OLPC Update.1 Software Release Notes Activity Testing Results

Here are is a cursory test of almost all of the activities on the OLPC Activities wiki page. All tests were done on\

All of these activities were downloaded from the wiki page. I did not test out TamTam because I couldn't figure out how to install it on the XO without an XO bundle. Berrybw 01:20, 27 March 2008 (EDT)

Which Activities Don't Work

• OurStories v.1-beta
• Mimic v.1
• MaMaMedia Storybuilder v.12  :( really an awesome activity
• Tuxpaint v.1 --> doesn't run at all
• Schoolsplay v.0.4- runs but display screwed up, hard to read
• MaMaMedia Creative Center v.3 - works but doesn't do __anything__
• Kuku - doesn't run
• Inferno - doesn't run
• Dr. Geo II - v.104 does run but really, really slowly even once loaded
• Watch & Listen v.10 doesn't even show an icon in the activity panel

What Works

All of these activities at least start. I did not try sharing, saving, or gameplay.

• Scratch - but takes around 2 minutes to close it
• Words
• Newsreader runs but very slowly
• Maze
• Speak
• Browse
• Write
• Paint
• Measure
• EToys
• Memorize
• StarChart
• Moon
• SimCity
• Record
• TurtleArt
• SocialCalc
• Ruler
• PlayGo
• PollBuilder runs, but Lesson Plans don't render properly, appears to be xml-1.0, UTF-8
• MaMaMedia Learning Center
• Jokebook
• Jump
• Jigsaw Puzzle
• XoIRC
• Implode
• Frotz
• XaOS
• Flipsticks

Other issues

In general, Etoys-based activities start pretty quickly but take a long time to shutdown, literally 2 minutes.