Hi Mike, Is it ok if I blog about this on schoolkey.net? Do you have a blog post about it I can link to? I can easily embed your slideshow from Flickr and it gives cusiouslee credit automatically.
Thanks! Caroline On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Mike Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > By the way, I just got SoaS running on an Intel Classmate 3. It was easy to > do. But as others have said, there's more work to do to beef up the > activities. I'm excited! I will be presenting this at next Saturday's OLPC > Learning Club DC meeting at Gallaudet University. > > Photos here: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157613785006745/ > > Mike > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Jonas Smedegaard <[email protected]> wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 12:06:44PM -0800, Edward Cherlin wrote: >> >On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 6:14 PM, David Van Assche <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> ok? I guess this will be contreversial but it must be said and acted >> >> upon (much more importantly) >> >> >> >> Im gonna try and make this easy: >> >> >> >> SoaS - the latest fedora core based >> >> I tried to impress my 9 year old gescwister... (related one) >> >> Speak - it will not even launch.... why is it then on a disitributed >> >> stick? >> > >> >I have similar problems, and I don't even know where to submit bugs. >> >> If you are an end user, then file a bugreport against the buggy software >> package to the bug tracking system of your distribution. >> >> If you use a mixture from multiple sources, then you really are using >> your own unique distribution, and cannot expext any of your sources to >> want to deal with your problem: Your best bet is then to test yourself >> if same bug occur in a clean install from a single of your sources. >> >> If you use SoaS, then your "distribution" is whoever put together that >> SoaS. It is *not* the distribution that was used as basis for the SoaS. >> >> >> You might have luck anyway, filing bugreports against e.g. Debian if >> using an SoaS based on Ubuntu which is based on Debian. But be careful >> to mention clearly that you are using a "messy" setup, and don't be >> surprised if your bugreport is not taken seriously. >> >> >> >We need some kind of organization now that we are in a matrix >> >situation. We have a multitude of .xo packages, and at least the >> >following platforms: >> > >> >o XO >> >o Fedora >> >o Debian >> >o Ubuntu >> >o Caixa Magica Linux (Venezuela) >> >o Mobilis with Linux on XSCALE processor (Brazil) >> > >> >In addition to regular packages for installation, we want a LiveCD and >> >SOAS for each one. That means that we need an automated build and QA >> >infrastructure for all of these cases, and a reporting database. We >> >are past the point where all-manual testing makes any sense. >> >> I recommend Sugarlabs to *not* try to act as sub-distributor for >> anything containing Sugar. >> >> 1) You are _upstream_ of Sugar. >> >> 2) You might(!) want to be distributor too, for a _specific_ SoaS. >> >> But really, I recommend to separate SoaS distribution and keep Sugarlabs >> aas only an upstream for Sugar. >> >> What I mean is, play with SoaS, Ubuntu, Fedora, whatever, but make it >> very clear to non-Sugar-developers that you cannot support the crap >> you've thrown together - that it should not be considered a >> "distribution" but is solely meant as an internal testing mechanisms, >> and if it happens to work ok for others then that is pure luck. >> >> >> ...if anyone then wants to stand up and maintain support for a >> distribution, then great. Just don't mix upstream and distribution - >> they are very different tasks. >> >> >> - Jonas >> >> - -- >> * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt >> * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ >> >> [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) >> >> iEYEARECAAYFAkmV4rIACgkQn7DbMsAkQLgumgCeIZCZpnx8mR9+xMhhmX+Y+OCs >> haEAoKYOXV0JwCLBg+wvOtIY3b5uMS+1 >> =a1Zw >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> _______________________________________________ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove [email protected] 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax
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