<div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:36 PM, David Leeming <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:david@leeming-consulting.com" target="_blank">david@leeming-consulting.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra">
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<p class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">This is very exciting. I am just starting on a 200 XO 1.5
deployment in Solomon Islands and will give this a whirl.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">We have XO 1.5s with only 2GB onboard. Is that enough?</span></p></div></div></blockquote><div><br>
</div><div>Yes, XO 1.5s with 2GB are enough to provide the basic intra school connectivity and internet access for an entire school. </div><div><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> </span></div>
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<p class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">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?</span></p></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div> External storage gets a bit more tricky... but not much :)</div><div><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><br>
</span></div><div><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">SDcards should 'just work' with XSCE 0.3. On installation the XSCE will </span><span style="font-size:14.399999618530273px">auto detect</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> the SD card and make that space available.</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">George, Jerry, and Tim are still sorting out the external </span><span style="font-size:14.399999618530273px">hard drive</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> issues. I think they "work" in 0.3. </span><span style="font-size:14.399999618530273px">Because</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> you can get </span><span style="font-size:14.399999618530273px">unexpected</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> results if the usb connection is bumped and </span><span style="font-size:14.399999618530273px">disconnected</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> at unfortunate times, it did not make it to 'tested.' </span></font></div>
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<p class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">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. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u></span></p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div style>Then recommend install process is at <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.3/Installing">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.3/Installing</a> .</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Jerry is working on offline install... Again I think it works, just not tested enough to be considered 'release quality' for 0.3.</div><div><br></div><div style><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">My prefered install method is to run a XSCE as part of my work network. Then when I do installs, the necessary files are stored on the school server squid cache. The first one is slow, but the rest are pretty snappy :)</span></div>
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<p class=""><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">David Leeming<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Solomon Islands <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class=""><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> <a href="mailto:server-devel-bounces@lists.laptop.org" target="_blank">server-devel-bounces@lists.laptop.org</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:server-devel-bounces@lists.laptop.org" target="_blank">server-devel-bounces@lists.laptop.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>George Hunt<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 7 June 2013 11:07 a.m.</span></p><div><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Server-devel] ANNOUNCEMENT XSCE 0.3 Final Release<u></u><u></u><p></p>
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<p class=""><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">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. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We went conservative this release. Emphasis
on stability meant less time for new features.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">* XSCE now runs on the XO-1.5,XO-1.75 and
XO-4.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">* Modular Architecture: cleanly integrate
extendable services.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">* 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)</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">* Moodle is Back!</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">* Content filtering via openDNS.com</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">* Script for formatting of SD cards, and
integration into system for content storage and memory extending swap file
(does not work on XO4's)</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Grab an XO-1.5, XO-1.75 or a XO-4 to give
XSCE 0.3 give a whirl:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><a href="http://schoolserver.org/0.3" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">http://schoolserver.org/0.3</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">If you are just getting started with XSCE we
suggest using the instruction at </span><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.3/Installing" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.3/Installing</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> to install your
first server.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">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 </span><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.3/Testing" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.3/Testing</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">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.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class=""><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">George Hunt<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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