Re: [Server-devel] Internet-in-a-Box 6.6 Preview 2 (released!)

2018-07-17 Thread Adam Holt 
Internet-in-a-Box 6.6 Preview 2  [GitHub
history ] was effectively just
re-released, including reliability fixes for Kolibri (PR #918
) and MongoDB / Sugarizer (PR #919
) for schools and medical clinics
that do not (or cannot!) power down gracefully, etc.

*Massive thanks Jerry Vonau...and Everyone, for your ongoing fieldback
especially...as IIAB 6.6 approaches final release in a few short weeks !*


On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 6:06 AM, Adam Holt  wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 6:01 AM, Lionel Laské 
> wrote:
>
>> Great news!
>>
>> Thanks to all for your support to Sugarizer.
>> @Adam, just released officially v1.0.1 of Sugarizer Server here:
>> https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer-server/releases/tag/v1.0.1
>>
>
> * Thanks to Lionel and a dozen others for your help over the past week!*
>
> Consequently Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) 6.6 Preview 2
>  is now released, with 1-line-installers
> that work great on 3 mainline Linux OS's {Raspbian, Ubuntu 18.04 or Debian
> 9.5}.  Regardless whether you choose a "Server" edition or a headless
> "Desktop" edition (version) of your OS:
>
>- Try out Sugarizer 1.0.1 at http://box:8089 (and later
>http://box/sugarizer) after you install Internet-in-a-Box.  TK in the
>Far East was a tremendous help persisting to weed out a couple vicious 
> bugs.
>- Arky in Cambodia made incredible contributions including Kolibri
>0.10.0 as a possible world-changing successor to KA Lite in coming years
>(KA Lite is the famous learning tool for Khan Academy videos &
>self-quizzes).  Now you can try out the new Kolibri, using
>http://box:8009 with the usual account/password
>,
>after you install Internet-in-a-Box.  In future, http://box/kolibri
>should also work.
>- Draft IIAB 6.6 Release Notes
> are more
>comprehensive than last week, as prep for final release begins in coming
>days/weeks...
>
> IMPLEMENTERS: we recommend you first run "sudo apt update; sudo apt -y
> dist-upgrade; sudo reboot" on a clean OS...before installing IIAB 6.6
> Preview 2 using [its] 1-line-installers here:
>
> http://download.iiab.io/6.6
>
> CONTRIBUTORS: an amazing 98 tickets have been closed as we approach the
> finish line at https://github.com/iiab/iiab/milestone/3 ...where almost
> anybody can help knock off a couple of the remaining tickets ...benefiting
> kids & communities around the globe!
>
>
>
>
>> Best regards from France.
>>
>>Lionel.
>>
>>
>> 2018-07-13 22:11 GMT+02:00 Adam Holt :
>>
>>> Don't worry it's not "666" on Friday the 13th -- the new/preview
>>> Internet-in-a-Box 6.6 Preview largely works on all 3 OS's (Raspbian, Ubuntu
>>> 18.04 and the imminent Debian 9.5
>>> 
>>> arriving "tomorrow" 2018-07-14!)
>>>
>>> Try a fresh install by picking one of Internet-in-a-Box's "1-line
>>> installers" here and letting it rip:
>>>
>>> http://download.iiab.io/6.6
>>>
>>> You can choose a MIN-sized, MEDIUM-sized or BIG-sized Internet-in-a-Box
>>> (IIAB).  Whichever you install, first read the security and OS-updating
>>> recommendations at the top of that .txt file, to get yourself safely onto
>>> the latest kernel.  Raspberry Pi peops: use the new 2018-06-27 Raspbian
>>>  (Lite or Desktop).
>>> PC / x86_64 peops: use either the server edition or the graphical/desktop
>>> edition of any Linux distribution Very Similar to the 3 mentioned above!
>>>
>>> WHAT'S THE LATEST?
>>>
>>>- Sugarizer 1.0.1 was added to IIAB 6.6/master Wednesday 2 days ago
>>>(for MEDIUM-sized and BIG-sized installs).  Two people have hit
>>>so-far-unexplained problems with "npm 5.6.0" unable to build the Node.js
>>>stuff for Sugarizer on RPi 3 and RPi 3 B+ ("cd 
>>> /opt/iiab/sugarizer-server"
>>>then "npm install" fails and/or runs out of memory on certain RPi 3's but
>>>not others, despite seemingly identical conditions).  If Node experts can
>>>help out on Raspberry Pi, that'd be super awesome, please shout or write 
>>> me
>>>privately!  *Lionel: will an official v1.0.1 of sugarizer-server
>>> be possible in 
>>> coming
>>>days, so IIAB 6.6 is can become even more stable, instead of driving off 
>>> of
>>>sugarizer-server's master branch?*  In any case: we can release IIAB
>>>6.6 Preview 2 later in the week if that proves necessary to refine
>>>Sugarizer on Raspbian.  (PR #888
>>>)
>>>- Regional Maps Packs are now extremely fast to download, thanks to
>>>compact vector-based

[Server-devel] Internet-in-a-Box 6.6 Preview 2 (released!)

