[Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Helping test Sugar 0.100

[Martin Abente]

This looks really good, I will give it a try during the weekend!


On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Gonzalo Odiard <gonzalo at laptop.org> wrote:

> To all the people interested in help to test the new features in Sugar
> 0.100,
> I have prepared rpms to install over a 13.2.0 image on xo-1.5 (I didn't
> tested on
> xo-1, but should work). The rpms include some improvements developed to
> include in Australia images too.
>
> *Steps to install:*
> *
> *
> 1) Install 13.2.0, as explained here:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/13.2.0
> 2) Download http://dev.laptop.org/~gonzalo/testing-0.100-i386.zip
> 4) In the terminal
> unzip testing-0.100-i386.zip
> su
> rpm -e sugar-update-control
> rpm -Uvh *.rpm
> rm -rf .sugar
> reboot
>
> *What is new on Sugar 0.100?*
>
> This is a pretty exciting release, with many improvements:
> Web Sevices: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Web_services
> Multiple Home Views:
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Multiple_home_views
> Multi Selection in the Journal:
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Multi_selection
> Enable change Home Icon: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Icon_Change
> Content Support: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Content_support
> Background image in Home View:
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Background_image_on_home_view
> Database Support in 3G Modems control panel:
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/3G_Support/Database_Support
>
> the Activities Updater was improved too, now can update from
> activities.sugarlabs.org or from wiki.laptop.org.
>
> The pygobject/gobject-introspection rpms included, contain fixes and
> performance improvements developed by Daniel Drake.
>
> *And more!*
>
> These patches have more fun, in development for Australia.
> New age and gender request dialog (to improve statistics collection)
> Backup/Restore: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Backup_and_Restore
> Proxy configuration: (based on work from Manuel Quiñones over the original
> feature proposal http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Proxy_configuration
> )
> WPA/WPA2 conections:
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/WPA-WPA2-Enterprise-Network-Connections
> Hidden Access Points connection (based in the feature
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Configuring_Hidden_Wifi_Access_Points
> )
>
> *What is out?*
>
> We can't test web activities in F18 yet. There are work ongoing, but is
> not ready.
>
> If someone need rpm sources, tell me, are not included in the zip to make
> easier the installation.
>
> Please report any issue you found in sugar-devel mailing list or fill a
> ticket in bugs.sugarlabs.org.
>
> Gonzalo
>
>
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