<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Hi Everybody,<br><br>I will not be available for our meeting on the 18 October.<br><br>However, I will need your help in the school pilot I am organising, namely:<br><br>1. Identifying the best software to use to run the XO;<br>2. Identifying a suitable content to teach learning English for a Grade IV level class.<br><br>The proposed pilot will seek to use the OLPC XO as a teaching aid in learning English. The curriculum will still be based on the existing one approved by DepED.<br><br>Thanks.<br><br>Charles<br><br><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br><br></div> <div>Please consider our environment before printing this email.<br>WARNING - This email and any attachments may be confidential. If received in error, please delete and inform us by return email. Because emails and attachments may be interfered with, may contain computer viruses or other
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olpc-philippines@lists.laptop.org<br>Received: Saturday, 11 October, 2008, 3:00 AM<br><br><pre>Send OLPC-Philippines mailing list submissions to<br> olpc-philippines@lists.laptop.org<br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-philippines<br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> olpc-philippines-request@lists.laptop.org<br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br> olpc-philippines-owner@lists.laptop.org<br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of OLPC-Philippines digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Re: Stallman and OLPC (Jerome Gotangco)<br> 2. Re: OLPC PH next meeting: Oct. 17, 2008 at 8PM PHT.<br> (Carlos Nazareno)<br> 3. Re: OLPC PH next meeting: Oct. 17, 2008 at 8PM PHT.<br> (Jerome Gotangco)<br> 4. Re: OLPC PH next meeting: Oct. 17, 2008 at 8PM PHT (Greg
Smith)<br> 5. Re: OLPC PH next meeting: Oct. 17, 2008 at 8PM PHT<br> (Jerome Gotangco)<br> 6. Re: OLPC PH next meeting: Oct. 17, 2008 at 8PM PHT.<br> (melch valimento)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:34:48 +0800<br>From: "Jerome Gotangco" <jgotangco@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [OLPC-Philippines] Stallman and OLPC<br>To: mjmendoza@ymail.com, "OLPC Philippines/Pilipinas grassroots"<br> <olpc-philippines@lists.laptop.org><br>Message-ID:<br> <c138e6150810092334h140e77f5sea7e6d358b5213fb@mail.gmail.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<br><br>2008/10/10 Mj Mendoza IV <mjmendoza@ymail.com>:<br>> I'm just concerned if we (all the OLPC volunteers in general) are<br>really<br>> helping out the OLPC Project in bringing out its core goals.<br><br>He (Stallman) also wrote this:<br><br>"Proprietary software keeps
users divided and helpless. Its<br>functioning is secret, so it is incompatible with the spirit of<br>learning. Teaching children to use a proprietary (non-free) system<br>such as Windows does not make the world a better place, because it<br>puts them under the power of the system's developer -- perhaps<br>permanently. You might as well introduce the children to an addictive<br>drug. If the XO turns out to be a platform for spreading the use of<br>proprietary software, its overall effect on the world will be<br>negative."<br><br>Stallman is likening Windows to a drug? This was discussed before. I'd<br>rather not elaborate. I used to contribute to the FSF as a sustaining<br>member but how things are going lately, with Stallman at the<br>forefront, and raiding Apple Stores, etc. they've become<br>fundamentalists looking to cull the infidels.<br><br>Sugar as a learning platform should not be locked to this<br>fundamentalist mindset. Sugar ported to Windows
is a win for learning,<br>expands learning opportunities, reaches a bigger audience. But this is<br>not the ultimate goal of Sugar (porting).<br><br>-- <br>Jerome G.<br><br>Website: http://www.gotangco.com<br>Blog: http://engage.wordpress.com<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:09:09 +0800<br>From: "Carlos Nazareno" <object404@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [OLPC-Philippines] OLPC PH next meeting: Oct. 17, 2008 at<br> 8PM PHT.<br>To: "OLPC Philippines/Pilipinas grassroots"<br> <olpc-philippines@lists.laptop.org><br>Message-ID:<br> <c58c2c4a0810100109l19591fa4gc6dbdb8873c13b30@mail.gmail.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<br><br>Ganito.<br><br>Si Melch di pa masyado versed sa Linux.<br><br>On Oct. 13, lalabas na dapat yung OS build 8.2.0 final which is the<br>one they'll be shipping with the upcoming Nov.17 Give 1 Get 1 OLPC<br>program.<br><br>Can you USB-clean install
Michaelangelo with 8.2.0 final when it comes<br>out, install the newer G1G1 activity pack (I think they'll update it<br>for 8.2.0), then install Opera 9.60, Flash 10 RC, and Midnight<br>commander for Melch?<br><br>Also, can you try and help figure out how to install<br>gstreamer-plugins-ugly sa 8.2.0 para tumakbo yung sound sa Gnash? Para<br>makapag-test din si Melch sa standalone version ng Gnash.<br>gstreamer-ffmpeg installs fine sa build 767.<br><br>Tapos kayo na lang ni Melch magmeet? (convenient naman kay Melch from his YM).<br><br>I'll update the Opera page sa olpc wiki to reflect the newly release<br>version 9.60 rpms.<br><br>Melch, oks, meetup na lang kayo ni Jerome. Hintayin mo na lang na<br>ilabas ng OLPC team yung bagong OS build which should be soon.<br><br>-Naz<br><br>On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 8:00 AM, Jerome Gotangco <jgotangco@gmail.com><br>wrote:<br>> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 12:48 AM, Carlos Nazareno<br><object404@gmail.com>
