gathering use cases

[Tony Anderson]

Hi, Sridhar

One of the important potential benefits from gathering use cases is to 
clarify the roles of the Community XS project and XS-0.7.

 From my perspective, if you can afford to deploy a server with 2GB or 
more main memory and 500GB or more hard drive capacity, XS-0.7 serves 
well and easily supports adding or customizing services. The 
configuration shown in SF costs less than $350 and draws 18w (based on 
measurements taken by George Hunt). With a large hard drive, it is 
perfectly to keep Moodle even if it is not used.

In my experience, the school server is installed in the school ready 
with XS-07 installed along with the available content. Barring hardware 
failure, the only interaction at the school is to turn the server on at 
the start of day and turn it off at the end. With modern computers, both 
functions require only a push on the power button.

Community XS serves a valuable role where only XOs are available or 
where power constraints are critical. It may also have a role in 
supporting special network requirements.

Tony


On 11/08/2012 10:55 AM, devel-request at lists.laptop.org wrote:
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> Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 13:57:12 +1100
> From: Sridhar Dhanapalan<sridhar at laptop.org.au>
> To: Holt<holt at laptop.org>
> Cc: Devel's in the Details<devel at lists.laptop.org>,	Maryam Rehan El
> 	Baz<melbaz at mail.sfsu.edu>,	iaep<iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org>, XS Devel
> 	<server-devel at lists.laptop.org>,	Support Gangsters
> 	<support-gang at laptop.org>
> Subject: Re: gathering use cases
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> On 3 November 2012 07:46, Holt<holt at laptop.org>  wrote:
>> >Thanks much Sameer.  Am includingsupport-gang at laptop.org  to make sure we
>> >gather microdeployment and support volunteer feedback too.
>> >
>> >While our XS Community Edition experiment ain't quite ready for
>> >showtime/download yet, its white paper & code repository are here:
>> >http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition
> The white paper that Adam is referring to can be found at
> https://docs.google.com/a/dhanapalan.com/document/pub?id=1dnhU2F6EntepVXTgN8QpkME8fZVUuPjcCoMUfAVKbcc
>
> I am the primary author, but it was written by canvassing feedback and
> opinions from schools and XS community members (including Jerry Vonau,
> George Hunt, Adam Holt and many others). The paper discusses several
> use cases and design goals, and outlines the underlying principles
> behind how we do things in OLPC Australia.
>
> There is some miscommunication being spread around that I'd like to
> clear up. Firstly, this is not a 'secret' project. The white paper
> explains our mission, and the code repo and issues trackers are open.
> Secondly, the intent is to create a flexible framework that can be
> adapted to suit local needs. This is*not*, as some keep asserting, a
> project to have the XS work only on the XO. The community XS will work
> on any x86 or ARM based hardware that works with Fedora. The white
> paper explains this in depth.
>
> Sridhar