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2a. document the release cycle to lower the barrior of entry for new contributors.
 
2a. document the release cycle to lower the barrior of entry for new contributors.
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Please contribute to this page [[XO Operating System/Goals]].
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== Dextrose - Deployments' XO Operating System ==
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Dextrose is a Sugar distribution for the XO-1 and XO-1.5.  It is being developed jointly by [http://activitycentral.org Activity Central], [http://paraguayeduca.org/ Paraguay Educa] and [http://sugarlabs.org Sugar Labs], in collaboration with [http://www.ceibal.edu.uy/ Plan Ceibal] and members of the OLPC/Sugar community.
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The focus of this build is stability and usability in a classroom environment. While there wasn't
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much time for new development, we've merged a few features contributed by other deployments and
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freelance contributors:
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* Journal sorting options (aa)
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* CPU/Memory display (m_anish)
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* Journal Backup/restore to removable devices (tch, esteban)
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* Journal Backup/restore to schoolserver (tch)
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* Tabbed browsing (m_anish)
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* OLPC Microformat support in activity updater (gangil) (pending)
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== Download development builds ==
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Release date
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! Milestone
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! XO-1
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! XO-1.5
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|-
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| May 26
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| Alpha1
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| [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/f11-0.88/xo1/py/os240py.img os240py.img] [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/f11-0.88/xo1/py/os240py.crc os240py.crc]
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|-
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| Jun 12
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| Alpha2
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| [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/f11-0.88/xo1/py/os258py.img os258py.img] [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/f11-0.88/xo1/py/os258py.crc os258py.crc]
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| [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/f11-0.88/xo1.5/py//os257py.zd os257py.zd]
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|-
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| Jun 16
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| [http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1-0.88/os260py.img os260py.img] [http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1-0.88/os260py.crc os260py.crc]
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| [http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1.5-0.88/os261py.zd os261py.zd]
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|-
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| Jun 28
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| Beta1
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| [http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1-0.88/os284py.img os284py.img] [http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1-0.88/os284py.crc os284py.crc]
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| [http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1.5-0.88/os286py.zd os286py.zd]
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|-
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| Jul 04
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| [http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1-0.88/os295py.img os295py.img] [http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1-0.88/os295py.crc os295py.crc]
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| [http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1.5-0.88/os297py.zd os297py.zd]
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|-
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| Jul 08
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| Beta2
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| [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/f11-0.88/xo1/py/os300py.img os300py.img] [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/f11-0.88/xo1/py/os300py.crc os300py.crc]
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| [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/f11-0.88/xo1.5/py/os299py.zd os299py.zd]
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|}
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* [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/f11-0.88/xo1/ All interim XO-1 imagesimages]
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* [http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/f11-0.88/xo1.5/ All interim XO-1.5 images]
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== Installation ==
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=== XO-1 ===
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* First, ensure that your laptop is [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activation_and_developer_keys unlocked].
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* Download <tt>osNNNpy.img</tt> and <tt>osNNNpy.crc</tt> to the root directory of a USB stick
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* Drop to the "ok" prompt by pressing ESC repetedly during boot
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* Type the command: <code>copy-nand u:\osNNNpy.img</code> followed by ENTER
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* During the next reboot, keep the charger connected to allow OFW to self-update
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Also check these [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/F11_for_XO-1#Installation_instructions detailed instructions].
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=== XO-1.5 ===
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* Download <tt>osNNNpy.zd</tt> to the root directory of a USB stick
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* Drop to the "ok" prompt by pressing ESC repetedly during boot
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* Type the command: <code>fs-update u:\osNNNpy.zd</code> followed by ENTER
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Also check these [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/F11_for_1.5 detailed instructions].
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== Testing ==
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Besides community testing and field testing, we're planning to reuse and extend the
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OLPC test plan adopted in release 8.2.0 (aka os801): http://wiki.laptop.org/go/TestPlan_8.2.0
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Feedback from the entire community is appreciated. Bugs belonging to upstream
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components should be filed in the usual trackers:
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* Sugar and activities: http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/
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* Fedora 11: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/
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* Drivers and OLPC customizations: http://dev.laptop.org/
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* Bugs specific to this build: http://trac.paraguayeduca.org/
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Please, cc "bernie" on all bugs and kindly keep the table below updated (saves me some time).
