[Server-devel] Aug 1: OLPC France gives us ALL an OLPC Chance
A handful of idealistic Frenchies built a stronger implementation/contributors/fundraising volunteer community than possibly all other countries, but how? Supporting an actual island village in Madagascar with solar-powered inter-island Wifi? What on earth's behind this FranXOfrique FranXOphonie, that every other country might learn from s'il vous plait? This coming Thursday watch a live interview to learn the answers from the OLPC guys (and quite a number of OLPC girls/women/kids, eureka) who made it happen over the past half-decade -- in Madagascar and far beyond: Thursday August 1st, 11AM NYC Time Tune in here to hear guest speakers (Wikipedia governance alum) Bastien Guerry and (XS/hardware hacker) Xavier Carcelle, if not others, as they tell this powerful story live: http://youtube.com/unleashkids Keep the learning real by reading their blog in advance @ http://olpc-france.org/blog (en Français!) and sending your live interview questions (in any language) for http://olpc-france.org to: contact [at] unleashkids [dot] org And until Thursday, our colorful preview poster is here, with special thanks to Laura de Reynal's Madagascar photography: http://twitter.com/unleashkids -- Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ http://unleashkids.org ! ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] USB Ethernet Adapter compatible with XSCE 0.3
Hi! I think that the reference list for USB adapter compatibility was at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/USB_ethernet_adaptors , but it's probably not very up-to-date. I've also had luck with a really cheap adapter bought locally, it doesn't even has a visible brand, but identifies itself on dmesg as Davicom DM9601 USB Ethernet. Regards and happy hacking! David Rodriguez. El lun, 29-07-2013 a las 23:46 +0800, litekok escribió: Dear T.K., Which model is? 原始邮件 发件人: T.K. Kangtsi...@gmail.com 收件人: lite lilite...@gmail.com 抄送: server-develserver-devel@lists.laptop.org 发送时间: 2013年7月29日(周一) 23:13 主题: Re: [Server-devel] USB Ethernet Adapter compatible with XSCE 0.3 I have used a $HK35 USB ethernet adaptor and it work. Good luck ! On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 11:10 PM, lite li lite...@gmail.com wrote: Following this guide(http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.3/Installing) , I installed XSCE on XO1.75, but my USB Ethernet Adapter (model is Linksys WUSB200N ) did not work. Is there a list of the USB Ethernet Adapter compatible with XSCE 0.3 and XO 1.75? ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel -- David Rodriguez Communications Infrastructure Human Resources Activity Central: https://activitycentral.com Facebook: https://activitycentral.com/facebook Google+: https://activitycentral.com/googleplus Twitter: https://activitycentral.com/twitter ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 75, Issue 25
Hi, The XS-0.7 release of the school server software is built with CentOS 6.2. The main problem is that CentOS does not support the ARM isa. XSCE, as I understand it, arose to fill an urgent need to implement the school server on ARM to reduce the power requirements of the school server. Also in my understanding, XSCE was ported to run on the Fedora base used on the XO for Sugar. This was needed to enable XO hardware to be used for the school server. In short, there is no reason to do anything to run the school server on the Intel isa, just use XS-0.7. In my understanding, the Sugar Desktop runs on Fedora on both Intel and ARM architectures. The fact that Sugar is extensively tested and supported in the Fedora environment probably outweighs any stability advantage of CentOS. Tony On 07/29/2013 06:00 PM, server-devel-requ...@lists.laptop.org wrote: We are mixing our channels abit here. A Sugar based desktop on CentOS is pretty unlikely. As Peter noticed, there are many dependencies necessary for a recent Sugar which are not present in CentOS. CentOS intentionally lagges fedora by several releases for stability. If someone wanted to do it badly enough, it would be possible to backport the fedora 18 GTK stack to CentSO A school server based on CentOS or Ubuntu LTS is more likely. The challenge is remaining compatible with XOs. For hardware compatibility, a XO requires recent OLPC-OS versions which are based on recent fedora version. The step necessary to make XSCE on CentOS run on _Commodity_X86_ hardware are not that great. The problem is that it would require maintain a non-XO branch in parallel with the XO compatible branch.. Anyone have the time, energy, and flame retardant skin to tackle that? ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 75, Issue 25
On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Tony Anderson t...@olenepal.org wrote: Hi, The XS-0.7 release of the school server software is built with CentOS 6.2. The main problem is that CentOS does not support the ARM isa. XSCE, as I understand it, arose to fill an urgent need to implement the school server on ARM to reduce the power requirements of the school server. Also in my understanding, XSCE was ported to run on the Fedora base used on the XO for Sugar. This was needed to enable XO hardware to be used for the school server. Another reason for the XSCE push was to make the server less monolithic and allow deployments to select components. For instance, Moodle is integral to XS 0.7. Most projects (to my understanding) use the admin pages in Moodle (added to stock Moodle by OLPC) and not Moodle itself. Most people on this list do not have a good exposure to the continued use of Moodle in an institution (I use it at work every day), so Moodle has failed to take root. In my opinion, for Moodle to take root, it needs to come populated with sample courses and a set of simple directions to add more. From what I gather, there are NO instructions/documentation on the use of Moodle in the OLPC context. This is most likely because we all hit the 24 hour limit per day :-) Is it salvageable? Yes! We need a good set of courses and a repo to host at and download from. A Youtube search for moodle backup restore will show you how easy it is. Moving along, XSCE hopes to provide a menu approach to select the services you need (Pathagar, Drupal, your favorite service). That requirement, along with AU's need to have a server per classroom (XO based server) got mixed up in the granularity requirement. In short, there is no reason to do anything to run the school server on the Intel isa, just use XS-0.7. As of now, this is true. XS 0.7 is rock solid, and it's stability comes from the CentOS/RHEL underpinnings. Once XSCE is able to provide a menu to remove Moodle, add Pathagar AND provide a CentOS base, the reasons for XSCE may get stronger. In case you were wondering, I am NOT a fan of using Fedora for a server. Stability and upgrade paths are my primary concerns. cheers, Sameer In my understanding, the Sugar Desktop runs on Fedora on both Intel and ARM architectures. The fact that Sugar is extensively tested and supported in the Fedora environment probably outweighs any stability advantage of CentOS. Tony On 07/29/2013 06:00 PM, server-devel-requ...@lists.laptop.org wrote: We are mixing our channels abit here. A Sugar based desktop on CentOS is pretty unlikely. As Peter noticed, there are many dependencies necessary for a recent Sugar which are not present in CentOS. CentOS intentionally lagges fedora by several releases for stability. If someone wanted to do it badly enough, it would be possible to backport the fedora 18 GTK stack to CentSO A school server based on CentOS or Ubuntu LTS is more likely. The challenge is remaining compatible with XOs. For hardware compatibility, a XO requires recent OLPC-OS versions which are based on recent fedora version. The step necessary to make XSCE on CentOS run on _Commodity_X86_ hardware are not that great. The problem is that it would require maintain a non-XO branch in parallel with the XO compatible branch.. Anyone have the time, energy, and flame retardant skin to tackle that? ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
