[IAEP] ANNOUNCE: F11 for XO-1 build 180py released

[Sameer Verma]

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 5:13 AM, Bernie Innocenti <bernie at codewiz.org> wrote:
> This is a late announcement of the final release of the XO-1
> images based on Fedora 11 and Sugar 0.84:
>
>  http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1-py/os180py.img
>  http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1-py/os180py.crc
>  http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1-py/os180py.img.fs.zip
>
>
> This build is being deployed to 10 schools in Caacupé [1]. Feedback from
> teachers and teacher trainers has been very positive so far.
>
>
> == Changes relative to the previous release (os140py) ==
>
>  * GSM broadband support: add usb_modeswitch and usb_modeswitch-data,
>   enabling more modem models to work with Fedora 11. (me)
>
>  * Credit Sugar Labs in boot animation (me)
>
>  * Add custom Browse home page with links to Paraguay Educa resources (rgs)
>
>  * Update Turtle Art to pick Spanish translation (walter)
>
>  * Re-enable olpc-update and the versioned fs (me)
>
>  * Point software update control panel at http://wiki.paraguayeduca.org
>
>  * Pull latest OS updates from upstream (fedora)
>
>
> == Bugs fixed ==
>
>  * Race condition with name widget in the activity toolbar
>   http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/1948
>
>  * Some activities crashing when resuming from the Journal
>   http://patchwork.sugarlabs.org/patch/15/
>
>
> == Known bugs ==
>
>  * Unable to read FAT filesystems containing invalid file dates
>   http://patchwork.sugarlabs.org/patch/43/
>
>
> == How to help testing ==
>
> Feedback from the entire community is very appreciated, although we're
> not planning any further releases of the Sugar 0.84 series.
>
> Bugs affecting upstream components are better filed in their respective
> trackers:
>
>  * Sugar and activities: http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/
>  * Fedora 11: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/
>  * Drivers and OLPC customizations: http://dev.laptop.org/
>  * Paraguay-specific bugs: http://trac.paraguayeduca.org/
>
> If you're unsure where a bug belongs to, use the Paragauy Educa tracker.
> Please, always assign these bugs to "Carlos", who will keep our status
> summary updated.
>
>
> == Using this build outside Paraguay ==
>
> A few customizations make this image somewhat Paraguay-specific:
>
>  * Limited language support: to save space, we've included only
>   English and Spanish translations.
>
>  * Image signed with the Paraguay deployment keys. Laptops from other
>   regions need to be be unlocked in order to accept this image.
>
>  * The software update control panel icon checks for new activities
>   on our wiki rather than on laptop.org.
>
>  * The Browse home page contains the Paraguay Educa logo and a few
>   links to our website.
>
> We may find the time to release slightly modified images to meet the
> needs of other OLPC deployments interested in upgrading to Sugar 0.84.
>
> More importantly, we're happy to help other deployments produce their
> own OS images independently of us, thus exploiting Free Software's most
> important advantage [2].
>
>
> == How to join development ==
>
> This development cycle is closed as a new development cycle based on
> Sugar 0.88 has started already. Public builds will be available soon.
>
> Build system source:
>  http://git.paraguayeduca.org/gitweb/users/bernie/olpc-os-builder.git
>
> Yum Repository containing our custom RPMs (along with sources):
>  http://repo.paraguayeduca.org/f11-xo1-py/i386/os/
>  http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/pyeduca-repo/f11-xo1-py/
>
> IRC:
>  #olpc-paraguay irc.feenode.net (English spoken)
>
>
> [1] The actual production build is os179py. The only difference between
>    os179py and os180py is improved compatibility with GSM modems.
>
> [2] Freedom 1: The freedom to study how the program works, and change
>    it to make it do what you wish.
>
> --
>   // Bernie Innocenti - http://codewiz.org/
>  \X/  Sugar Labs       - http://sugarlabs.org/
>
>
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How do I install this image? I tried the USB method on a XO1 with dev
key and security disabled, but it still complains about not finding
the right keys.

Sameer
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Associate Professor, Information Systems
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San Francisco State University
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