]

[[Display#color_selection|more color stuff]]

[[Munsell]]

[[XO_colors]]

[[Colors]]

http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&from=&namespace=6 all images uploaded to the wiki

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Special:Allpages All pages

[[User:AuntiMame/MassXO|MassXO notes]]

== What's on the Velveteen[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velveteen_Rabbit]] XO ==
I spent several weeks playing with upgrades and such and found myself with an overloaded XO, so
in late June 2008 I wiped the Velveteen XO clean and reloaded 656. Here's what I did to revert this XO back to a "First World, Adult User laptop":

# Loaded [http://download.laptop.org/xo-1/os/official/656/jffs2/ 656] from [[Update_paths#Off-line_.28big_download.29|USB]]
# [[Sugar-Control-Panel#Setting_The_Time_With_ntpdate|Set the time]]
# Disable the [[User:Sarah_Elkins#Disabled_Hot_Corners|hot corners]].
# Install yumex, a GUI for yum. <tt>yum install yumex</tt>
# Install SeaMonkey, an all-in-one Internet suite (including firefox and thunderbird)
#* Installing SeaMonkey requires that you remove its exclusion from the XO's repository list. Follow [[Xfce#Install_Firefox_2|these instructions for Firefox]], but remove SeaMonkey from the list instead of Firefox.
#* After removing it from the exclusion list, you can install SeaMonkey using the [[Yum|yum package installer]]. <tt>yum install seamonkey</tt>
# Install [[Midnight_Commander|Midnight Commander]] using yum. <tt>yum install mc</tt>
# Sugar-coat SeaMonkey using [http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=1555.msg12203#msg12203 the scripts by the goddess CatMoran].
# Mod Write to enable [http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=1111 access to the full AbiWord].
# Install the [http://www.socialtext.net/socialcalcxo/index.cgi Sweet SocialCalc] spreadsheet.
# [http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=2157.msg17032 Change the XO Guy].
# Add the [[Fluendo_mp3_decoder|MP3 drivers]] for Totem and Sugar-coat Totem.
# Connect to a Boston MA [[Community_Jabber_Servers|jabber server]] at bos.ma.us.xochat.org
# Install the [[Map_(activity)|Map activity]] that ties into GoogleMaps.
# Install the latest version of [[StarChart|StarChart]]. Apart from the fact that its cooler than heck, I know the guy who wrote it and I made the icon. It may not help me with any work related stuff -- but I want it on my machine.
# Install the latest version of [[Speak|Speak]]. I have to have something that kids will want to play with.
# Install the latest version of [[Physics|Physics]]. It can keep my attention for hours, while I'm stuck inside an airplane. Until there's a [[FiftyTwo|solitaire]] game on the XO, this will be my favorite time-kill.
# Remove Acoustic Tape Measure, EToys, Measure, Memorize, NewsReader, Pippy, TamTam, and Turtle Art. They are all great activities, but I don't use them.
# Edit /usr/share/sugar/data/activities.defaults to re-order the Activites list at the bottom of the home page (paths can be found at /home/olpc/.sugar/default)

===Preinstalled stuff I removed===
* Etoys <tt>yum remove etoys</tt>

=== Stuff that might be cool to add to the Velveteen XO ===
gqview <tt>yum install gqview</tt> - an image viewer


==What's on Aunti's Joyride XO ==
I recently upgraded by joyride 2170 (I think) to the release candidate joyride-2301. The olpc-update command appeared to throw a lot of errors -- but it complet4ed the update. The system hung trying to shutdown/reboot with an init error, but a manual power off/on brought the system up fine. And the software update utility launched automagically -- sweet!

===notes about 2301 ===
to get an activity to appear in the circle home view, it must be made a favorite in the linear home view

== Creating an Adult Activity Pack ==

I was recently (July 2008) asked by a novice user to reconfigure their XO to make it an "adult PC" that was still kid friendly for her 6-yr-old. I decided to install the latest build (703) so when and if she decided to upgrade again she wouldn't loose all her activities. But then I remembered that 703 has a bug that will corrupt SD cards, so I opted for 708 -- which is the candidate for the next release and has the SD card bug fixed.