wrote:<br>>> Jerome, can we meet up sometime next week or maybe weekend next week?<br>>> I'd like to lend Michaelangelo to Melch so he can do some Flash<br>>> hands-on testing.<br>><br>> Sure although I'm afraid I'll be in Ortigas the whole week. If you<br>> want, I can send it directly to Melch (I can pack it with the box) or<br>> we could meet up at Ortigas. Weekends have been busy for me lately.<br>><br>> --<br>> Jerome G.<br>><br>> Website: http://www.gotangco.com<br>> Blog: http://engage.wordpress.com<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> OLPC-Philippines mailing list<br>> OLPC-Philippines@lists.laptop.org<br>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-philippines<br>><br><br><br><br>-- <br>Carlos Nazareno<br>http://www.object404.com<br><br>interactive media specialist<br>zen graffiti
studios<br>naz@zengraffiti.com<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 3<br>Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:42:59 +0800<br>From: "Jerome Gotangco" <jgotangco@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [OLPC-Philippines] OLPC PH next meeting: Oct. 17, 2008 at<br> 8PM PHT.<br>To: "OLPC Philippines/Pilipinas grassroots"<br> <olpc-philippines@lists.laptop.org><br>Message-ID:<br> <c138e6150810100142p2970eb59r358aba03bd324f19@mail.gmail.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<br><br>2008/10/10 Carlos Nazareno <object404@gmail.com>:<br>> Ganito.<br>><br>> Si Melch di pa masyado versed sa Linux.<br>><br>> On Oct. 13, lalabas na dapat yung OS build 8.2.0 final which is the<br>> one they'll be shipping with the upcoming Nov.17 Give 1 Get 1 OLPC<br>> program.<br>><br>> Can you USB-clean install Michaelangelo with 8.2.0 final when it comes<br>> out, install the newer G1G1 activity pack (I think they'll
update it<br>> for 8.2.0), then install Opera 9.60, Flash 10 RC, and Midnight<br>> commander for Melch?<br><br>It's already in 767candidate when the final build comes out, he can<br>just use olpc-update from the Terminal activity. The G1G1v2 is already<br>included on the current machine, but if he can wait I can put it on a<br>clean slate when 8.2.0 is released.<br><br>> Also, can you try and help figure out how to install<br>> gstreamer-plugins-ugly sa 8.2.0 para tumakbo yung sound sa Gnash? Para<br>> makapag-test din si Melch sa standalone version ng Gnash.<br>> gstreamer-ffmpeg installs fine sa build 767.<br><br>I'll check it this weekend. Usually gstreamer-plugins-ugly contains<br>codecs that are either 1) proprietary or 2) not exactly ready for<br>primetime.<br><br><br>> Tapos kayo na lang ni Melch magmeet? (convenient naman kay Melch from his<br>YM).<br>><br>> I'll update the Opera page sa olpc wiki to reflect the newly
release<br>> version 9.60 rpms.<br>><br>> Melch, oks, meetup na lang kayo ni Jerome. Hintayin mo na lang na<br>> ilabas ng OLPC team yung bagong OS build which should be soon.<br><br>Anytime next week, I am in Ortigas. Sorry won't be working from home<br>for quite a while so Ortigas would be the most convenient place to<br>meet up.<br><br><br>-- <br>Jerome G.<br><br>Website: http://www.gotangco.com<br>Blog: http://engage.wordpress.com<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 4<br>Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:55:54 -0400<br>From: Greg Smith <gregsmitholpc@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [OLPC-Philippines] OLPC PH next meeting: Oct. 17, 2008 at<br> 8PM PHT<br>To: olpc-philippines@lists.laptop.org<br>Message-ID: <48EF50DA.5030407@laptop.org><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed<br><br>Hi Guys,<br><br>Great to see all the activity in the Philippines list!<br><br>I would love to see an RPG! We need
more fun.<br><br>One note on Flash, its hard to collect all the Flash threads but I <br>believe that Flash 10 is running a little better on the XO. We still <br>have a challenge with Flash acceleration not working well with out AMD <br>Geode chip. This results in slow performance for Flash, even when using <br>the most compatible version. Let me know if you get different results.<br><br>I believe someone has pushed AMD and Adobe to talk about that and I'm <br>hoping Adobe will fix it soon, but I don't have the details.<br><br>On Joyrdie and releases, that is correct that Joyride is the <br>"development" branch. It contains the latest and greatest but maybe <br>broken too.<br><br>More information on Releases and where to get them is at:<br>http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Releases<br>with past releases listed under the release notes link:<br>http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes<br><br>We're about to post the next major release, 8.2.0 as early as next week.
