<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=windows-1252" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western"> <div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western"> <div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western"> <div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western"> <div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western"> <div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western"> <div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western"> <div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western"> <div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 13px;" lang="x-western">Please join us Right Now reviewing the latest OLPC/Sugar community projects over IRC Live Chat: (2PM EDT Boston Time Friday) <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://forum.laptop.org/chat">http://forum.laptop.org/chat</a> Then type at bottom: /join #olpc-meeting AGENDA: * New projects & libraries -- teaching them Community Outreach: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects#XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects#XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries</a> * Which projects might you enjoy Mentoring?! <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Search/Results.html?Query=Queue=%27contributors%27">http://rt.laptop.org/Search/Results.html?Query=Queue=%27contributors%27</a> * Fast Review of the 5 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals -- please join us advocating for and/or reviewing shortcomings of these proposals: 1. Ambulant (W3C Smile 3.0 implementation) - Netherlands <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=46574">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=46574</a> (project needs to provide public URL!) <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://olpc.ch"></a> Requests 2 XO-1's and 1 XO-1.5 over 12+ months Project Objectives: The goal is to be able to verify that the Ambulant software incorporated in the Smile activity operates properly on the XO with Sugar and to reproduce reported problems. 2. South Tyrol Lending Library - Italy <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=46582">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=46582</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_South_Tyrol">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_South_Tyrol</a> Requests 10 XO-1's over 12 months Project Objectives: <ul> <li> Helping Italian speaking schools from a sugar soas environment to a XO/Sugar one </li> <li> Italian schools are already using Sugar in thier Linux computer classrooms in some cases, the logical next step is to convince teachers to experiment with XOs. </li> <li> Translating the manual to Italian language </li> </ul> 3. Palaver Project - Liberia <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=43624"></a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=46632">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=46632</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Kathypuente">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Kathypuente</a> Requests 2 XO's over 6+ months Project Objectives: Objective 1: To gather interest in the community by teachers, parents and students in having laptops as learning tools. Objective 2: To have a laptop for each student and teacher at Virginia Christian Academy in the Lower Virginia community in Liberia. There are approximately 150 students. Objective 3: To increase literacy in the community by having ebooks available for the children and their families to practice and enjoy. Liberia has only a 40% literacy rate. Objective 4: To break down tribal barriers and create an atmosphere of collaboration through the use of technology and a network. 4. Aura OS, STS SpreadSheet, LittleJect File Compressor -- India <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=46764">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=46764</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://phoenix-team.tk">http://phoenix-team.tk</a> Requests 2 XO 1.5's over 24+ months Project Objectives: PHOENIX AURA: Aura is an open source operating system which is based on OpenSuSE 11.1 platform. Some members of Phoenix Team had recently proposed that it would be nice if we can work our way towards running Aura in XO and XO-1.5 netbooks. We are currently designing this project in 2 sub streams: -BASE PROJECT -- which is intentionally designed for low power machines, like old Intel P3 or Celeron which will install well inside the limit of 700 MiB. The XO is a good target for this type of stream. -Phoenix Aura-X -- Normal, full functional operating system designed specifically for home or developers' usage. Phoenix Aura will be: <div class="message-stanza-depth-1"> = Free of Charge, including every release = Open to modify its design and kernel = We are thinking to ship Aura free to every country for only shipping </div> and handeling charges. OBJECTIVES: =To provide free, interactive and full functional OS to youth. =Provide operating system for developer schools in India,,,(Some developers working for schools) =To increase the potential of FOSS. Spread-The-Sheet Spread-The-Sheet or STS is open source SpreadSheet program similar to Microsoft Office Excel or OpenOffice.org Calc... but it is simple and interactive, allowing even children to use it. STS is aimed clearly for children(or more specifically, youth) to use it. LittleJect LittleJect is a codename of a project which Phoenix-Team is currently developing in addition to BoomingBang(Codename Imperius) It is a file compression utility which is aimed to compress higher than 70%. We are in early development phase of this project which has just started in August. 5. OLOGO (OLPC Logo), Education game(s), Photo Editing - New York, USA <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=46913">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=46913</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.eecs.usma.edu/olpc">http://www.eecs.usma.edu/olpc</a> (not active yet) Requests 2 XO-1's and 2 XO-1.5's over 12 months Project Objectives: The overall program objective is to enhance the OLPC and increase its value to the end users as a fun and educational tool. -The OLPC Logo program will allow the users to create graphics, and also learn how to write small scripts that can produce spriograph type images -The educational game(s) will be decided during the project, but aim at being addictive (ex. The incredible machine), and support learning as well. -The photo editing program is aimed to inspire the users by taking photos from the internal camera, and allow quick modifications and filters with an easy to use interface. </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>