Hi All,
This was just posted to the fedora-olpc list as a FYI. I suggest
posting any replies to that list so that the Fedora people see any
responses.
Peter
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From: Paul W. Frields
Date: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 12:19 AM
Subject: Default 32-bit x86 arch for Fe
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:33 PM, NoiseEHC wrote:
> The real deal is that Android will be pushed by all the carriers and ARM
> vendors. In my humble opinion it will be the dominant phone OS in the
> future with even more hardware support
the good thing is that android is based on the linux kernel,
Fantastic commits, Gary! :)
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 4:20 AM, Gary C Martin wrote:
> Hi Asaf,
>
> On 14 Jun 2009, at 20:06, Asaf Paris Mandoki wrote:
>
>>
>> I was slightly confused how to get the motor to work initially. I didn't
>> realise it was a 'pin' like tool, I assumed it would just add rot
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
> Nice, looking forward for it. I'm curious about the dependencies,
> maybe in 0.86 we should add webkit to Sugar Platform.
If we get pywebkitgtk in sugar then I can convert my blog client for
wordpress into an activity I guess.
How difficult is
2009/6/15 NoiseEHC :
>
>> There is a project doing a bit of that, http://code.google.com/p/jythonroid/
>> Jython just got a new compiler though, it should be possible to retarget it.
>>
>> Google seems to love Python, maybe they will help? Perhaps OLPC could
>> get them to at least say whether they
Sean and Tomeu,
Just a little update on this video. If you would like Rich to go ahead and get
this
ready for Sugar Labs use, he has offered to do so in early July.
Let me know!
JT
> From: rich.r...@ttu.edu
> To: jtis4...@hotmail.com
> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:49:41 -0500
> Subject: RE
On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 22:47 +0200, Bernie Innocenti wrote:
> On 06/15/09 16:37, Bryan Berry wrote:
> > I want to use rsync but I need a mechanism that the users (kids) can
> > initiate through a simple GUI, like the current Activity Update
> > mechanism.
>
> Rsync's unique capability to transmit o
> There is a project doing a bit of that, http://code.google.com/p/jythonroid/
> Jython just got a new compiler though, it should be possible to retarget it.
>
> Google seems to love Python, maybe they will help? Perhaps OLPC could
> get them to at least say whether they're working on it?
>
htt
2009/6/15 NoiseEHC :
>
>> My major concern against porting to Android is that Java is a horrible
>> language, even with the nice Android libs. Google have said that they
>> will add more languages, though.
>>
>
> Yes, java sucks. IMHO it does not matter though since mostly activities
> consists of
> My major concern against porting to Android is that Java is a horrible
> language, even with the nice Android libs. Google have said that they
> will add more languages, though.
>
Yes, java sucks. IMHO it does not matter though since mostly activities
consists of <1000 lines of code.
> A mor
My major concern against porting to Android is that Java is a horrible
language, even with the nice Android libs. Google have said that they
will add more languages, though.
A more long term solution would be using PyPy, since it has
significantly lower memory usage and better optimisation prospec
>> I want to use rsync but I need a mechanism that the users (kids) can
>> initiate through a simple GUI, like the current Activity Update
>> mechanism.
>
> Rsync's unique capability to transmit only changed blocks within
> large files requires using the real rsync:// protocol. It won't
> work ove
On 06/15/09 16:37, Bryan Berry wrote:
> I want to use rsync but I need a mechanism that the users (kids) can
> initiate through a simple GUI, like the current Activity Update
> mechanism.
Rsync's unique capability to transmit only changed blocks within
large files requires using the real rsync://
> Technologically the phone and the computer are quickly converging.
> They are just coming at the problem from different points of view.
> Phones focus on power consumption and size. Netbooks focus on screen
> size and general use computing.
>
> If the new ARM technology is as good inside device
That is awesome.
While SWF might not be the preferred format for many of us, there is a
huge amount of educational content in that format.
