<div dir="ltr">On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 2:26 PM, Adam Holt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:holt@laptop.org" target="_blank">holt@laptop.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">In anticipation of IIAB/XSCE 6.2 RC2 (Release Candidate 2) that George & Tim are releasing as we speak, after busting their asses for months with amazing improvements(*) I've rewritten these items within <a href="http://schoolserver.org/FAQ" target="_blank">http://schoolserver.org/FAQ</a> :<br><div><ul><li class="gmail-m_6896812325046022012gmail-toclevel-1"><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Community_Edition/FAQ#Can_teachers_display_their_own_content.3F" target="_blank"><span class="gmail-m_6896812325046022012gmail-tocnumber">4</span> <span class="gmail-m_6896812325046022012gmail-toctext">Can teachers display their own content?</span></a></li><li class="gmail-m_6896812325046022012gmail-toclevel-1"><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Community_Edition/FAQ#How_do_I_customize_my_school_server.27s_start_page.3F" target="_blank"><span class="gmail-m_6896812325046022012gmail-tocnumber">13</span> <span class="gmail-m_6896812325046022012gmail-toctext">How do I customize my school server's start page?</span></a></li><li class="gmail-m_6896812325046022012gmail-toclevel-1"><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Community_Edition/FAQ#How_do_I_know_what_version_of_XSCE_I.27m_running.3F" target="_blank"><span class="gmail-m_6896812325046022012gmail-tocnumber">16</span> <span class="gmail-m_6896812325046022012gmail-toctext">How do I know what version of XSCE I'm running?</span></a></li></ul><p>Tim & All, can you please help me improve #13 especially!</p><p>(*) the many fixes & improvements of IIAB/XSCE 6.2 still need to be written up, it's true! For some early hints, see:</p><p style="margin-left:40px"><a href="https://github.com/xsce/xsce/commits/release-6.2" target="_blank">https://github.com/xsce/xsce/<wbr>commits/release-6.2</a></p><p><i>And oh yeah, IIAB/XSCE 6.2 RC1 and increasingly RC2 images are available here :-)</i></p><p> <a href="http://www.xsce.org/downloads/xsce-release-6.2/rpi/" target="_blank">http://www.xsce.org/downloads/<wbr>xsce-release-6.2/rpi/</a><br><br>Of course click on README.html and I recommend these two images especially:<br></p><ul><li> 170202_pixel_jan11_.img.zip (4.3GB Feb 2, if you want X Windows & Pixel desktop apps, by George Hunt)</li><li> raspbian-lite-content-ready-20<wbr>17-2-4.img.zip (3.1GB Feb 4, if you don't want X Windows & Pixel desktop apps, by Tim Moody)<br></li></ul><p>Do
feel free to try both if you have time, and enough MicroSD cards? As
they've been created by two different people, with different
implementation styles. Or if you're hardcore, don't hesitate to
“install from scratch” onto Debian 8.7.1</p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Clarif: of the 10 CPU architectures Debian 8.7.1 offers, we strongly recommend <a href="http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/debian-8.7.1-amd64-netinst.iso">amd64</a>. (248MB ISO)<br>Though one could say Raspbian (the dominant OS for Raspberry Pi) is based on something like <a href="http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/armhf/iso-cd/debian-8.7.1-armhf-netinst.iso">armhf</a>. (261 MB ISO)<br>And older x86 machines like XO-1 and XO-1.5 may run <a href="http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-cd/debian-8.7.1-i386-netinst.iso">i386</a> !? (316MB ISO)<br><br> <a href="https://www.debian.org/distrib/">https://www.debian.org/distrib/</a><br><br></div><div>Coincidence: quite a number of us expect to be in Montreal Aug 9-13 for Wikimania 2017, and by some alignment of the stars the weeklong DebConf17 is being held in Montreal the very same week, starting 3 days earlier (Aug 6-12). Those who want to arrive a bit earlier please keep in touch!<br><br> <a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf17">https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf17</a><br> <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org">https://debconf17.debconf.org</a><br></div><div><br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><p>following these instructions:<br><br> <a href="https://github.com/XSCE/xsce/wiki/XSCE-Installation#do-everything-from-scratch" target="_blank">https://github.com/XSCE/xsce/w<wbr>iki/XSCE-Installation#do-every<wbr>thing-from-scratch</a><br><br><i>Regardless, let us know how it goes!! Do join us Thur 10:30AM NYC Time if you can (<a href="http://tinyurl.com/xsceminutes" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/<wbr>xsceminutes</a>) to talk this over live!<br clear="all"><br>-- <br></i></p><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><i>Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ <a href="http://unleashkids.org" target="_blank">http://unleashkids.org</a> !</i></div></div><i>
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