...e an SD card in Sugar; you can move files to and from the card by dragging and dropping the file in the Journal view to the card icon at the bottom of the
*In [[Sugar]], a card icon will appear at the lower left of the [[Journal]], and you can begin to use it.
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...apresentam, no FISL6.0, em Porto Alegre, a palestra intitulada "Media Lab and Free Software". Essencialmente expondo o Media Lab como berço do software
...-geral da ONU, publicamente, endossa o projeto, e Negroponte declara quais os países interessados e comprometidos com o Projeto: Argentina, Brasil, Chin
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...such as backup for the children's work. Both projects are based on Fedora linux.
: (Is it designed only to boot from NAND? Are there SD and USB variations of the image?)
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Separated by "False" and "Falsehood" (inaccuracies) misunderstandings, and other responses where appropriate.
...s; so internal Flash storage can be used for the OS and some file storage, and common external USB drives can take up the slack if needed. Further, the la
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...... rumours on this site] saying that it is restricted to the USA & Canada and that this is due to concerns about supply, or legal complications in export
.... This has led to resentment among many, particularly in Europe, Australia and East Asia, who suspect that the heads of OLPC simply forgot about the world
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This release is for testing a number of security enhancements for XO-1 and many other changes that have been added to the source tree during the devel
* {{Trac|9362|setup-smbios for Linux boots}}
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: See also the efforts of iCommons, OLE, and ''free culture spaces''
...gions. Examples include [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Nepal|OLPC Nepal] and [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Spanish_America|OLPC Spanish America]. Cur
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...light for after school chores are completed, leaving only late in the day and many will be in latitudes with SHORT winter days.
...e you are then the faster you can get on with solving the world's problems and letting the world know about your solutions...
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Please try to limit the opinions of other people's ideas and save it for the discussion pages. If you think someone has a particularly g
...ey. Apple also allows to disable/assign the CAPS LOCK key-function via Mac OS X system preferences.
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...d to install [[Python]] and PyGTK separately. And then there is [[GECKO]]. And finally, the [[Sugar]] environment that is built on all of it.
...[[Sugar]]. Get your proof of concept up and running, fix the major issues and then ask for help to port it to [[Sugar]].
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...es which have to be sourced from other sites. And then there is [[GECKO]]. And finally, the [[Sugar]] environment that is built on all of it.
...[[Sugar]]. Get your proof of concept up and running, fix the major issues and then ask for help to port it to [[Sugar]].
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...ld check the [[:Category:Installing Sugar]] for an updated list of distros and installation instructions.
* [[Sugar on Gentoo Linux|Gentoo Linux]]
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...he Laptop into a fun, easy to use, social experience that promotes sharing and learning.
; as [[OS images]]
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...our best to make sure your XO is delivered to a Russian child who needs it and ready to use it under supervision of a Russian teacher who knows how to tea
...are on concept definition stage yet and you are welcome to join with ideas and efforts.
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When brainstorming, try to let your mind run free. When reading and looking for a project to start, keep in mind that we are looking for projec
* [[Touchop]] - Drag-and-drop puzzle game for the browser
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'''QEMU''' is a popular emulation environment for Windows and Linux. This page describes how to set it up on a Windows machine.
'''Note:''' people have converted some QEMU images to work with [[OS images for emulation#VMware Player|VMWare Player]], but regular OLPC builds
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...in steadfast in our belief that learning is fundamental to positive change and that the laptop will afford opportunities for learning where they did not p
== What are the pros and cons of OLPC? ==
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===Introduction and Related Material===
* [[Power_Management_Tips|XO Power Management Tips and Tricks]]
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...and many other software components built on top of a modified [[Fedora]] [[Linux]].
...d most of the development of the Sugar learning platform. See those links and [[Future releases]] for more information.
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...odrigo-arboleda-2/ skip to 10:10 by Rodrigo Arboleda is currently Chairman and CEO, for One Laptop per Child Association (OLPC).
...good data about disability incidence worldwide is challenging. In America and Europe, we have some general statistics:
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..., or you can [[OLPC Python Environment|install Python on your desktop PC]] and run the Sugar application directly on your PC.
Then several screens of text will fly past as Linux begins to load. Just wait until you see the Sugar desktop shown later.
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...ual]], have [[Developers/Setup|installed a Sugar development environment]] and wish to use the [[Developers/Setup#Python/PyGTK|PyGTK]] development approac
...lowing the instructions on [[Making_Sugar_Icons | making icons for Sugar]] and place it in the activity sub-directory. The file name should match the icon
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...ossible), plus dual user-level platforms [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org Sugar] and GNOME.
...ki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Getting_Involved#Developer Sugar developer] and [http://developer.gnome.org/ GNOME developer] communities. The content on t
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...o [[reboot]] your laptop after inserting the adapter. This may not be plug-and-play!
...s|build version]], mention if you had to reboot your XO to use the device, and sign your comment with <tt><nowiki>-- ~~~~</nowiki></tt>''
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...content that was developed jointly with the UCSC and open source community and the president was impressed with the effort to localise the content prior t
...upaya. The event will be attended by several persons who are interested in and supporting the OLPC project. The project is being coordinated by the Direct
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...to boot, read these machine instructions from the file system on the USB, and then use that file system.
...th the "FAT" filesystem set up on most USB drives, it requires permissions and symbolic links that FAT does not provide.
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...zip open-firmware-x86-linux-r3782.zip], extract it on an x86 Linux system, and type "./forth".
...a secondary stack - the "return stack" - that is used for return addresses and a few other things. The Forth system automatically manages the return stac
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...Yoshiki Ohshima, Ian Piumarta, Kim Rose, Scott Wallace, Takashi Yamamiya, and [http://squeak.org/ many others]}}
...America (Brazil, Colombia, Argentina), Asia (Japan, Korea, India, Nepal), and elsewhere.
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...C Trojan horse is the ebook and the soldiers inside the horse are children and teachers with laptops.
# teachers (and children) can construct lesson plans and other learning materials;
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...se it, you need the binary-image (cross-platform) and the virtual machine (OS-specific).
...Windows machine, you then copy the <tt>.image & .changes</tt> to the OLPC and it will work exactly the same—no compilation, no conversion, no hassl
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...feels misrepresented here should provide a link to the original statement, and a '''brief''' explanation.
...o resolving arguments is to find where people are talking past each other, and challenge each side to reply to the actual question with actual evidence. S
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...dget. Instead we have to concentrate our resources to increase the utility and functionality of the wireless network adapter.
* Has onboard ARM 9 processor, ROM and RAM.