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== Release schedule ==
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{| class="wikitable"
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! ETA    !! Milestone !! Description                          !! Availability
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|-
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| May 8  ||        || Build Sugar 0.88 packages for F-11  || In-house
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|-
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| May 26 || Alpha1  || Preview release for [http://realness.org OLPC Realness Summit] || In-house + community testers
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|-
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| <s>Jun 10</s> Jun 12 || Alpha2  || Feature-complete alpha release      || In-house + community testers
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|-
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| <s>Jun 25</s> Jun 29 || Beta1  || No known regressions vs. Sugar 0.84 || One classroom in Caacupé
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|-
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| Jul 8  || Beta2  || Passes 100% of test plan            || 150 teachers in Caacupé
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|-
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| Jul 22 || Beta3  || Passes 100% of test plan            || Two classrooms in Caacupé
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|-
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| Aug 1  || RC      || Release candidate                  || One school in Caacupé
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|-
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| Aug 5  || Release || Deployable stable release          || General Availability
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|}
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== Current Status ==
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=== Regressions since 0.84 ===
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{| class="wikitable"
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!  Status      !! Task !! Owner
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|| DONE:os215 || Frame does not always show up (with frame key or going to the corner) ||
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|| DONE:os205 || Translation of "Dismount" is "Eliminar"                        || bernie
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|| DONE:os215 || Port-forward bugfix for race condition in activity title      || bernie
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|| DONE:os215 || Port-forward 0.84 patch for GsmPalette.get_state() name clash  || tch
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|| DONE:os259 || ALT-TAB does not switch between apps                          || tch, bernie
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|| DONE:os243 || <em style="color: red">Browse: widgets in forms are 0x0 pixels</em> || bernie
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|| DONE:os244 || Icons in activity circle are too small (DPI problem?)          || jasg
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|| DONE:os252 || Font size in Terminal too large (DPI problem?)                || jasg
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|| DONE:os248 || Username selection is being skipped on first boot              || tch
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|| DONE:os223 || Add back Write, eToys                                          || bernie
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|| WorksForMe || Laptop does not sleep when lid closed                          || tch
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|| DONE:os251 || Sound breaks in all activities after using Record once (need Record v77) || dsd?
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|| DONE:os251 || <em style="color: red">UI of Record activity is garbled</em>  || m_anish
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|| DONE:os250 || {{Bug|1883}}: Sugar does not automatically associate with AP on startup || bernie
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|| DONE:os231 || Memorize does not start because it fails to import libxml2 || bernie
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|| DONE:os205 || Use es-lat for console keyboard || bernie
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|| DONE:os259 || Activities sometimes start and remain in window, [[:File:Untitled.jpg]] screenshot [[:File:TmpxWzNZv.png]] ; (Window appears at least briefly on all launches) || aa
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||            || Pulsing launch icon is delayed or absent; occasional "activity failed to start" message then the activity starts || tch
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|| DONE:os259 || Measure sometimes locks up on recording, quitting from frame then brings up metacity dialog "activity is not responding" ||
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|| DONE: Needs RPM update || {{Bug|2064}}: <em style="color: red">Sugar sometimes restarts; only seen 3 times, twice clicking on journal and once deleting a journal entry</em> || bernie
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|| DONE:V70  || Font in Write is small (problem caused by patch for {{Bug|1121}}) || alsroot, bernie
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|| DONE:os252 || When opening an epub with read V86, zoom works on the text but not graphics, may not be specific to this OS but considering the other scaling bugs ... || jasg
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|| DONE:V89  || Turtle Blocks V88 ctrl c ctrl v do not work || walter
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|| DONE:os253 || Search bar in home page of Browse is too long and overflows off-screen || bernie
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|| DONE:os298 || Journal list view icon does not display after selection (os258) [[:File:Listviewos258.jpg]] ( [PATCH] fix malformed svg module-updater icon revealed in F13  ?)|| aa
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|| DONE:os259 || Default font, menus etc seems large, larger than it used to be || jasg
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|| DONE:os298 || Etoys does not save any more to the journal (ctime problem) || aa
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=== Non-regression bugs (also present in Sugar 0.84) ===
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{| class="wikitable"
