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| <noinclude>{{TeamHeader|Dextrose|home=Dextrose|xbgColor=ffe792|join_label=Get Involved}}[[Category:Project]]</noinclude> | | <noinclude>{{TeamHeader|Dextrose|home=Dextrose|xbgColor=ffe792|join_label=Get Involved}}[[Category:Project]]</noinclude> |
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− | == Dextrose - Deployments' XO Operating System == | + | == 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. | + | 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. |
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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. |
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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)
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| == 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]]) |
| + | * CPU/Memory display ([[User:M_anish|Anish Mangal]]) |
| + | * Journal Backup/restore to removable devices ([[User:tch|Martin Abente]], [[User:Earias|Esteban Arias]]) |
| + | * Journal Backup/restore to schoolserver ([[User:tch|Martin Abente]]) |
| + | * Protected activities support ([[User:tch | Martin Abente]]) |
| + | * Improved GSM/3G handling ([[User:Dcastelo|Daniel Castelo]], [[User:tch|Martin Abente]]) |
| + | * Tabbed browsing ([[User:M_anish|Anish Mangal]]) |
| + | * Accessibility features ([[User:Earias|Esteban Arias]]) |
| + | * Journal repair functionality ([[User:Earias|Esteban Arias]]) |
| + | * Fast switching between touchpad and pen-tablet modes ([[User:Walter|Walter Bender]]) |
| + | * OLPC Microformat support in activity updater (Akash Gangil, [[User:M_anish|Anish Mangal]]) (pending) |
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| == 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. | + | * 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. |
− | * 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 the Paraguay Educa wiki. |
− | | + | * The Browse home page contains the Paraguay Educa logo and links to our website. |
− | * 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. | |
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| 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 |
− | needs of other OLPC deployments interested in upgrading to Sugar 0.88. | + | needs of deployments interested in upgrading. |
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| More importantly, we're happy to help other deployments produce their | | 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. | + | 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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| === Subpages === | | === Subpages === |
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