Re: [Sugar-devel] [Grassroots-l] personal Re: Experience w/ using GPS with XO laptops
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Jeff Mascornick jjm4...@yahoo.com wrote: Thank you Steve! I am wondering about the LINUX based XO - I'm part of a team applying to deploy XOs to Tanzania and we are looking into incorporating GPS for cultural exchange/learning, environmental education and/or some other purposes. So, if anyone has info on using any GPS on Linux based XOs, please let me know. That's a complicated question. There is plenty of GPS and GIS software in the Linux world. Running graphical software under Sugar requires a rewrite. If you can make use of gpsd, the GPS daemon, within any existing Sugar software, you are good. Another possibility is to wait for Sugar to include Gnome. At that point most graphical Linux software will become usable. I am copying this to the Sugar Development list for an opinion on when that might happen. Since you are asking about getting software onto the XO, you should probably join that list. (Also, what our team may do is get Windows PCs for each of the classrooms where ArcMap is used [since this may be the easiest way] and the children could incorporate their XOs once the end result of the project is on a website.) Test whether your PC app will run under Wine. Anyway, I am asking about Linux based possibilities. Hope this helps. Thanks Jeff Mascornick, MA Research Assistant Center for Community Research Service School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy University of Delaware jjm4...@yahoo.com (302)547-5952 (c) --- On Thu, 4/2/09, Steve Holton sph0l...@gmail.com wrote: From: Steve Holton sph0l...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Grassroots-l] personal Re: Experience w/ using GPS with XO laptops To: jjm4...@yahoo.com, OLPC Grassroots list grassro...@lists.laptop.org Date: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 9:04 AM On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Jeff Mascornick jjm4...@yahoo.com wrote: I would like to rephase my question please. I understand that there are many issues involved with XOs and all of that - I am wondering if any one knows whether GPS units/software will be compatible with the newest versions of XO laptops. ...newest versions of XO laptops. You might need to clarify your question to get good feedback. Are you asking about the already-released XO-1 hardware model, the yet-to-be-developed XO-2 hardware model, or about a particular software release version (and which one) for the XO's? Specifically, you should let the list know whether you are looking for GPS software to run under Linux or Windows. It appears you're looking for Windows software (since Arcmap is Windows based) and I don't think many people in the Grassroots community have had any access to XO's running Windows. -- Steve Holton Moderator: OLPC Grassroots list. sph0l...@gmail.com ___ Grassroots mailing list grassro...@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots -- Silent Thunder (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) is my name And Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, The Truth my destination. http://earthtreasury.net/ (Edward Mokurai Cherlin) ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Fwd: Proposal of Google Summer of Code
Nathalia, I am truly sorry, but since you did not get your application into Google's web app by the deadline, we are unable to consider you for Google Summer of Code. However, we would be happy if you are still interested in doing the project, and could probably assign you an unofficial mentor (I'll have to see how many slots Google assigns us before I can say that definitely though). I tried to make this clear, and it was clearly stated in several places on the mailing list, wiki, and google's site. I am sorry that I did not manage to get this message to you. Thanks, Jameson 2009/4/3 Nathalia Sautchuk Patrício nathalia.sautc...@gmail.com Thanks a lot for all the feedbacks. It is very important. I improve my proposal, if anyone could read it I'm pleased. Regards Nathalia Sautchuk Patrício http://febracev.wordpress.com/ Antes de imprimir, pense em sua responsabilidade social e com o MEIO AMBIENTE. On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Eben Eliason e...@laptop.org wrote: I had this idea when I was making the very first mockups of Paint, and I think it's a great idea! Check out the mockup: it's the brush with the little gear next to it, which I always referred to as the behavior brush. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Image:Activity_paint_tools.jpg The secondary palette for the brush would offer a list of different behaviors (which should be object which can be copied, shared, installed, etc., ideally). More importantly, the behaviors would be defined by simple scripts which took some basic pre-defined parameters (or maybe even allowed the creator of the behavior to define new parameters, linked to sliders or checkboxes or what have you...not sure), offered some predefined ways to size the brush, set colors, draw shapes, and make brush strokes, and thus allowed creation of behaviors with some simple syntax. As an example, you could have a mirror behavior which read in the current coordinates, and then made two marks with the brush mirrored across the middle of the canvas. A custom parameter could define which axis (or axes) were mirrored. You could have brushes which added randomness to the position making squiggly lines; or a brush which set the color based on the time to draw rainbow strokes; or a brush that worked like an airbrush of star shapes. The possibilities are endless, I think. Anyway, as Ben said, focus isn't on activities; but I wanted to chime in since I think this is truly a fantastic idea and I'd love to see it happen. Eben PS. I also had plans to allow behavior shapes, as well: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Image:Activity_paint_shapes_polygon.jpg On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Nathalia Sautchuk Patrício nathalia.sautc...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everybody, I put my GSoC Proposal here: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Summer_of_Code/2009/Oficina If somebody has a feedback send me an e-mail (personally or in this list) or put in the discussion page in wiki. Thanks a lot... Regards Nathalia Sautchuk Patrício http://febracev.wordpress.com/ Antes de imprimir, pense em sua responsabilidade social e com o MEIO AMBIENTE. ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
[Sugar-devel] How to create wiki page link on GSOC 2009 application
Hi all, I submitted my proposal on GSOC and created a wiki page on time but I could not get my page link on http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Category:2009_GSoC_applications. Can anyone assist me to create my application link on gsoc2009 application category. Wiki Page Link: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Marbles Thank you, -- Puneet Girdhar BTECH CSE ( IIIrd Year ) IIIT Hyderabad ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] How to create wiki page link on GSOC 2009 application
Problem got solved by adding [[Category:2009_GSoC_applications]] to my page. Thanks to alsroot ( irc nickname ) for helping me out.. Thank you, Puneet On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Puneet Girdhar puneetgirdhar.i...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I submitted my proposal on GSOC and created a wiki page on time but I could not get my page link on http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Category:2009_GSoC_applications. Can anyone assist me to create my application link on gsoc2009 application category. Wiki Page Link: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Marbles Thank you, -- Puneet Girdhar BTECH CSE ( IIIrd Year ) IIIT Hyderabad -- Puneet Girdhar BTECH CSE ( IIIrd Year ) IIIT Hyderabad ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [Grassroots-l] personal Re: Experience w/ using GPS with XO laptops
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 12:24:57AM -0700, Edward Cherlin wrote: Another possibility is to wait for Sugar to include Gnome. At that point most graphical Linux software will become usable. I am copying this to the Sugar Development list for an opinion on when that might happen. Since you are asking about getting software onto the XO, you should probably join that list. Ahem, it is news to me that Sugar is aiming at including GNOME at all. Could someone please elaborate on that? (is it perhaps Sugar support for starting non-Sugar X11 applications?) Kind regards, - 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) iEYEARECAAYFAknXQCMACgkQn7DbMsAkQLi/+wCfWhcawxl9NwLqnf/HxLBX+VuU KSoAoJS0QNc/JfLzJfEcKK7ikqghFtEp =IANP -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
[Sugar-devel] OLPC Afghanistan first pilot school is go!
Hi. OLPC Afghanistan team is glad to announce that, the first deployment of OLPC happened in Afghanistan on March 17, with 396 XOs fully equiped with complete localization of all activities in national languages of Afghanistan plus some very useful health economic informations for parents and kids in Estiqlal High School, Jalalabad city of Ningarhar Province. Read more: http://www.olpc.af For info: i...@olpc.af -- Sohaib Obaidi Ebtihaj OLPC Afghanistan, Community Development Liaison. BSc (Hons) Economics, IIUI. +92-334-9072974 +93-797-221401 soh...@paiwastoon.com.af Skype: sohaib.obaidi http://www.olpc.af http://www.eqtisad.co.cc PAIWASTOON Networking Services Ltd. 1st Street Kart-e Se, House no. 5 Opposite Habibia High School Kabul, Afghanistan Office Phone #: +93 079 419 5494 ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
[Sugar-devel] OLPC Afghanistan first pilot school is GO!!!