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...ee also [[:Category:Installing Sugar]] for specific platform instructions) and run the Sugar application directly on your PC.
Then several screens of text will fly past as Linux begins to load. Just wait until you see the Sugar desktop shown later.
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'''This process is not recommended for newer machines and newer builds, unless debugging problems. Please use the [[olpc-update]] me
...lash key or disk, that when booted on an OLPC laptop, updates its firmware and installs a new version of the operating system image onto NAND flash.
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...ware components|system software]] featuring the [[Sugar]] UI on [[Fedora]] Linux.
...e [[Islamism]] page; the OLPC Association continues their development of a Linux-based software set for the laptop.
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This works on XO-1 and olpc_build:883, tested 14. May 2012.
*Go to the page: http://www.opera.com/browser/download/?os=linux-i386&list=all
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.... Also, when answering a new question (at the end of the page), please cut and paste it to before the line near the end that begins with /noinclude; that
...light detectors) and the price can be very low. The problem is reliability and cost of the scanners. An invention on optical scanner has solved the proble
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.... Also, when answering a new question (at the end of the page), please cut and paste it to before the line near the end that begins with /noinclude; that
...AQ on Software]]''' answers many questions about what software is included and what software it should be possible to add. Specific questions about which
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''This page was for thinking about documentation needs and opportunities in 2007.''
...zed. The OLPC laptops will come with e-books documenting how to use them, and technical details needed by application developers are available on the web
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== Using Forth Under Linux ==
You can run Forth under Linux and use it to inspect I/O devices.
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.... Also, when answering a new question (at the end of the page), please cut and paste it to before the line near the end that begins with /noinclude; that
My OLPC stucked off after starting up and please also guide me that from where i can get
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...]s (known as "memory sticks", "USB keys", "thumb drives" or "jump drives") and also larger USB hard drives.
...-help.svg|30px|link=http://laptop.org/8.2.0/manual/]] has more information and graphics to help you.
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...distribution (previously called "Fedora Core") developed by Fedora Project and sponsored by Red Hat.
...[[Sugar]], it is a reference for any other [[:Category:Linux distributions|Linux distribution]] attempting to run on the OLPC XO hardware or present the [[S
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Short version: The devices tested and known to work are
...ased on the SIS Net2280/SiS315 chipset, which uses the 'sisusbvga'(kernel) and 'sisusb'(xorg) drivers, '''only those two models have been reported to work
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One Laptop per Child has released OLPC OS [[18.04.0]] for the [[NL3]] and [[ED20]] models.
...ng system. This [[16.04.1|build]] has entered production with the [[NL3]], and can be acquired through private negotiation or by ordering NL3 laptops from
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...d servers. We outline [[XS_Recommended_Hardware|hardware recommendations]] and in the future, we may offer a hardware platform specially designed for the
...ol Server allow asynchronous interaction, can use larger storage capacity, and take advantage of the processing power of the XS.
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...the uninitiated. This page is a humble attempt to take some of the magic and mystery away from this ''sufficiently advanced science''.
...ime stamp when you save the page. Without them, notes that are months old and obsolete look the same as notes added yesterday.
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...Sun Microsystems SPARC based workstations and servers, IBM POWER systems, and PegasosPPC systems, among others. On those computers, Open Firmware fulfill
For example Fedora and Debian use the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaboot YaBoot] BootLoader for
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...ut the details are different: Python is at 2.6, Sugar has split into sugar and jarabe, the sugar startup components are different, etc.''
# what packages and software Sugar relies on
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...scribes how to control/display your XO-computer from a non-XO PC or Mac or Linux box, or how to hook up the XO to an external VGA monitor or projector. To d
...heir FAQ] as of December 2007, "DisplayLink does not currently support the Linux operating system."
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{{linux software}}
...used by many open source projects to manage development among programmers, and is used by the OLPC as its preferred version control system.
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...the provided e-mail address. (See [[#Credits|Credits]] for further contact and meta data).
...persist to this day: popular server operating systems like Linux, FreeBSD, and a host of others all share much of the basic UNIX design.
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The firmware of the XO laptop is the software that runs before and during the operating system.
...the firmware releases below; choose one, download the {{Code|.rom}} file, and then follow the [[Firmware/Install]] instructions.
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* Archives [[Ask OLPC a Question/1|1 (2006-7)]] and [[Ask OLPC a Question/2|2 (2007-9)]].
Be sure to see our '''[[Support FAQ]]''' page and the ''[http://www.laptop.org/en/laptop/start/ Getting started]'' guide.
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Para poder usar las [[OS images/lang-es|imagenes provistas por la OLPC]] en una máquina corriendo W
...nas personas han convertido las imagenes para QEMU para que funcionen en [[OS images for emulation/lang-es#VMware Player|VMWare Player]], pero se aclara
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...utilisateurs ont converti les images pour QEMU afin de les utiliser avec [[OS images for emulation#VMware Player|VMWare Player]], mais les images OLPC ha
...rget directory, locate <tt>kqemu.inf</tt> and install it (menu/right-click and select <tt>Install</tt>). Let it finish (it'll take just a couple of second
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...a different XO. The laptop that is being backed up is the "host" laptop, and the laptop receiving the contents of the host laptop is the "target" laptop
...colors]]. If you plan to use the image in laptops with different languages and keyboard layouts, you should delete also the file <tt>/.olpc-configured</tt
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...rithms are patented. In other jurisdictions, software patents do not apply and there are usually freely available implementations for these algorithms ava
...tions available, where those corporations have paid these patent royalties and made usually (binary) versions of codecs available. This has direct consequ
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...uesome detail (memory addresses of component register spaces, GPIO numbers and their meanings, which hardware is included in the laptop, ...).
...ection (the accepted direction for Linux on ARM upstream) for both XO-1.75 and XO-4, we run into some new considerations that need attention.
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...lash key or disk, that when booted on an OLPC laptop, updates its firmware and installs a new version of the operating system image onto NAND flash.
# [[#Preparing the autoupdate image|preparing the autoupdate image]]; and
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OLPC OS [[Releases]] use our OLPC-modified version of the [[Linux]] kernel.
We work on specific git branches, which vary by hardware and operating system release.
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{{anchor|Introductions and Expectations Setting}}
...software de base es mucho más capaz que el de entonces. Ahora, el entorno Linux dispone de internacionalización para ''scripts'' que no existía entonces,
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...art/lang-es|Emulando la XO - Inicio Rápido]]. Vea [[Emulating the XO/Help and tips/lang-es|Ayuda y soluciones]].
