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Sugar has a growing community that is ready to help you. Because users and contributors span the globe, a key element to the project is communication. Mailing lists, forums, IRC , Jabber and email provide quick and easy ways to communicate.

Mailing Lists

The full list of mailing lists is at http://lists.sugarlabs.org. Sometimes they multiply when one isn't watching.

A web-view of mailing lists in a fourm-like interface can be found at Nabble. Keep in mind that using Nabble has the following limitations:

Nabble does not support posting to more than one mailing list at a time (cross-posting)
Nabble does not index all sugar lists
The authoritive record is on lists.sugarlabs.org

General List

It's an Education Project - The primary education mailing list (see Self Organising Map archive for an overview of past weeks discussions).

Developer Lists

Sugar - For developers (see Self Organising Map archive for and overview of past months discussions).

Starting a new list

The best way to start a new mailing list is to begin a discussion on a related list that already exists, and once the discussion becomes active, to ask for a separate list for that topic or that sort of traffic.

When you have a critical mass of people regularly talking about the same topic, request a mailing list by emailing the following information to IAEP list:

The name you want for your mailing list, with alternative names if the first one is taken
A description of the list, its purpose, and why it's needed (being able to say "we've been talking on this other list for a while, and the discussion has grown too big - see these archive links" is helpful)
The name/email of the list admin, and of at least one other moderator (minimum one admin and one moderator)
At least 10 names/emails of people who want to be the initial subscribers

Forums

Support Forum

Support - The official support forum for G1G1 and OLPC

total posts 6.887 • Total topics 1.324 • Total members 1.609 22:56, 20 April 2008 (EDT)

General Discussion

olpcnews - A popular forum but not frequented by developers

total posts 20.765 • Total topics 2.332 • Total members 2.754 22:56, 20 April 2008 (EDT)

Blogs

OLPC planet and Planet Sugar Labs - Aggregate a number of popular blogs on Sugar and OLPC. See blogs for a list of these blogs and instructions on adding more blogs to this feed.

IRC Chat

Install the XoIRC activity and connect with other Sugar/OLPC users and enthusiasts on the internet and chat with them in real time. XoIRC uses a system called IRC.

It defaults to a "room" called #olpc-help, but you can also enter other rooms by typing /join #room where room is the name of the room you wish to join.

Some other Sugar/OLPC IRC chatrooms are listed are listed here.

Jabber Networks

While the OLPC is designed with mesh wireless networking built in (where users can connect to each other without having a central wireless internet router/connection), Sugar users around the world may not be able to connect with others using the platform unless it's through the Internet, since mesh networking relies on a concentration of users (for example, in a classroom, school or business environment).

Jabber networks link Sugar users to each other in order to chat, interact and collaborate. There are global Sugar Jabber networks, or regional ones hosted by organizations and individuals around the world. You can choose whichever Jabber network you wish to connect to. Connecting Sugar to one of these networks will greatly enhance your Sugar experience.

Video

OLPC TV is dedicated to collecting videos related to OLPC. The site needs help recoding videos to play in Gnash, the Free Flash viewer.

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 ==Mailing Lists==
+The full list of mailing lists is at '''http://lists.sugarlabs.org'''.  Sometimes they multiply when one isn't watching.
+A web-view of mailing lists in a fourm-like interface can be found at [http://n2.nabble.com/SugarLabs-f1511649.html Nabble]. Keep in mind that using Nabble has the following limitations:
+* Nabble does not support posting to more than one mailing list at a time (cross-posting)
+* Nabble does not index all sugar lists
+* The authoritive record is on lists.sugarlabs.org
 ===General List===
 * [http://lists.lo-res.org/mailman/listinfo/its.an.education.project It's an Education Project] - The primary education mailing list (see [[Community/SOM#It.27s_An_Education_Project_Mailing_List|Self Organising Map]] archive for an overview of past weeks discussions).
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 ===Developer Lists===
 * [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar Sugar] - For developers (see [[Community/SOM#Sugar_Mailing_List|Self Organising Map]] archive for and overview of past months discussions).
+===Starting a new list===
+The best way to start a new mailing list is to begin a discussion on a related list that already exists, and once the discussion becomes active, to ask for a separate list for that topic or that sort of traffic.
+When you have a critical mass of people regularly talking about the same topic, request a mailing list by emailing the following information to IAEP list:
+# The name you want for your mailing list, with alternative names if the first one is taken
+# A description of the list, its purpose, and why it's needed (being able to say "we've been talking on this other list for a while, and the discussion has grown too big - see these archive links" is helpful)
+# The name/email of the list admin, and of at least one other moderator (minimum one admin and one moderator)
+# At least 10 names/emails of people who want to be the initial subscribers
 == Forums ==