Re: [Sugar-devel] [DESIGN] Proposal: Contol-Panel packaging

2012-08-01 Thread James Cameron
For deployments that eschew servers, a caching proxy won't help. But on the other hand, sharing the updates across a bunch of XOs might be possible using a torrent-like implementation. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list

Re: [Sugar-devel] [DESIGN] Proposal: Contol-Panel packaging

2012-08-01 Thread John Gilmore
> We use yum to provide automatic updates to our XOs in the field, and > we must be mindful that large RPMs can have an impact on the school's > Internet connection. If 400 XOs need to download a ~800KB Sugar RPM, > that's 320MB being downloaded, potentially at the same time. Isn't there a cachein

Re: [Sugar-devel] [DESIGN] Proposal: Contol-Panel packaging

2012-08-01 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On 30 July 2012 23:26, Jerry Vonau wrote: > The idea works well for users of Dextrose where OLPC-AU as a deployment > could omit features that are still under development and not show the > icon the control-panel at all. I'm not asking for anything to be > removed, just packaged and made available

Re: [Sugar-devel] Engadget post on XO Touch

2012-08-01 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 11:21 PM, Mike Lee wrote: > Here's a cool demo of the Neonode multitouch frame: > http://www.slashgear.com/neonode-3d-touch-headed-to-tablets-and-phones-hands-on-28215933/ > Not only multi-touch, but also entry direction and tilt. For a dollar! Not all devices using Neonod