puppy linux et al.

2010-12-13 Thread Yioryos Asprobounitis
There is a new version for Puppy linux for the XO-1 and XO-1.5. The 92MB build is based on olpc kernel 2.6.35 Due to an svn -r 886 Openchrome build, also works sufficiently on the XO-1.5 See the build announcement[1] and change log[2] for more BTW I was wondering if any of the available union

Re: puppy linux et al.

2010-12-13 Thread Daniel Drake
On 13 December 2010 11:31, Yioryos Asprobounitis mavrot...@yahoo.com wrote: BTW I was wondering if any of the available union fs (Union Mount, Aufs, UnionFS) could be an option to facilitate use in the field. If the initial build was on a read-only file system and user data in the top rw

Re: Unifying file systems (was:puppy linux et al.)

2010-12-13 Thread Yioryos Asprobounitis
--- On Mon, 12/13/10, Daniel Drake d...@laptop.org wrote: You can look on lwn.net for articles about unionfs, why its so hard and why it doesn't work very well yet (and is not yet present in Linux). Scott (ex-OLPC, a big contributor to the current /versions scheme) made some comments

Re: [Sugar-devel] prevent screen rotation in a sugar activity?

2010-12-13 Thread Bakhtiar Mikhak
On Dec 10, 2010, at 6:09 PM, James Cameron wrote: On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 05:50:54PM -0500, Bakhtiar Mikhak wrote: If I am reading the current version of HIG correctly, it is not a requirement for developers to implement a portrait layout for their activity: Screen Rotation While in

Re: [Sugar-devel] prevent screen rotation in a sugar activity?

2010-12-13 Thread Paul Fox
...there are however practical considerations on XOs that lead us to want to disable UI rotation. ... i guess i don't understand how this would work in practical terms. i'm using my XO, and, at the home screen, i push the rotate button, and start playing with it in portrait mode. i bring

Re: [Sugar-devel] prevent screen rotation in a sugar activity?

2010-12-13 Thread James Cameron
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 01:12:04PM -0500, Bakhtiar Mikhak wrote: On Dec 10, 2010, at 6:09 PM, James Cameron wrote: On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 05:50:54PM -0500, Bakhtiar Mikhak wrote: If I am reading the current version of HIG correctly, it is not a requirement for developers to implement a

Kiwi PyCon 2011 - August 26/27 - OLPC / Sugar Labs content would be great!

2010-12-13 Thread Tim McNamara
Hi all, Wellington, New Zealand has been selected as the venue for Kiwi PyCon 2011. PyCon stands for Python conference, kiwi stands for our national bird (that you probably know as a fruit) I've been given the title Conference Director and would really like to get some OLPC/Sugar Labs