My thanks to the people making the XSCE as a schoolserver of choice! Great Easter egg!
>-----Original Message----- >From: Tim Moody [mailto:t...@timmoody.com] >Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2016 11:36 PM >To: 'Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to help AT laptop.org', >'server-devel', 'Unleash Kids!', 'xsce-devel' >Subject: [Server-devel] XSCE 6.0 Released > >Years in the making!! A cast of thousands!! > > > >The School Server Community Edition (XSCE) version 6.0 is hereby officially >released. Thanks to the many contributors, developers, and testers. > > > >In addition to releasing the School Server software, we have provided >'short-cut' images for several platforms with more on the way. > > > >Please read the following Release Notes and then proceed to >https://github.com/XSCE/xsce/wiki/XSCE-Installation. > > > > >Release Notes for XSCE 6.0 > > >What is it? > > >XSCE is the digital backbone for your education revolution. Put simply, >School Server is an open-education project inspired by One Laptop Per Child >to provide breakthrough digital learning tools to the world's poorest >children. > > >A Rose by any other Name > > >Internally and in the source code we refer to this software as XSCE, the >Community Edition of the XS server originally from OLPC. Students and >teachers often know it as Internet in a Box, a collection of educational >materials and applications found on the internet, but available on the >server even without an internet connection. We also refer to it as a School >Server since it is aimed at schools and other places where people learn and >performs the function of a server. > > >What's new in XSCE Release 6.0? > > >This release extends the tools available to educators in three ways: > >* It makes available free and open source content that is available in >many languages >* It provides new avenues for students to create, and share their work >* It contains number of advances to permit easy configuration, >tailoring of content, and monitoring of student work. > > >Newly Available Open Source Educational Content > > >* KA Lite brings the online features of Khan Academy to the offline >School Server based classroom. There are videos, exercises, tests, and >student tracking in a number of languages, all selectable via a Graphical >User Interface. <https://learningequality.org/ka-lite/> >https://learningequality.org/ka-lite/ >* Searchable offline access to Wikipedia and other content such as >Wiktionaries and TED Talks in a variety of subjects and many languages, >provided by the Kiwix server technology. ><http://www.kiwix.org/wiki/Main_Page> http://www.kiwix.org/wiki/Main_Page >* RACHEL (a curated selection of offline materials) ><http://worldpossible.org/rachel/> http://worldpossible.org/rachel/ >* Bring your own content by inserting a USB thumbdrive with content >into the server having it immediately viewable by students. > > >Encourage Students to Write, Foster the Creative Process > > >* Elgg provides the tools for generating social networks ><http://learn.elgg.org/en/2.0/intro/features.html> >http://learn.elgg.org/en/2.0/intro/features.html >* ownCloud provides client based tools for storing and retrieving >materials stored on the XSCE local cloud. >* DokuWiki (EXPERIMENTAL) provides a means for students to publish >their work. <https://www.dokuwiki.org/features> >https://www.dokuwiki.org/features >* Wordpress (EXPERIMENTAL -- enable in "local_vars") gives students >experience editing/sharing using a tool that is becoming an industry >standard. > > >New Tools for Administering the XSCE School Server > > >* A new Graphical User Interface (Admin Console) to enable services, >select and download content, get information >* AWstats is a flexible tool for summarizing the web traffic on and >through the server in graphical and detailed ways. <http://www.awstats.org/> >http://www.awstats.org/ > > >How do I get it? > > >There are three main methods of installing this software: > >* Use ansible and the git repository - this is the fall back when you >need to customize or you have a platform for which we have not created an >image. >* Use an image you download - for some commonly used platforms we >create image files that you can download, put on a usb stick or sd card and >boot in your new hardware. >* Create and use your own image - this will appeal to you if you want >an image to use in multiple machines and are able to use the tools we >provide to create it. > >In each case you need hardware that has been assembled, but with nothing >installed on it. > >Detailed instructions on each of these methods is at ><https://github.com/XSCE/xsce/wiki/XSCE-Installation> >https://github.com/XSCE/xsce/wiki/XSCE-Installation. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
