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[http://www.laptop.org.au/ OLPC Australia] was launched in March 2008. They received a small batch of laptops to distribute as that independent Foundation could manage it across pilot projects in the region.
[http://www.laptop.org.au/ OLPC Australia] was launched in March 2008. They received a small batch of laptops to distribute as that independent Foundation could manage it across pilot projects in the region.

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== Technical development ==

Technical development is co-ordinated at https://dev.laptop.org.au/. See the [https://dev.laptop.org.au/projects/general/wiki/Participation Participation] page to get involved.

=== Technical projects ===

Some of the key technical projects supported by OLPC Australia.

'''[https://dev.laptop.org.au/projects/xo-au XO-AU]''': an Australian-specific software build for XOs. It contains localised settings and content suitable for Australian children. It has been developed in consultation with schools, educators and local communities.

'''[https://dev.laptop.org.au/projects/xs-au XS-AU]''': a reconfiguration of the XS school server.

'''[https://dev.laptop.org.au/projects/mini-server Mini Server]''': A mini update server that runs on an XO. Other XOs can wirelessly update their OS from it, using olpc-update. In a sense, it is like [[Nandblaster]], but data (including the Journal) is preserved.



== Key contacts ==
== Key contacts ==
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== See also ==
== See also ==


*[[OLPC Oceania]]
* [[OLPC Oceania]]
*[[OLPC New Zealand]]
* [[OLPC New Zealand]]


== External links ==
== External links ==


*[http://www.laptop.org.au/ OLPC Australia (official site)]
* [http://www.laptop.org.au/ OLPC Australia (official site)]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia Australia (Wikipedia)]
* [https://dev.laptop.org.au/ OLPC Australia development]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia Australia (Wikipedia)]





Revision as of 03:42, 16 January 2011

OLPC Australia was launched in March 2008. They received a small batch of laptops to distribute as that independent Foundation could manage it across pilot projects in the region.

Technical development

Technical development is co-ordinated at https://dev.laptop.org.au/. See the Participation page to get involved.

Technical projects

Some of the key technical projects supported by OLPC Australia.

XO-AU: an Australian-specific software build for XOs. It contains localised settings and content suitable for Australian children. It has been developed in consultation with schools, educators and local communities.

XS-AU: a reconfiguration of the XS school server.

Mini Server: A mini update server that runs on an XO. Other XOs can wirelessly update their OS from it, using olpc-update. In a sense, it is like Nandblaster, but data (including the Journal) is preserved.


Key contacts

OLPC Australia Board

  • Rangan Srikhanta, Chief Executive Officer
  • Clinton Hoffmann, Acting Chairman
  • Prof. Barry Vercoe, Director
  • Charles Kane, Director
  • Philip Argy, Non-executive Director
  • Michael McLeod - Director

Team

  • Sridhar Dhanapalan, Technical Manager
  • Penelope Bowden, Marketing Manager
  • Kelly McJannett, Communications Manager
  • Crighton Nichols, Education and Research Manager
  • Elisha Barrett, Program Manager
  • Rita Sharma, Office Manager
  • Ning Gong, Finance and Logistics Co-ordinator
  • Alan James, Regional Manager - Northern Territory

See also

External links



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Number of Laptops Number of manufactured laptops::5000
Keyboard Layout Keyboard::OLPC English Keyboard
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School Server ,|x|School server status::x}}
Deployment Status Deployment status::Started by Barry Vercoe and the separate non-profit ''OLPC Australia''; the current group is unaffiliated with Pia Waugh and her early trial deployments in Australia.