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== Introduction ==
 
  
Welcome to the Xoos Special interest group.
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Mission:
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[[File:Dextrose-2-intl-logo.png|600px]] [[File:Dextrose-mascotte-120x96.png]]
Create and nurture a community of contributors with knowledge and experience developing for the XO. While raising raise the visibility and importance of the XO within the Sugar community.... without violating upstream/downstream abstraction barriers.  Instead the focus will be create an upstream community which evolves into a valuable contributor for OLPC.
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For general questions, please see the [[/FAQ|Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page for XO Operating System]].
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== Project [[XO Operating System/Goals|Goals]] ==
 
  
Long term objective is to create a frequently released (every 6 months) community developed and supported distribution for the XO.  This would leave OLPC free to focus on the infrequent, stable releases necessary for mass deployment.
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== The deployments' XO Operating System ==
  
The initial objective will be to:
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Dextrose is a Sugar distribution for XO laptops jointly developed by Activity Central, [http://paraguayeduca.org/ Paraguay Educa], [http://www.ceibal.edu.uy/ Plan Ceibal] in collaboration with OLPC and the Sugar community.
1. Create daily builds
 
1a. Document the process of creating daily builds to lower the barrior of entry for new contributors.
 
2. Create XooS releases
 
2a. document the release cycle to lower the barrior of entry for new contributors.
 
  
== Dextrose - Deployments' XO Operating System ==
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Our focus is stability and usability in the classroom, but we've also merged
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new features contributed by deployments and independent contributors.
  
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== New features in Dextrose2 ==
  
Dextrose is a Sugar distribution for the XO-1 and XO-1.5. It is being developed jointly by [http://activitycentral.org Activity Central], [http://paraguayeduca.org/ Paraguay Educa] and [http://sugarlabs.org Sugar Labs], in collaboration with [http://www.ceibal.edu.uy/ Plan Ceibal] and members of the OLPC/Sugar community.
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* Backport of [[0.88/Notes|Sugar 0.88]] ([[User:Bernie|Bernie Innocenti]])
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* [[Features/Journal_Sort|Journal sorting options]] ([[User:Aa|Andrés Ambrois]])
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* [[:File:Dextrose_resource_monitoring.png|Intuitive resource monitoring]] ([[User:M_anish|Anish Mangal]])
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* [[Features/Backup_and_Restore|Journal Backup/restore to removable devices]] ([[User:tch|Martin Abente]], [[User:Earias|Esteban Arias]])
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* [[Features/Backup_and_Restore|Journal Backup/restore to schoolserver]] ([[User:tch|Martin Abente]])
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* Protected activities support ([[User:tch | Martin Abente]])
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* Improved GSM/3G handling ([[User:Dcastelo|Daniel Castelo]], [[User:tch|Martin Abente]])
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* [[:File:Dextrose_tabbed_browsing.png|Tabbed browsing]] ([[User:M_anish|Anish Mangal]])
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* [[:File:Dextrose_teclado_virtual.png|Virtual keyboard]] ([[User:Earias|Esteban Arias]])
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* [[:File:Accessibility_control_panel_2.png|Accessibility features]] ([[User:Earias|Esteban Arias]])
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* [[:File:Dextrose_journal_repair.png|Journal repair functionality]] ([[User:Earias|Esteban Arias]])
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* [[Features/Touchpad_control_panel_section|Fast switching between touchpad and pen-tablet modes]] ([[User:Walter|Walter Bender]])
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* OLPC Microformat support in activity updater (Akash Gangil, [[User:M_anish|Anish Mangal]])
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* [[Features/Sugar_Adhoc_Networks|Ad-hoc Networks]] ([[User:Erikos|Simon Schampijer]])
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* Ability to reissue registration to schoolserver ([[User:tch|Martin Abente]])
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* [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/dxo2/rpms-freeworld/ freeworld codecs] for most multimedia formats, including MP3 music and H264 videos ([[User:Bernie|Bernie Innocenti]])
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* [http://codewiz.org/wiki/pictures/sugar/deployment/paraguay/caacupe/escuela_485_daniel_ortellado/dextrose-testing Extensive field testing] ([[User:Bernie|Bernie Innocenti]])
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* Lease information display in Control Panel->About My Computer()
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* Automatic crashlog reporting and manual feedback reporting, with server side daemon ([[User:Alsroot|Aleksey Lim]], [[User:tch|Martin Abente]], Mukesh Gupta)
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* Notification system ([[User:tch|Martin Abente]])
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* Automatic yum based updater ([[User:tch|Martin Abente]], [[User:Alsroot|Aleksey Lim]], [[User:M_anish|Anish Mangal]])
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* Nearly complete Spanish Translations ([[User:tch|Martin Abente]], Sebastian Codas (scs), Carlos Garay (car|0s))
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* One Click Share 3G ([[User:tch|Martin Abente]])
  