Here's how I created a 708 (next release candidate) build with a customized activity pack by follow in [[Customization_key|these instructions]]. <tt>http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Customization_key</tt>
# I formatted (FAT32) a USB thumb drive on a Windows machine.
# On that same Windows machine I downloaded the customization key <tt>http://dev.laptop.org/~mstone/customization-2.zip</tt> and unzipped it to the root of the USB thumb drive.
# I downloaded the [http://download.laptop.org/xo-1/os/candidate/708/jffs2/ 708 img and fs.zip files] and placed them in the root of the USB drive.
#* I surfed the [[Activities|Activities page]] and downloaded the latest version of every activity I wanted to add to the XO. The .xo file for each of these activities was placed in the /bundle directory on the USB drive.
#*# Journal
#*# Browse (even if you don't use it to surf the web its necessary for other stuff to run...)--note: 708 doesn't seem to like browse-94.xo. Use browse-92.xo.
#*# Write
#*# Calculate
#*# Terminal
#*# Watch and Listen (Helix Media Player w/RealPlayer codecs) -- it launches but the mp3 codecs still need to be downloaded. hmmm. maybe its caused by the added security of 708?
#*# At her request I added the following games for her child:
#*#* Cartoon Builder
#*#* Childsplay
#*#* Colors
#*#* Flipsticks
#*#* Pacman
#*#* Speak
# I inserted the USB drive into the XO and held down the 4 game keys (circle, check, x, and square) while powering up the XO. The XO chimes, then the screen says to release the game keys. The XO flash (i.e. the hard drive) is erased, the XO reboots itself and my custom build was installed. The XO then powers down. I removed the thumb drive and powered up and voila -- a custom 708 installation!
# I also used yum to add SeaMonkey and Midnight Commander. Both must be launched from the terminal.
#* SeaMonkey -- <tt>seamonkey</tt>
#* Midnight Commander <tt>mc</tt>
# Disabled the hot corners

Revision as of 00:31, 8 September 2008

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from ReasonablyClever.com

Why AuntiMame?

Yes, its a real name. Just not very common. Its a variant of Mary. 

Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!

Current Activities

Wikimedia Commons gallery

Categorizing every file uploaded to the wiki.

  • [[Category:Vector Graphics]] done and add {{Property:Sugar_icon}} to icon images?
  • {{Template:Vector Graphics}} done
  • {{Template:Convert to Vector Graphics}} done
  • [[Category:PDF]] done
  • [[Category:Press]] done
  • [[Category:OLPC Public Relations]]
  • OLPC Legal
  • OLPC Hardware
  • [[Category:Screenshot Sugar]]
  • [[Category:Screenshot Activity]]
  • [[Category:Image JPG]]
  • [[Category:Image Photo taken by XO]]
  • [[Category:Image PNG]] done
  • [[Category:Image GIF]] done
  • {{Template:Convert to PNG}} done
  • [[Category:Image Animated]] done
  • Usie existing [[Category:Content Packages]] for content bundles (.xol) done
  • Wiki images using existing [[Category:Wiki Images]] done
  • how to deal with .doc & .rtf files?


Also ToDo:

  • Deal with all Category:Uncategorized_OLPC_Media
  • Apply a license to everything!

Graphics for OLPC wiki

Xo-math.svg File:Xo-music.svg Xo-education.svg
File:Xo-medicine.svg Xo-literacy.svg File:Xo colors.pdf
Icon stethoscope.svg ECG icon.svg Stars icon.svg DOS icon.svg


Formatting E-books

Steps for re-formatting Project Gutenberg ASCII text files into "beautified" PDF E-books on a MS Windows machine using MS Word.

  1. download the the ASCII text file.
  2. open the ASCII file in MS Notepad.
  3. Select all & copy.
  4. Start MS Word.
    • Page size 6.75x9 inches
    • All margins .5 inch, gutter 0
    • Mirror margins
    • Use Bitstream Vera or DejaVu (Bitstream Vera variation) open font faces.
  5. Paste ASCII into new document.
  6. strip out PG small print
  7. Tools menu. Options. View tab. Check to view paragraph marks.
  8. Edit menu. Replace. More button. Special button. replace ^p^p (insert symbols) with "EndOfParagraph". Replace all button.
    • replace ^p with single-space
    • hide paragraph marks
    • replace " with " (this will create curly quotes)
    • replace ' with ' (for curly apostrophes)
    • replace -- with emdash

notes to myself

http://dev.laptop.org/pub/content/library/games/xo-color.xml

UI colors

more color stuff

Munsell

XO_colors

Colors

http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&from=&namespace=6 all images uploaded to the wiki

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Special:Allpages All pages

MassXO notes

What's on the Velveteen[[1]] XO

I spent several weeks playing with upgrades and such and found myself with an overloaded XO, so in late June 2008 I wiped the Velveteen XO clean and reloaded 656. Here's what I did to revert this XO back to a "First World, Adult User laptop":

