Re: skype on XO-1.75

2011-10-20 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 1:15 AM, fors...@ozonline.com.au wrote: Installing Skype on the XO-1.75 using the instructions at wiki.laptop.org/go/Skype does not work. As others have pointed out, Skype (the company) does not publish a skype-for-linux, ARM version. AIUI, they will never do so

Re: skype on XO-1.75

2011-10-20 Thread Peter Robinson
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Martin Langhoff martin.langh...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 1:15 AM,  fors...@ozonline.com.au wrote: Installing Skype on the XO-1.75 using the instructions at wiki.laptop.org/go/Skype does not work. As others have pointed out, Skype (the company

Re: skype on XO-1.75

2011-10-20 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 6:10 AM, Peter Robinson pbrobin...@gmail.com wrote: Agreed, I think a Video Chat Activity might be out best bet. We're already got it on the gnome side. You mean ekiga? It's been fairly disappointing to me in the past... Or something else? meego has both softfp and

Re: skype on XO-1.75

2011-10-20 Thread Peter Robinson
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Martin Langhoff martin.langh...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 6:10 AM, Peter Robinson pbrobin...@gmail.com wrote: Agreed, I think a Video Chat Activity might be out best bet. We're already got it on the gnome side. You mean ekiga? It's been fairly

Re: skype on XO-1.75

2011-10-20 Thread Chris Leonard
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 6:10 AM, Peter Robinson pbrobin...@gmail.comwrote: One good piece of news is that Skype isn't the only game in town. Google-talk-plugin has been my friend lately, and competes with Skype plenty in my personal usage (it's the plugin behind gmail/gchat voice +

Re: skype on XO-1.75

2011-10-20 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Chris Leonard cjlhomeaddr...@gmail.com wrote: Some folks from RIT have already Sugarized something (not that I've ever tried it) I also have no idea whether it would work on an XO 1.75 Open Video Chat 1 http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4305

Re: skype on XO-1.75

2011-10-20 Thread Peter Robinson
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Martin Langhoff martin.langh...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Chris Leonard cjlhomeaddr...@gmail.com wrote: Some folks from RIT have already Sugarized something (not that I've ever tried it) I also have no idea whether it would work on an

Re: skype on XO-1.75

2011-10-20 Thread Yannis Kaskamanidis
I use 26 laptops in my classroom and I want to upgrade them in 11.2.0 release, but it hasn't got Greek language. I followed the procedure herehttp://wiki.laptop.org/go/OS_Builderto add the Greek language and it produced two files (os9uim and os9.onu). Then I put them in a usb stick and I started

Re: skype on XO-1.75

2011-10-20 Thread Sameer Verma
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 8:07 AM, Martin Langhoff martin.langh...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Chris Leonard cjlhomeaddr...@gmail.com wrote: Some folks from RIT have already Sugarized something (not that I've ever tried it) I also have no idea whether it would work on an

Re: Re: skype on XO-1.75

2011-10-19 Thread James Cameron
I would imagine Skype themselves might have an idea. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: skype on XO-1.75

2011-10-19 Thread Peter Robinson
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 6:15 AM, fors...@ozonline.com.au wrote: Installing Skype on the XO-1.75 using the instructions at wiki.laptop.org/go/Skype does not work. I am guessing the download is for x86 and not ARM. Skype doesn't produce a publicly available linux version of Skype so its

Re: skype on XO-1.75

2011-10-19 Thread Peter Robinson
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Peter Robinson pbrobin...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 6:15 AM,  fors...@ozonline.com.au wrote: Installing Skype on the XO-1.75 using the instructions at wiki.laptop.org/go/Skype does not work. I am guessing the download is for x86 and not ARM

Re: Re: skype on XO-1.75

2011-10-19 Thread Chris Leonard
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 1:59 AM, James Cameron qu...@laptop.org wrote: I would imagine Skype themselves might have an idea. Feel free to ask Skype via their forums http://community.skype.com/t5/English/ct-p/English?profile.language=en cjl ___ Devel

Re: skype on XO-1.75

2011-10-19 Thread James Cameron
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 08:18:28AM +0100, Peter Robinson wrote: On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Peter Robinson pbrobin...@gmail.com wrote: Skype doesn't produce a publicly available linux version of Skype so its not supported. gtalk works via empathy. That should be publicly available

Re: Re: Re: skype on XO-1.75

2011-10-19 Thread forster
Thanks James Chris Have asked at http://community.skype.com/t5/Linux/Skype-on-the-OLPC-XO-1-75-ARM-chipset/td-p/224454 On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 1:59 AM, James Cameron qu...@laptop.org wrote: I would imagine Skype themselves might have an idea. Feel free to ask Skype via their

Re: skype on XO-1.75

2011-10-19 Thread Peter Robinson
O On 19 Oct 2011 08:42, James Cameron qu...@laptop.org wrote: On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 08:18:28AM +0100, Peter Robinson wrote: On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Peter Robinson pbrobin...@gmail.com wrote: Skype doesn't produce a publicly available linux version of Skype so its not

skype on XO-1.75

2011-10-18 Thread forster
Installing Skype on the XO-1.75 using the instructions at wiki.laptop.org/go/Skype does not work. I am guessing the download is for x86 and not ARM. Can the instructions please be amended, either pointing to a working download or noting that Skype is not supported on the XO-1.75? Tony

Re: skype on XO-1.75

2011-10-18 Thread Chris Leonard
wrote: Installing Skype on the XO-1.75 using the instructions at wiki.laptop.org/go/Skype does not work. I am guessing the download is for x86 and not ARM. Can the instructions please be amended, either pointing to a working download or noting that Skype is not supported on the XO-1.75

Re: Re: skype on XO-1.75

2011-10-18 Thread forster
It's a wiki, please feel free to add any notes you deem necessary. XO 1.75 are only in the hands of developers at the moment, so I'm not sure this is needed for general public, but I suppose a note on 1.75 might be needed eventually. thanks, I am happy to edit the wiki, I am just not sure