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== Dextrose - Deployments' XO Operating System ==
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== The deployments' XO Operating System ==
  
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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], [http://www.ceibal.edu.uy/ Plan Ceibal] and [http://sugarlabs.org Sugar Labs], in collaboration with members of the OLPC and Sugar community.
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Dextrose is a Sugar distribution for the XO-1 and XO-1.5 jointly developed by [http://activitycentral.org Activity Central], [http://paraguayeduca.org/ Paraguay Educa], [http://www.ceibal.edu.uy/ Plan Ceibal] and [http://sugarlabs.org Sugar Labs] in collaboration with the OLPC and Sugar community.
  
 
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.
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== New features in this release ==
 
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* Journal sorting options ([[User:Aa|Andrés Ambrois]])
 
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* CPU/Memory display ([[User:M_anish|Anish Mangal]])
 
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* Journal Backup/restore to removable devices ([[User:tch|Martin Abente]], [[User:Earias|Esteban Arias]])
 
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* 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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* Tabbed browsing ([[User:M_anish|Anish Mangal]])
 
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* Accessibility features ([[User:Earias|Esteban Arias]])
 
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* Journal repair functionality ([[User:Earias|Esteban Arias]])
 
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* 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]]) (pending)
 
  
 
== Dextrose 1 "Juky" ==
 
== Dextrose 1 "Juky" ==
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Also check these [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/F11_for_1.5 detailed instructions].
 
Also check these [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/F11_for_1.5 detailed instructions].
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== New features in this release ==
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* Journal sorting options ([[User:Aa|Andrés Ambrois]])
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* CPU/Memory display ([[User:M_anish|Anish Mangal]])
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* Journal Backup/restore to removable devices ([[User:tch|Martin Abente]], [[User:Earias|Esteban Arias]])
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* 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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* Tabbed browsing ([[User:M_anish|Anish Mangal]])
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* Accessibility features ([[User:Earias|Esteban Arias]])
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* Journal repair functionality ([[User:Earias|Esteban Arias]])
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* 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]]) (pending)
  
 
== Using this build ==
 
== Using this build ==
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A few customizations make this image somewhat deployment-specific:
 
A few customizations make this image somewhat deployment-specific:
  
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* Limited language support: to save space, we've included only English and Spanish translations.
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* Limited language support: in order to save space, only English and Spanish translations are included.
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* Image is signed with the Paraguay deployment keys. Laptops from other regions need to be unlocked in order to load this image.
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* Image signed with the Paraguay deployment keys. Laptops from other regions need to be unlocked in order to accept this image.
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* The software update control panel icon checks for new activities on the Paraguay Educa wiki.
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* The Browse home page contains the Paraguay Educa logo and links to our website.
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* The software update control panel icon checks for new activities on our wiki rather than on laptop.org.
 
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* 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
 
We may find the time to release slightly modified images to meet the
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needs of other OLPC deployments interested in upgrading to Sugar 0.88.
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needs of deployments interested in upgrading.
  
 
More importantly, we're happy to help other deployments produce their
 
More importantly, we're happy to help other deployments produce their
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own OS images independently of us, thus exploiting the [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Freedom #1] provided by Free Software.
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own OS images independently of us, thus exploiting the [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Freedom #1]
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provided by Free Software.
  
 
=== Subpages ===
 
=== Subpages ===
 
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Revision as of 01:07, 16 August 2010

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The deployments' XO Operating System

Dextrose is a Sugar distribution for the XO-1 and XO-1.5 jointly developed by Activity Central, Paraguay Educa, Plan Ceibal and Sugar Labs in collaboration with 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.

Dextrose 1 "Juky"

Download-dextrose-py.png

Want to help us testing? Check out our latest development builds.

Installation

XO-1

Xo-1.png
  • 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.img followed by ENTER
  • During the next reboot, keep the charger connected to allow OFW to self-update

Also check these detailed instructions.

XO-1.5

Xo-1.5.png
  • 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.zd followed by ENTER

Also check these detailed instructions.

New features in this release

Using this build

A few customizations make this image somewhat deployment-specific:

  • Limited language support: in order to save space, only English and Spanish translations are included.
  • Image is signed with the Paraguay deployment keys. Laptops from other regions need to be unlocked in order to load this image.
  • The software update control panel icon checks for new activities on the Paraguay Educa wiki.
  • The Browse home page contains the Paraguay Educa logo and links to our website.

We may find the time to release slightly modified images to meet the needs of deployments interested in upgrading.

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

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