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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.
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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
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Our focus is stability and usability in the classroom, but we've also merged
new features contributed by deployments and freelance contributors.
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new features contributed by deployments and independent contributors.
    
== 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)
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* Notification system ([[User:tch|Martin Abente]])
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* Automatic yum based updater ([[User:tch|Martin Abente]], [[User:Alsroot|Aleksey Lim]], [[User:M_anish|Anish Mangal]])
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* Nearly complete Spanish Translations ([[User:tch|Martin Abente]], Sebastian Codas (scs), Carlos Garay (car|0s))
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* One Click Share 3G ([[User:tch|Martin Abente]])
    
== 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.
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'''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].
    
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
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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/os506dx.img os506dx.img]  
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| [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/dxo2/xo1/intl/os508dx.img os508dx.img]  
[http://people.sugarlabs.org/anish/dextrose/2/builds/xo1/unsigned/nognome/os506dx.crc os506dx.crc]
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[http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/dxo2/xo1/intl/os508dx.crc os508dx.crc]
 
| 411MB
 
| 411MB
| Mar 27 2011
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| Apr 1 2011
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| [[File:Xo-1.png]] XO-1, with GNOME (*)
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| [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/dxo2/xo1/intl/os439dg.img os439dg.img] [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/dxo2/xo1/intl/os439dg.crc os439dg.crc]
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| 603MB
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| Jan 18 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/os507dx.zd os507dx.zd]
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| [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/dxo2/xo1.5/intl/os508dx.zd os508dx.zd]
 
| 339MB
 
| 339MB
| Mar 27 2011
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| Apr 1 2011
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| [[File:Xo-1.5.png]] XO-1.5, with GNOME (*)
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| [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/dxo2/xo1.5/intl/os439dg.zd os439dg.zd]
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| 497MB
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| Jan 18 2011
   
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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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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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[[Dextrose/Resources|Older releases]]
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[[Dextrose/3|Development releases]] | [[Dextrose/Resources|Older releases]]
 
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(*) If you need support for the builds with GNOME you can ask in #Fedora on IRC.
      
== Knowing your way around the new features ==
 
== Knowing your way around the new features ==
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* First, ensure that your laptop is [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activation_and_developer_keys unlocked].
 
* First, ensure that your laptop is [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activation_and_developer_keys unlocked].
* Download both <tt>'''osXXXXX.img'''</tt> and <tt>'''osXXXXX.crc'''</tt> to the root directory of a USB stick
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* Download both <tt>'''osXXXXX.img'''</tt> and <tt>'''osXXXXX.crc'''</tt> to the root directory of a USB stick or SD card.
* Drop to the "'''ok'''" prompt by pressing ESC repeatedly during boot
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* Drop to the "'''ok'''" prompt by pressing [[File:Esc.svg|24px]] (Esc) repeatedly during boot
* Type the command: <code>'''copy-nand u:\osNdx2.img'''</code> followed by ENTER
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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)
 
* 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</code> followed by ENTER
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* 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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* First, ensure that your laptop is [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activation_and_developer_keys unlocked].
 
* First, ensure that your laptop is [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activation_and_developer_keys unlocked].
 
* Download <tt>'''osXXXXX.zd'''</tt> to the root directory of a USB stick
 
* Download <tt>'''osXXXXX.zd'''</tt> to the root directory of a USB stick
* Drop to the "ok" prompt by pressing ESC repeatedly during boot
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* Drop to the "'''ok'''" prompt by pressing [[File:Esc.svg|24px]] (Esc) repeatedly during boot
* Type the command: <code>'''fs-update u:\osXXXXX.zd'''</code> followed by ENTER
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* Type the command: {{Code|'''fs-update u:\osXXXXX.zd'''}} 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'''</code> followed by ENTER
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* Type the command {{Code|'''reboot'''}} followed by [[File:Key_enter.jpg|50px]] (enter)
 
* The XO will reboot and take you to the naming and color choice process
 
* The XO will reboot and take you to the naming and color choice process
    
'''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 ==
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=== 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
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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]
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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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