gathering use cases

[Jerry Vonau]

Hi Tony and all,

On Thu, 2012-11-08 at 13:32 -0500, Tony Anderson wrote:
> 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.
> 

Why is that an issue at at all? The "Community XS" (think XS-0.8 here)
is going to address the current shortcomings of 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.
> 

I'm not thinking about an XO here at all but on a server that you
spec'd. Tell me how do you deploy the 0.7 version on a network where you
don't have control over the DNS and have everything work? I have an idea
on how to pull that off with avahi, I would like to hear about how you
would implement that situation.

> 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.
> 

Not to mention better hardware support for the latest hardware available
and ARM support by using Fedora. You can get on board with the future
and have a say in your pet interests but please don't get in the way of
progress.

Jerry 
The other XS-CE developer

> Tony
> 
> 
> On 11/08/2012 10:55 AM, devel-request at lists.laptop.org wrote:
> > Message: 2
> > 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
> > Message-ID:
> > 	<CABPDnXn8Xz9BwRD_zy_PUr43CG=_rKXv8u6=zLjD0f+Juk=XEQ at mail.gmail.com>
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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
> 
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