Install QEMU and kernel acceleration as described in [[Emulating the XO/Quick Start]]. See
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# On an XO with the latest stable OS release installed
# Download and compile flashbench from git://git.linaro.org/people/arnd/flashbench.git (or
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...d for such a laptop. Additional details on the consultations, focus groups and design meetings that must have occurred world-wide are are also welcomed.
...eace Corps has for a number of years encouraged volunteers to take laptops and leave them behind. They leave those laptops with technically inquisitive in
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...America (Brazil, Colombia, Argentina), Asia (Japan, Korea, India, Nepal), and elsewhere.
{{anchor|For Teachers and Learners}}
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* The purpose and basic structure of the Open Firmware Device Tree
* The syntax for device specifiers, including pathnames and devaliases
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We have learned a lot of grotty details about OFW device nodes and
the only necessary device methods are "open" and "write".
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...'' algumas pessoas converteram algumas imagems QEMU para funcionar com o [[OS images for emulation#VMware Player|VMWare Player]], apesar das versões com
...|Instruções Sugar]]''' de como usar o ambiente -- ele não se parece com os ambientes operacionais Windows ou Mac!
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S4A means 'Scratch for Arduino', and it is a modification of Scratch to make it capable of controlling Arduino b
.../seaside.citilab.eu/scratch/arduino S4A web site] for complete information and downloading.
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...e of the best ways to LOSE or DEPRECATE information and BURDEN individuals and institutions with WASTEFUL infrastructure support issues.
...tically create audio versions which can reach the pre-literate, illiterate and visually-impaired.
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...I have used Parallels for about two years to do Linux/Sugar development, and I could smack myself that I didn't try VMWare earlier. The final straw was
== Parallels Desktop on Mac OS X ==
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* Download and unzip [http://dev.laptop.org/~bert/VMWare-8.2-767-bf.zip VMWare-8.2-767-bf.
* A 767 image with sound, networking and [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-December/021591.html reported
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...It has been implemented in many versions including Brian Harvey's UCBLogo and the multimedia authoring toolkit Hyperstudio. (A bit of Logo history can be
...tp://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~bh/usermanual full-fledged programming language] and the graphics module that implements [http://mondragon.angeltowns.net/paradi
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...OLPC is to allow local communities bring their knowledge, culture, stories and interests into the digital domain. In order for that to happen, the XO need
...our activity localized, you first need to '''internationalize''' it first, and set it according to some {{Pending|rules & structure}} in [http://dev.lapto
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: '''3''' — OS/리눅스를 다루거나 구성한 경험이 있는 고급 사용자에게
| OLPC GTK+ theme and improvements, and software artwork
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.... Also, when answering a new question (at the end of the page), please cut and paste it to before the line near the end that begins with /noinclude; that
...be answered in the [[Support FAQ]], the [[Release notes]] for your build, and the ''[[Getting Started]] Guide''.
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=== Problem statement and scope ===
...alled user-facing applications ("activities"), both those provided by OLPC and those provided by third parties.
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|| Arts and Media Education Applications
...and developing media performance applications and their value for learning and community development.
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Text and photos by '''[[User:Carla|Carla Gomez Monroy, OLPC]]'''
['''''editorial note''''': the teachers' and students' names are fictitious.]
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# Boot alternate OS image if primary OS image is bad
...low are explained at [[Firmware zip file handling]]. Implementation notes and rationale are in italics.
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On Linux, VMWare setup requires a package of kernel modules (as do all high-speed em
...rmance of the emulation solutions available, but the difference between it and Qemu + KQemu is fairly minimal.
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...ions allow for suspension between bouts of activity for slow applications, and for aggressive suspend modes that conserve significant amounts of power. T
Also see [[Suspend_and_resume_OFW|OFW Suspend/Resume Tests]] and [[Test Resume Suspend]].
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# Boot alternate OS image if primary OS image is bad
...en de SO de activación esta en "/boot/actos.zip", conteniendo "os.img" y "os.key", y "/boot/actrd.zip", conteniendo "rd.img" y "rd.key".
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* OLPC - "invent" SN (0) and U# (0) properties in /mfg-data for systems that have no manufacturing data.
* Made a new /chosen property "ramdisk" so loading the Linux ramdisk doesn't overwrite the "bootpath" property.
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...am sugar, handbooks for running and demonstrating specific [[activities]], and other ways to [[hacking your XO|hack your XO]]. If you have written about
...ifolium.html Quadrifolium], [http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Rose.html Rose], and [http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Superellipse.html Superellipse] (the 'starfis
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...It has been implemented in many versions including Brian Harvey's UCBLogo and the multimedia authoring toolkit Hyperstudio. (A bit of Logo history can be
...tp://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~bh/usermanual full-fledged programming language] and the graphics module that implements [http://mondragon.angeltowns.net/paradi
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# Boot alternate OS image if primary OS image is bad
...mpression (-n option) and without paths (-j option). Implementation notes and rationale are in italics.
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==Introduction and Related Material==
* [[Power_Management_Tips|XO Power Management Tips and Tricks]]
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Teaches [[Python]] programming by providing access to Python code samples and
The user can type and execute simple Python expressions. For
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...ee also [[:Category:Installing Sugar]] for specific platform instructions) and run the Sugar application directly on your PC.
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...nse as either GPL or commercial software. It runs on either Mac, Win32 or Linux host machines, allowing you to run OLPC images within the virtual machine.
...s known to work under VirtualBox with both sound and networking (tested on Linux AMD64 host).
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...bian in /versions/pristine/debian. (See [[Early boot]] for details on the OS versioning scheme.)
...ich automates all steps 1 and 2. All you have to do is put it on the OLPC and run it. However, it is totally unsafe to run software downloaded from a wi
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...access to low-level hardware features of the XO, such as backlight levels, and DCON freeze.
;Release 8.2 and later: use the '''Power''' module in the sugar control panel to enable or d
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=== Step 0: get a developer key and do disable-security ===
Instructions for this are available at [[Activation and Developer Keys]]
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Reports and Ideas are welcome here. Please put dates on your entries.
Anyone who wants to lobby the government? Please contact us and have some time to give you idea how the government works.
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...into the Deployment Guide/Glossary page by transclusion. Place templates and category tags before onlyinclude or after /onlyinclude lines -->
...durable laptop computer designed by OLPC; features include mesh networking and a sun-light readable display
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* Interrupt the booting process at the firmware level and execute forth commands
* View kernel messages as Linux is booting (even before the display is initialized)
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...award interactive geometry software for Linux, XO laptop, Windows and Mac OS X.
It is simple and effective with some unique features as scripting and Smalltalk programming.
