Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] FSF attitude to xo and sugar

2009-08-29 Thread Sameer Verma
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Bill Kerrbillk...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Bastien bastiengue...@googlemail.com wrote: After a discussion with the FSF, they agreed the picture was not really appropriate and that the text should clearly distinguish OLPC from Sugar.

Re: [IAEP] svg animations, no?

2009-08-29 Thread Lucian Branescu
Your best bet is using a browser runtime, like hulahop. Gecko has good support for SVG, but without SMIL. You'll have to use JavaScript for animations. Right now, the only runtime I know of that can run SMIL is Opera, and that one is useless (because it's closed source). You could use Fakesmile

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] OCR?

2009-08-29 Thread Lucian Branescu
Abbyy could distribute the free version of their software with a license that allows it to be redistributed with Sugar, or more precisely whatever activity uses it. But that would allow people to make full-featured clones of Abbyy's software, so I doubt it. 2009/8/28 Edward Cherlin

Re: [IAEP] svg animations, no?

2009-08-29 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 10:07:53AM +0100, Lucian Branescu wrote: Right now, the only runtime I know of that can run SMIL is Opera, and that one is useless (because it's closed source). You could use Fakesmile (http://leunen.d.free.fr/fakesmile/) for other browsers, but it's rather slow.

[IAEP] new technical list in spanish

2009-08-29 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
Hi, several development groups are being formed right now in Latin America and in order to make easier for them to work together a new list has been created: http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-desarrollo Please join if you would like to participate in discussions about Sugar development

Re: [IAEP] new technical list in spanish

2009-08-29 Thread Luke Faraone
On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 07:15, Tomeu Vizoso to...@sugarlabs.org wrote: Please join if you would like to participate in discussions about Sugar development in Spanish. Won't this have the side effect of a segmented development community? On which list would consensus be authoritative? --

Re: [IAEP] new technical list in spanish

2009-08-29 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 13:38, Luke Faraonel...@faraone.cc wrote: On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 07:15, Tomeu Vizoso to...@sugarlabs.org wrote: Please join if you would like to participate in discussions about Sugar development in Spanish. Won't this have the side effect of a segmented development

[IAEP] GNOME hackfest in Bolzano, SFSCon 2009

2009-08-29 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
Hi, the Zeitgeist team will be hacking in the same place as the SugarCamp. They are working on bringing a not-too-dissimilar journal experience to GNOME 3.0 so will be interesting to see how we can join forces. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnome.foundation.announce/367 Regards, Tomeu

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [ASLO] Release Physics-3

2009-08-29 Thread Bill Kerr
thanks Gary the default single click shape does not work for the box but does work for circle and triangle I think there needs to be clear install instructions for those doing this for the first time. I wasn't sure what to do. I found some instructions here

Re: [IAEP] svg animations, no?

2009-08-29 Thread Eben Eliason
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Tomeu Vizosoto...@sugarlabs.org wrote: On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 12:43, Bill Kerrbillk...@gmail.com wrote: Sugar does not support SVG animations? I just tried to replace the XO icon with an SVG animation as an extension of theĀ 

Re: [IAEP] svg animations, no?

2009-08-29 Thread Gary C Martin
On 29 Aug 2009, at 10:07, Lucian Branescu wrote: Your best bet is using a browser runtime, like hulahop. Gecko has good support for SVG, but without SMIL. You'll have to use JavaScript for animations. Right now, the only runtime I know of that can run SMIL is Opera, and that one is useless

Re: [IAEP] new technical list in spanish

2009-08-29 Thread David Farning
On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 7:02 AM, Tomeu Vizosoto...@sugarlabs.org wrote: On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 13:38, Luke Faraonel...@faraone.cc wrote: On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 07:15, Tomeu Vizoso to...@sugarlabs.org wrote: Please join if you would like to participate in discussions about Sugar development

[IAEP] Classroom 2.0 In an hour....