Hi. OLPC Afghanistan team is glad to announce that, the first deployment of OLPC happened in Afghanistan on March 17, with 396 XOs fully equiped with complete localization of all activities in national languages of Afghanistan plus some very useful health economic informations for parents and kids in Estiqlal High School, Jalalabad city of Ningarhar Province. Read more: http://www.olpc.af -- Sohaib Obaidi Ebtihaj OLPC Afghanistan, Community Development Liaison. BSc (Hons) Economics, IIUI. +92-334-9072974 +93-797-221401 soh...@paiwastoon.com.af Skype: sohaib.obaidi http://www.olpc.af http://www.olpc.blogsky.com PAIWASTOON Networking Services Ltd. 1st Street Kart-e Se, House no. 5 Opposite Habibia High School Kabul, Afghanistan Office Phone #: +93 079 419 5494 ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [SoaS] Call for Testers (New Snapshot!)
On 04.04.2009, at 00:17, Sebastian Dziallas wrote: http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/snapshots/2/Soas2-200904031934.iso This does not boot in VMWare Fusion. It stops after writing out initrd. 0..ready. - Bert - ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [Grassroots-l] personal Re: Experience w/ using GPS with XO laptops
On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 4:10 AM, Jonas Smedegaard d...@jones.dk wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 12:24:57AM -0700, Edward Cherlin wrote: Another possibility is to wait for Sugar to include Gnome. At that point most graphical Linux software will become usable. I am copying this to the Sugar Development list for an opinion on when that might happen. Since you are asking about getting software onto the XO, you should probably join that list. Ahem, it is news to me that Sugar is aiming at including GNOME at all. Could someone please elaborate on that? (is it perhaps Sugar support for starting non-Sugar X11 applications?) Yes. My mistake. Kind regards, - 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) iEYEARECAAYFAknXQCMACgkQn7DbMsAkQLi/+wCfWhcawxl9NwLqnf/HxLBX+VuU KSoAoJS0QNc/JfLzJfEcKK7ikqghFtEp =IANP -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Silent Thunder (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) is my name And Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, The Truth my destination. http://earthtreasury.net/ (Edward Mokurai Cherlin) ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
[Sugar-devel] youtube ...
Hello, I tried running youtube on the OLPC. The browser showed to click here to run flash, but flash never ran. Did anyone manage to run youtube in the browser? Is there a flash puggin needed? If so, does it exist? Thanks Daniel ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [SoaS] Call for Testers (New Snapshot!)
On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Sebastian Dziallas sebast...@when.comwrote: Hi Caroline, thanks for giving this a try! I added some comments below... By the way, would it be okay for you to get a final image by April 7th or do you need one earlier? The ability to burn more then one USB at a time is still not working. If it works April 7th is fine. If it doesn't life is not going to be fun for me. What of my wish list do you think I will get? Thanks, Caroline *Here is my wish list.* Add to favorites Ring: Slider Puzzle, Jigsaw Puzzle, Story Builder, Typing Turtle, Cartoon Builder, Take out of the favorites Ring Log, Terminal. Read Add a book or two for Read then add Read back to the favorites ring Add Scratch and let me test it. It doesn't seem to be on the Activities Portal yet. Fix: Colors, Flipsticks and IRC and add the to the favorites Ring I'm open to dissenting opinions here, this is just my current impressions of what would make a good demo stick. ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] youtube ...
On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Daniel Gross daniel.gr...@utoronto.ca wrote: Hello, I tried running youtube on the OLPC. The browser showed to click here to run flash, but flash never ran. Did anyone manage to run youtube in the browser? Is there a flash puggin needed? If so, does it exist? Thanks Daniel FWIW, I have not been able to get youtube on gnash working on ubuntu 8.10 but it works fine on 9.04. So, when sugar runs on ubuntu 9.04 we will be getting pretty close! david ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
