[Testing] HOLIDAY GIFT PREVIEW: Software Release 10.1.3 (for XO-1 and XO-1.5!)

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi Adam,

Thanks for the link to the installation instructions.  I was trying to do a direct download last night, but it did not install after downloading.  I'll try again today.

Caryl

Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 03:44:13 -0500
From: holt at laptop.org
To: support-gang at laptop.org; testing at lists.laptop.org; olpc-sf at lists.laptop.org
Subject: [Testing] HOLIDAY GIFT PREVIEW: Software Release 10.1.3 (for XO-1	and XO-1.5!)



  



    
  
  
    For those who missed Simon Schampijer and Gary Martin's beautiful
    Sunday presentation of the imminent OLPC Release 10.1.3, with these
    guys calling in all the way from Berlin and Scotland -- you truly
    missed out!!

    

    RECAP: Expect a/the near-final Release Candidate of v10.1.3 here in
    the coming ~24hrs or so:

    

        http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/10.1.3#Installation

    

    BETTER YET: Final release is likely prior to Christmas!  As the new
    school year starts in South America in not-so-many weeks/months!

    

    All the more reason to dive in testing these great new features
    a.s.a.p., requested by real-world deployments in South Americans
    especially -- using this gorgeous page Simon has put together
    explaining (A) dandy new stuff and (B) how you can help:

    

        http://wiki.laptop.org/go/10.1.3/Testing

    

    Even Richard's electrical power tracking is there so you can
    evaluate solar electricity effectiveness etc :)

    

    BEST OF ALL: Simon's thoroughness and explanations above are truly
    inspiring.  Notably his particular interested in creating a smooth
    ride, friendly and backwards-compatible for teachers who've made
    backups of kids' Journals onto USB sticks, using prior versions like
    Sugar .82 derivatives such as
    http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/8.2.1 etc.  Kindly do him a
    favor and give this a go!  Posting your data-upgrade results to the
    wiki above, no matter how cleanly your/kids' portfolios upgrade to
    v10.1.3's based on Sugar .84.

    

    Just one more example: we talked a lot about the "Mesh Networking"
    being replaced by Ad-Hoc Networking going forward, based on
    http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Ad_hoc_Networking and how this
    can in fact work with XO-1s and XO-1.5s all under the same tree! 
    Thanks to the new "Mayan Notation" symbols for Channels 1, 6 and 11
    you (and hopefully the masses ;) will soon see in your Neighborhood
    View.  If anybody can please provide tailored screenshots to Luke
    who's about to release the brand new http://laptop.org/start that'd
    be *awesome*, as he's on the verge of publishing our 99%-done
    polished results from this spring's DC doc sprint, around these 2
    pages especially:

    

        http://teach.laptop.org/www.l.o/en/laptop/start/connecting.shtml

       
    http://teach.laptop.org/www.l.o/en/laptop/start/neighborhoodview.shtml

    

    PS Caryl, Nancie, Christoph & all the others on Sunday's call
    can help explain if you get stuck!  During the call I myself meant
    to ask how exactly Release 10.1.3 compares to
    http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Dextrose, and how they might co-evolve
    together/apart?  But time ran out as v10.1.3 filled up the whole
    hour, so keep up the great work as in the end we have a great topic
    to ponder for next time :)

  


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