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...any in particular, but [[User:cjb]] tried most of these out on 2008-12-10 and has the following suggestion:
* if you really want to run the OLPC build in particular, and not just Sugar in general, then use the build767 ext3 image.
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...ve, a distinction was maintained between questions that had been answered, and questions that had not been. (Of the questions that follow, the 5 questions
...d by events over the last 12-18 months, the distinction may be misleading, and as I've merged the archive I've thought it clearer to abandon those labels.
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...ll this machine be a platform capable of running a wide range of Unix-like OS's?
...other OS for their laptops. The OLPC group will provide support for the OS and software that we develop.
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...elease 8.1.0 and later, an overview of the licensing terms of these source and binary packages can be found in the 'olpc-licenses' package or in <tt>/usr/
== Linux OS and OLPC software ==
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* Sugar activities, and
...ild system makes software images which can be installed on XOs for testing and deployment.
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...prove overwhelming to many new users. Don't assume that the reader has a Linux background.
...you have only 256M ram. Instead, simply create the directory "/etc/cups" and add a file "/etc/cups/client.conf" with a single line:
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...turing data, might be copied to the CMOS RAM, and then is picked up by the OS.
...and. It then creates a string, pushes a length and pointer onto the stack, and lets parsing continue on. Eeeeew...
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...t does not permit sub-licensing, so while including it would be convenient and OLPC may choose to execute this agreement in the future, those redistributi
...The archive is no longer available from fluendo.com via the specified link and at 2014-10-01 the instructions no longer work. For release 13.2.1 refer to
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...[[XO-4]] have [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MultiMediaCard#eMMC e•MMC], and an external [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MultiMediaCard SD] slot,
...XO-1.5]] has a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MultiMediaCard microSD] slot, and an external SD slot,
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sudo yum install http://download.skype.com/linux/skype-4.2.0.13-fedora.i586.rpmu
== Skype Static and alternatives ==
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...for the 8.2 release. It has a lot of fixes, and supports dual-boot (Linux and Windows XP).
...If you aren't sure what series XO you have, then you have something recent and safe.'''
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...In addition, it has been tested to be safe (does not brick) on B1, B2-1, and preB3. Do not use it on pre-B1 boards - it will brick them because of the
* OLPC Trac 5128 - Set RTC alarm day, alarm month, and century offset MSRs, and set century byte to 20.
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=XO Bundle and Mono Bundle=
...s is necessary because the Mono runtime is not officially supported by the OS images.
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...an integral part of OLPC deployments. School Server acts as a central hub and provides various services to XO laptops. It also hosts additional contents
...ts version 9 release, and has just released Fedora 15 hosting a lot of new and interesting features.
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...image" including the [http://fedoraproject.org Fedora 18] operating system and a modern [http://sugarlabs.org Sugar Learning] environment. Again, back up
...hensive table]]. These software environments include the operating system and built-in Sugar Activities.
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.... Also, when answering a new question (at the end of the page), please cut and paste it to before the line near the end that begins with /noinclude; that
...gured my router to use Transmit channel 06, the second XO started working (and the first continued working).
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On other Linux systems that have "man", enter
or on many Linux system that use "yum" and "info", but only if you are familiar with "info" or "emacs", enter
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...forum posts. For a more-integrated Sugar/XFCE experience, see the [[XFCE and Sugar]] article.
...sitories. [[yum]] is the command that will retrieve the files you request and it will automatically install them. You will need to have [[root]] access
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...roblem. This page attempts to describe what you might see at such a hang, and what the possible causes might be.
== Laptop Power and Battery ==
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# We inadvertently included an earlier version of the firmware with the OS image in 653; so this build will include the latest firmware, which helps t
...moved or shipped there is a possibility that the battery will be dislodged and the laptop will no longer boot.
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...n third world countries, it's also an issue at/in airports, parks, beaches and planes. With the hand crank/foot pedal/pull cord I would be a walking evan
== Languages and countries ==
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'rpm' is a command-line utility for downloading, installing, and managing software packages that you run in the [[Terminal Activity]]. It is
rpm is useful to determine what software is installed on the XO, and why.
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...-terminal.svg|85px]] The [[Terminal]] activity grants access to the XO's [[Linux]] command line.
...And if you become the [[root]] user, you have full control of the computer and can destroy all software!
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* Added "stream-poll?" and "adaptive-poll?" mouse methods for client OSes.
* Increased the size of args-buf to 256 to handle long Linux cmdlines.
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...very aspect of the one laptop per child system is amenable to localization and customization. The list below highlights features that can be customized, a
* A single [[OLPC_Amharic_Keyboard|combined English and Amharic keyboard]] is supplied to Ethiopia, Amharic being the only Ethiopic
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How to install on one XO-1 and then clone to a set of XO-1s:
...[Ok]] prompt without starting the operating system, then type ''nb-clone'' and press enter, ... it will start sending that build for the other laptops,
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...each for [[OLPC Haiti|Haiti]], [[Rwanda]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Ethiopia]], and [[Cambodia]]. Further details of the Give1Get1 program's matching donations
...im immediately with FedEx by calling 800-GO-FEDEX. They will work with you and the credit card company to find the problem.
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...eds of other utilities and programs either come as part of the [[OS images|OS image]] or can be installed using tools such as [[yum]].
...: display size and available space on each file system. ([[USB drive]]s and [[Secure Digital card|SD card]]s appear as subdirectories of <tt>/media</tt
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...er:Bernie|Bernie Innocenti]], one of OLPC's major contributors in graphics and internationalization software, did just that.''
...:''' So - for starters, can you introduce yourself? For our gentle readers and all.
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...d security policies Update.1 contains. This activity tries to launch other Linux processes, which seems to be disliked by the activity-sandboxing system. If
This utility is targeted at experienced Linux/Unix users who hope to feel more at home with the XO.
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...e is an interactive firmware system that can do boot loading, system test, and many other things.
'''There is a series of introductory [[Forth Lessons|lessons about Forth and Open Firmware]].'''
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This is a [[Live CD]] built from an OLPC ext3 [[OS images|OS image]].
...ve children, students, teachers and parents the opportunity to participate and use the educational software on a common PC
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...der construction, I won't have linked to other pages much, as I'll go over and do this as a pass later....
...s, try my hand at on-the-hardware development, and do things like run XFCE and additional add-on software.
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...x86 based OLPCs, i.e. the OLPC 1.0 and 1.5 models. OLPC 1.75 is ARM based, and you will need a cross compiler setup e.g. based on [http://www.scratchbox.o
...d, but the method I used is based on chroot, and should work on any modern Linux based distribution.