The focus of this build is stability and usability in a classroom environment. While there wasn't
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== Dextrose 2 - World Edition ==
much time for new development, we've merged a few features contributed by other deployments and
 
freelance contributors:
 
  
* Journal sorting options (aa)
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[[File:Download-dextrose-py.png]]
* CPU/Memory display (m_anish)
 
* Journal Backup/restore to removable devices (tch, esteban)
 
* Journal Backup/restore to schoolserver (tch)
 
* Tabbed browsing (m_anish)
 
* OLPC Microformat support in activity updater (gangil) (pending)
 
  
== Download development builds ==
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'''This is a release build''' targeted for use by multiple deployments worldwide. We do appreciate [[Dextrose/Contacts|feedback]] and [http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/wiki/Dextrose bug reports].
  
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Release date
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! Hardware
! Milestone
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! OS Images
! XO-1
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! Size
! XO-1.5
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! Date
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| May 26
 
| Alpha1
 
| [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/f11-0.88/xo1/py/os240py.img os240py.img] [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/f11-0.88/xo1/py/os240py.crc os240py.crc]
 
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| Jun 12
 
| Alpha2
 
| [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/f11-0.88/xo1/py/os258py.img os258py.img] [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/f11-0.88/xo1/py/os258py.crc os258py.crc]
 
| [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/f11-0.88/xo1.5/py//os257py.zd os257py.zd]
 
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| Jun 16
 
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| [http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1-0.88/os260py.img os260py.img] [http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1-0.88/os260py.crc os260py.crc]
 
| [http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1.5-0.88/os261py.zd os261py.zd]
 
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| Jun 28
 
| Beta1
 
| [http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1-0.88/os284py.img os284py.img] [http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1-0.88/os284py.crc os284py.crc]
 
| [http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1.5-0.88/os286py.zd os286py.zd]
 
 
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| Jul 04
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| [[File:Xo-1.png]] XO-1, without GNOME
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| [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/dxo2/xo1/intl/os508dx.img os508dx.img]  
| [http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1-0.88/os295py.img os295py.img] [http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1-0.88/os295py.crc os295py.crc]
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[http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/dxo2/xo1/intl/os508dx.crc os508dx.crc]
| [http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1.5-0.88/os297py.zd os297py.zd]
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| 411MB
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| Apr 1 2011
 
|-
 
|-
| Jul 08
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| [[File:Xo-1.5.png]] XO-1.5, without GNOME
| Beta2
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| [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/dxo2/xo1.5/intl/os508dx.zd os508dx.zd]
| [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/f11-0.88/xo1/py/os300py.img os300py.img] [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/f11-0.88/xo1/py/os300py.crc os300py.crc]
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| 339MB
| [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/f11-0.88/xo1.5/py/os299py.zd os299py.zd]
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| Apr 1 2011
 
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* [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/f11-0.88/xo1/ All interim XO-1 imagesimages]
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GNOME builds are currently unsupported. If you require GNOME for evaluation purposes in your deployment, please ask on the [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/dextrose Dextrose mailing-list]. For more details on this release, see the [[Dextrose/2|Dextrose 2]] pages: [[Dextrose/2/Changelog|Change Log]], [[Dextrose/2/Todo|Todo List]].
* [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/f11-0.88/xo1.5/ All interim XO-1.5 images]
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[[Dextrose/3|Development releases]] | [[Dextrose/Resources|Older releases]]
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== Knowing your way around the new features ==
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* [http://people.sugarlabs.org/anish/3g_configuration.pdf 3G Modem configuration]
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* [http://people.sugarlabs.org/anish/3g_sharing.pdf 3G Connection sharing]
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* [http://people.sugarlabs.org/anish/feedback.pdf Manual feedback submission]
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* [http://people.sugarlabs.org/anish/resources.pdf Understanding the resources icon and lease information]
  
