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Overview

OLPC software is a set of carefully chosen and integrated linux applications, creating an innovative user environment.

Developers, you can help get Trial1 out the door right now:

Overview - draft rewrite

OLPC software is a set of carefully chosen and integrated linux applications, creating an innovative user environment.

Basically, the laptop runs Red Hat linux with X-windows, a novel Sugar user interface and support library, supporting a core set of "activities" (programs which follow the HIG). There is an emphasis on python and Gtk. Random linux software can be run too, but having a common and enabling user interface is nice, and requiring additional libraries (KDE, java runtime, whatever) is in tension with disk and memory limits.

There are four types of software:

  • "Activities", written or ported to the Sugar user interface, and following HIG. They can be written in ... The core activities are...
  • Code written for an activity, including squeak, crawl around, javascript....? This is the easiest type to write.
  • Linux software using the standard libraries listed here.
  • Any other linux software. Memory and disk space are constrained (...), so requiring additional libraries makes this a less attractive option.

You can

  • Get an overview
  • Play - LiveCD. Sugar download.
  • Create software
    • ...
  • Hardcore bug hunt


Some Details

(This section needs to be updated)

Developers program

BTest Software

Build images

Laptop software

OLPC Python Environment

Software schedules

Testing checklist

LinuxBIOS

Device drivers

Misc

See also