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=== Tech Talk ===

=== Tech Talk ===

7. Chris Ball announce Build OS64 as the "final" release build for new XO-1.5 laptops. This is a Fedora-11-based system with Suagr 0.84 as well as a GNOME desktop. Release notes are availble [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/10.1.0 here].

7. Chris Ball announce Build OS64 as the "final" release build for new XO-1.5 laptops. This is a Fedora-11-based system with Suagr 0.84 as well as a GNOME desktop. Release notes are available [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/10.1.0 here].

8. Bryan Berry announced the release of Karma Version 0.2 (See http://karma.sugarlabs.org). "The Karma Project aims to create high-quality open-source educational software using openweb technologies for the Sugar desktop educational environment. karma.js is a javascript library for manipulating HTML 5 and SVG in any context." Please note that you will need Firefox 3.5 or Google Chrome/Chromium to run the demos. The Karma-2.xo bundle is available at [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/downloads/file/26522/karma-2.xo karma-2.xo]. There is a Karma tutorial series as well (See [http://karmaeducation.org/2009/12/14/an-introduction-to-karma-js/],[http://karmaeducation.org/2009/12/17/karma-tutorial-part-ii-comparing-html-5-canvas-and-svg/],[http://karmaeducation.org/2009/12/17/tutorial-iii-building-a-geography-lesson/],[http://karmaeducation.org/2009/12/17/tutorial-iii-the-adventure-continues-javascript-and-svg/]).

8. Bryan Berry announced the release of Karma Version 0.2 (See http://karma.sugarlabs.org). "The Karma Project aims to create high-quality open-source educational software using openweb technologies for the Sugar desktop educational environment. karma.js is a Javascript library for manipulating HTML 5 and SVG in any context." Please note that you will need Firefox 3.5 or Google Chrome/Chromium to run the demos. The Karma-2.xo bundle is available at [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/downloads/file/26522/karma-2.xo karma-2.xo]. There is a Karma tutorial series as well (See [http://karmaeducation.org/2009/12/14/an-introduction-to-karma-js/],[http://karmaeducation.org/2009/12/17/karma-tutorial-part-ii-comparing-html-5-canvas-and-svg/],[http://karmaeducation.org/2009/12/17/tutorial-iii-building-a-geography-lesson/],[http://karmaeducation.org/2009/12/17/tutorial-iii-the-adventure-continues-javascript-and-svg/]).

9. Sayamindu Dasgupta has built [http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/turtleart/repos/arduino-support a fork of Turtle Art] that support the [http://www.arduino.cc/ Arduino]. The Arduino is "an open-source electronics prototyping platform... intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments." Instructions can be found [http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/turtleart/repos/arduino-support/blobs/master/README.arduino here]. Note that there is also support for the Arduino for Etoys (See http://tecnodacta.com.ar/gira/).

9. Sayamindu Dasgupta has built [http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/turtleart/repos/arduino-support a fork of Turtle Art] that support the [http://www.arduino.cc/ Arduino]. The Arduino is "an open-source electronics prototyping platform... intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments." Instructions can be found [http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/turtleart/repos/arduino-support/blobs/master/README.arduino here]. Note that there is also support for the Arduino for Etoys (See http://tecnodacta.com.ar/gira/).