OLPC Australia
OLPC Australia was launched in March 2008. They received a small batch of laptops to distribute as that independent Foundation could manage it across pilot projects in the region.
Technical development
Technical development is co-ordinated at https://dev.laptop.org.au/. See the Participation page to get involved.
Technical projects
Some of the key technical projects supported by OLPC Australia.
XO-AU: an Australian-specific software build for XOs. It contains localised settings and content suitable for Australian children. It has been developed in consultation with schools, educators and local communities.
XS-AU: a reconfiguration of the XS school server.
Mini Server: A mini update server that runs on an XO. Other XOs can wirelessly update their OS from it, using olpc-update. In a sense, it is like Nandblaster, but data (including the Journal) is preserved.
XOP: An XO racking and charging solution. The charger developed by OLPC Australia is better suited for the racks than the OLPC version.
Key contacts
OLPC Australia Board
- Rangan Srikhanta, Chief Executive Officer
- Clinton Hoffmann, Acting Chairman
- Prof. Barry Vercoe, Director
- Charles Kane, Director
- Philip Argy, Non-executive Director
- Michael McLeod - Director
Team
- Sridhar Dhanapalan, Technical Manager
- Penelope Bowden, Marketing Manager
- Kelly McJannett, Communications Manager
- Crighton Nichols, Education and Research Manager
- Elisha Barrett, Program Manager
- Rita Sharma, Office Manager
- Ning Gong, Finance and Logistics Co-ordinator
- Alan James, Regional Manager - Northern Territory
See also
External links
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| Number of Laptops | Number of manufactured laptops::5000 |
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| Deployment Status | Deployment status::Started by Barry Vercoe and the separate non-profit ''OLPC Australia''; the current group is unaffiliated with Pia Waugh and her early trial deployments in Australia. |