School server

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When we deploy one laptop per child, we must also provide additional infrastructure extending the capabilities of the laptops. While the laptops are largely self-sufficient, a mesh portal providing connectivity and shared resources greatly extends their utility.

These persistent services required by OLPC laptops could conceivably be implemented in a fully distributed manner. They are , however, currently provided more economically by a centralized local resource, the school server. The functions provided by this server are open to debate, but at a minimum they include internet communication and storage resources to the school's wireless mesh.

Roadmap

The school server is in heavy development at the moment (March/April 2008) - following

Meetings

March 25th XS Teleconference

The first XS Conference will be held on Tuesday March 25th 11 AM US EST. You can find the timezone difference between EST and your own timezone at World TimeServer

Design Documents

The School server is described here - note that some may be slighly outdated:

See also