<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Yama,</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Yes, thanks for the offer. The
"XS Latest" is what we refer to as the XS-150 release. It
is a LiveCD that will wipe clean your sytem and install the base software.
If you wish to help test, please sign up (subscribe) on the discussion
list (http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel). Download the
ISO file, burn yourself the CD, and then use that to boot your system that
you will clobber.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">We are trying to get something ready
for OLE-Nepal by March/April. Here is the configuration: http://blog.olenepal.org/index.php/archives/138</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The only thing really unique to OLPC
XO laptops is the use of an "active antenna" to drive the mesh
for the student laptops. This can be emulated with a second ethernet
NIC card and Wi-Fi hub to any laptop with Wi-Fi access. (Or a wire-connected
second machine)</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">For a better understanding overall here
is the main wiki page: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I agree we need to deal with content.
We need to worry about language translation, age-appropriate filtering,
caching to improve performance, etc. Any ideas you can contribute
will be greatly appreciated.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Thanks</font>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Tony,<br>
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I have several computers waiting to be used for something, saving them<br>
for just something like what you are proposing.<br>
I am downloading the Jan 18 OLPC_XS_LATEST.iso from<br>
http://xs-dev.laptop.org/xs/ and later today will load it into a<br>
machine. I have also been saving paperware, lots of, driving my wife<br>
nuts :-)<br>
Please advise if this is the software you are using, and or if you have<br>
another better suggestion.<br>
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I have no access to an OLPC yet, and in any case whatever is achieved I<br>
hope will be platform independent, able to serve Classmates, Eees, old<br>
hardware...<br>
I want to collaborate with your initiative. It obviously will save
me<br>
(some) from feeling I need to reinvent the wheel.<br>
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My take is on the content side. I am very happy someone will figure
out<br>
the hardware & major software issues, like LAMP<br>
I am convinced that most OLPC deployments will happen with little or no<br>
actual access to the internet<br>
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Yama<br>
<br>
a comment to your OLPC News note earlier today:<br>
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Tony, I believe you have hit the nail right on the head as to what is<br>
The Next Big Challenge in terms of successful OLPC deployment. So
much<br>
I agree with you that I am considering starting a non-profit to solve<br>
the OLPC-to-rest-of-the-world interface, and in that sense the school<br>
server is obviously vital, and in the absence of connectivity to the<br>
internet, which will be the case more often than not, probably THE main<br>
element to make OLPCs work. I've seen<br>
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Server_Specification and I find their<br>
approach to hardware issues very interesting. Yet the next problem
I<br>
see is in content, content management, content access. In my mind
see a<br>
Wikipedia copy on the server, and a wiki that OLPC users can access and<br>
work with. I'm sure there is more. I will download and install
their<br>
live CD and set it in one of my test machines, and contact you through<br>
your email.<br>
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