MelbourneXOClub
The Melbourne XO Club meets monthly* to do testing, hacking and general activities around the OLPC.
(* the third saturday of every month except in September, when we celebrate Software Freedom Day instead, and in January - when we hold a social BBQ instead.)
Many thanks to the Welly NZ Testers who have created such a great model for OLPC testing.
Plans for this month
Next Testing Session
When: 12-4pm - every third Saturday of the month
Where: The Hub, 17 Waterview Walk, Docklands Melbourne
Map: see http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map#hub
Transport: For those coming via Public Transport, the City Circle, number 48 (North Balwyn - Docklands) number 86 (Bundoora - Docklands) and number 70 (Wattle Park - Docklands) all stop on the corner of Bourke Street and Harbour Esplanade. Southern Cross Station is just across the overpass over Wurundjeri Road.
Parking: There is plenty of paid parking nearby.
We'll be testing the latest software build... come along, and help out. If you have an XO - please let us know, and we'll be happy to help you flash it to the latest version. If you don't have an XO bring a laptop and a USB key and we'll have a go at testing sugar on a stick.
Contact: Tony Forster: forster at ozonline dot com dot au - 03 9796 8161
What we do
- User testing - if its not easily discoverable it needs fixing
- Bug testing - Activities and operating system
- Testing on XO hardware, we have some spare XO units
- Testing Sugar on a Stick / live CD - bring your laptop
- Keep having fun!
We plan to coordinate with NZ on testing.
Who's got what
Bring your laptop below the testing group. If you don't have an XO laptop, you can emulate the current build of the OLPC environment — Fedora 9 + Sugar + core activities — on your existing computer by running a Live CD or running one of our OS images under emulation.
Further Details here: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Downloads/Landing_page
Log of things done
Past sessions .
19 Mar 2011 - tested Scratch and Turtle Art
20 Aug 11 - testing OS2
17 September 2011 (and software freedom day)
15 October 2011 (pictured) testing Sugar 0.94 OS880
Past activity test notes here:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pyBIsSK_3IlsHBpwk1EFNcQ
Next Meetings
- monthly, third Saturday of the month
Who are we
Hosted by Linux Users of Victoria is one of Australia's largest Linux User Groups Please contact Jiri at sabik@baum.com.au for information on LUV.