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=== A comparison between the XO Laptop and the Intel Classmate ===
...Bridge, lead-free, 2D and 3D Graphics Capabilities||915GMS, lead free, 2D and 3D Graphics Capabilities
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...an children. It has been developed in consultation with schools, educators and local communities.
...ni update server that runs on an XO. Other XOs can wirelessly update their OS from it, using olpc-update. In a sense, it is like [[Nandblaster]], but dat
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...ss strange network topologies. See [[Activity sharing]] for an overview, and [[Collaboration Tutorial]].
...use "normal" internet networking primitives as available in Python, Scheme and C.
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...need to run Sugar on a Windows based PC: An XO-1 image, the QEMU emulator, and KQEMU to speed up emulation. An uninstaller is also included.
Download and run the following setup file to install an 8.2.0 build using QEMU:
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.... Thousands of programs written for GNU and Linux systems will run on it, and many of them can be installed by pretty simple commands.
== Installing developer builds and other operating systems ==
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...In addition, it has been tested to be safe (does not brick) on B1, B2-1, and preB3. Do not use it on pre-B1 boards - it will brick them because of the
...://openbios.org/viewvc/?root=OpenFirmware svn] 741, plus cherry-picked 749 and 750 ===
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...e like xs-dev.laptop.org or pilgrim.laptop.org. 2010 OLPC builds use the [[OS Builder]] utility instead.
...c/streams/ http://pilgrim.laptop.org/~pilgrim/olpc/streams/] for update.1, and somewhere else (maybe [http://xs-dev.laptop.org/~cscott/olpc/streams/ http:
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...nvites-to-criminals-44741 Using Flash is like leaving your home doors open and sending invites to criminals] by David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for S
Adobe Flash Player is ''not'' included in OLPC OS, because of the restrictions on redistribution. But it can be added after
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==Android vs Linux dual boot==
...-4 OLPC has created a graphical boot menu that selects between Android and Linux, further technical detail can be found in [[Android#Boot_menu]]. This can
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la Give1Get1 del programa [http://laptopgiving.org/en/terms-and-conditions.php Terminos y condiciones], junto con los [http://laptopgiving.
...dinet, se crearán cuentas en el dominio @ceibal.edu.uy para todos los niños y maestros del país.
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...oup of school students. It was a great learning experience for the chidren and for us too.
[[Image:Ram_xo.jpg|Ram with XO and children]]
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=News and Events=
...was really good, all of them managed to complete the tasks we had prepared and those who were really fast were happy to find other interesting stuffs to k
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subcase of the general NAND FLASH bad-block scheme in the Linux "mtd"
(memory technology device) subsystem as of Linux version 2.6.22.
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...ctioning well. Take battery A and place it in laptop B, and take battery B and put it in laptop A. Testing both laptops will then give you a strong indica
...lable to you, it is suggested that you have a quick read of both this page and [[XO Troubleshooting Power]]. You should be able to make an educated guess
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...SD card, the boot firmware will only boot from it if the files are tested and cryptographically signed by OLPC.
...uier software que le sea suministrado, como un sistema Fedora o Debian GNU/Linux, sin importar si OLPC ha probado, aprobado o firmado dicho software.
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...nts we find ourselves having to reinclude those changes in the F9 packages and hence will probably see the same issues when rebasing in future. So we deci
...streamer like we did for F7. I'm not entirely sure which option is correct and V4L upstream have so far been unresponsive to my 2 emails.
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...t test candidate for the new OFW2 series which supports dual-boot of Linux and WindowsXP.
As far as Linux booting and other core functions are concerned, it is functionally
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This page describes basic testing of NAND Flash devices, controllers, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wear_levelling wear levelling filesystems] pe
...vices) typically set aside between 4 and 8% of the media for wear leveling and bad block replacement. This complicates the test somewhat, but is amelior
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...with release [[Release notes/10.1.0|10.1.0]], which is based on Fedora 11 and offers a Gnome desktop option.
...[[Future releases]]. Early development work progressed in [[F11 for 1.5]] and "[[Rawhide-XO]]"
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...for the 8.2 release. It has a lot of fixes, and supports dual-boot (Linux and Windows XP).
...If you aren't sure what series XO you have, then you have something recent and safe.'''
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...hat if all else fails you'll have lost naught but 40 recoverable megabytes and a few hours.
...nto a comfortable position, boot your olpc, connect to a wireless network, and prepare to install from source.
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Please read these notes to understand the capabilities and known problems with a particular release of the XS ("XO [[School server]]")
* Linux-3.2 backported from Fedora 15 for '''maximum hardware compatibility'''
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; Title: 8.1.3 OS
; Description: The OS upgrade is to include support for the Amharic keyboard.
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* the GNOME, Sugar and Linux operating system.
...the Sugar [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4326 Backup] and [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4327 Restore] activities
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...children. Please join us and share your ideas! Feel free to edit this page and any other pages in the wiki if you have something you would like to share,
...lippines mailing list] and introduce yourself. We often send announcements and have discussions on this list. You can also post a comment to this page's [
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...for the 8.2 release. It has a lot of fixes, and supports dual-boot (Linux and Windows XP).
...If you aren't sure what series XO you have, then you have something recent and safe.'''
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...for the 8.2 release. It has a lot of fixes, and supports dual-boot (Linux and Windows XP).
...If you aren't sure what series XO you have, then you have something recent and safe.'''
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The Melbourne XO Club meets monthly* to do testing, hacking and general activities around the OLPC.
...month except in September, when we celebrate Software Freedom Day instead, and in January - when we hold a social BBQ instead.)
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join us advocating for, and/or reviewing shortcomings of these proposals:
<CanoeBerry> early child learning program and if these systems can become a valuable
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...d by default. To enable it, start the [[Terminal]] activity and then copy and paste these two lines:
...set a password for ''root'', start the [[Terminal]] activity and then copy and paste this line:
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...ts we are supporting, testing we are doing, promotional events we organise and/or attend.
To hear about our events, subscribe: http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-nz and look at [[http://laptop.org.nz laptop.org.nz]]
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...make the OLPC really become the One Laptop Per child throughout the world and make its use more broadened.
...p form a kid toy to a Personal Interface => Standard program and Interface Linux laptop.
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...oped to refresh our technologies with the Fedora 11 base operating system, and as our first software release capable of running on the new [[XO 1.5]] lapt
...ckend results in the Browse activity being able to support HTML5 websites, and an update to the AbiWord word processing library fixes various problems whe
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...s experimental code for testing the wireless multicast NAND FLASH updater, and support for booting recent Fedora kernels.
* Handle ramdisk location changes required by new Linux kernels
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* trac 8811 - fix booting Linux with no ramdisk.
