Mailing lists
If you are new to the use of mailing lists in open-source projects, please see An introduction to mailing lists.
Mailing lists are used extensively for communication amongst members of the OLPC community. They are used for software/hardware development, user and deployment support, general disussion, community outreach, and more. With some exceptions, OLPC mailing lists are public, meaning that anyone can subscribe and post, and anyone (even those without subscriptions) can read the archives.
A list of OLPC-related mailing lists is shown below. Clicking the links below will lead to the list's individual page, where a more thorough description and forms for subscribing can be found. This is only partial, see http://lists.laptop.org and http://lists.sugarlabs.org for the full listing.
For mailing lists that are related to OLPC's mission but are not solely OLPC focused, see Outside mailing lists.
Primary mailing lists
The mailing lists shown below are the most active of those available, and are generally the first point of contact for new contributors and wide-reaching discussions.
| OLPC Open | General OLPC community discussion and chit-chat. |
| Devel | OLPC hardware and software development. Not for general discussion. |
| Sugar-devel | Sugar and Sugar-related development. |
| Server-devel | School server development. |
| It's An Education Project (IAEP) | Sugar and the learning theories that it espouses. |
| Localization | Software localization. |
| Testing | Testing discussions related to Sugar and OLPC. |
Other mailing lists
These mailing lists may be less active (or totally inactive), and new contributors are advised to start with the mailing lists shown above. However, these quieter and more-specific lists can often be woken up by new contributors expressing interest to get involved.
Education
| Educators | Educators and OLPC |
| Research | Academic and field research about OLPC and its impacts |
| Health | OLPC Health |
| Library | OLPC Library and content discussions |
Grassroots groups
| Grassroots | Grassroots OLPC groups. Exchange and share experiences in building up a grassroots OLPC group |
| Repairs | Discussion about and for grassroots repair centers |
| OLPC Sur | OLPC en castellano para usuarios, docentes, voluntarios y administradores |
| OLPC Boston | Boston, MA USA Users Group |
| OLPC Chicago | OLPC Chicago |
| OLPC LCDC | OLPC Learning Club DC |
| OLPC NYC | OLPC NYC |
| OLPC SF | OLPC San Francisco |
| OLPC Workshop | OLPC Workshops |
| Toronto Dev | Discussion list for Toronto area OLPC developers |
| Roadshows | XO roadshows |
| University Chapters | Grassroots OLPC chapters at colleges and universities |
Africa
| Egypt Open Source | Discussion of open source in Egypt |
| Ethiopia | OLPC Ethiopia |
| Ghana Open Source | Discussion of open source in Ghana |
| in Tanzania | OLPC PTN in Tanzania |
| Nigeria Open Source | Discussion of open source in Nigeria |
| OLPC ZA | OLPC South Africa |
| OLPC MA | OLPC Morocco |
| OLPC NG | OLPC Nigeria Ambassadors |
| OLPC ZA | OLPC Gambia |
| Uganda Open Source' | Discussion of open source in Uganda |
Asia
Europe
| OLPC CH | OLPC Switzerland |
| OLPC DE | OLPC Deutschland |
| OLPC Europe | OLPC Europe |
| OLPC France | OLPC in France and francophone countries |
South America
| Argentina | OLPC Argentina |
| Bolivia | OLPC Bolivia |
| Brasil | OLPC Brasil |
| Colombia | OLPC Colombia/Grassroots Organization |
| Kreyol | Haitian Kreyol translation |
| Peru | OLPC Peru |
| OLPC Haiti | OLPC Haiti |
| OLPC Uruguay | OLPC Uruguay |
Development and technology
| Accessibility | Discussion of accessibility on the OLPC |
| Bugs | OLPC bugtracker mailing list |
| olpc | The Fedora-OLPC Project list for olpc operating system development. |
| OpenEC | Discussion of OpenEC development |
| Security | Discussion of linux and bitfrost security, activity isolation, 'rainbow' (our security subsystem), and theft deterrence measures. |
| Peripherals | Discussion for XO peripherals |
| Power | Discussions on XO laptop power - See Category:Battery & Power |
| EduBlog | EduBlog mailing list |
| Etoys | Discussion of the Etoys multi-media authoring environment on OLPC |
| Games | Games for OLPC |
| SocialCalc | SocialCalc mailing list |
| Wiki | Discussion of WikiReaders and related tech |
Members-only groups
| Support Gang | Community Support Volunteers |
| Wiki Gang | Wiki maintenance volunteers |
| OLPC Sysadmin | Mailing list for OLPC sysadmin team |