 
 
== Installation ==
 
== Installation ==
  
 
=== XO-1 ===
 
=== XO-1 ===
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[[File:Xo-1.png|right]]
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[[File:XO-XP.png|right]]
  
 
* First, ensure that your laptop is [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activation_and_developer_keys unlocked].
 
* First, ensure that your laptop is [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activation_and_developer_keys unlocked].
* Download <tt>osNNNpy.img</tt> and <tt>osNNNpy.crc</tt> to the root directory of a USB stick
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* Download both <tt>'''osXXXXX.img'''</tt> and <tt>'''osXXXXX.crc'''</tt> to the root directory of a USB stick or SD card.
* Drop to the "ok" prompt by pressing ESC repetedly during boot
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* Drop to the "'''ok'''" prompt by pressing [[File:Esc.svg|24px]] (Esc) repeatedly during boot
* Type the command: <code>copy-nand u:\osNNNpy.img</code> followed by ENTER
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* Type the command: {{Code|'''copy-nand u:\osNdx.img'''}} for a USB stick or {{Code|'''copy-nand sd:\osNdx.img'''}} for a SD card followed by [[File:Key_enter.jpg|50px]] (enter)
* During the next reboot, keep the charger connected to allow OFW to self-update
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* Wait for the display to fill in with color and the "'''ok'''" prompt to return
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* Type the command {{Code|'''reboot'''}} followed by [[File:Key_enter.jpg|50px]] (enter)
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* The XO will reboot, finish writing, reboot itself, and take you to the naming and color choice process
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* During the reboots, keep the charger connected to allow OFW to self-update
  
Also check these [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/F11_for_XO-1#Installation_instructions detailed instructions].
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'''See also''' the [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Downloads#Upgrade_an_XO-1_to_Sugar_0.84_with_Fedora_11_and_Gnome detailed instructions].
  
 
=== XO-1.5 ===
 
=== XO-1.5 ===
  
* Download <tt>osNNNpy.zd</tt> to the root directory of a USB stick
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[[File:Xo-1.5.png|right]]
* Drop to the "ok" prompt by pressing ESC repetedly during boot
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[[File:XO-HS.png|right]]
* Type the command: <code>fs-update u:\osNNNpy.zd</code> followed by ENTER
 
  
Also check these [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/F11_for_1.5 detailed instructions].
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* First, ensure that your laptop is [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activation_and_developer_keys unlocked].
 
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* Download <tt>'''osXXXXX.zd'''</tt> to the root directory of a USB stick
 
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* Drop to the "'''ok'''" prompt by pressing [[File:Esc.svg|24px]] (Esc) repeatedly during boot
== Testing ==
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* Type the command: {{Code|'''fs-update u:\osXXXXX.zd'''}} followed by [[File:Key_enter.jpg|50px]] (enter)
 
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* Wait for the display to fill in with color and the "'''ok'''" prompt to return
Besides community testing and field testing, we're planning to reuse and extend the
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* Type the command {{Code|'''reboot'''}} followed by [[File:Key_enter.jpg|50px]] (enter)
OLPC test plan adopted in release 8.2.0 (aka os801): http://wiki.laptop.org/go/TestPlan_8.2.0
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* The XO will reboot and take you to the naming and color choice process
 
 
Feedback from the entire community is appreciated. Bugs belonging to upstream
 
components should be filed in the usual trackers:
 
 
 
* Sugar and activities: http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/
 
* Fedora 11: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/
 
* Drivers and OLPC customizations: http://dev.laptop.org/
 
* Bugs specific to this build: http://trac.paraguayeduca.org/
 
 
 
Please, cc "bernie" on all bugs and kindly keep the table below updated (saves me some time).
 
