Playing w/ Activity packs in build 702

[Kim Quirk]

Thanks Bryan! Can you add a link to activity testing results from the
Release Notes page with this info?  (
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Update.1_Software_Release_Notes)

It would be great for others to refer to this info when they download 702
and recent activities.

Thanks,
Kim

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Bryan Berry <bryan.berry at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
> Today I tested out almost of all of the activities on
> wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities on build 702.
>
> I remember reading an e-mail from Kim Quirk asking folks to test
> installing the activities on build 702. I am posting my findings here in
> case it might be useful. You may already be aware of the problems I
> encountered.
>
> First I downloaded all of the activities from the wiki page. I didn't
> use any automated scripts or xo-get because bandwidth is quite poor at
> my location. I didn't test out activity sharing, hopefully will do that
> tomorrow or Friday.
>
> What didn't work:
> OurStories v.1-beta
> Mimic v.1
> MaMaMedia Storybuilder v.12  :( really an awesome activity
> Tuxpaint v.1 --> doesn't run at all
> Schoolsplay v.0.4- runs but display screwed up, hard to read
> MaMaMedia Creative Center v.3 - works but doesn't do __anything__,
> appears
> to be an advertisement
> Kuku - doesn't run
> Inferno - doesn't run
> Dr. Geo II - v.104 does run but really, really slowly
> Watch & Listen v.10 doesn't even show an icon in the activity panel
>
>
> What Works:
> Scratch
> Need Words app to work w/ Nepali, otherwise mostly useless
> Newsreader runs but very slowly
> Maze
> Speak
> Browse
> Write
> Paint, OK
> Measure
> EToys
> Memorize
> StarChart
> Moon
> SimCity starts up, didn't play w/ it much
> Record
> TurtleArt
> SocialCalc
> Ruler
> PlayGo
> PollBuilder runs, but Lesson Plans don't render properly, appears to
> be xml-1.0, UTF-8
> MaMaMedia Learning Center
> Jokebook
> Jump
> Jigsaw Puzzle
> XoIRC
> Implode
> Frotz
> XaOS
> Flipsticks
>
> Other issues:
> In general, Etoys-based activities start pretty quickly but take a
> long time to shutdown, literally 2 minutes. This is an issue our team
> in Nepal is wrestling w/. Hopefully we will come up w/ a solution that
> can be shared. I should ask Hilaire for help w/ this.
>
> Minimal documentation for Starchart, Go, Measure, Jump, Implode,
> Connect. These are __great__ activities but it would be hard for a kid
> to get into them w/out having background knowledge. Our two schools will
> share a 128 kbps Internet connection so it will be harder for the kids
> to google for answers.
>
> SocialCalc, appears to be proprietary. The license info read "All Rights
> Reserved." How are we allowed to use it
> and how can we translate it? Am I missing something?
>
>
> I got some weird errors during bootup  HAL daemon userdel: user 1035
> does not exist
>
> I got 6 or 7 such messages
>
> Question:
> How do I install the locale for Gcompris?
> How do I install the TamTam suite?
>
>
> Hope this was of some use. On the whole, I was quite impressed by the
> breadth of activities. For now, 702 gets my vote for Update.1 stable
> release
>
>
> --
> Bryan W. Berry
> Systems Engineer
> OLE Nepal, http://www.olenepal.org
>
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