2018-07-17 Thread Adam Holt 
On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 6:01 AM, Lionel Laské 
wrote:

> Great news!
>
> Thanks to all for your support to Sugarizer.
> @Adam, just released officially v1.0.1 of Sugarizer Server here:
> https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer-server/releases/tag/v1.0.1
>

* Thanks to Lionel and a dozen others for your help over the past week!*

Consequently Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) 6.6 Preview 2
 is now released, with 1-line-installers that
work great on 3 mainline Linux OS's {Raspbian, Ubuntu 18.04 or Debian
9.5}.  Regardless whether you choose a "Server" edition or a headless
"Desktop" edition (version) of your OS:

   - Try out Sugarizer 1.0.1 at http://box:8089 (and later
   http://box/sugarizer) after you install Internet-in-a-Box.  TK in the
   Far East was a tremendous help persisting to weed out a couple vicious bugs.
   - Arky in Cambodia made incredible contributions including Kolibri
   0.10.0 as a possible world-changing successor to KA Lite in coming years
   (KA Lite is the famous learning tool for Khan Academy videos &
   self-quizzes).  Now you can try out the new Kolibri, using
   http://box:8009 with the usual account/password
   ,
   after you install Internet-in-a-Box.  In future, http://box/kolibri
   should also work.
   - Draft IIAB 6.6 Release Notes
    are more
   comprehensive than last week, as prep for final release begins in coming
   days/weeks...

IMPLEMENTERS: we recommend you first run "sudo apt update; sudo apt -y
dist-upgrade; sudo reboot" on a clean OS...before installing IIAB 6.6
Preview 2 using it 1-line-installers here:

http://download.iiab.io/6.6

CONTRIBUTORS: an amazing 98 tickets have been closed as we approach the
finish line at https://github.com/iiab/iiab/milestone/3 ...where almost
anybody can help knock off a couple of the remaining tickets ...benefiting
kids & communities around the globe!




> Best regards from France.
>
>Lionel.
>
>
> 2018-07-13 22:11 GMT+02:00 Adam Holt :
>
>> Don't worry it's not "666" on Friday the 13th -- the new/preview
>> Internet-in-a-Box 6.6 Preview largely works on all 3 OS's (Raspbian, Ubuntu
>> 18.04 and the imminent Debian 9.5
>> 
>> arriving "tomorrow" 2018-07-14!)
>>
>> Try a fresh install by picking one of Internet-in-a-Box's "1-line
>> installers" here and letting it rip:
>>
>> http://download.iiab.io/6.6
>>
>> You can choose a MIN-sized, MEDIUM-sized or BIG-sized Internet-in-a-Box
>> (IIAB).  Whichever you install, first read the security and OS-updating
>> recommendations at the top of that .txt file, to get yourself safely onto
>> the latest kernel.  Raspberry Pi peops: use the new 2018-06-27 Raspbian
>>  (Lite or Desktop).  PC
>> / x86_64 peops: use either the server edition or the graphical/desktop
>> edition of any Linux distribution Very Similar to the 3 mentioned above!
>>
>> WHAT'S THE LATEST?
>>
>>- Sugarizer 1.0.1 was added to IIAB 6.6/master Wednesday 2 days ago
>>(for MEDIUM-sized and BIG-sized installs).  Two people have hit
>>so-far-unexplained problems with "npm 5.6.0" unable to build the Node.js
>>stuff for Sugarizer on RPi 3 and RPi 3 B+ ("cd /opt/iiab/sugarizer-server"
>>then "npm install" fails and/or runs out of memory on certain RPi 3's but
>>not others, despite seemingly identical conditions).  If Node experts can
>>help out on Raspberry Pi, that'd be super awesome, please shout or write 
>> me
>>privately!  *Lionel: will an official v1.0.1 of sugarizer-server
>> be possible in 
>> coming
>>days, so IIAB 6.6 is can become even more stable, instead of driving off 
>> of
>>sugarizer-server's master branch?*  In any case: we can release IIAB
>>6.6 Preview 2 later in the week if that proves necessary to refine
>>Sugarizer on Raspbian.  (PR #888
>>)
>>- Regional Maps Packs are now extremely fast to download, thanks to
>>compact vector-based tiles for OpenStreetMap.  Central America
>>(including Haiti and a lot of South America)
>> is provided as
>>a sample to get you started (#877
>>).
>>- dnsmasq and our new Captive Portal is not quite yet
>>Ready-for-Main-Street (people who are unable to type in http://box)
>>but getting much closer -- please support Anish Mangal and Jerry Vonau
>>refining this (PR #870 )
>>based on the original hard work of Tim Moody and Josh Dennis (#608
>>).
>>- Special thanks to Arky R. in Cambodia and the Philippines who
>>