 
 
 
 
== Release schedule ==
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! ETA    !! Milestone !! Description                          !! Availability
 
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| May 8  ||        || Build Sugar 0.88 packages for F-11  || In-house
 
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| May 26 || Alpha1  || Preview release for [http://realness.org OLPC Realness Summit] || In-house + community testers
 
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| <s>Jun 10</s> Jun 12 || Alpha2  || Feature-complete alpha release      || In-house + community testers
 
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| <s>Jun 25</s> Jun 29 || Beta1  || No known regressions vs. Sugar 0.84 || One classroom in Caacupé
 
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| Jul 8  || Beta2  || Passes 100% of test plan            || 150 teachers in Caacupé
 
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| Jul 22 || Beta3  || Passes 100% of test plan            || Two classrooms in Caacupé
 
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| Aug 1  || RC      || Release candidate                  || One school in Caacupé
 
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| Aug 5  || Release || Deployable stable release          || General Availability
 
|}
 
 
 
 
 
== Current Status ==
 
 
 
=== Regressions since 0.84 ===
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
!  Status      !! Task !! Owner
 
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|| DONE:os215 || Frame does not always show up (with frame key or going to the corner) ||
 
|-
 
|| DONE:os205 || Translation of "Dismount" is "Eliminar"                        || bernie
 
|-
 
|| DONE:os215 || Port-forward bugfix for race condition in activity title      || bernie
 
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|| DONE:os215 || Port-forward 0.84 patch for GsmPalette.get_state() name clash  || tch
 
|-
 
|| DONE:os259 || ALT-TAB does not switch between apps                          || tch, bernie
 
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|| DONE:os243 || <em style="color: red">Browse: widgets in forms are 0x0 pixels</em> || bernie
 
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|| DONE:os244 || Icons in activity circle are too small (DPI problem?)          || jasg
 
|-
 
|| DONE:os252 || Font size in Terminal too large (DPI problem?)                || jasg
 
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|| DONE:os248 || Username selection is being skipped on first boot              || tch
 
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|| DONE:os223 || Add back Write, eToys                                          || bernie
 
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|| WorksForMe || Laptop does not sleep when lid closed                          || tch
 
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|| DONE:os251 || Sound breaks in all activities after using Record once (need Record v77) || dsd?
 
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|| DONE:os251 || <em style="color: red">UI of Record activity is garbled</em>  || m_anish
 
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|| DONE:os250 || {{Bug|1883}}: Sugar does not automatically associate with AP on startup || bernie
 
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|| DONE:os231 || Memorize does not start because it fails to import libxml2 || bernie
 
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|| DONE:os205 || Use es-lat for console keyboard || bernie
 
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|| DONE:os259 || Activities sometimes start and remain in window, [[:File:Untitled.jpg]] screenshot [[:File:TmpxWzNZv.png]] ; (Window appears at least briefly on all launches) || aa
 
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||            || Pulsing launch icon is delayed or absent; occasional "activity failed to start" message then the activity starts || tch
 
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|| DONE:os259 || Measure sometimes locks up on recording, quitting from frame then brings up metacity dialog "activity is not responding" ||
 
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|| DONE: Needs RPM update || {{Bug|2064}}: <em style="color: red">Sugar sometimes restarts; only seen 3 times, twice clicking on journal and once deleting a journal entry</em> || bernie
 
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|| DONE:V70  || Font in Write is small (problem caused by patch for {{Bug|1121}}) || alsroot, bernie
 
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|| DONE:os252 || When opening an epub with read V86, zoom works on the text but not graphics, may not be specific to this OS but considering the other scaling bugs ... || jasg
 
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|| DONE:V89  || Turtle Blocks V88 ctrl c ctrl v do not work || walter
 
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|| DONE:os253 || Search bar in home page of Browse is too long and overflows off-screen || bernie
 
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|| DONE:os298 || Journal list view icon does not display after selection (os258) [[:File:Listviewos258.jpg]] ( [PATCH] fix malformed svg module-updater icon revealed in F13  ?)|| aa
 
