[Server-devel] ANNOUNCEMENT XSCE 0.3 Final Release

George Hunt georgejhunt at gmail.com
Wed Jun 12 05:26:37 EDT 2013


On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 10:36 PM, David Leeming <
david at leeming-consulting.com> wrote:

>  This is very exciting. I am just starting on a 200 XO 1.5 deployment in
> Solomon Islands and will give this a whirl.****
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> We have XO 1.5s with only 2GB onboard. Is that enough?****
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> I have seen the wiki pages and will work on that but if there are any
> tips, I will be watching this list, of course I will give my feedback too.
> ****
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> I particularly want to use the 30GB of content that the Pacific islands
> jointly collected together (mostly OERs). The way we did this on the XS 0.7
> was to put the content folders in /library and set up aliases in html.conf
> and then add links “to resource or website” on the Moodle pages. Can I
> assume I can do the same with XSCE 0.3 using a 32GB or 64GB SDRAM card?***
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It's my understanding that 32GB cards work, but that 64GB cards do not
(hearsay, and not direct personal experience).


>  **
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> To install, is it possible to down the image and install with a flash
> drive? Then I can get the download from one of the few places here where we
> can get a decent download speed, and install more than one at my leisure.
> ****
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> *David Leeming*
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> Solomon Islands ****
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> *From:* server-devel-bounces at lists.laptop.org [mailto:
> server-devel-bounces at lists.laptop.org] *On Behalf Of *George Hunt
> *Sent:* Friday, 7 June 2013 11:07 a.m.
>
> *To:* Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to help AT
> laptop.org
> *Cc:* Support Gangsters; server-devel; Testing; IAEP SugarLabs;
> devel at laptop.org
> *Subject:* [Server-devel] ANNOUNCEMENT XSCE 0.3 Final Release****
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> After three months of hard work.... and three weeks of working out the
> kinks in the release process, XSCE 0.3 is ready for its final release. ***
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> We went conservative this release. Emphasis on stability meant less time
> for new features.****
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> * XSCE now runs on the XO-1.5,XO-1.75 and  XO-4.****
>
> * Modular Architecture: cleanly integrate extendable services.****
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> * XSCE runs on the XOs' current OS 13.1.0 (we discovered some wrinkles
> with 13.2.0 which push its use off to the next release)****
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> * Moodle is Back!****
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> * Content filtering via openDNS.com****
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> * Script for formatting of SD cards, and integration into system for
> content storage and memory extending swap file (does not work on XO4's)***
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>  ****
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> Grab an XO-1.5, XO-1.75 or a XO-4 to give XSCE 0.3 give a whirl:****
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> http://schoolserver.org/0.3****
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> If you are just getting started with XSCE we suggest using the instruction
> at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.3/Installingto install your first server.
> ****
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> Once you are through the install, a good second step is to work your new
> server though it’s paces by doing the smoke test at
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.3/Testing****
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> Monster thanks to everyone who spent months of springtime work --
> traveling days from quite different parts of North America to make this
> community product real.****
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> George Hunt****
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