IIAB 6.6 Preview 3 introduces our much friendlier new 1-line installer: http://download.iiab.io/6.6
Preview 3 (code <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/releases>, changelog <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/milestone/3?closed=1>) also introduces: - Elgg 2.3.8 <https://elgg.org/> offline social networking - *Explanations in context as IIAB is installing!* - Partial support for the upcoming Debian 10 <https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/> "Buster" and "Sid" - Our Contributors Guide <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-Contributors-Guide> (for software developers) is now updated -- please edit this document directly, those who can keep helping! - All documentation overhauled to reflect the new, more convenient location for your IIAB definition/core settings: /etc/iiab/local_vars.yml <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/IIAB/local_vars.yml> - Your offline community can now instantly re-use its favorite/custom IIAB configurations (much like IIAB microSD card cloning, also coming soon!) *Simply drop this file in place* (/etc/iiab/local_vars.yml) and then start your IIAB install on any fresh/new machine -- next time you run "curl download.iiab.io/6.6/install.txt | sudo bash" ! On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 6:06 AM, Adam Holt <h...@laptop.org> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 6:01 AM, Lionel Laské <lionel.la...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Great news! >> >> Thanks to all for your support to Sugarizer. >> @Adam, just released officially v1.0.1 of Sugarizer Server here: >> https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer-server/releases/tag/v1.0.1 >> > > * Thanks to Lionel and a dozen others for your help over the past week!* > > Consequently Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) 6.6 Preview 2 > <http://download.iiab.io/6.6/> is now released, with 1-line-installers > that work great on 3 mainline Linux OS's {Raspbian, Ubuntu 18.04 or Debian > 9.5}. Regardless whether you choose a "Server" edition or a headless > "Desktop" edition (version) of your OS: > > - Try out Sugarizer 1.0.1 at http://box:8089 (and later > http://box/sugarizer) after you install Internet-in-a-Box. TK in the > Far East was a tremendous help persisting to weed out a couple vicious > bugs. > - Arky in Cambodia made incredible contributions including Kolibri > 0.10.0 as a possible world-changing successor to KA Lite in coming years > (KA Lite is the famous learning tool for Khan Academy videos & > self-quizzes). Now you can try out the new Kolibri, using > http://box:8009 with the usual account/password > <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/IIAB/FAQ#What_are_the_default_passwords.3F>, > after you install Internet-in-a-Box. In future, http://box/kolibri > should also work. > - Draft IIAB 6.6 Release Notes > <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-6.6-Release-Notes> are more > comprehensive than last week, as prep for final release begins in coming > days/weeks... > > IMPLEMENTERS: we recommend you first run "sudo apt update; sudo apt -y > dist-upgrade; sudo reboot" on a clean OS...before installing IIAB 6.6 > Preview 2 using it 1-line-installers here: > > http://download.iiab.io/6.6 > > CONTRIBUTORS: an amazing 98 tickets have been closed as we approach the > finish line at https://github.com/iiab/iiab/milestone/3 ...where almost > anybody can help knock off a couple of the remaining tickets ...benefiting > kids & communities around the globe! > > > > >> Best regards from France. >> >> Lionel. >> >> >> 2018-07-13 22:11 GMT+02:00 Adam Holt <h...@laptop.org>: >> >>> Don't worry it's not "666" on Friday the 13th -- the new/preview >>> Internet-in-a-Box 6.6 Preview largely works on all 3 OS's (Raspbian, Ubuntu >>> 18.04 and the imminent Debian 9.5 >>> <https://lists.debian.org/debian-stable-announce/2018/07/msg00000.html> >>> arriving "tomorrow" 2018-07-14!) >>> >>> Try a fresh install by picking one of Internet-in-a-Box's "1-line >>> installers" here and letting it rip: >>> >>> http://download.iiab.io/6.6 >>> >>> You can choose a MIN-sized, MEDIUM-sized or BIG-sized Internet-in-a-Box >>> (IIAB). Whichever you install, first read the security and OS-updating >>> recommendations at the top of that .txt file, to get yourself safely onto >>> the latest kernel. Raspberry Pi peops: use the new 2018-06-27 Raspbian >>> <https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/> (Lite or Desktop). >>> PC / x86_64 peops: use either the server edition or the graphical/desktop >>> edition of any Linux distribution Very Similar to the 3 mentioned above! >>> >>> WHAT'S THE LATEST? >>> >>> - Sugarizer 1.0.1 was added to IIAB 6.6/master Wednesday 2 days ago >>> (for MEDIUM-sized and BIG-sized installs). Two people have hit >>> so-far-unexplained problems with "npm 5.6.0" unable to build the Node.js >>> stuff for Sugarizer on RPi 3 and RPi 3 B+ ("cd >>> /opt/iiab/sugarizer-server" >>> then "npm install" fails and/or runs out of memory on certain RPi 3's but >>> not others, despite seemingly identical conditions). If Node experts can >>> help out on Raspberry Pi, that'd be super awesome, please shout or write >>> me >>> privately! *Lionel: will an official v1.0.1 of sugarizer-server >>> <https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer-server/releases> be possible in >>> coming >>> days, so IIAB 6.6 is can become even more stable, instead of driving off >>> of >>> sugarizer-server's master branch?* In any case: we can release IIAB >>> 6.6 Preview 2 later in the week if that proves necessary to refine >>> Sugarizer on Raspbian. (PR #888 >>> <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/888#issuecomment-404370082>) >>> - Regional Maps Packs are now extremely fast to download, thanks to >>> compact vector-based tiles for OpenStreetMap. Central America >>> (including Haiti and a lot of South America) >>> <https://openmaptiles.com/downloads/central-america/> is provided as >>> a sample to get you started (#877 >>> <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/877>). >>> - dnsmasq and our new Captive Portal is not quite yet >>> Ready-for-Main-Street (people who are unable to type in http://box) >>> but getting much closer -- please support Anish Mangal and Jerry Vonau >>> refining this (PR #870 <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pulls/870>) >>> based on the original hard work of Tim Moody and Josh Dennis (#608 >>> <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/608>). >>> - Special thanks to Arky R. in Cambodia and the Philippines who >>> rejoined The Cause <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cause> in >>> recent weeks (someone help fix that Wikipedia article to mention the >>> Sneakernet-of-Alexandria that 5 Billion Minds are waiting for ;) Arky is >>> crafting our Kolibri 0.10 Ansible playbook (#841 >>> <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/841>) and already contributed >>> extremely valuable code benefiting all (#895 >>> <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/895>). >>> - >>> *Much More in our online DRAFT IIAB 6.6 Release Notes >>> <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-6.6-Release-Notes> ! * >>> >>> >> -- >> Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ http://unleashkids.org ! >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Unleash Kids" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to unleashkids+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ http://unleashkids.org ! > -- Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ http://unleashkids.org !
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