[OLPC India] India Digest, Vol 14, Issue 3
Dr Jayakumar Singaram
jk at epigon.co.in
Wed Jan 9 00:34:33 EST 2008
Hello Natarajan,
I am from http://www.epigon.in/ and looking forward to buy 10 OLPC for my
village school ( kasanandu pudur in Thanjavur dist and in TN). Could you
kindly help me on the same ASSP.
Kind Regards
jk
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> 1. OLPC purchase (Nataraj S Narayan)
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> 3. How to block an XO ? (Marc Valentin)
> 4. Use of X Window System & Matchbox Window Manager (ASWATHY PRASAD)
> 5. Re: How to block an XO ? (Manusheel Gupta)
> 6. Re: How to block an XO ? (Walter Bender)
> 7. Re: Use of X Window System & Matchbox Window Manager
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 16:35:13 +0530
> From: "Nataraj S Narayan" <natarajsn at gmail.com>
> Subject: [OLPC India] OLPC purchase
> To: india at lists.laptop.org
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> Hi
>
> Somebody tell me where do I purchase OLPC in India,
>
> regards
>
> Nataraj
>
>
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>
> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 12:14:20 +0100
> From: "Marc Valentin" <mvalentin at oeuvredespains.org>
> Subject: Re: [OLPC India] OLPC purchase
> To: India at lists.laptop.org
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> Hi,
> You cannot purchase OLPC in India.
> With the "Give Many" program you can purchase OLPC but the minimum
> quantity is 100.
> If you are interested (like us) by having some OLPC but less than 100,
> I suggest you purchase them on Ebay (http://www.ebay.com). At the
> moment many people are reselling computers from the G1G1 program (this
> program ended 31st december).
> We already bought 5 that way, they will be send soon to our project in
> Uttar Pradesh.
> In which area are you ?
> -marc valentin-
> http://www.OeuvreDesPains.org
>
> On Jan 8, 2008 12:05 PM, Nataraj S Narayan <natarajsn at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Somebody tell me where do I purchase OLPC in India,
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Nataraj
>> _______________________________________________
>> India mailing list
>> India at lists.laptop.org
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>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 12:18:34 +0100
> From: "Marc Valentin" <mvalentin at oeuvredespains.org>
> Subject: [OLPC India] How to block an XO ?
> To: India at lists.laptop.org
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> Hi,
> As written in a previous message, we bought a few XO on Ebay and they
> will be send soon to our project in
> Uttar Pradesh.
> I have a question about security :
> Roaming around with these laptops in the villages can be a temptation for
> many.
> In case these laptops are stolen in India, is there a way to block
> them so that nobody can use them ?
> -marc valentin-
> http://www.OeuvreDesPains.org
>
>
> On Jan 8, 2008 12:05 PM, Nataraj S Narayan <natarajsn at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Somebody tell me where do I purchase OLPC in India,
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Nataraj
>> _______________________________________________
>> India mailing list
>> India at lists.laptop.org
>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/india
>>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 17:11:53 +0530
> From: "ASWATHY PRASAD" <aswathyp1986 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [OLPC India] Use of X Window System & Matchbox Window Manager
> To: "OLPC India Mailing List" <india at lists.laptop.org>
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>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> What is the use of X Window System and the Matchbox window? It is said
> that
> the laptop runs the Fedora 7 Linux distribution; on top of the X Window
> System and the Matchbox window manage we run a novel Sugar user interface
> and support library, supporting a core set of "activities" or
> applications.
> Why is it so?
>
> Does the Draw activity works with the touchpad? Similar to paint in
> Windows
> where we use the mouse to draw.
> How many other drawing applications are there in OLPC? Also the word
> applications. Is Write or Abiword is used as a word application in OLPC?
>
> If we connect a Wacom graphics tablet in the USB port of OLPC will it
> detect?
>
>
>
> aswathy
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> From: "Manusheel Gupta" <manu at laptop.org>
> Subject: Re: [OLPC India] How to block an XO ?
> To: "Marc Valentin" <mvalentin at oeuvredespains.org>
> Cc: India at lists.laptop.org, Ivan Krsti? <ivan at laptop.org>
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> Hi Marc,
>
> The Bitfrost Security system engineered for the XO makes it disabled when
> stolen.
>
>
> Please read:
>
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Bitfrost
> http://www.wired.com/software/webservices/news/2007/02/72669
>
> Regards,
> Manu
>
> Manusheel Gupta
> Technical Consultant/Advisor
> One Laptop Per Child Inc.