  1. Loaded 656 from USB
  2. Set the time
  3. Disable the hot corners.
  4. Install yumex, a GUI for yum. yum install yumex
  5. Install SeaMonkey, an all-in-one Internet suite (including firefox and thunderbird)
    • Installing SeaMonkey requires that you remove its exclusion from the XO's repository list. Follow these instructions for Firefox, but remove SeaMonkey from the list instead of Firefox.
    • After removing it from the exclusion list, you can install SeaMonkey using the yum package installer. yum install seamonkey
  6. Install Midnight Commander using yum. yum install mc
  7. Sugar-coat SeaMonkey using the scripts by the goddess CatMoran.
  8. Mod Write to enable access to the full AbiWord.
  9. Install the Sweet SocialCalc spreadsheet.
  10. Change the XO Guy.
  11. Add the MP3 drivers for Totem and Sugar-coat Totem.
  12. Connect to a Boston MA jabber server at bos.ma.us.xochat.org
  13. Install the Map activity that ties into GoogleMaps.
  14. Install the latest version of StarChart. Apart from the fact that its cooler than heck, I know the guy who wrote it and I made the icon. It may not help me with any work related stuff -- but I want it on my machine.
  15. Install the latest version of Speak. I have to have something that kids will want to play with.
  16. Install the latest version of Physics. It can keep my attention for hours, while I'm stuck inside an airplane. Until there's a solitaire game on the XO, this will be my favorite time-kill.
  17. Remove Acoustic Tape Measure, EToys, Measure, Memorize, NewsReader, Pippy, TamTam, and Turtle Art. They are all great activities, but I don't use them.
  18. Edit /usr/share/sugar/data/activities.defaults to re-order the Activites list at the bottom of the home page (paths can be found at /home/olpc/.sugar/default)

Preinstalled stuff I removed

  • Etoys yum remove etoys

Stuff that might be cool to add to the Velveteen XO

gqview yum install gqview - an image viewer


What's on Aunti's Joyride XO

I recently upgraded by joyride 2170 (I think) to the release candidate joyride-2301. The olpc-update command appeared to throw a lot of errors -- but it complet4ed the update. The system hung trying to shutdown/reboot with an init error, but a manual power off/on brought the system up fine. And the software update utility launched automagically -- sweet!

notes about 2301

to get an activity to appear in the circle home view, it must be made a favorite in the linear home view

Creating an Adult Activity Pack

I was recently (July 2008) asked by a novice user to reconfigure their XO to make it an "adult PC" that was still kid friendly for her 6-yr-old. I decided to install the latest build (703) so when and if she decided to upgrade again she wouldn't loose all her activities. But then I remembered that 703 has a bug that will corrupt SD cards, so I opted for 708 -- which is the candidate for the next release and has the SD card bug fixed.

Here's how I created a 708 (next release candidate) build with a customized activity pack by follow in these instructions. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Customization_key

  1. I formatted (FAT32) a USB thumb drive on a Windows machine.
  2. On that same Windows machine I downloaded the customization key http://dev.laptop.org/~mstone/customization-2.zip and unzipped it to the root of the USB thumb drive.
  3. I downloaded the 708 img and fs.zip files and placed them in the root of the USB drive.
    • I surfed the Activities page and downloaded the latest version of every activity I wanted to add to the XO. The .xo file for each of these activities was placed in the /bundle directory on the USB drive.
      1. Journal
      2. Browse (even if you don't use it to surf the web its necessary for other stuff to run...)--note: 708 doesn't seem to like browse-94.xo. Use browse-92.xo.
      3. Write
      4. Calculate
      5. Terminal
      6. Watch and Listen (Helix Media Player w/RealPlayer codecs) -- it launches but the mp3 codecs still need to be downloaded. hmmm. maybe its caused by the added security of 708?
      7. At her request I added the following games for her child:
        • Cartoon Builder
        • Childsplay
        • Colors
        • Flipsticks
        • Pacman
        • Speak
  4. I inserted the USB drive into the XO and held down the 4 game keys (circle, check, x, and square) while powering up the XO. The XO chimes, then the screen says to release the game keys. The XO flash (i.e. the hard drive) is erased, the XO reboots itself and my custom build was installed. The XO then powers down. I removed the thumb drive and powered up and voila -- a custom 708 installation!
  5. I also used yum to add SeaMonkey and Midnight Commander. Both must be launched from the terminal.
    • SeaMonkey -- seamonkey
    • Midnight Commander mc
  6. Disabled the hot corners
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