One of the keys to any community projects is creating the initial
material which users find useful enough to use and improve:) This is
a huge step in that di
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Hi,
this work is nearing completion. You can read the last progress report
along with instructions for trying it out here:
http://blog.tomeuvizoso.net/2009/05/progress-on-sugar-activities-with-swf.html
The next steps would be making sure that distros properly package
Gnash and that activity auth
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Walter Bender wrote:
> ===Sugar Digest===
>
> 1. It seems that once per month the computer vs. phone debate
> reemerges. This time, http://edutechdebate.org/ has taken up the
> theme. Wayan Vota posed the question: Mobile Phones: Better Learning
> Tools than Comput
You can also have a look at my blog for more info: http://honeyweb.wordpress.com
2009/6/15 Simon Schampijer :
> Hey,
>
> at this weeks sugar developer meeting we will welcome:
>
> *Lucian Branescu Mihaila*
>
> He is working on this years GSoC project to "Sugarize Web applications".
> Lucian will p
Hey,
at this weeks sugar developer meeting we will welcome:
*Lucian Branescu Mihaila*
He is working on this years GSoC project to "Sugarize Web applications".
Lucian will present his project and we then see which are the open
questions and how we want to move on with it. Designers are more tha
It's a low-traffic list. http://groups.google.com/group/openpub
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Rebecca Hargrave
Malamud wrote:
> Great!
>
> I just got back from an Open Library developers meeting last week,
> but did not get the opportunity to talk to Peter (I attended the
> second week of t
===Sugar Digest===
1. It seems that once per month the computer vs. phone debate
reemerges. This time, http://edutechdebate.org/ has taken up the
theme. Wayan Vota posed the question: Mobile Phones: Better Learning
Tools than Computers? Michael Trucano takes the affirmative position
in his essay,
On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 10:18 -0400, Ton van Overbeek wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 9:25 AM, Bryan Berry wrote:
>
> > I would like to know if the newer version of sugar-control-update
> > http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/sugar-update-control/repos/mainline/blobs/master/src/model.py
> > only tra
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 9:25 AM, Bryan Berry wrote:
> I would like to know if the newer version of sugar-control-update
> http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/sugar-update-control/repos/mainline/blobs/master/src/model.py
> only transfers the differences between the new and old bundles, thus making
We soon need to roll out updated version of Nepal's custom suite of
activities, E-Paath. The updated bundle weighs in at a whopping 180 MB
zipped and 300 MB unzipped. We have found it impractical to use the
sugar-update-control mechanism to update the bundle. While E-Paath is
large, the updated bun
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 01:12, Sayamindu Dasgupta wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I have been working on getting Epub support into Read, and here is the
>> first screenshot:
>> http://dev.laptop.org/~sayamindu/screenshot_read_epub.png
>>
>> It is not base
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Samuel Klein wrote:
> Sayamindu - I met Peter Brantley last week, who is actively working
> with others towards a revised OPDS spec. They are considering local
> library v. global library issues, for which an offline OLPC classroom
> provides a good example.
>
Ye
Hi Rebecca,
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 10:57 PM, Rebecca Hargrave
Malamud wrote:
> Hello, Sayamindu -
>
> I am working with a group in Oregon to create bundles of the IACL books for
> the OLPC XO. I am looking for some guidance on what the best format is to
> provide the books in since it looks like
Url:
http://activities.sugarlabs.org/addon/4082
Release notes:
http://activities.sugarlabs.org/addon/4082#addon-advanced
Reviewer comments:
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Thanks for that Sameer
I'm sure that color scheme isn't accidental :-)
They say it's Debian-based
Simon - Do you think it would be useful or interesting to borrow one
of these for LinuxTag? Could you or someone on the sugar-devel team
possibly contact them and see if they are coming, if so (and
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 01:12, Sayamindu Dasgupta wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have been working on getting Epub support into Read, and here is the
> first screenshot:
> http://dev.laptop.org/~sayamindu/screenshot_read_epub.png
>
> It is not based on Evince, but on webkit (I had tried to implement a
> back
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 02:32, Gary C Martin wrote:
> Hi Tomeu,
>
> On 10 Jun 2009, at 10:18, Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 03:16, Andrés Ambrois
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tuesday 09 June 2009 10:07:19 pm Martin Dengler wrote:
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 01:46:07AM +0100, Gary C
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