Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Reminder: STEP UP OLPC Fundraiser in DC on Feb 24th

2011-02-20 Thread Mike Lee
I can attest to seeing firsthand Chris' working IBM Thinkpad adapter back in 2008. Photos, of course: http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/tags/ibm/ Mike On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 11:32 PM, Chris Leonard wrote: > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Beth Santos wrote: >> >> Lately, however, we h

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Reminder: STEP UP OLPC Fundraiser in DC on Feb 24th

2011-02-20 Thread Chris Leonard
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Beth Santos wrote: > Lately, however, we have been having problems with chargers and need to get > some new ones that won't break so easily during power surges. That's one of > the reasons why we're having a fundraiser to get better quality materials > for our cla

Re: [IAEP] Tests of applications on booted Trisquel 4.1 sugar installed to a 8Gb USB (2nd version 02/18/2011)

2011-02-20 Thread Bernie Innocenti
On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 15:16 -0500, Sean DALY wrote: > Hi Bernie we are working on getting a French variant of Tom's image > working for a charitable foundation project > > I am personally convinced VMs are the way forward for solving our > ease-of-installation teacher demo problem, but not everyo

Re: [IAEP] Tests of applications on booted Trisquel 4.1 sugar installed to a 8Gb USB (2nd version 02/18/2011)

2011-02-20 Thread Thomas C Gilliard
Sean; There is a new Feb 20 2011 (4th version) of trisquel-sugar_4.1_i686 http://devel.trisquel.info/sugar/trisquel-sugar_4.1_i686.iso It will boot from the Cd in my MacBook Air and if used in conjunction with a persistent USB of the same build will save changes. http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go

Re: [IAEP] Tests of applications on booted Trisquel 4.1 sugar installed to a 8Gb USB (2nd version 02/18/2011)

2011-02-20 Thread Sean DALY
Hi Bernie we are working on getting a French variant of Tom's image working for a charitable foundation project I am personally convinced VMs are the way forward for solving our ease-of-installation teacher demo problem, but not everyone is (cf last marketing meeting [1]). Oracle (ex-Sun) VirtualB

Re: [IAEP] Tests of applications on booted Trisquel 4.1 sugar installed to a 8Gb USB (2nd version 02/18/2011)

2011-02-20 Thread Carlos Rabassa
Bernie, looks like you are on the right track to fulfill my dream! My suggestions, if you wish to consider any or all of them: No need to call all those different from us non-technical. To move ahead as the great international community we are, each of us has to concentrate on what he likes be

[IAEP] Paradigm shift

2011-02-20 Thread Hilaire Fernandes
Just a personal reflection on paradigm shift with DrGeoII regarding interactive geometry and programmning (more for senior high scoolers): http://blog.ofset.org/hilaire/index.php?post/2011/02/20/Paradigm-shift Hilaire -- Education 0.2 -- http://blog.ofset.org/hilaire __

Re: [IAEP] Tests of applications on booted Trisquel 4.1 sugar installed to a 8Gb USB (2nd version 02/18/2011)

2011-02-20 Thread Carlos Rabassa
I second your comments, Bernie. Carlos Rabassa Volunteer Plan Ceibal Support Network Montevideo, Uruguay On Feb 20, 2011, at 1:30 AM, Bernie Innocenti wrote: > On Fri, 2011-02-18 at 14:08 -0800, Thomas C Gilliard wrote: >> This is a great sugar! >> >> I have uploaded the New 02/18/2011 Vir