Re: [Server-devel] Questions for today

2013-08-14 Thread James Cameron
Oh, it was the latter paragraph that I retract. I still think Sugar Network is a pretty cool idea that should be considered further by both XS and XSCE developers. On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 05:51:55PM +1000, James Cameron wrote: > I like Sugar Network, because the problem of content sharing is > ex

Re: [Server-devel] Questions for today

2013-08-14 Thread David Farning
On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:39 AM, James Cameron wrote: > On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 05:51:55PM +1000, James Cameron wrote: > > I like Sugar Network, because the problem of content sharing is > > examined from a top down design perspective, including the constraint > > that internet connectivity migh

Re: [Server-devel] Questions for today

2013-08-13 Thread James Cameron
On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 05:51:55PM +1000, James Cameron wrote: > I like Sugar Network, because the problem of content sharing is > examined from a top down design perspective, including the constraint > that internet connectivity might not be available, or it may be > intermittent. > > On the othe

Re: [Server-devel] Questions for today

2013-08-12 Thread James Cameron
I like Sugar Network, because the problem of content sharing is examined from a top down design perspective, including the constraint that internet connectivity might not be available, or it may be intermittent. On the other hand, the two School Server projects (XS and XSCE) seem to be bottom up d

Re: [Server-devel] Questions for today

2013-08-10 Thread Sebastian Silva
Hi Tony, The people developing the Sugar Network are an international team comprising people from different backgrounds. Sugar Network is not a cloud-based resource. It is an offline / online decentralized communication mechanism which runs at three levels (everyone seems to love cake charts

Re: [Server-devel] Questions for today

2013-08-08 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, Sebastian My concern was email access in deployments which only have access to the Internet by taking a usb drive to an internet cafe. I thought that Peru was developing such a capability at least for software distribution. The deployments I am working with do not have access to the internet

Re: [Server-devel] Questions for today

2013-08-08 Thread Sebastian Silva
El 06/08/13 08:33, Tony Anderson escribió: As mentioned, there are server developments at many deployments. What would be great is a co-operative team that would work to provide capabilities in a way that can be distributed widely. I am sure that Peru is working on a method to deliver email via

Re: [Server-devel] Questions for today

2013-08-06 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Tue, 2013-08-06 at 16:46 +0200, Tony Anderson wrote: > On 08/06/2013 04:22 PM, Jerry Vonau wrote: > > I agree a fully offline install method is needed. > I think we are in substantial agreement. > > My model is that the deployment has someone with technical skills > available who > prepares th

Re: [Server-devel] Questions for today

2013-08-06 Thread Tony Anderson
On 08/06/2013 04:22 PM, Jerry Vonau wrote: I agree a fully offline install method is needed. I think we are in substantial agreement. My model is that the deployment has someone with technical skills available who prepares the server for installation. However, at the deployment, the server sh

Re: [Server-devel] Questions for today

2013-08-06 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Tue, 2013-08-06 at 15:33 +0200, Tony Anderson wrote: > On 08/06/2013 03:06 PM, server-devel-requ...@lists.laptop.org wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 12:13 AM, Sameer Verma wrote: > >> >Just noticed that on > >> >http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Installing_Software_0.7 it says that > >> >stable v

Re: [Server-devel] Questions for today

2013-08-06 Thread Tony Anderson
On 08/06/2013 03:06 PM, server-devel-requ...@lists.laptop.org wrote: On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 12:13 AM, Sameer Verma wrote: >Just noticed that on >http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Installing_Software_0.7 it says that >stable version is XS 0.7 and unstable is XSCE 0.3 > >Is this correct? > >Is XSCE t

Re: [Server-devel] Questions

2009-05-19 Thread Henry Vélez Molina
Guys, thanks for your answers, I going to try them 2009/5/9 Albert Cahalan > Martin Langhoff writes: > > 2009/5/9 david : > > >> They have better luck (maybe my fingers are sweaty more than most) > >> and I have noticed students often wrapping cloth around their > >> finger to use the touch pad.

Re: [Server-devel] Questions

2009-05-08 Thread Daniel Drake
Hi David, El día 8 de mayo de 2009 18:00, david escribió: > Daniel, > > Feedback from Nauru. It is very hot and very humid. I find typically that > almost all the children observe the jumping cursor. The recalibration does > help, but it's still a major issue. I am simply unable to use the touchp

Re: [Server-devel] Questions

2009-05-08 Thread david
Daniel, Feedback from Nauru. It is very hot and very humid. I find typically that almost all the children observe the jumping cursor. The recalibration does help, but it's still a major issue. I am simply unable to use the touchpad in demonstrations. I use a USB mouse and VNCLauncher with Ultr

Re: [Server-devel] Questions

2009-05-08 Thread Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero
2009/5/8 Martin Langhoff > Hi Henry! > > 2009/5/8 Henry Vélez Molina : > > We have been working again on trying to install versión 5 of the XS > server. > > Anaconda has not been able to work in our server. I think that the reason > is > > the incompatibility with the graphic card. > > Is there a

Re: [Server-devel] Questions

2009-05-08 Thread Martin Langhoff
Hi Henry! 2009/5/8 Henry Vélez Molina : > We have been working again on trying to install versión 5 of the XS server. > Anaconda has not been able to work in our server. I think that the reason is > the incompatibility with the graphic card. > Is there any way to update the system from Version 4?,

[Server-devel] Questions

2009-05-07 Thread Henry Vélez Molina
Hi Everybody We have been working again on trying to install versión 5 of the XS server. Anaconda has not been able to work in our server. I think that the reason is the incompatibility with the graphic card. Is there any way to update the system from Version 4?, Can i do it with "yum-update" or "y

[Server-devel] questions: lease/activation, deploying .xo/.xol, register XOs

2008-08-03 Thread Christian Schmitt
Hi, i just started to do some testing with the XS for our project in Ethiopa. I have some questions concerning the features (which weren't solved for me studying the wiki): 1. How can I activate XOs with the XS? Where do I have to put the lease files? 2. We like to do software updates (deployi