I'll take a crack at updating the Updating Chapter... (and clarifying the message in the wiki).
-walter On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Anne Gentle <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, David! Thanks for the info. More below. > > On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 3:53 PM, David Farning <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Should we be working on the documents at >> http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Sugar/8_4/ ? >> > > Yep, that's the place. I apologize that the chapters are listed in > alphabetical order but until the technical issues are resolved they are > listed alphabetically. Which actually is pretty easy for authoring, hee hee. > But not so much for reading. :) > > -snip- > >> >> > 1. Can you update an XO-1 to the 0.84 build? I can't find a method for >> > doing >> > that. >> >> Sadly, it not easy at this time. OLPC no longer distributes and >> maintains a OS for the XO. The upgrade path involves updating the OX >> to a Fedora base OS. > > Is anyone willing to document this non-easy task as a section in the > Updating chapter? Or if someone outlines the basics on the OLPC wiki, and > points me to the steps, I can give it a go. > >> >> > 2. I'm using SoaS to get my screenshots and then emailing them to myself >> > using Gmail in the Browse Activity. How else could I copy files from the >> > Journal (on SoaS) to another location? >> > 3. In the 0.84 control panel aka My Settings, I don't see the Software >> > Update button. How can we update the Help Activity contents or other >> > Activities? The answer to this will help with updates to >> > http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Sugar/8_4/Updating. >> >> Updating will happen using the distribution's native packaging tools. >> Yum for Fedora and apt-get for Debian and Ubuntu. > > Ok, got it. Thanks for that clarification. :) Is anyone willing to document > this task as a section in the Updating chapter? > > Thanks, all. Hope you're enjoying your weekend. > > Anne > > > -- > Anne Gentle > email: [email protected] > blog: www.justwriteclick.com > > > > -- > Anne Gentle > email: [email protected] > blog: www.justwriteclick.com > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