If your machine is in secure mode, you can go to the Terminal activity and type
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...try to make your own images. See also [[Installing Debian as an upgrade]] and [[Debian Jessie on XO]].
* Update distribution to Squeeze. Major packages and desktops have been upgraded.
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...ptop software. Some of the features listed below work in a limited fashion and may only work completely with the latest XO software.
** Includes an HTTP proxy, saving significant bandwidth and providing faster access.
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; Title: [[8.2.1]] OS, [[Release_notes/8.2.1]]
...rward. We should consider including OFW with touchpad support in the final OS image (if it is ready).
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|Feature subcategory=Linux and OS
...us get all the XO software "upstream". That would bring in more developers and add flexibility for XO users.
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The OS Image Digestor is a short shell script which can be used to create [[OFW NA
== OLPC OS Image Digestor ==
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...ase managers, bug triage teams, and support resources, and string freezes, and that kind of coordination. It naturally brings along more workload reductio
We're not talking about running GNOME and everything in Fedora, like we did for the Fedora-on-XO-on-SD thing. I'm tal
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...nvolved. The primary role of the support committee is to design, develop, and support OLPCorps. Key actors hold significant responsibility in the succes
An OLPCorps Team requires a high-level investment of time, energy, and resources. For that reason, if you would like to support OLPCorps, but to
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...articipate for this camp. All you need is bring along a USB Stick with you and we will guide you through the process of upgrading XO machines ( no brainer
b) The school server is not in a working state. We need to upgrade the OS.
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...ol? What could *you* do? See Project Ideas below. This is becoming real ...and very exciting!
...ine program, so you have to be familiar with Linux. But hey, the OLPC is a linux box out of the box!
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world, and is extremely durable. In other laptops, the components most likely to fail
the hard drive and internal connectors. The XO was designed with no hard drive to crash
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* Improved console multiplexing; you can use a USB keyboard and the builtin keyboard simultaneously
* Tethered SPI recovery support (clone and recover commands)
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...owering on, booting from Windows XP is skipped, so you can force a boot to Linux/Sugar even if a Windows SD card is installed.
If your machine is in secure mode, you can go to the Terminal activity and type
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OLPC distribuye imagenes virgenes (que tiene Linux y Sugar pero no tiene ninguna actividad) y también un script se llama ''im
...cussed and reviewed last week, here is the information on the Custom Image and Image Builder we used to create your custom image.
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...c startup code, ancillary features like memtest, nandblaster, emacs, sound and graphics data, etc.
...allocates memory for the dictionary file, reads the file into that memory, and jumps to it like a subroutine, passing as an argument the address of a tabl
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* Suspend/resume works from Linux
...PI DSDT code uses the EC command protocol instead of EC indexed I/O for AC and battery status
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This page lists various techniques and configuration options available for the XS.
Upgrading a server is done using the [http://linux.duke.edu/yum/ <tt>yum</tt>] package interface provided by Fedora. If you ha
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* Via - added "fs-update" command for OS installation.
* OLPC trac 9362 - setup-smbios for Linux boots for XO-1.
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...rmware works fine, but a software bug prevents sound from working in Linux and the user interface.
...every time you experience a loss of sound - it will apply the workaround, and then exit after 5 seconds.
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...Of course, Aura's advanced version, Aura-X will be available for Home PCs and Notebook computers as well as servers.
...ding updates and enterprise editions. It is based on 3 systems: GNOME, KDE and XFce.
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...revented Linux from booting in some cases. It works on XO-1.5 A1, A2, B1, and B2 systems, but does not work on any XO-1 machines.
...kout of some power well registers. This fixes a set of symptoms including Linux not booting properly, hanging after a "DCON version 2" message on the conso
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It works on XO-1.5 A1, A2, B1, and B2 systems, but does not work on any XO-1 machines.
* svn 1450: OLPC trac 9567 - Moved "usb-quiet" from "go-hook" to "linux-hook" to leave the USB devices active when booting other programs such as
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The first 2.4K C2 laptops had a different set of component values and don't work as well with solar panels.
* The first 1K were Ramp (start of production) units, and are externally identical to XO-1 w. capacitive (single) touchpad. [[Image:
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...lds of Tiny Core Linux for the OLPC XO. For more information on Tiny Core Linux, see [http://tinycorelinux.com http://tinycorelinux.com]
* George Hunt and;
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...font-size:180%; font-face:verdana,arial; color:#FFF;" align=center>'''Come and join our DC Community Book Sprint!'''</div>
<i>Believe in Clean, Helpful documentation and open source tools??<br>
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...buntu described herein is aimed at power users who know what they're doing and know what they want - but plain old folks are welcome to give it a try, of
* A [[Activation and Developer Keys|developer key]], to unlock the XO bootloader,
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...ptops that will greatly aid deployments, containing Sugar 0.84, GNOME 2.26 and Fedora 11.
...p of volunteers including Steven Parrish, Bernie Innocenti, Paraguay Educa and Daniel Drake. We're very thankful to everyone who has enabled us to be abl
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...ational [[Content repository]]-- that is, a collection of software, texts, and other materials that will be available to users of OLPC laptops.
Use this page to offer ideas and suggestions for materials to be included in the repository (other than [[Eb
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...nvites-to-criminals-44741 Using Flash is like leaving your home doors open and sending invites to criminals] by David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for S
Adobe has ceased development of the Linux version; there are no new updates.
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Works on XO-1.5 A1, A2, B1, B2, B3, C1 ,C2 and C3 systems, but does not work on any XO-1 machines.
...egister state in resume-from-S3. That new code is unnecessary because the Linux driver does it now.
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...[[Help Activity]], [[Manuals#Recent_manuals|associated web/paper manual]] and possibly new vid tutorials! <b>Bookmark http://j.mp/xomanual to help!</b></
...iving back, and meet OLPC engineers if you do, over a most unique Passover and Easter!</b>
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...a reliable, race-free protocol for SPI communication between the KB3930 EC and the Armada 610 CPU. It is used for three things:
* Transmitting keyboard and touchpad data upstream from the EC to the CPU
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...ign and batteries of the [[Hardware#XO-1_Laptop|XO-1]]. Power consumption and purchase cost are both lower than the XO-1.5
...release]] based on Fedora 18, including both [http://sugarlabs.org Sugar] and [http://gnome.org GNOME] software.
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...s-operating system runtime that lets developers combine HTML, AJAX, Flash, and Flex technologies to deploy rich Internet applications (RIAs) on the deskto
Download the Adobe AIR binary for Linux from http://get.adobe.com/air.
