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A handbook for developers, teachers, contributors, and laptop-users.
A handbook for developers, teachers, contributors, and laptop-users.



== Background ==
== Background ==
[[OLPC]] is an [[educators|education]] project for children, building a durable children's [[xo|laptop]], a child-friendly [[sugar|user interface]], and .
[[OLPC]] is an [[educators|education]] project for children, building a durable children's [[xo|laptop]], a child-friendly [[sugar|user interface]], and .


=== Who work on OLPC? ===
=== Who works on OLPC? ===

Designers, hardware manufacturers, firmware developers (Men Of FORTH), Linux kernel and systems developers, activity developers (esp python, javascript, actionscript, C), database and interface designers, localization fanatics, game developers, authors, translators, artists, musicians.



=== How can I get involved? ===
=== How can I get involved? ===

Revision as of 17:22, 13 October 2007

A handbook for developers, teachers, contributors, and laptop-users.


Background

OLPC is an education project for children, building a durable children's laptop, a child-friendly user interface, and .

Who works on OLPC?

Designers, hardware manufacturers, firmware developers (Men Of FORTH), Linux kernel and systems developers, activity developers (esp python, javascript, actionscript, C), database and interface designers, localization fanatics, game developers, authors, translators, artists, musicians.


How can I get involved?

Developers primarily hang out on a few IRC channels : #sugar for activity and interface development, #olpc for general discussion and OS/kernel hacking, #olpc-content for content and library development and localization.

Community members have a few other channels : #olpc-es for spanish-language discussion, and low-traffic channels for specific pilots and countries (peru, brasil).


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