Projects

see also: software projects, activities,

Here is a (growing) list of projects being worked on for/around the XO laptops, including hardware, firmware, integration and aggregation of material, interface design, accessibility, and more. Click on the name of any linked activity for detailed information about its design and development status.

For more information about activities with their own sugar packaging, see the Activities page.

For more information about activities that could use your help, see Participate.

Everyone who is part of the developer's program is involved in at least one project; please make sure that yours is listed below or on the activities page.

OLPC Project List

Project Name	Description	In use	Updated in Build	l10n	Status
Hardware Extensions
Peripherals	Inexpensive peripherals to distribute with laptops
School Server Extensions
Moodle	A classroom management system for students and teachers.				See http://www.moodle.com/.
Firmware
Mesh
Userspace tools	Collabora, et al: Tubes & presence integration with sugar
Network manager
Firmware/drivers		Integration issues
Speech Recognition, Text-to-Speech
Multimedia
Helix media activities	a Helix Media Activity and helix browser plugins; both a fully free version (for olpc) and one with all available integrated codecs (for developer use)				version 3+ available; not for anyone to download (licensing) but for devs who request it. Works well with rm and rv formats, okay with ogg formats (at low framerates), not yet with mpeg.
Gstreamer activities	a Gstreamer browser plugin and possible standalone activity...				Works with hacking; no full integration or separate codebase yet. Check with J5 about latest status. We need stronger Gstreamer contacts for this to be sustainable.
Educational Activities, Lesson Plans, and Templates
Etoys templates	Examples of what to do with etoys, how to use it in the classroom and on one's own, great ideas to experiment with				video, pdf
Example activities	Examples of how to use the XO for learning, and to expand/enhance existing educational activities.				Template: Activity_template
Game Libraries
PyGame	A python library for developing graphical games; abstracting out the implementation of widgets, buttons, and screen manipulation
Gnash	A free software Flash implementation; cf #gnash on irc.freenode.net and Rob Savoye				Working; supports much of Flash 7, a little later ActionScript; active development, responsive to specific requests.
Content Bundles
Game Jam Bundle	Games developed during the June 2007 Game Jam.				To be packaged for the June 25th internal release.
Community Organizing
Infrastructure
OLPC Library Portal					Spec in progress.