> http://laptop.org
>
>
>
>
> On Jan 8, 2008 4:48 PM, Marc Valentin <mvalentin at oeuvredespains.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> As written in a previous message, we bought a few XO on Ebay and they
>> will be send soon to our project in
>> Uttar Pradesh.
>> I have a question about security :
>> Roaming around with these laptops in the villages can be a temptation for
>> many.
>> In case these laptops are stolen in India, is there a way to block
>> them so that nobody can use them ?
>> -marc valentin-
>> http://www.OeuvreDesPains.org <http://www.oeuvredespains.org/>
>>
>>
>> On Jan 8, 2008 12:05 PM, Nataraj S Narayan <natarajsn at gmail.com > wrote:
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > Somebody tell me where do I purchase OLPC in India,
>> >
>> > regards
>> >
>> > Nataraj
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > India mailing list
>> > India at lists.laptop.org
>> > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/india
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>> _______________________________________________
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> Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 08:20:08 -0500
> From: "Walter Bender" <walter at laptop.org>
> Subject: Re: [OLPC India] How to block an XO ?
> To: "Manusheel Gupta" <manu at laptop.org>
> Cc: India at lists.laptop.org, Ivan Krsti? <ivan at laptop.org>
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> Not on a laptop bought on ebay, which presumably has been pre-activated.
>
> -walter
>
> On Jan 8, 2008 8:16 AM, Manusheel Gupta <manu at laptop.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Marc,
>>
>> The Bitfrost Security system engineered for the XO makes it disabled when
>> stolen.
>>
>>
>> Please read:
>>
>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Bitfrost
>> http://www.wired.com/software/webservices/news/2007/02/72669
>>
>> Regards,
>> Manu
>>
>> Manusheel Gupta
>> Technical Consultant/Advisor
>> One Laptop Per Child Inc.
>> http://laptop.org
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jan 8, 2008 4:48 PM, Marc Valentin <mvalentin at oeuvredespains.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> > As written in a previous message, we bought a few XO on Ebay and they
>> > will be send soon to our project in
>> > Uttar Pradesh.
>> > I have a question about security :
>> > Roaming around with these laptops in the villages can be a temptation
>> > for many.
>> > In case these laptops are stolen in India, is there a way to block
>> > them so that nobody can use them ?
>> > -marc valentin-
>> > http://www.OeuvreDesPains.org <http://www.oeuvredespains.org/>
>> >
>> >
>> > On Jan 8, 2008 12:05 PM, Nataraj S Narayan < natarajsn at gmail.com >
>> > wrote:
>> > > Hi
>> > >
>> > > Somebody tell me where do I purchase OLPC in India,
>> > >
>> > > regards
>> > >
>> > > Nataraj
>> > > _______________________________________________
>> > > India mailing list
>> > > India at lists.laptop.org
>> > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/india
>> > >
>> > _______________________________________________
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> Walter Bender
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> From: "Arjun Sarwal" <arjun at laptop.org>
> Subject: Re: [OLPC India] Use of X Window System & Matchbox Window
> Manager
> To: "ASWATHY PRASAD" <aswathyp1986 at gmail.com>
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> On Jan 8, 2008 6:41 AM, ASWATHY PRASAD <aswathyp1986 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> What is the use of X Window System and the Matchbox window? It is said
>> that the laptop runs the Fedora 7 Linux distribution; on top of the X
>> Window
>> System and the Matchbox window manage we run a novel Sugar user interface
>> and support library, supporting a core set of "activities" or
>> applications.
>> Why is it so?
>>
>> Does the Draw activity works with the touchpad? Similar to paint in
>> Windows where we use the mouse to draw.
>>
> Yes, the touchpad controls the cursor/pointer hence the same would be
> used
> for drawing in the Draw Activity.
>
>> How many other drawing applications are there in OLPC? Also the word
>> applications. Is Write or Abiword is used as a word application in OLPC?
>>
>>
> The default OS build includes an Activity called "Write" which was
> earlier
> called Abiword.
>
> You could have a feel of the sugar/Actvities even without getting an XO on
> your home machine through emulation.
> See
> wiki.laptop.org/go/Sugar_with_sugar-jhbuild
>
>> If we connect a Wacom graphics tablet in the USB port of OLPC will it
>> detect?
>>
>>
>>
>> aswathy
>>
> There is support for a lot of USB devices. For example USB drives, USB
> mass
> storage devices, USB mouse, USB keyboard..etc but i've never tried putting
> in a graphics tablet.
>
> thanks
> Arjun
>
>
>>
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