XS Community Edition/6.2
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Internet-in-a-Box / XSCE 6.2 (formerly known as "School Server Community Edition") was released April 19, 2017.
Please see the Release Notes here: https://github.com/xsce/xsce/wiki/IIAB-6.2-Release-Notes
Documentation was overhauled & refreshed in early 2017:
- https://github.com/xsce/xsce/wiki
- http://schoolserver.org/FAQ
- http://box/info (documentation for offline operators)
Install images for different CPU's, OS's and languages (many including sample content) are accumulating here: http://download.iiab.io/6.2
IIAB/XSCE 6.2 code is here, which represents a very major step forward since v6.1:
- Strong Raspberry Pi 3 support, including the Raspbian Pixel OS (see security updates from late Nov 2016, and early 2017)
- Strong support for teachers/librarians who want ad hoc USB stick/drive materials to appear instantly at http://box/usb
- Captive Portal experimentation, so users don't need to type in any URL at all (e.g. http://box, http://school.lan, http://schoolserver.lan, http://172.18.96.1 etc!) Largely deferred to IIAB 6.3, but Coming Soon!
- And Far More: please do read the Release Notes!
Background: We began working around a regular 6-month release cycle starting with XSCE 6.0 (released March 27, 2016) leading up to XSCE 6.1 (released September 22, 2016). We just missed the 6-month target this time, but that was a result of such a major refactoring, bringing us forward from CentOS exclusivity, embracing Raspbian for RPi, while adding the similar Debian for larger PC's.
Do join our weekly "Thursday" calls to help push forward what's coming next!
http://tinyurl.com/iiabminutes
After 6.2 (starting in April 2017) our code will increasingly transition to: http://github.com/iiab
The latest *stable* release should always be available at: https://github.com/xsce/xsce/releases/latest
Return to this IIAB/XSCE 6.2 summary site anytime later, with short link: http://schoolserver.org/6.2