Thanks Bryan! Can you add a link to activity testing results from the Release Notes page with this info? ( http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Update.1_Software_Release_Notes)
It would be great for others to refer to this info when they download 702 and recent activities. Thanks, Kim On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Bryan Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey guys, > > Today I tested out almost of all of the activities on > wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities on build 702. > > I remember reading an e-mail from Kim Quirk asking folks to test > installing the activities on build 702. I am posting my findings here in > case it might be useful. You may already be aware of the problems I > encountered. > > First I downloaded all of the activities from the wiki page. I didn't > use any automated scripts or xo-get because bandwidth is quite poor at > my location. I didn't test out activity sharing, hopefully will do that > tomorrow or Friday. > > What didn't work: > OurStories v.1-beta > Mimic v.1 > MaMaMedia Storybuilder v.12 :( really an awesome activity > Tuxpaint v.1 --> doesn't run at all > Schoolsplay v.0.4- runs but display screwed up, hard to read > MaMaMedia Creative Center v.3 - works but doesn't do __anything__, > appears > to be an advertisement > Kuku - doesn't run > Inferno - doesn't run > Dr. Geo II - v.104 does run but really, really slowly > Watch & Listen v.10 doesn't even show an icon in the activity panel > > > What Works: > Scratch > Need Words app to work w/ Nepali, otherwise mostly useless > Newsreader runs but very slowly > Maze > Speak > Browse > Write > Paint, OK > Measure > EToys > Memorize > StarChart > Moon > SimCity starts up, didn't play w/ it much > Record > TurtleArt > SocialCalc > Ruler > PlayGo > PollBuilder runs, but Lesson Plans don't render properly, appears to > be xml-1.0, UTF-8 > MaMaMedia Learning Center > Jokebook > Jump > Jigsaw Puzzle > XoIRC > Implode > Frotz > XaOS > Flipsticks > > Other issues: > In general, Etoys-based activities start pretty quickly but take a > long time to shutdown, literally 2 minutes. This is an issue our team > in Nepal is wrestling w/. Hopefully we will come up w/ a solution that > can be shared. I should ask Hilaire for help w/ this. > > Minimal documentation for Starchart, Go, Measure, Jump, Implode, > Connect. These are __great__ activities but it would be hard for a kid > to get into them w/out having background knowledge. Our two schools will > share a 128 kbps Internet connection so it will be harder for the kids > to google for answers. > > SocialCalc, appears to be proprietary. The license info read "All Rights > Reserved." How are we allowed to use it > and how can we translate it? Am I missing something? > > > I got some weird errors during bootup HAL daemon userdel: user 1035 > does not exist > > I got 6 or 7 such messages > > Question: > How do I install the locale for Gcompris? > How do I install the TamTam suite? > > > Hope this was of some use. On the whole, I was quite impressed by the > breadth of activities. For now, 702 gets my vote for Update.1 stable > release > > > -- > Bryan W. Berry > Systems Engineer > OLE Nepal, http://www.olenepal.org > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel >
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