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== | == The deployments' XO Operating System == | ||
Dextrose is a Sugar distribution for the XO-1 and XO-1.5 | 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. | ||
== 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]. | ||
== New features in this release == | |||
* 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) | |||
== 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: | ||
* Limited language support: to save space, | * 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 | * 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 | |||
* The Browse home page contains the Paraguay Educa logo and | |||
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 | 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 | ||
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. | |||
=== Subpages === | === Subpages === | ||
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