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!  Status      !! Task !! Owner
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||            || Disconnects from network on power save || pgf
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|| DONE:???  || Cannot create tabs in browse || m_anish
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|| DONE:os255 || Twice only, boot has frozen on the first dot of the loading clock, before Sugarlabs Fedora logos appear || bernie
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||            || {{Bug|1999}}: Raul's bug about journal browser overlapping activities ||
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|| DONE:NotABug || {{Bug|2011}}: Record activity cannot be quit with CTRL-W || m_anish
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|| DONE:NotABug || Sugar should restart/refresh after updating activities  || tch
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|| DONE:os205 || Keep -> Keep a copy (fold into stop menu) || jasg
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|| DONE:os240 || Dates of activities don't make any sense  || bernie
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|-
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|| DONE:os240 || Pippy layout is broken || m_anish
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|| DONE:os245 || Sugarized version of scratch  || dirakx
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|-
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||            || {{Bug|2023}}: Cannot associate to AP with accented letters in SSID || carlos
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|| DONE:os240 || Enable f11-xo1-0.88 yum repos for updates || bernie
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|| DONE:os254 || Mesh icons duplicated in Neighbor View on NM restart || tch
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|| DONE:os240 || Split "freeworld" packages to a separate repository || bernie
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||            || Review old bugs filed against F11-XO1-PY 0.84 || carlos
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|-
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|| DONE:os250 || Double clicking activities on journal opens 2 or 3 instances || tch
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|| DONE:os268 || Can't upload images to Blogger.com (tabs needed) || carlos
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=== New features ===
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Status!! Task !! Owner
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|| DONE:os205 || Switch power management from ohm to powerd || bernie
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|| DONE:os223 || Add StopWatch, Finance, JukeBox, ImageViewer, InfoSlicer  || bernie
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|| DONE:os260 || Add Words (not on aslo) and GetBooks  || bernie, sayamindu
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|| WONTFIX    || <s>Resurrect Rainbow support</s>  ||
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|| DONE:os260 || Integrate journalmanagement extension  || jasg
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|| DONE:os283 || {{Bug|2006}}: Merge touchpad patches from walter  || bernie
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|-
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|| DONE:os223 || Journal size display  || aa
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|-
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|| DONE:os260 || Integrate Esteban's backup to USB/SD  || tch
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|| DONE:os260 || Integrate DCastelo's GSM bugfixes    || tch
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|| DONE:os253 || Disabling Hot corners from the frame option    || tch
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=== Experimental features ===
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Status!! Task !! Owner
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|| DONE: os240 || experimental menu speedup patch || mstone (bernie)
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|| DONE: os240 || kill the MANIFEST file  || bernie
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== Using this build with other deployments ==
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A few customizations make this image somewhat deployment-specific:
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* Limited language support: to save space, we've included only English and Spanish translations.
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* Image signed with the Paraguay deployment keys. Laptops from other regions need to be unlocked in order to accept this image.
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* The software update control panel icon checks for new activities on our wiki rather than on laptop.org.
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* The Browse home page contains the Paraguay Educa logo and a few links to our website.
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We may find the time to release slightly modified images to meet the
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needs of other OLPC deployments interested in upgrading to Sugar 0.88.
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More importantly, we're happy to help other deployments produce their
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own OS images independently of us, thus exploiting the [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Freedom #1] provided by Free Software.
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== How to join development ==
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* Build system source: http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/dextrose/repos/mainline
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* Out-of-tree patches for Sugar 0.88: http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/sugar/sugar-0.88-patches/
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* Yum repository for custom Fedora packages (along with sources): http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/f11-0.88/rpms/
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* IRC: #sugar on irc.freenode.net (English preferred, Spanish also spoken by several members)
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== Spanish Version ==
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* http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Deployment_Team/Dextrose/lang-es
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