On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 5:13 AM, Bernie Innocenti <[email protected]> wrote: > This is a late announcement of the final release of the XO-1 > images based on Fedora 11 and Sugar 0.84: > > http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1-py/os180py.img > http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1-py/os180py.crc > http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1-py/os180py.img.fs.zip > > > This build is being deployed to 10 schools in Caacupé [1]. Feedback from > teachers and teacher trainers has been very positive so far. > > > == Changes relative to the previous release (os140py) == > > * GSM broadband support: add usb_modeswitch and usb_modeswitch-data, > enabling more modem models to work with Fedora 11. (me) > > * Credit Sugar Labs in boot animation (me) > > * Add custom Browse home page with links to Paraguay Educa resources (rgs) > > * Update Turtle Art to pick Spanish translation (walter) > > * Re-enable olpc-update and the versioned fs (me) > > * Point software update control panel at http://wiki.paraguayeduca.org > > * Pull latest OS updates from upstream (fedora) > > > == Bugs fixed == > > * Race condition with name widget in the activity toolbar > http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/1948 > > * Some activities crashing when resuming from the Journal > http://patchwork.sugarlabs.org/patch/15/ > > > == Known bugs == > > * Unable to read FAT filesystems containing invalid file dates > http://patchwork.sugarlabs.org/patch/43/ > > > == How to help testing == > > Feedback from the entire community is very appreciated, although we're > not planning any further releases of the Sugar 0.84 series. > > Bugs affecting upstream components are better filed in their respective > trackers: > > * Sugar and activities: http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ > * Fedora 11: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/ > * Drivers and OLPC customizations: http://dev.laptop.org/ > * Paraguay-specific bugs: http://trac.paraguayeduca.org/ > > If you're unsure where a bug belongs to, use the Paragauy Educa tracker. > Please, always assign these bugs to "Carlos", who will keep our status > summary updated. > > > == Using this build outside Paraguay == > > A few customizations make this image somewhat Paraguay-specific: > > * Limited language support: to save space, we've included only > English and Spanish translations. > > * Image signed with the Paraguay deployment keys. Laptops from other > regions need to be be unlocked in order to accept this image. > > * The software update control panel icon checks for new activities > on our wiki rather than on laptop.org. > > * The Browse home page contains the Paraguay Educa logo and a few > links to our website. > > We may find the time to release slightly modified images to meet the > needs of other OLPC deployments interested in upgrading to Sugar 0.84. > > More importantly, we're happy to help other deployments produce their > own OS images independently of us, thus exploiting Free Software's most > important advantage [2]. > > > == How to join development == > > This development cycle is closed as a new development cycle based on > Sugar 0.88 has started already. Public builds will be available soon. > > Build system source: > http://git.paraguayeduca.org/gitweb/users/bernie/olpc-os-builder.git > > Yum Repository containing our custom RPMs (along with sources): > http://repo.paraguayeduca.org/f11-xo1-py/i386/os/ > http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/pyeduca-repo/f11-xo1-py/ > > IRC: > #olpc-paraguay irc.feenode.net (English spoken) > > > [1] The actual production build is os179py. The only difference between > os179py and os180py is improved compatibility with GSM modems. > > [2] Freedom 1: The freedom to study how the program works, and change > it to make it do what you wish. > > -- > // Bernie Innocenti - http://codewiz.org/ > \X/ Sugar Labs - http://sugarlabs.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
How do I install this image? I tried the USB method on a XO1 with dev key and security disabled, but it still complains about not finding the right keys. Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Campus Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu/ _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