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...ers, learning designers, software developers, and hardware experts to meet and learn from each other eye to eye!
...ideas and accomplishments to a growing group of OLPC and Sugar volunteers and partners everywhere -- Think globally; Act locally.
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Works on XO-1.5 A1, A2, B1, B2, B3, C1 ,C2 and C3 systems, but does not work on any XO-1 machines.
* Fixed stack pile-up problem in $copy-all (pack should have been place) and added running stack comments to the affected source code.
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...ng to the camera via [[OpenCV]] works right away. Accessing the microphone and the speakers, using the Minim library, which is included in Processing, wor
...large install, about 160 MB<ref group="nb">Including the [[OpenCV]] plugin and examples</ref>
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...Visual Studio or Code::Blocks on Windows, or Code::Blocks on Linux. XCode and Visual Studio have a rather steep learning curve for beginners. Code::Block
...and pops. 7-➏ shows one of the event handling examples. Mouse, trackpad and keyboard events are recognized. So are the game keys. The keys to switch th
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...is present in the external slot, the XO boots Windows, otherwise it boots Linux from the internal device (raw NAND on XO-1 or microSD on XO-1.5).
...O-1.5's internal slot. This page describes the resulting technical issues and their solutions.
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...distribution was limited to hardware testing and [[Open_Firmware|OFW]] and Linux kernel driver development.
...se will not work on an XO-1 or XO-1.5. For the first time, Open Firmware and the EC firmware is separate.)
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...ock.laptop.org'''. This is where we clone Fedora and OLPC packages (source and binary) that are shipped in official OLPC [[Releases]]. When OLPC or deploy
This server is maintained by [[User:DanielDrake]] and Chris Ball. Questions and queries go to the devel [[mailing lists|mailing list]].
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...SOC, change the board outline to match that of [[Hardware#XO_1.5|XO-1.5]], and support either an internal eMMC chip or a full-sized SD card.
...ribution will be limited to hardware testing and [[Open_Firmware|OFW]] and Linux kernel driver development.
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...', [[XO]]s running builds os650, os653 and os656 will encounter a touchpad and keyboard freeze as of January 2011, unless their [[firmware]] was updated.
Here we give a quick fix that will restore the keyboard and touchpad to normal. It updates the XO firmware to the oldest version that
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...ilesystem configuration, as if it had just been installed, using Tiny Core Linux.
...everted laptops, identity, registration, Journal, post-install activities, and all customisations are lost.
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== Scope and aims ==
* XO-1, XO-1.5 and XO-1.5 High School edition
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11.2.0 is an OLPC OS release based on core system updates to
...et platforms are [[Target platforms::XO-1]], [[Target platforms::XO-1.5]], and XO-1.5 High School Edition. It was previously known as "F14 for XO" before
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...ious new features have been added, many previous problems have been fixed, and this release paves the way for increasingly effective development cycles fr
...solid plans to deploy 11.2.0 are encouraged to communicate their schedule and needs to OLPC; with enough advance notice, there is the possibility of a po
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...es. However, the laptop's built in touch pad and pen tablet lack accuracy and sensitivity.
* Ping Cheng - Wacom Linux developer
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..., and many other [[software components]] built on top of a modified Fedora Linux kernel.
...d most of the development of the Sugar learning platform. See those links and [[Future releases]] for more information.
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* Ability to easily modify kickstart file and include library files.
* Simple boot media works with any version of XS install and only needed during physical boot, so can be shared among multiple target ma
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How to install Skype on previous versions of OLPC OS.
...to do and undo than the manual method detailed below. Drop to a terminal and:
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== Purpose and overview ==
...later than the current value, the RTC is deemed to have been "rolled back" and boots in "activation mode", effectively preventing the system from booting
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Instrucciones para esta area fue enviada a [[Activation and Developer Keys|Activación de tu llave de desarrollador]]
...ta lo siguiente '''[http://wiki.laptop.org/images/8/8a/Status.sh script de linux]''' para ver una revisión de estos resulados.
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...pplication Processor" (PJ4 core) to transmit data to and from the keyboard and touchpad.
...Each event contains a port identifier - 0 for keyboard and 1 for mouse - and a data byte. The event can then be forwarded either to a keyboard driver o
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OLPC groups, activities and projects around Miami, FL
At the moment, trying to start a group similar to [[OLPC_New_Zealand]] and [[WellyNZTesters]]. Current proposal is
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...of use if you are rebuilding older releases, or if you are more technical and would prefer to work from a non-systemwide install.
...in question. You can find tarballs [http://dev.laptop.org/pub/source/olpc-os-builder/ here].
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* right-click on the link, and a menu will appear,
* click on ''Save Link As...'', and a dialog window will appear asking you where to put the file,
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...ng [[XO-1.75]] laptop. XO-1 and XO-1.5 builds are also supported as usual, and include a small number of important fixes.
...he hardware and software of OLPC's new [[XO-1.75|XO-1.75 laptop]] and this OS release completes the task.
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case-by-case and ongoing basis, with a few weeks delay typically,
join us advocating for, and/or reviewing shortcomings of these proposals:
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...s small, and distribution was limited to demonstrations, hardware testing, and UI development. Almost all of the software development is being done on [[
...also intend to restore an internal SD slot, allowing for storage expansion and repair of motherboards with failed eMMC devices. --wad''
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It is usually possible, if a bit slow, to run OS builder on XO hardware. On platforms where fast machines are available (suc
The procedure has been tested with XO-1.5, XO-1.75 and XO-4 hardware and 13.2.0-13. (OLPC uses this procedure on XO-4 with 13.2.7, so there's a goo
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and add after this html comment
...he last message, also [http://dev.laptop.org/~quozl/z/1Rvz1M.txt hang #0], and a unit that hung without a serial console attached.
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* Some parameters may be set by Linux during boot (OS 11.3.1 and later)
This is our init script (in /etc/init.d or in /usr/sbin) and calls `olpc-fsp-regs set`. Comment out the call if you want to use the touc
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...the [[XS_Server_Software|XS school server software]], load it onto media, and install it onto a system.
This page covers '''XS 0.7 and newer'''. For older releases, see
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...XO-1 continued to be supported, and we included a variety of new features and fixes. 12.1.0 was released on 2012-08-30.
...wever the following problems with 12.1.0 were identified after the release and are highlighted by users of the release:
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...inux, requires recent kernels, <trac>11568</trac>, breaks support for OLPC OS 11.3.0,
Works on XO-1.75 B1 and C1 only. Do not use on A2 or A3.
