I'll list a grab bag of project ideas in this email. Some of these are high priority, some are low, some have OLPC people working on them, some do not. The list is certainly not complete! Please respond to this email to list things I've left out or projects you're currently exploring, or to express interest. I've tried to list some email addresses by each idea of OLPC folk who are interested or could give more information.
(Help wiki-fying this list would be appreciated! See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects_and_proposals ) --scott PROJECTS, IN THE ORDER THEY POPPED INTO MY HEAD: Spanish wikipedia slice activity ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Wiki_server Wiki textbooks. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Read Collaborative PDF annotation might be a good start. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/MikMik ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Physics-learning games (like Phun and Elements) http://www.phun.at/ http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Elements School server management tools ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://wiki.laptop.org/go/School_Server http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Apr_3-4_Mini-conference Hunger project http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Malnutrition Testing tools. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activity_Testing_Project http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Schoolserver_Testing http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Tinderbox_Testing (see also, "Build servers" below) Build servers. http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/5279 http://buildbot.net/trac http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Pilgrim http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Building_custom_images http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Puritan Docs to go w/ builds: http://dev.laptop.org/~cscott/joyride-1477-api/ http://dev.laptop.org/~cscott/joyride-1477-api/epydoc.py http://dev.laptop.org/~cscott/joyride-1477-api/epydoc.config http://epydoc.sourceforge.net/ http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/4132 Remote debugging: http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/6447 Blogging platforms on XO http://moodle.org/ http://wordpress.org/ Email app (Gmail, or lightweight local email) Flashcards for the classroom. (Make own flashcards on the XO) Geography browser / quiz. (Make own maps on the XO) Edubuntu integration (sugar chooser for edubuntu, edubuntu activities for XO) KDE edutainment integration / ports http://edu.kde.org/ Other Education software: http://ask.slashdot.org/askslashdot/08/04/25/2124228.shtml Translations/localization ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) https://dev.laptop.org/translate/ Also, integrating a "translate this" feature into the UI, or mouse-over translations using a small local dictionary. Filesystems ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Olpcfs http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Apr_3-4_Mini-conference IPv6 tunnel endpoints ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Network_principles Private Dynamic DNS for out-of-school uses of XO http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Network_principles Activity upgrade activity ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/4951 http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Apr_3-4_Mini-conference Key Manager activity ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/6428 Network manager maintainer. ([EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]) OLPC has deployment-specific hacks in NetworkManager; these need to be ported to FC9 Network Manager and/or reimplemented in a more general manner. Initscripts work. ([EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]) We need to boot fast & start X sooner! http://upstart.ubuntu.com/ Kernel power-management work ([EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Power_management http://www.linuxsymposium.org/2007/view_abstract.php?content_key=264 http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Sleepy_Linux http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Apr_3-4_Mini-conference Python performance tuning (sugar) "How to use your new XO" activity ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Large # of our support tickets are basic "how do I use this thing" issues Create/maintain builds designed to easy to install & run in emulators qemu, vmware, etc Mexico (and other deployments) are doing teacher training in emulators, because they don't want to divert any XOs from the kids Developers who don't have an XO also like to use emulators. Printer support (big scope!) http://www.cups.org/ Security work ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Bitfrost http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Rainbow http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Apr_3-4_Mini-conference Child-safe web filtering on XO Regardless of its merits, CIPA requires it for XO deployments in US schools: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Internet_Protection_Act Kid-friendly Python IDE http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Pippy http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Develop http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=users/cscott/icon-draw-activity Collaboration via Multi-pointer X (MPX) http://wearables.unisa.edu.au/mpx/ http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2006-May/015602.html Lots more at: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects_and_proposals And don't forget: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Developer_program -- ( http://cscott.net/ ) _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
