<div dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-34dbf502-b12a-ada2-3dd8-7b54d525a10a"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.15">As regularly as the changing of the seasons, another version of XSCE is nearing release. This release provides something for both end users and deployers.</span><br>
</p><br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">End user:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Internet-in-a-Box (</span><a href="http://internet-in-a-box.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://Internet-in-a-Box.org</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span></p>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Integration of Pathagar bookserver</span></p>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Content filtering using OpenDNS and Dansguardian</span></p>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tiny Core Linux Customization Stick for all XO’s</span></p>
</li></ul><br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Deployers:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Offline install -- images at </span><a href="http://build.laptop.org.au/xsce/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://build.laptop.org.au/xsce/</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Watchdog monitor for services, and automatic restart for long-term unattended operation</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Usage Statistics collection</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Remote administration via OpenVPN</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Installs and runs on Trimslice and Raspberry Pi</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Integration of Pathagar bookserver framework with Apache and PostgreSQL. Refinement pending future releases.</span></p>
</li></ul><br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Installation instructions at </span><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Community_Edition/0.4/Installing" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Community_Edition/0.4/Installing</span></a></p>
<br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The current heartbeat of our XSCE-0.4 testing can be viewed at </span><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Community_Edition/0.4/Testing/Results" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Community_Edition/0.4/Testing/Results</span></a><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.  Note that we have spent the bulk of our testing efforts on XO hardware (XO-1.5, XO-1.75 and XO-4).  Hopefully, with additional help from the wider community, testing will progress rapidly in coming weeks around (x86, Trim-Slice and Raspberry Pi).</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We would appreciate your help identifying remaining bugs prior to official release, expected </span><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Community_Edition/0.4/Road_Map" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">mid-September</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bug reports can be entered at </span><a href="https://sugardextrose.org/projects/xsce/issues" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://sugardextrose.org/projects/xsce/issues</span></a><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> or emailed to </span><a href="mailto:server-devel@lists.laptop.org" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">server-devel@lists.laptop.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> after subscribing to </span><a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel</span></a><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thanks all for your help!!</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">X</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SCE team</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="http://schoolserver.org" style="text-decoration:none">http://schoolserver.org</a></span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p>
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