2009-08-29 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi All, If you have an hour to spare this morning, you might enjoy participating in this Classroom 2.0 online workshop which starts in just an hour, at noon Eastern: http://live.classroom20.com/ It will show how internet resources can be used to teach (really any subject you choose) thorugh

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [ASLO] Release Physics-3

2009-08-29 Thread Gary C Martin
Hi Bill, On 29 Aug 2009, at 14:44, Bill Kerr wrote: the default single click shape does not work for the box but does work for circle and triangle Just to confirm, this is tested and working. But, I think what happened here is that you may have dragged a very small (too small) box

[IAEP] Git tutorial

2009-08-29 Thread David Farning
Currently, there are tidbits of information on git spread around the wiki. One of the hurdle for new contributors (of code) is figuring out how to create an ssh key, set up an account on git.sl.o, and use git. I would like to propose going through the wiki and moving the git related information

Re: [IAEP] Git tutorial

2009-08-29 Thread Walter Bender
don't ask permission, ask forgiveness :) go for it!! -walter On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 1:47 PM, David Farningdfarn...@sugarlabs.org wrote: Currently, there are tidbits of information on git spread around the wiki. One of the hurdle for new contributors (of code) is figuring out how to create

Re: [IAEP] [math4] Git tutorial

2009-08-29 Thread Gary C Martin
Hi David, On 29 Aug 2009, at 18:47, David Farning wrote: Currently, there are tidbits of information on git spread around the wiki. One of the hurdle for new contributors (of code) is figuring out how to create an ssh key, set up an account on git.sl.o, and use git. I would like to

Re: [IAEP] new technical list in spanish

2009-08-29 Thread Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero
The list was created to ensure and give the possibility to people that don't know English or are not to confident in it to participate in Sugar development, We'll hope that students and developers from all Spanish-speaking countries take the lead and begin to support the overall sugar

Re: [IAEP] [math4] Git tutorial

2009-08-29 Thread Sebastian Dziallas
Gary C Martin wrote: Hi David, On 29 Aug 2009, at 18:47, David Farning wrote: Currently, there are tidbits of information on git spread around the wiki. One of the hurdle for new contributors (of code) is figuring out how to create an ssh key, set up an account on git.sl.o, and use git.

[IAEP] Class Acts Poster! OLPC/Sugar Community Book Sprint (Sept 6-11, Washington DC)

2009-08-29 Thread Holt
Grassroots Deployments are our d-r-e-a-m... Full Rez Poster: http://flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/3865753915/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/3865753915/in/photostream/ Thumbnail for blog / wiki posts: http://flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/3866553822/in/photostream/

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] FSF attitude to xo and sugar

2009-08-29 Thread Bastien
Bill Kerr billk...@gmail.com writes: On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Bastien bastiengue...@googlemail.com wrote: After a discussion with the FSF, they agreed the picture was not really appropriate and that the text should clearly distinguish OLPC from Sugar. They will make

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Digest 2009-08-27

2009-08-29 Thread Bastien
Caroline Meeks solutiongr...@gmail.com writes: Both OLPC and Sugar on a Stick have the potential to extend access to computing outside school walls and hours, and thus extend learning time. Agreed. Another advantage of promoting a platform instead of separate tools is that it helps

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [ASLO] Release Physics-3

2009-08-29 Thread Bill Kerr
On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 1:35 AM, Gary C Martin g...@garycmartin.com wrote: Hi Bill, On 29 Aug 2009, at 14:44, Bill Kerr wrote: the default single click shape does not work for the box but does work for circle and triangle Just to confirm, this is tested and working. But, I think what

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [ASLO] Release Physics-3

2009-08-29 Thread Gary C Martin
Hi Bill, On 30 Aug 2009, at 01:30, Bill Kerr wrote: On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 1:35 AM, Gary C Martin g...@garycmartin.com wrote: Hi Bill, On 29 Aug 2009, at 14:44, Bill Kerr wrote: the default single click shape does not work for the box but does work for circle and triangle Just

[IAEP] Competitive Landscape

2009-08-29 Thread Caroline Meeks
This is a very nice article on our competitive landscape in open source. My concern about the thin client solutions is the students do not have access out of school and that severely limits their potential to explore and extend learning time. Once we bring in the K* tools and create a stick that

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [ASLO] Release Physics-3

2009-08-29 Thread Bill Kerr
On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Gary C Martin g...@garycmartin.comwrote: Hi Bill, On 30 Aug 2009, at 01:30, Bill Kerr wrote: On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 1:35 AM, Gary C Martin g...@garycmartin.com wrote: Hi Bill, On 29 Aug 2009, at 14:44, Bill Kerr wrote: the default single click