MelbourneXOClub

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The Melbourne XO Club meets monthly to do testing, hacking and general activities around the OLPC. Many thanks to the [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/WellyNZTesters Welly NZ Testers] who have created such a great model for OLPC testing. =Plans for this month= == Next Testing Session == '''When:''' 12-4pm - Saturday 18 February 2011 '''Where:''' The Hub, 17 Waterview Walk, Docklands Melbourne '''Map:''' see http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map#hub '''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 == What we do == # User testing - if its not easily [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/The_Undiscoverable discoverable] it needs fixing # Bug testing - Activities and operating system # Testing on XO hardware, we have some spare XO units # Testing Sugar on a Stick / live CD - bring your laptop # Keep having fun! We plan to coordinate with NZ on testing http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_New_Zealand/Test_Requests ==Who's got what== Bring your laptop below 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://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Downloads/Landing_page == Log of things done == Past sessions . [[MelbXOclub-RandomObservations|20 Dec 2008]] [[MelbXOclub20Nov10|20 Nov 2010]] [[MelbXOclub18Dec10|18 Dec 2010]] <s>Past activity test notes here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pyBIsSK_3IlsHBpwk1EFNcQ </s> = Next Meetings = * monthly, third Saturday of the month == Who are we == Hosted by Linux Users of Victoria is one of Australia's largest Linux User Groups Please contact Jiri at sabik@baum.com.au for information on LUV. [[Testing]]|[[Volunteer]]