Hi,<br>
<br>
Just want to know why don't we do these meets on <span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="goog-spellcheck-word">IRC</span>. Many people can participate and we can avoid the problems like noise disturbance.<br>
<br>Thanks<br>Puneet<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 12:41 AM, Sameer Verma <<a href="mailto:sverma@sfsu.edu">sverma@sfsu.edu</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">amit gogna wrote:<br>
> Following is the link giving details of OLPC India Conference :-<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_India/Conference_calls#Minutes_of_Meeting" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_India/Conference_calls#Minutes_of_Meeting</a><br>
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</div></div>A few points that I'd like to add:<br>
<br>
The conference call sound quality was a bit of a problem, although I<br>
don't think this was a problem with the setup. It sounded like someone<br>
on the conference call was sitting in traffic...way too much traffic<br>
noise. It was also suggested that we could perhaps look for a hybrid<br>
conference call setup which would support dial-in and VoIP calls. I know<br>
that Gizmo supports such a feature, but AFAIK the call in number is a<br>
US-based number. See<br>
<a href="http://gizmo5.com/pc/products/features/conference-calling/" target="_blank">http://gizmo5.com/pc/products/features/conference-calling/</a> for details.<br>
<br>
In terms of the upcoming installs or pilots in India, I would reiterate<br>
that interested people and parties should look to other pilots for<br>
"lessons learned". Nepal and Pakistan come to mind, given their<br>
proximity. I've seen a lot more public info on the Nepal pilot, though.<br>
<a href="http://www.olenepal.org/" target="_blank">http://www.olenepal.org/</a> There are several issues that can be<br>
categorized into hardware, software, localization, repairs, training,<br>
etc. Many of these will be largely the same for most deployments, so no<br>
reinvention is necessary. Some issues will of course be specific for<br>
deployments in different parts of India, and those will have to be<br>
addressed on a case by case basis.<br>
<br>
Another item of concern is the level of awareness. I've talked to people<br>
at a couple of different LUGs in India about the project, and I got a<br>
sense if indifference from them. Perhaps we need a stronger push to<br>
connect LUGs into different OLPC projects. LUGs tend to have goals<br>
similar to what OLPC has. LUGs aren't really about Linux or FOSS as much<br>
as they are about education! This was my suggestion to Gaurav (from<br>
Punjab University) on the phone call. Gaurav's group at Punjab<br>
University is doing interesting things in reaching out to the<br>
communities. Gaurav: Can we hear from you on some of those activities?<br>
Perhaps pointers to slides, blogs, etc.?<br>
<br>
LUGs all over India can get involved and spread the word. They can go<br>
out to the local communities and improve awareness. There is also a<br>
perception that if you don't have an XO, you can't really do much. This<br>
is not the case if you are using a live CD though. The current batch of<br>
Live CDs (<a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/LiveBackup_XO-LiveCD" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/LiveBackup_XO-LiveCD</a>) provide a<br>
large proportion of the functionality that one would see on an XO.<br>
Perhaps this avenue should be explored more. After all, its really a<br>
Fedora-derived distro. You could very well run an entire classroom of<br>
these LiveCDs on regular desktops and still avail the features of Sugar!<br>
<br>
Then we have the localization bit. Sayamindu Dasgupta and others have<br>
done a great job of setting up this resource. We need to be able to use<br>
it to its fullest extent.<br>
<br>
On Pootle (<a href="https://dev.laptop.org/translate/" target="_blank">https://dev.laptop.org/translate/</a>), we have: Afrikaans,<br>
Amharic, Arabic, Aymara, Basque, Bengali, Bengali (India), Bulgarian,<br>
Catalan, Chinese (China), Chinese (Hong Kong), Chinese (Taiwan), Czech,<br>
Danish, Dari, Dutch, Dzongkha, English, English (South African), English<br>
(US), Finnish, French, Friulian, Fula, Galician, Georgian, German,<br>
Greek, Gujarati, Hausa, Hindi, Icelandic, Igbo, Italian, Japanese,<br>
Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Kreyol, Macedonian, Malayalam, Maltese,<br>
Marathi, Mongolian, Nepali, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese,<br>
Portuguese (Brazil), Punjabi, Quechua, Romanian, Russian, Serbian,<br>
Sindhi, Sinhala, Slovenian, Sotho, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu,<br>
Templates, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Wolof, Yoruba,<br>
pseudo L10n<br>
<br>
Look at the list and see if you have a language/script that's not on<br>
there but you'd like to help with. For basic instructions on how to use<br>
Pootle see <a href="http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/452" target="_blank">http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/452</a> The screenshots are a bit<br>
dated, but the idea should get across. You'll notice on that same page<br>
that the slides have been translated into Bulgarian and Chinese. How<br>
about converting the slides into some Indian languages?<br>
<br>
In all, I am quite excited to see things moving again on this list.<br>
Let's hope we keep up the momentum.<br>
<br>
cheers,<br>
Sameer<br>
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Associate Professor of Information Systems<br>
San Francisco State University<br>
San Francisco CA 94132 USA<br>
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