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...ant idea. Frequently we need a different kind of association between names and ideas, such as pictures, animations, or actual experience. The most importa
...ities on the top; friend icons on the right; hardware icons on the bottom; and icons for open documents on the left. The frame is activated by putting the
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ok fs-save u:\os.img
The screen will fill with grey blocks, and these will turn ''red'' indicating progress.
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Works on XO-1.75 B1 and C1 only. Do not use on A2 or A3.
* add new .os command for identifying installed build.
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== Scope and aims ==
* Update to Linux 3.5 on XO-1.75
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...XA2128 SoC. (MMP3). The [[XO4_Bringup|A2 bring up]] happened in late July and early August 2012.
...distribution was limited to hardware testing and [[Open_Firmware|OFW]] and Linux kernel driver development.
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...mmand "goes into" that device node so you can see and amend its properties and methods. ''dev'' does not activate the associated hardware device, it just
..." to indicate what data types are inside the array of bytes - the producer and consumer of a property just have to agree. Multiple data items, possibly o
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...ain support and consistency for older laptops models, with XO-1.75, XO-1.5 and XO-1 also included in the release.
...tly rough edges in the user experience; read these release notes carefully and perform a good amount of testing before deploying, so that you are well awa
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...buntu described herein is aimed at power users who know what they're doing and know what they want - but plain old folks are welcome to give it a try, of
'''Warning:''' The XO-1.5 has a different graphics card, so the X-Server and everything graphicky I did not manage to get to work.
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== Instructions for developers, advanced users, and historians ==
...1GB might work, it might be a very tight fit if you want a GUI plus apps). And if you choose SD card, you'll naturally need an SD card reader to be able t
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...yle="background:#D2B48C" height="60" width="200" align="center" | Download and Install!
...le/17/5/internet-in-a-box-raspberry-pi May 2017 article at opensource.com] and check out our [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0cBGCxr_WPBPa3IqPVEe3g You
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* The display has a bezel which doesn't have any texture (it is slick), and it is 1mm deeper than earlier XO laptops.
...uchscreen light guide is clear. In production units, this will be tinted and appear deep purple/black.
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The firmware and the [[Firmware security|security system]] deals with zip archives found in
...ported by Open Firmware. The two most common that we use are Linux bzImage and simple forth scripts.
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...n of the [[XO-4_Touch|XO-4 Touch]]. The C1 bring up happened right before and during Thanksgiving (Nov. 22), 2012. Most C1 units are XO-4 Touch, having
...recessed screen, with a narrow (1 mm) black stripe between the gray bezel and the display.
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...ed prior to the execution of selftest. This fixes OLPC <trac>12254</trac> and corrects the fix to OLPC <trac>11845</trac>. I also made it possible to in
...graphical indicators for different reflash operations, yellow dots for EC, and plus signs for touchscreen
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...like an IDE for Web development where children can select their technology and develop their website or web application
* Easily create web pages using Web Widget Toolbox using drag and drop
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...r provides communication, networking, content, and maintenance to a school and or classroom. In everyday usage the school server provides services which e
...yments and teachers to make instructional media available to their schools and classrooms.
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...ddress; and language localization information such as the keyboard version and language locale. There are also flag indicating the anti-theft "status" o
* Manufacturability: The procedures should be fast, reliable, and convenient within the constraints of the manufacturing flow.
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...ort and consistency for older laptops models, with [[XO-1.75]], [[XO-1.5]] and [[XO-1]] also included in the release.
...n user input or incoming network activity, the system wakes up immediately and transparently.
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...Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.3/Installing | instructions]] and a fresh OLPC-OS 13.1.0 or Fedora 18 install.
The XSCE can detect and utilize several types of hardware.
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...O NOT plug into its "WAN" port -- instead use any of its LAN/normal ports. And be sure to enable the AP's "bridge mode" or similar, or specifically disabl
...for your particular AP, as well as the IP of the administrative interface and the login credentials.
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...from 2021-02-14. Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) is also used in medical clinics and libraries, as can be seen in this [http://youtu.be/xI3Ed008Mxo Dominican Re
...empower [http://planet.laptop.org kids], [http://unleashkids.org teachers] and [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Internet-in-a-Box community].
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...recessed screen, with a narrow (1 mm) black stripe between the gray bezel and the display.
...[Manufacturing_data#XO-4|SKU]] is assigned to a particular set of options, and identified in the battery compartment.
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...poke() commands ? Hardware debugging frequently needs such an interface, and one is built into the [[XO-4]] laptop at many levels.
While peek() and poke() exposed the raw machine, the rest of BASIC is best forgotten.
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...Flash drives, USB hard drives, SD cards, microSD cards, USB optical drives and USB solid state drives.
Open Firmware relies on removable media for reflashing, developer keys, and installation of operating system.
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...m|beyond!]] Please consider this [[#Course_Guide|12-week learning guide]] and take seriously coming to [http://youtube.com/watch?v=8EyRQiMo0A8 Haiti] to
Download and install January 2014's HaitiOS 0.7 release:
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...r provides communication, networking, content, and maintenance to a school and or classroom. In everyday usage the school server provides services which e
...yments and teachers to make instructional media available to their schools and classrooms.
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...and designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers.
OLPC is preparing for a customer an Android, Sugar and Gnome dual-boot system for the [[XO-4|XO-4 Touch]]. This will allow childr
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How to build an Android and OLPC OS dual-boot image for XO-4.
* ensure you have a copy of the OLPC OS Linux, Sugar and Gnome build file, e.g. 32014o4.zd,
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...1 is a software release focusing on adding support for the SIV121C camera, and improving wireless performance.
...roduction orders, and available as a spare part in bulk for XO-1, XO-1.75, and XO-4, see [[12785]],
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...Tiny lint fixes, detected on Apple LLVM-based SDK. And one not so tiny, as OS X dropped support for sbrk().
...ble probably because of the lack of air time, so switch to a passive scan, and increase passive scan to cover two beacons.
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The [[Browse]] activity renders HTML, XHTML, and most image formats.
The [[Read]] activity uses the [[Evince]] library to render, and has a modified UI targeted to kids.
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...That is IF you find a reasonably fast Internet connection for your server, and are willing to take certain risks with packages/versions occasionally/poten
# Please read more about the 'iiab-admin' Linux user and group, which allow you to log in to IIAB's Admin Console:
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[[16.04.6]] is an OLPC OS release. The target platform is [[NL3]] only.
== Features and Fixes ==
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<!--TBA! Please see [[../6.7|Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) 7.0]] and its pre-releases at this time!-->
...//github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-7.1-Release-Notes IIAB 7.1 Release Notes] and see our [https://github.com/iiab/iiab/milestone/6?closed=1 GitHub history].
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