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Welcome to XS-CE 0.2

For the impatient please jump to [[User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.2/Hacking | Get Started]] to download and install your own School Server
For the impatient please jump to [[User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.2/Hacking | Get Started]] to download and install your own School Server


The XS-CE provides core AP features plus a small set of critical extended services on an XO 1.75. These extended servies include:
Setting up a computer as a school server software enables it to act as an Access Point which connected laptops can use to access the internet.
<ul>

<li>Web server -- Building block for many other extended services
Service: Web server
<li>proxy server and web cache --bandwidth, web-filtering, web-monitoring
Purpose: Building block for many other extended services
<li>OLPC-update -- OLPC-update is necessary to update the kernel of XO

<li>Activity update-- Enables teachers to easily distribute new or updated activities to their students
Service: proxy server and web cache
<li>Virtual Private Network -- Creating secure point-to-point or site-to-site connections in routed or bridged configurations and remote access facilities
Purpose: bandwidth, web-filtering, web-monitoring
</ul>

Service: OLPC-update
Purpose: OLPC-update is necessary to update the kernel of XO


Service: Activity update
Purpose: Enables teachers to easily distribute new or updated activities to their students

Service: Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Purpose: Creating secure point-to-point or site-to-site connections in routed or bridged configurations and remote access facilities



Provides core AP features plus a small set of critical extended services on an XO 1.75.


1. Build on self-discipline learned in 0.1
1. Build on self-discipline learned in 0.1

Revision as of 03:35, 3 March 2013

For the impatient please jump to Get Started to download and install your own School Server

The XS-CE provides core AP features plus a small set of critical extended services on an XO 1.75. These extended servies include:

  • Web server -- Building block for many other extended services
  • proxy server and web cache --bandwidth, web-filtering, web-monitoring
  • OLPC-update -- OLPC-update is necessary to update the kernel of XO
  • Activity update-- Enables teachers to easily distribute new or updated activities to their students
  • Virtual Private Network -- Creating secure point-to-point or site-to-site connections in routed or bridged configurations and remote access facilities


1. Build on self-discipline learned in 0.1

2. Initial modularity. I.E. must deal with different hardware configurations at install time.

3. Atomic tasks coordinated by regular releases.

4. Extend "Feedback, fix, finished product" loop to include remote developers and testers.