Re: [Server-devel] Offline update
> Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:37:34 +1000 > From: "David Leeming" > Subject: Re: [Server-devel] Offline update > To: "'Martin Langhoff'" > Cc: 'XS Devel' > Message-ID: <01cb2643$b5927610$20b762...@com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Good, Martin > > Is it possible to download the updates from a Windows machine? I hit a small gotcha when building an install server from rpms that I downloaded to windows xp sp2 that some file names got truncated. But I had no problem when the files were tars or gzips on windows and I unpacked them on linux. I moved them to linux with wget from an apache server on windows, but your approach with a usb drive should be the same. ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
[Server-devel] Pathagar: A Book Server
Slides from yesterday's presentation at OLPC-SF. Some of you may find this interesting. http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/689 http://www.slideshare.net/sverma/pathagar-a-book-server http://wiki.laptop.org/images/1/1c/Pathagar-bookserver.zip cheers, 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/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] Journal and Google
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Martin Langhoff wrote: > On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 5:04 AM, Tabitha Roder wrote: >> Has anyone tried backing up the Journal to Google docs? > > Is there an API to write to GDocs? Maybe they do WebDAV? > > After a quick google -- apparently not, but there is a FUSE > implementation written in... Java :-/ > http://code.google.com/p/gdocsfs/ > There is Google Storage (for developers) that has a python-based utility (GSutil) for RESTful services. http://code.google.com/apis/storage/ cheers, Sameer > Hmmm -- you probably have to take this to the sugar dev mailing list. > It's a wonderful feature request... > > cheers, > > > m > -- > martin.langh...@gmail.com > mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect > - ask interesting questions > - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first > - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff > ___ > Server-devel mailing list > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] Journal and Google
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 5:04 AM, Tabitha Roder wrote: > Has anyone tried backing up the Journal to Google docs? Is there an API to write to GDocs? Maybe they do WebDAV? After a quick google -- apparently not, but there is a FUSE implementation written in... Java :-/ http://code.google.com/p/gdocsfs/ Hmmm -- you probably have to take this to the sugar dev mailing list. It's a wonderful feature request... cheers, m -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] [SoaS] Journal and Google
When I was still at OLPC, we had an agreement with Google that we could use their servers for exactly this purpose. -walter On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Frederick Grose wrote: > On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 5:04 AM, Tabitha Roder > wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> Has anyone tried backing up the Journal to Google docs? A school told us >> they are using google apps (for education) and would like Sugar to store the >> Journal in Google clouds. Really, what they would like is a backup system so >> loss of the device doesn't mean the loss of all the student's work -- the >> school server provides a backup system, this may be sufficient. Does anyone >> have success stories we can show them along the "Little Johnny started >> learning how to customise his operating system now his XO won't boot, we >> reflashed it, and all his Sugar activity work was restored from the XS". >> >> I'm guessing tight integration with a cloud isn't a design goal of the >> school server but if it can hand off to the cloud this would make them >> happier. They have a google partner who can make at least some magic happen, >> does anyone have any pointers on how to do a feasibility study? >> >> Google Education Apps: http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/index.html >> >> Thanks >> Tabitha > > If Sugar on a Stick images are prepared with a separate, persistent Home > directory (with the --home-size-mb option of livecd-iso-to-disk, or with the > --copy-home option > of http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Sugar_Clone, that allows > one to share a customized Journal) then the entire, Home directory (with the > Journal) can be backed-up, shared, or swapped by means of the > /LiveOS/home.img file (an un-compressed filesystem package that is loop > mounted in the LiveOS to provide the /home/ directory). The persistent home > feature is available in all SoaS versions by invoking the livecd-ico-to-disk > script. See http://www.mail-archive.com/s...@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg01608.html for > patches that will make the copy-overlay and copy-home customization features > more readily available. > A cloud-based swapping service for home.img files seems quite reasonable for > those with sufficient Internet bandwidth. > --Fred > ___ > SoaS mailing list > s...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas > > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] Journal and Google
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 5:04 AM, Tabitha Roder wrote: > Hi > > Has anyone tried backing up the Journal to Google docs? A school told us > they are using google apps (for education) and would like Sugar to store the > Journal in Google clouds. Really, what they would like is a backup system so > loss of the device doesn't mean the loss of all the student's work -- the > school server provides a backup system, this may be sufficient. Does anyone > have success stories we can show them along the "Little Johnny started > learning how to customise his operating system now his XO won't boot, we > reflashed it, and all his Sugar activity work was restored from the XS". > > I'm guessing tight integration with a cloud isn't a design goal of the > school server but if it can hand off to the cloud this would make them > happier. They have a google partner who can make at least some magic happen, > does anyone have any pointers on how to do a feasibility study? > > Google Education Apps: http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/index.html > > Thanks > Tabitha > If Sugar on a Stick images are prepared with a separate, persistent Home directory (with the --home-size-mb option of livecd-iso-to-disk, or with the --copy-home option of http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Sugar_Clone, that allows one to share a customized Journal) then the entire, Home directory (with the Journal) can be backed-up, shared, or swapped by means of the /LiveOS/home.img file (an un-compressed filesystem package that is loop mounted in the LiveOS to provide the /home/ directory). The persistent home feature is available in all SoaS versions by invoking the livecd-ico-to-disk script. See http://www.mail-archive.com/s...@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg01608.html for patches that will make the copy-overlay and copy-home customization features more readily available. A cloud-based swapping service for home.img files seems quite reasonable for those with sufficient Internet bandwidth. --Fred ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
[Server-devel] Samoa Deployment - planned hardware for 30 July 2010
Hi, We are going to Samoa for 2 primary school deployments with 50 XO-1.0 laptops in each school, on 30 July 2010. We've been asked to set up a wifi network and School Server at each school. Here is what we think we are going to buy for each school (ie, we buy twice what is presented here, one set for each school), please advise if you think we are on the wrong track here. 1 EEE Box EB1012 - 2GB ram, 250GB hard disk, dual core 1.6GHz Atom 330 2 Ubiquity Networks NanoStation2 802.11b/g 400mW Outdoor AP/Bridge 1 Switch Climate: island nation so some salt but schools are somewhat inland, temperatures 24 to 31 degrees, humidity 70 to 80% Do we need a gigabit switch? Should we upgrade the harddisk or add more memory? Thanks Tom (and Tabitha) ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
[Server-devel] Journal and Google
Hi Has anyone tried backing up the Journal to Google docs? A school told us they are using google apps (for education) and would like Sugar to store the Journal in Google clouds. Really, what they would like is a backup system so loss of the device doesn't mean the loss of all the student's work -- the school server provides a backup system, this may be sufficient. Does anyone have success stories we can show them along the "Little Johnny started learning how to customise his operating system now his XO won't boot, we reflashed it, and all his Sugar activity work was restored from the XS". I'm guessing tight integration with a cloud isn't a design goal of the school server but if it can hand off to the cloud this would make them happier. They have a google partner who can make at least some magic happen, does anyone have any pointers on how to do a feasibility study? Google Education Apps: http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/index.html Thanks Tabitha ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
