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Here is a (growing) list of projects being worked on for/around the XO laptops, including hardware, firmware, integration and aggregation of material, interface design, accessibility, and more. Click on the name of any linked activity for detailed information about its design and development status.
- For more information about activities with their own sugar packaging, see the Activities page.
- For more information about activities that could use your help, see the Participate page.
- For miscellaneous tasks, see the request board.
Everyone who is part of the developer's program is involved in at least one project; please make sure that yours is listed below or on the activities page.
| Project Name | Description | In use | Updated in Build | l10n | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardware Extensions | |||||
| Peripherals | Inexpensive peripherals to distribute with laptops | ||||
| School Server Extensions | |||||
| Moodle | A classroom management system for students and teachers. | See http://www.moodle.com/. | |||
| Firmware | |||||
| Mesh | |||||
| Userspace tools | Collabora, et al: Tubes & presence integration with sugar | ||||
| Network manager | |||||
| Firmware/drivers | Integration issues | ||||
| Speech Recognition, Text-to-Speech | |||||
| Multimedia | |||||
| Helix media activities | a Helix Media Activity and helix browser plugins; both a fully free version (for olpc) and one with all available integrated codecs (for developer use) | version 3+ available; not for anyone to download (licensing) but for devs who request it. Works well with rm and rv formats, okay with ogg formats (at low framerates), not yet with mpeg. | |||
| Gstreamer activities | a Gstreamer browser plugin and possible standalone activity... | Works with hacking; no full integration or separate codebase yet. Check with J5 about latest status. We need stronger Gstreamer contacts for this to be sustainable. | |||
| Educational Activities, Lesson Plans, and Templates | |||||
| Etoys templates | Examples of what to do with etoys, how to use it in the classroom and on one's own, great ideas to experiment with | video, pdf | |||
| Example activities | Examples of how to use the XO for learning, and to expand/enhance existing educational activities. | Template: Activity_template | |||
| Game Libraries | |||||
| PyGame | A python library for developing graphical games; abstracting out the implementation of widgets, buttons, and screen manipulation | ||||
| Gnash | A free software Flash implementation; cf #gnash on irc.freenode.net and Rob Savoye | Working; supports much of Flash 7, a little later ActionScript; active development, responsive to specific requests. | |||
| Content Bundles | |||||
| Game Jam Bundle | Games developed during the June 2007 Game Jam. | To be packaged for the June 25th internal release. | |||
| Community Organizing | |||||
| Participate wiki | Site to collect/direct the OLPC community. | Currently on the OLPC wiki. To be merged with the OLPC development site. Ideas welcome. | |||
| Infrastructure | |||||
| OLPC Library Portal | Spec in progress. | ||||