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| == The 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 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. | + | 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. |
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− | Our focus is stability and usability in the classroom, but we've also merged some | + | Our focus is stability and usability in the classroom, but we've also merged |
− | new features contributed by deployments and freelance contributors. | + | new features contributed by deployments and independent contributors. |
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| == New features in Dextrose2 == | | == New features in Dextrose2 == |
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| * Lease information display in Control Panel->About My Computer() | | * Lease information display in Control Panel->About My Computer() |
| * Automatic crashlog reporting and manual feedback reporting, with server side daemon ([[User:Alsroot|Aleksey Lim]], [[User:tch|Martin Abente]], Mukesh Gupta) | | * Automatic crashlog reporting and manual feedback reporting, with server side daemon ([[User:Alsroot|Aleksey Lim]], [[User:tch|Martin Abente]], Mukesh Gupta) |
| + | * Notification system ([[User:tch|Martin Abente]]) |
| + | * Automatic yum based updater ([[User:tch|Martin Abente]], [[User:Alsroot|Aleksey Lim]], [[User:M_anish|Anish Mangal]]) |
| + | * Nearly complete Spanish Translations ([[User:tch|Martin Abente]], Sebastian Codas (scs), Carlos Garay (car|0s)) |
| + | * One Click Share 3G ([[User:tch|Martin Abente]]) |
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| == Dextrose 2 - World Edition == | | == Dextrose 2 - World Edition == |
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| [[File:Download-dextrose-py.png]] | | [[File:Download-dextrose-py.png]] |
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− | '''This is a development build''' targeted for use by multiple deployments worldwide. We do appreciate feedback and bug reports. | + | '''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]. |
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| | [[File:Xo-1.png]] XO-1, without GNOME | | | [[File:Xo-1.png]] XO-1, without GNOME |
− | | [http://people.sugarlabs.org/anish/dextrose/2/builds/xo1/unsigned/nognome/os508dx.img os508dx.img] | + | | [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/dxo2/xo1/intl/os508dx.img os508dx.img] |
− | [http://people.sugarlabs.org/anish/dextrose/2/builds/xo1/unsigned/nognome/os508dx.crc os508dx.crc] | + | [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/dxo2/xo1/intl/os508dx.crc os508dx.crc] |
| | 411MB | | | 411MB |
| | Apr 1 2011 | | | Apr 1 2011 |
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| | [[File:Xo-1.5.png]] XO-1.5, without GNOME | | | [[File:Xo-1.5.png]] XO-1.5, without GNOME |
− | | [http://people.sugarlabs.org/anish/dextrose/2/builds/xo1.5/unsigned/nognome/os508dx.zd os508dx.zd] | + | | [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/dxo2/xo1.5/intl/os508dx.zd os508dx.zd] |
| | 339MB | | | 339MB |
| | Apr 1 2011 | | | Apr 1 2011 |
| |} | | |} |
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− | GNOME builds are currently unsupported. If you require GNOME for evaluation purposes in your deployment, please ask on the Dextrose mailing-list. | + | 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]]. |
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− | For more details on this release, see the [[Dextrose/2|Dextrose 2]] pages ([[Dextrose/2/Changelog|Change Log]], [[Dextrose/2/Todo|Todo List]]). | |
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− | [[Dextrose/Resources|Older releases]] | + | [[Dextrose/3|Development releases]] | [[Dextrose/Resources|Older releases]] |
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| == Knowing your way around the new features == | | == Knowing your way around the new features == |
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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) | | * 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) |
| * Wait for the display to fill in with color and the "'''ok'''" prompt to return | | * Wait for the display to fill in with color and the "'''ok'''" prompt to return |
− | * Type the command {{Code|reboot}} followed by [[File:Key_enter.jpg|50px]] (enter) | + | * Type the command {{Code|'''reboot'''}} followed by [[File:Key_enter.jpg|50px]] (enter) |
| * The XO will reboot, finish writing, reboot itself, and take you to the naming and color choice process | | * 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 | | * During the reboots, keep the charger connected to allow OFW to self-update |
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| '''See also''' the [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/F11_for_1.5 detailed instructions]. | | '''See also''' the [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/F11_for_1.5 detailed instructions]. |
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− | == Using Dextrose2 in your deployment == | + | === XO-1.75 === |
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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 === |
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| + | Please [[Dextrose/Contacts|contact us]] if you need support for running Dextrose on non-XO hardware. |
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| + | == Using Dextrose in your deployment == |
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− | We're happy to help other deployments produce their | + | We're happy to help other deployments produce their own OS images independently of us, |
− | own OS images independently of us, thus exploiting the [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Freedom #1] | + | thus exploiting the [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Freedom #1] provided by Free Software. |
− | provided by Free Software. | |
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