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== The deployments' XO Operating System ==
 
== The deployments' XO Operating System ==
  
Dextrose is a Sugar distribution for XO laptops 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.
  
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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* Notification system ([[User:tch|Martin Abente]])
 
* Notification system ([[User:tch|Martin Abente]])
 
* Automatic yum based updater ([[User:tch|Martin Abente]], [[User:Alsroot|Aleksey Lim]], [[User:M_anish|Anish Mangal]])
 
* 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)
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* Nearly complete Spanish Translations ([[User:tch|Martin Abente]], Sebastian Codas (scs), Carlos Garay (car|0s))
 
* One Click Share 3G ([[User:tch|Martin Abente]])
 
* One Click Share 3G ([[User:tch|Martin Abente]])
  
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'''This is a release 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].
  
 
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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.
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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]].
 
 
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]]
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== Knowing your way around the new features ==
 
== Knowing your way around the new features ==
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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].
  
== 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 ==
  
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,
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thus exploiting the [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Freedom #1] provided by Free Software.
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The deployments' XO Operating System

Dextrose is a Sugar distribution for XO laptops jointly developed by Activity Central, Paraguay Educa, Plan Ceibal in collaboration with OLPC and the Sugar community.

Our focus is stability and usability in the classroom, but we've also merged new features contributed by deployments and independent contributors.

New features in Dextrose2

Dextrose 2 - World Edition

Download-dextrose-py.png

This is a release build targeted for use by multiple deployments worldwide. We do appreciate feedback and bug reports.

Hardware OS Images Size Date
Xo-1.png XO-1, without GNOME os508dx.img

os508dx.crc

411MB Apr 1 2011
Xo-1.5.png XO-1.5, without GNOME os508dx.zd 339MB 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. For more details on this release, see the Dextrose 2 pages: Change Log, Todo List.

Development releases | Older releases

Knowing your way around the new features

Installation

XO-1

Xo-1.png
XO-XP.png
  • First, ensure that your laptop is unlocked.
  • Download both osXXXXX.img and osXXXXX.crc to the root directory of a USB stick or SD card.
  • Drop to the "ok" prompt by pressing Esc.svg (Esc) repeatedly during boot
  • Type the command: copy-nand u:\osNdx.img for a USB stick or copy-nand sd:\osNdx.img for a SD card followed by Key enter.jpg (enter)
  • Wait for the display to fill in with color and the "ok" prompt to return
  • Type the command reboot followed by Key enter.jpg (enter)
  • 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

See also the detailed instructions.

XO-1.5

Xo-1.5.png
XO-HS.png
  • First, ensure that your laptop is unlocked.
  • Download osXXXXX.zd to the root directory of a USB stick
  • Drop to the "ok" prompt by pressing Esc.svg (Esc) repeatedly during boot
  • Type the command: fs-update u:\osXXXXX.zd followed by Key enter.jpg (enter)
  • Wait for the display to fill in with color and the "ok" prompt to return
  • Type the command reboot followed by Key enter.jpg (enter)
  • The XO will reboot and take you to the naming and color choice process

See also the detailed instructions.

XO-1.75

The XO-1.75 is not supported at this time. Please contact us if you are planning to deploy Dextrose on XO-1.75.

Other netbooks

Please 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 own OS images independently of us, thus exploiting the Freedom #1 provided by Free Software.

Subpages