[Testing] XO1.5 keyboard clarification

[John Watlington]

On Aug 4, 2010, at 8:38 AM, Swapna Gambhiraopet wrote:

> Hello All,
> 
> I needed a clarification with regard to the keyboard of XO1.5 laptop.
> 
> Why is it that we have 'control' key above 'shift' key which is quite
> the opposite in conventional keyboards? Is there a tech /
> learning-related reason behind it or is it a bug?

I would point out that the argument about where the CTL key goes
has been raging for decades, and there isn't a clear winner.

Since OLPC keyboards have no CAPS LOCK, what you you place
there instead ?

Cheers,
wad

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>> From: Tabitha Roder <tabitha at tabitha.net.nz>
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>> We are in Samoa helping out at two small deployments. We are
>> installing a school server and wifi at each school. They are running
>> 8.2.1 on XO-1 hardware  (G1G1 donation). We have been running this
>> build on our laptops and it feels like a big step down from the sugar
>> 0.84 and bernies's 0.88 builds we have been testing recently.
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>> Does anyone have a build they would recommend? I believe the laptops
>> are locked, so it will have to be signed.
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>> I'm running a newer build on one of our XOs and browse can't do http
>> basic authentication to configure the access points :-( I think it is
>> os300 (but that XO isn't with me right now).
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>> Drop cc: on mailing lists that dont belong please.
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>> Thanks for your help
>> Tabitha and Tom
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>> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 18:56:20 +0530
>> From: Chamindra de Silva <chamindra at opensource.lk>
>> Subject: [Testing] Web Based Test Case Management and Reporting tool
>> To: Tim McNamara <mcnamara.tim at gmail.com>
>> Cc: Testing <testing at lists.laptop.org>, Chamindra de Silva
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>> Hi Tim,
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>> Just checking if you were able to get any feedback from the NZ testing
>> community if they were also comfortable using testlink to capture test cases
>> as well. If not let's look at some other options. Meanwhile I also came
>> across a good list of Open Sourcef alternatives in this space:
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>> http://www.opensourcetesting.org/testmgt.php
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>> Chamindra de Silva
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