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The focus of this build is stability and usability in a classroom environment. While there wasn't | The focus of this build is stability and usability in a classroom environment. While there wasn't | ||
much time for new development, we've merged a few features contributed by other deployments and | much time for new development, we've merged a few features contributed by other deployments and | ||
| − | freelance contributors | + | freelance contributors. |
| − | * Journal sorting options ( | + | == New features in this release == |
| − | * CPU/Memory display ( | + | |
| + | * Journal sorting options ([[User:Aa | Andrés Ambrois]]) | ||
| + | * CPU/Memory display ([[User:M_anish | Anish Mangal]]) | ||
* Journal Backup/restore to removable devices (tch, esteban) | * Journal Backup/restore to removable devices (tch, esteban) | ||
| − | * Journal Backup/restore to schoolserver (tch) | + | * Journal Backup/restore to schoolserver ([[User:tch | Martin Abente]]) |
| − | * Protected activities support (tch) | + | * Protected activities support ([[User:tch | Martin Abente]]) |
| − | * Improved GSM/3G handling (tch | + | * Improved GSM/3G handling ([[User:Dcastelo | Daniel Castelo]], [[User:tch | Martin Abente]]) |
| − | * Tabbed browsing ( | + | * Tabbed browsing ([[User:M_anish | Anish Mangal]]) |
| − | * Accessibility features ( | + | * Accessibility features ([[User:Earias | Esteban Arias]]) |
| − | * Journal repair functionality ( | + | * Journal repair functionality ([[User:Earias | Esteban Arias]]) |
| − | * Fast switching between touchpad and pen-tablet modes ( | + | * Fast switching between touchpad and pen-tablet modes ([[User:Walter | Walter Bender]]) |
| − | * OLPC Microformat support in activity updater ( | + | * OLPC Microformat support in activity updater (Akash Gangil, [[User:M_anish | Anish Mangal]]) (pending) |
== Download development builds == | == Download development builds == | ||
Revision as of 19:19, 7 August 2010
Dextrose - Deployments' XO Operating System
Dextrose is a Sugar distribution for the XO-1 and XO-1.5. It is being developed jointly by Activity Central, Paraguay Educa, Plan Ceibal and Sugar Labs, in collaboration with members of the OLPC and Sugar community.
The focus of this build is stability and usability in a classroom environment. While there wasn't much time for new development, we've merged a few features contributed by other deployments and freelance contributors.
New features in this release
- Journal sorting options ( Andrés Ambrois)
- CPU/Memory display ( Anish Mangal)
- Journal Backup/restore to removable devices (tch, esteban)
- Journal Backup/restore to schoolserver ( Martin Abente)
- Protected activities support ( Martin Abente)
- Improved GSM/3G handling ( Daniel Castelo, Martin Abente)
- Tabbed browsing ( Anish Mangal)
- Accessibility features ( Esteban Arias)
- Journal repair functionality ( Esteban Arias)
- Fast switching between touchpad and pen-tablet modes ( Walter Bender)
- OLPC Microformat support in activity updater (Akash Gangil, Anish Mangal) (pending)
Download development builds
| Release date | Milestone | XO-1 | XO-1.5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26 | Alpha1 | os240py.img os240py.crc | N/A |
| Jun 12 | Alpha2 | os258py.img os258py.crc | os257py.zd |
| Jun 16 | os260py.img os260py.crc | os261py.zd | |
| Jun 28 | Beta1 | os284py.img os284py.crc | os286py.zd |
| Jul 04 | os295py.img os295py.crc | os297py.zd | |
| Jul 08 | Beta2 | os300py.img os300py.crc | os299py.zd |
| Jul 29 | Beta3 | os353pyg.img os353pyg.crc | os362pyg.zd |
Installation
XO-1
- First, ensure that your laptop is unlocked.
- Download osNNNpy.img and osNNNpy.crc to the root directory of a USB stick
- Drop to the "ok" prompt by pressing ESC repetedly during boot
- Type the command:
copy-nand u:\osNNNpy.imgfollowed by ENTER - During the next reboot, keep the charger connected to allow OFW to self-update
Also check these detailed instructions.
XO-1.5
- Download osNNNpy.zd to the root directory of a USB stick
- Drop to the "ok" prompt by pressing ESC repetedly during boot
- Type the command:
fs-update u:\osNNNpy.zdfollowed by ENTER
Also check these detailed instructions.
Using this build
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 Freedom #1 provided by Free Software.
Subpages
- Dextrose/0
- Dextrose/1
- Dextrose/1.5/jhbuild
- Dextrose/1/Roadmap
- Dextrose/1/Todo
- Dextrose/2
- Dextrose/2/Changelog
- Dextrose/2/Merge Plan
- Dextrose/2/Patches
- Dextrose/2/Roadmap
- Dextrose/2/Testing
- Dextrose/2/Todo
- Dextrose/3
- Dextrose/3/AC Priority Patches
- Dextrose/3/Feature Freeze
- Dextrose/3/Patches State
- Dextrose/3/Roadmap
- Dextrose/3/Sugar Version
- Dextrose/3/Todo
- Dextrose/3/Todo/EduJAM
- Dextrose/3/activites
- Dextrose/3/bugfixes
- Dextrose/3/bugfixes in Dextrose 3
- Dextrose/BugBashing
- Dextrose/Building
- Dextrose/Builds
- Dextrose/Contacts
- Dextrose/FAQ
- Dextrose/Getting Involved
- Dextrose/Meetings
- Dextrose/Resources
- Dextrose/Resources/Journal-backup
- Dextrose/Resources/Journal-restore
- Dextrose/Roadmap
- Dextrose/Server
- Dextrose/Server/Addons
- Dextrose/Server/Building
- Dextrose/Server/DebianBuilding
- Dextrose/TODO
- Dextrose/Updater