Hi Tony and all, On Thu, 2012-11-08 at 13:32 -0500, Tony Anderson wrote: > Hi, Sridhar > > One of the important potential benefits from gathering use cases is to > clarify the roles of the Community XS project and XS-0.7. >
Why is that an issue at at all? The "Community XS" (think XS-0.8 here) is going to address the current shortcomings of XS-0.7. > From my perspective, if you can afford to deploy a server with 2GB or > more main memory and 500GB or more hard drive capacity, XS-0.7 serves > well and easily supports adding or customizing services. The > configuration shown in SF costs less than $350 and draws 18w (based on > measurements taken by George Hunt). With a large hard drive, it is > perfectly to keep Moodle even if it is not used. > > In my experience, the school server is installed in the school ready > with XS-07 installed along with the available content. Barring hardware > failure, the only interaction at the school is to turn the server on at > the start of day and turn it off at the end. With modern computers, both > functions require only a push on the power button. > I'm not thinking about an XO here at all but on a server that you spec'd. Tell me how do you deploy the 0.7 version on a network where you don't have control over the DNS and have everything work? I have an idea on how to pull that off with avahi, I would like to hear about how you would implement that situation. > Community XS serves a valuable role where only XOs are available or > where power constraints are critical. It may also have a role in > supporting special network requirements. > Not to mention better hardware support for the latest hardware available and ARM support by using Fedora. You can get on board with the future and have a say in your pet interests but please don't get in the way of progress. Jerry The other XS-CE developer > Tony > > > On 11/08/2012 10:55 AM, devel-requ...@lists.laptop.org wrote: > > Message: 2 > > Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 13:57:12 +1100 > > From: Sridhar Dhanapalan<srid...@laptop.org.au> > > To: Holt<h...@laptop.org> > > Cc: Devel's in the Details<devel@lists.laptop.org>, Maryam Rehan El > > Baz<mel...@mail.sfsu.edu>, iaep<i...@lists.sugarlabs.org>, XS Devel > > <server-de...@lists.laptop.org>, Support Gangsters > > <support-g...@laptop.org> > > Subject: Re: gathering use cases > > Message-ID: > > <CABPDnXn8Xz9BwRD_zy_PUr43CG=_rKXv8u6=zLjD0f+Juk=x...@mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > On 3 November 2012 07:46, Holt<h...@laptop.org> wrote: > >> >Thanks much Sameer. Am includingsupport-g...@laptop.org to make sure we > >> >gather microdeployment and support volunteer feedback too. > >> > > >> >While our XS Community Edition experiment ain't quite ready for > >> >showtime/download yet, its white paper & code repository are here: > >> >http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition > > The white paper that Adam is referring to can be found at > > https://docs.google.com/a/dhanapalan.com/document/pub?id=1dnhU2F6EntepVXTgN8QpkME8fZVUuPjcCoMUfAVKbcc > > > > I am the primary author, but it was written by canvassing feedback and > > opinions from schools and XS community members (including Jerry Vonau, > > George Hunt, Adam Holt and many others). The paper discusses several > > use cases and design goals, and outlines the underlying principles > > behind how we do things in OLPC Australia. > > > > There is some miscommunication being spread around that I'd like to > > clear up. Firstly, this is not a 'secret' project. The white paper > > explains our mission, and the code repo and issues trackers are open. > > Secondly, the intent is to create a flexible framework that can be > > adapted to suit local needs. This is*not*, as some keep asserting, a > > project to have the XS work only on the XO. The community XS will work > > on any x86 or ARM based hardware that works with Fedora. The white > > paper explains this in depth. > > > > Sridhar > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel