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== The deployments' XO Operating System ==
== The deployments' XO Operating System ==
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.
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.
== New features in Dextrose2 ==
== New features in Dextrose2 ==
* 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]])
== Dextrose 2 - World Edition ==
== Dextrose 2 - World Edition ==
[[File:Download-dextrose-py.png]]
[[File:Download-dextrose-py.png]]
'''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].
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
| [[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
|-
|-
| [[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
|}
|}
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]].
For more details on this release, see the [[Dextrose/2|Dextrose 2]] pages ([[Dextrose/2/Changelog|Change Log]], [[Dextrose/2/Todo|Todo List]]).
[[Dextrose/Resources|Older releases]]
[[Dextrose/3|Development releases]] | [[Dextrose/Resources|Older releases]]
== Knowing your way around the new features ==
== Knowing your way around the new features ==
* 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
'''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].
== Using Dextrose2 in your deployment ==
=== XO-1.75 ===
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.
=== Other netbooks ===
Please [[Dextrose/Contacts|contact us]] if you need support for running Dextrose on non-XO hardware.
== Using Dextrose in your deployment ==
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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