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== A SoaS Hardware Effort ==

== A SoaS Hardware Effort ==

=== What's this about ===

=== What's this about ===

The overall goal of this effort is to gather information about issues with various hardware configurations using [[Sugar_on_a_Stick|SoaS]]. So if you just came across an issue or want to help us by providing your hardware specs, please follow these instructions.

This attempt has been started shortly after the SoaS beta release on April 22nd and is focussed on tracking hardware compatibility with newer SoaS versions. The overall goal of this effort is to gather information about issues with various hardware configurations using [[Sugar_on_a_Stick|SoaS]]. So if you just came across an issue or want to help us by providing your hardware specs, please follow these instructions.

=== What we're doing ===

=== What we're doing ===

We're trying to use the [http://www.smolts.org Smolt] project to keep information about the various systems. Smolt is a hardware profiler and has been introduced with [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/Smolt Fedora 7]. Since then, also openSUSE has joined the project. We're working on creating an identifier for SoaS in the Smolt database.

We're using the [http://www.smolts.org Smolt] project to keep information about the various systems. Smolt is a hardware profiler and has been introduced with [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/Smolt Fedora 7]. Since then, also openSUSE has joined the project.

Smolt basically helps you to submit your hardware information to a place, where people like us developers can check them out, for example if you encounter any issues. Smolt development is hosted [https://fedorahosted.org/smolt/ here] and if you're worried about your privacy, you can have a look at Smolt's [https://fedorahosted.org/smolt/wiki/PrivacyPolicy privacy policy] here. Note that you can remove your hardware information at any time - instructions for this are also listed below!

Smolt basically helps you to submit your hardware information to a place, where people like us developers can check them out. Smolt development is hosted [https://fedorahosted.org/smolt/ here] and if you're worried about your privacy, you can have a look at Smolt's [https://fedorahosted.org/smolt/wiki/PrivacyPolicy privacy policy], too. Note that you can remove your hardware information at any time - instructions for this are also listed below!

== Next Steps ==

== Next Steps ==

So. What's next? First of all, you'll need to download smolt. It will be included in the upcoming snapshots of SoaS, but if you're using the beta, you'll need to open the terminal and run (as root): ''yum install smolt''

So. What's next? Here're the instructions:

 

# Boot into SoaS and start the Terminal Activity.

# It will ask you again if you're sure and will also give you a link to your profile and an admin password then. Please keep those!

 

Now that you've received the link to your hardware profile, please add it to the table below, as this will help us a lot to get an overview on which hardware SoaS is used on where issues occur. Note that with your admin password, you'll be also able to rate your experience with SoaS regarding the hardware support on your profile page. You can also provide it if you're filing a bug report on our [https://launchpad.net/soas bug tracker].

That's already it. Now you're ready to submit your hardware specs. For this, just call (also as root): ''smoltSendProfile''

What if you want to remove your information?

:Just type in the terminal (again as root): ''smoltDeleteProfile''

It will ask you again if you're sure and will also give you a link to your profile then. Please keep that!

* Consider also reporting observations of your testing here, [[Sugar on a Stick/Getting Involved/Testing]].

Now that you've a link to your hardware specs, what do you do with that? If you're interested in helping us with testing SoaS on various hardware configurations, please add yourself to the table below.

Please report boot-up speed and how long it takes to open common activities for the 2nd time. Some of them are slow on the first load.  Turtle Art, Browse and Write are good ones to look at.

 

Running <code>dstat -at --output dstat.log</code> in a terminal can be helpful.

 

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| Sebastian Dziallas || http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_cf5334e9-3337-49cd-a7af-747b77bbdda1

| Frederick Grose || http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_afb10e3a-749a-43c2-9679-067b9ac6ce50 || soas-strawberry-vdi in VBox2.2.4 on Vista32 host

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| add yourself here ||

| Tom Gilliard  || http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_21fbc300-c0d7-4fb0-8a20-100dde28eedc || sugarVM F11 Appliance on EeePC1000HE running Ubuntu9.04 and VMPlayer wireless

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| Tom Gilliard ||http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_8b9cd389-4dad-4a0d-9475-0cded2a36e27|| VMworkstation 6.5.2 running livinst installed (Soas_v4) soas-i386-20100817.16.iso to IDE Permanaent HD on Dell 520n running Ubuntu 9.04 (08/21/2010)

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== Upcoming Improvements ==

== Upcoming Improvements ==

We're working on getting Smolt integrated in a Sugar Activity to ease the process of submitting the information. Once SoaS will be listed as an own distribution in Smolt, we might also ask you to rate your experience with it there.

We're working on getting Smolt integrated in a Sugar Activity to ease the process of submitting the information.