MelbourneXOClub
The Melbourne XO Club will meet monthly to do testing, hacking and general activities around the OLPC. Announcements are made through the OLPC Friends mailing list.
Many thanks to the Welly NZ Testers who have created such a great model for OLPC testing.
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Plans for this week
Testing Session
When: 2-4pm - Saturday 20 November
Where: The Hub, 17 Waterview Walk, Docklands Melbourne Map: [see http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/rsrc/Docklands/HubMap.pdf]
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
Who is coming?
Please list your name and contact here and email sabik [at] baum.com.au
What to do
- Testing Activities
- Testing Sugar on a Stick / Sugar on netbooks
- Keep working on our testing strategy to ensure we are getting it right.
- Keep having fun!
Who's got what
Add your laptop below to 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://sugarlabs.org/go/Supported_systems#Updating_Sugar_to_the_Latest_Version
Log of things done
We'll list our achievements as we go.
Input your activity test notes here:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pyBIsSK_3IlsHBpwk1EFNcQ
Next Meetings
- 2-4pm Jun 20 - The Hub at Docklands
- 2-4pm Jul 17 - The Hub at Docklands
- 2-4pm Aug 15 - The Hub at Docklands
Who are we
Please contact Jiri at sabik@baum.com.au for information and to let him know you are coming.