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|| DONE:os259 || Default font, menus etc seems large, larger than it used to be || jasg
 
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|| DONE:os298 || Etoys does not save any more to the journal (ctime problem) || aa
 
|}
 
 
 
=== Non-regression bugs (also present in Sugar 0.84) ===
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
!  Status      !! Task !! Owner
 
|-
 
||            || Disconnects from network on power save || pgf
 
|-
 
|| DONE:???  || Cannot create tabs in browse || m_anish
 
|-
 
|| DONE:os255 || Twice only, boot has frozen on the first dot of the loading clock, before Sugarlabs Fedora logos appear || bernie
 
|-
 
||            || {{Bug|1999}}: Raul's bug about journal browser overlapping activities ||
 
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|| DONE:NotABug || {{Bug|2011}}: Record activity cannot be quit with CTRL-W || m_anish
 
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|| DONE:NotABug || Sugar should restart/refresh after updating activities  || tch
 
|-
 
|| DONE:os205 || Keep -> Keep a copy (fold into stop menu) || jasg
 
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|| DONE:os240 || Dates of activities don't make any sense  || bernie
 
|-
 
|| DONE:os240 || Pippy layout is broken || m_anish
 
|-
 
|| DONE:os245 || Sugarized version of scratch  || dirakx
 
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||            || {{Bug|2023}}: Cannot associate to AP with accented letters in SSID || carlos
 
|-
 
|| DONE:os240 || Enable f11-xo1-0.88 yum repos for updates || bernie
 
|-
 
|| DONE:os254 || Mesh icons duplicated in Neighbor View on NM restart || tch
 
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|| DONE:os240 || Split "freeworld" packages to a separate repository || bernie
 
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||            || Review old bugs filed against F11-XO1-PY 0.84 || carlos
 
|-
 
|| DONE:os250 || Double clicking activities on journal opens 2 or 3 instances || tch
 
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|| DONE:os268 || Can't upload images to Blogger.com (tabs needed) || carlos
 
|}
 
 
 
=== New features ===
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! Status!! Task !! Owner
 
|-
 
|| DONE:os205 || Switch power management from ohm to powerd || bernie
 
|-
 
|| DONE:os223 || Add StopWatch, Finance, JukeBox, ImageViewer, InfoSlicer  || bernie
 
|-
 
|| DONE:os260 || Add Words (not on aslo) and GetBooks  || bernie, sayamindu
 
|-
 
|| WONTFIX    || <s>Resurrect Rainbow support</s>  ||
 
|-
 
|| DONE:os260 || Integrate journalmanagement extension  || jasg
 
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|| DONE:os283 || {{Bug|2006}}: Merge touchpad patches from walter  || bernie
 
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|| DONE:os223 || Journal size display  || aa
 
|-
 
|| DONE:os260 || Integrate Esteban's backup to USB/SD  || tch
 
|-
 
|| DONE:os260 || Integrate DCastelo's GSM bugfixes    || tch
 
|-
 
|| DONE:os253 || Disabling Hot corners from the frame option    || tch
 
|}
 
 
 
=== Experimental features ===
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! Status!! Task !! Owner
 
|-
 
|| DONE: os240 || experimental menu speedup patch || mstone (bernie)
 
|-
 
|| DONE: os240 || kill the MANIFEST file  || bernie
 
|}
 
 
 
 
 
== Using this build with other deployments ==
 
 
 
A few customizations make this image somewhat deployment-specific:
 
 
 
* Limited language support: to save space, we've included only English and Spanish translations.
 
 
 
* Image signed with the Paraguay deployment keys. Laptops from other regions need to be unlocked in order to accept this image.
 
 
 
* The software update control panel icon checks for new activities on our wiki rather than on laptop.org.
 
 
 
* The Browse home page contains the Paraguay Educa logo and a few links to our website.
 
 
 
We may find the time to release slightly modified images to meet the
 
needs of other OLPC deployments interested in upgrading to Sugar 0.88.
 
 
 
More importantly, we're happy to help other deployments produce their
 
own OS images independently of us, thus exploiting the [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Freedom #1] provided by Free Software.
 