<br>You can get a signed version of that by following instructions here:<br>http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Friends_in_testing<br><br>I suggest that you do any activity or new development with that version.<br><br>Let me know if you have any questions or need more info. I'm not that <br>expert in activity packaging and game development but I can connect you <br>to people who are have any questions.<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Greg Smith<br>OLPC Product Manager<br><br>PS I think I picked up a little tagalog: Pa-test naman = great news?<br><br>PPS Naz, you're making a great impact on the devel list. Keep it up!<br><br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 5<br>Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:58:53 +0800<br>From: "Jerome Gotangco" <jgotangco@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [OLPC-Philippines] OLPC PH next meeting: Oct. 17, 2008 at<br> 8PM PHT<br>To: greg@laptop.org, "OLPC Philippines/Pilipinas grassroots"<br>
<olpc-philippines@lists.laptop.org><br>Message-ID:<br> <c138e6150810100558m4d8a3cd1v71893afa4e3c3295@mail.gmail.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<br><br>On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 8:55 PM, Greg Smith <gregsmitholpc@gmail.com><br>wrote:<br><br>> PS I think I picked up a little tagalog: Pa-test naman = great news?<br><br>Hey Greg, nice to see you here!<br><br>Pa test naman = please test<br><br>:-)<br><br><br>-- <br>Jerome G.<br><br>Website: http://www.gotangco.com<br>Blog: http://engage.wordpress.com<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 6<br>Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:24:39 -0700 (PDT)<br>From: melch valimento <melch_man@yahoo.com><br>Subject: Re: [OLPC-Philippines] OLPC PH next meeting: Oct. 17, 2008 at<br> 8PM PHT.<br>To: OLPC Philippines/Pilipinas grassroots<br> <olpc-philippines@lists.laptop.org><br>Message-ID: <223172.38925.qm@web43142.mail.sp1.yahoo.com><br>Content-Type:
text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>Hi Jerome, Naz,<br> <br> I'm willing to wait for the new build :) Thanks!<br> <br> @ Greg: Nice to hear from you :) I'd love to see an RPG on the XO too, so<br>I hope this works out well, hehe.<br> <br> Regards,<br> Melch<br><br>Jerome Gotangco <jgotangco@gmail.com> wrote: 2008/10/10 Carlos Nazareno :<br>> Ganito.<br>><br>> Si Melch di pa masyado versed sa Linux.<br>><br>> On Oct. 13, lalabas na dapat yung OS build 8.2.0 final which is the<br>> one they'll be shipping with the upcoming Nov.17 Give 1 Get 1 OLPC<br>> program.<br>><br>> Can you USB-clean install Michaelangelo with 8.2.0 final when it comes<br>> out, install the newer G1G1 activity pack (I think they'll update it<br>> for 8.2.0), then install Opera 9.60, Flash 10 RC, and Midnight<br>> commander for Melch?<br><br>It's already in 767candidate when the final build comes out, he can<br>just use olpc-update from
the Terminal activity. The G1G1v2 is already<br>included on the current machine, but if he can wait I can put it on a<br>clean slate when 8.2.0 is released.<br><br>> Also, can you try and help figure out how to install<br>> gstreamer-plugins-ugly sa 8.2.0 para tumakbo yung sound sa Gnash? Para<br>> makapag-test din si Melch sa standalone version ng Gnash.<br>> gstreamer-ffmpeg installs fine sa build 767.<br><br>I'll check it this weekend. Usually gstreamer-plugins-ugly contains<br>codecs that are either 1) proprietary or 2) not exactly ready for<br>primetime.<br><br><br>> Tapos kayo na lang ni Melch magmeet? (convenient naman kay Melch from his<br>YM).<br>><br>> I'll update the Opera page sa olpc wiki to reflect the newly release<br>> version 9.60 rpms.<br>><br>> Melch, oks, meetup na lang kayo ni Jerome. Hintayin mo na lang na<br>> ilabas ng OLPC team yung bagong OS build which should be soon.<br><br>Anytime next week,
I am in Ortigas. Sorry won't be working from home<br>for quite a while so Ortigas would be the most convenient place to<br>meet up.<br><br><br>-- <br>Jerome G.<br><br>Website: http://www.gotangco.com<br>Blog: http://engage.wordpress.com<br>_______________________________________________<br>OLPC-Philippines mailing list<br>OLPC-Philippines@lists.laptop.org<br>http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-philippines<br><br><br> <br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL:<br>http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-philippines/attachments/20081010/39d12117/attachment.html<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>OLPC-Philippines mailing list<br>OLPC-Philippines@lists.laptop.org<br>http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-philippines<br><br><br>End of OLPC-Philippines Digest, Vol 12, Issue
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