Software discussion

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Overview

OLPC software is a set of carefully chosen and integrated linux applications, creating an innovative user environment.

• Sugar - the User Interface

  OLPC Human Interface Guidelines

• Software components and projects
• Software goals and open-source software
• Software FAQ

Developers, you can help get Trial1 out the door right now:

• Trial1 Software; Trial1 TODO

Details

(This section needs to be updated)

Developers program

• The OLPC developer wiki
• Getting started programming

BTest Software

• The BTest-1 Release Notes and BTest-2 Release Notes are required reading for anyone with BTest Hardware and Software
• The OLPC Software Release Notes are also required reading.
• BTest-1 Demo Notes describes some of the software on the BTest systems
• All BTest systems should be upgraded to current software and firmware before use, since many problems have already been resolved since the machines were manufactured
• Firmware releases are stored here.

Build images

• The latest build is always here.
• Instructions regarding the use of emulation images
• User Feedback on Images

Laptop software

• Programming environments we will be supporting
• Applications to be included on B1
• Applications to be included on B2
• Libraries we are using

Other:

• Development issues
• Sample Applications

LinuxBIOS

• Building LinuxBIOS
• Maintainer Notes
• Open Firmware

Device drivers

• DCON
• CS5536 GPIO Mappings
• OLPC Port and MMIO base address

See also

• Category:Software
• Category:Software ideas
• Category:Developers