 
 
== How to join development ==
 
 
 
* Build system source: http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/dextrose/repos/mainline
 
 
 
* Out-of-tree patches for Sugar 0.88: http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/sugar/sugar-0.88-patches/
 
 
 
* Yum repository for custom Fedora packages (along with sources): http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/f11-0.88/rpms/
 
 
 
* IRC: #sugar on irc.freenode.net (English preferred, Spanish also spoken by several members)
 
  
== Spanish Version ==
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'''See also''' the  [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/F11_for_1.5 detailed instructions].
  
* http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Deployment_Team/Dextrose/lang-es
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=== XO-1.75 ===
  
[[Category:Project]]
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The XO-1.75 is not supported at this time. Please [[Dextrose/Contacts|contact us]] if you are planning to deploy Dextrose on XO-1.75.
  
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=== Other netbooks ===
  
'''''Would you like to help?'''''... Sugar Labs is entirely volunteer run.  Please '''[[/Getting Involved| get involved]]'''.
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Please [[Dextrose/Contacts|contact us]] if you need support for running Dextrose on non-XO hardware.
  
Let us know how it goes. [[/Getting Involved]]
 
  
===[[/Subpages| Subpages]]===
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== Using Dextrose in your deployment ==
  
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We're happy to help other deployments produce their own OS images independently of us,
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thus exploiting the [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Freedom #1] provided by Free Software.
  
[[Category:Project]]
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=== Subpages ===
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The deployments' XO Operating System

Dextrose is a Sugar distribution for XO laptops jointly developed by Activity Central, Paraguay Educa, Plan Ceibal in collaboration with OLPC and the Sugar community.

Our focus is stability and usability in the classroom, but we've also merged new features contributed by deployments and independent contributors.

New features in Dextrose2

Dextrose 2 - World Edition

Download-dextrose-py.png

This is a release build targeted for use by multiple deployments worldwide. We do appreciate feedback and bug reports.

Hardware OS Images Size Date
Xo-1.png XO-1, without GNOME os508dx.img

os508dx.crc

411MB Apr 1 2011
Xo-1.5.png XO-1.5, without GNOME os508dx.zd 339MB Apr 1 2011

GNOME builds are currently unsupported. If you require GNOME for evaluation purposes in your deployment, please ask on the Dextrose mailing-list. For more details on this release, see the Dextrose 2 pages: Change Log, Todo List.

Development releases | Older releases

Knowing your way around the new features

Installation

XO-1

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XO-XP.png
  • First, ensure that your laptop is unlocked.
  • Download both osXXXXX.img and osXXXXX.crc to the root directory of a USB stick or SD card.
  • Drop to the "ok" prompt by pressing Esc.svg (Esc) repeatedly during boot
  • Type the command: copy-nand u:\osNdx.img for a USB stick or copy-nand sd:\osNdx.img for a SD card followed by Key enter.jpg (enter)
  • Wait for the display to fill in with color and the "ok" prompt to return
  • Type the command reboot followed by Key enter.jpg (enter)
  • The XO will reboot, finish writing, reboot itself, and take you to the naming and color choice process
  • During the reboots, keep the charger connected to allow OFW to self-update

See also the detailed instructions.

XO-1.5

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XO-HS.png
  • First, ensure that your laptop is unlocked.
  • Download osXXXXX.zd to the root directory of a USB stick
  • Drop to the "ok" prompt by pressing Esc.svg (Esc) repeatedly during boot
  • Type the command: fs-update u:\osXXXXX.zd followed by Key enter.jpg (enter)
  • Wait for the display to fill in with color and the "ok" prompt to return
  • Type the command reboot followed by Key enter.jpg (enter)
  • The XO will reboot and take you to the naming and color choice process

See also the detailed instructions.

XO-1.75

The XO-1.75 is not supported at this time. Please contact us if you are planning to deploy Dextrose on XO-1.75.

Other netbooks

Please contact us if you need support for running Dextrose on non-XO hardware.


Using Dextrose in your deployment

We're happy to help other deployments produce their own OS images independently of us, thus exploiting the Freedom #1 provided by Free Software.

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