Open projects

Looking for something to work on? See these pages for more details. (Also see Projects for a more outdated page.)

OLPC projects

Wiki server - Port the "wikipedia on the iphone" project to the XO. (code, testing, content curation)
- Update WikiBrowse project page with latest status
- Convert Simple and English Wikipedias to this format
Ambient light detection - for low-power mode. (code)
Power activity - Shows charging progress in a more detailed form. Especially useful for users/devs of non-AC chargers (solar, human-powered, etc). (code, hardware)
Developer tutorials - making guides for new people to get started making stuff for the XO.
Activity Handbook: wikify, convert to LaTeX (because DocBook sucks)
OLPC pilots: comprehensive overview of where pilots are happening and contact info (if possible) for each pilot
Projectdb: clean up source-code
Activity to control power on USB port (for keyboard illumination)
Sleep ;-) (and test the Alarm clock activity)
Set up a build server of your own
- One for a Demo build
- One for a joyride-with-activities-and-fun-things build

Find a non-(physical)space consuming alternative for the touchpad
Translation of teacher preparation materials and education activities from Nepali to English

Demos and pages describing the installation of alternative user interfaces to sugar:
- Barebones / fast (e.g. blackbox, fluxbox and kin).
- Lightweight desktop: (e.g. XFCE, ROX).
- Tabbing window manager (e.g. Ion, xmonad, stumpwm)

Mediawiki filter - A plugin architecture for selecting pages in a mediawiki that meet certain criterion.
SimpleRPG (may be renamed) - tutorial for learning programming, pygame game development, and networking (sockets) all at once