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OLPC XO User Guide
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  • OLPC XO, XO OLPC LAPTOP USER GUIDE Contents [hide] 1 By the Community, For the Community: Introducing the XO 2 About computers 3 Opening the XO 4 Starting and shutting down the XO 4.1 Starting 4.2 Shutting down 5 Connecting your XO to the network 6 Cleaning and caring for your XO 7 Updating and maintaining your XO 8 Personalizing your XO 8.1 To change the name of your XO 8.2 To change the colors of your XO icon 9 Avoiding loss of your XO 10 Keeping information in the Journal 11 Copying the XO contents (backing up) 12 Conserv

  • OLPC XO, The Frame The entire XO screen has a dark gray border called the frame. The left, top, and right sides of the frame represents nouns: persons, places, and things. The bottom of the frame represents those elements that require action: activities, invitations, and notifications. Bring the frame onto the screen by pushing the key (an “empty rectangle” on it) on the upper right-hand corner of the keyboard or by moving the pointer to any corner of the screen Views (places) A view is another word for a place. You can open different views (places) by clicking on the pictures in the top left corner of the

  • OLPC XO, Alt–Tab to switch to another open activity, in the same order the activities appear in the Home circle Alt–1 to save a snapshot of the screen into the Journal F1 Neighborhood View Key F2 Group View Key F3 Home View Key F4 Activities View Key Alt–r to rotate the screen Ctrl–Alt–F1 to open console 1 Ctrl–Alt–F2 to open console 2 Ctrl–Alt–F3 to open X Windows (Sugar) Related links Keyboard Shortcuts Viewing the XO screen in sunlight and adjusting the volume Brightness & volume keys The top row of the XO keyboard has three long buttons. The long button on the far right controls the lighting and sound on t

  • OLPC XO, TamTam Jam Activity Use TamTam to make or play music and have fun. TamTam Mini is a simple starting point for playing music TamTam Edit is where you compose. SynthLab is where you design complex sounds. TamTam Jam is where you perform your music. Choose different instruments and right-click to assign a key to the track. Press a key in the Q row to play a sound (such as Q to N). Click the Play button to start a beat and then use the slider to speed up or slow down the tempo. Change the dynamics wi

  • OLPC XO, First click the link on the Activities page Then click the link on the resulting page 1. Watch the countdown while the file downloads, and when the download is complete, click OK. 2. Put your cursor in the upper left corner and then click Home. 3. Click the Journal to launch the Journal Activity. From the Journal Activity, click the downloaded .xo file and then click the circle with a square in it.

  • OLPC XO, Your XO needs power to run. Power is electricity, and there are two ways for your XO to get it: from its battery or from a power cord. A fully charged battery should run your XO laptop for about three hours. Using Battery Power Your battery is like a suitcase for electricity. When you first get your XO, the suitcase is empty, so you need to fill it up. That means you have to store some electricity in your battery before you can travel away from a cord. The battery icon does not indicate the number of hours or minutes remaining for the XO to run. Instead,

  • OLPC XO, 1. For handheld mode, lift the "bunny ears." 2. Listen for the laptop clicking open. How to switch screen positions. To flip 1. Bring the display up to a 90-degree angle and put the antennae down. 2. Rotate the display 180 degrees until it is facing backwards. 3. Lay the display down onto the keyboard. 4. Enjoy the XO in this mode! Starting and shutting down the XO Starting When you press the power button for the first time, the XO starts up after about two minutes, and then asks your name. The next time you start it, it will remember your name and go directly to the Home screen. To start up 1. Enter your name. 2. Once

  • OLPC XO, Click a square in the bottom half of the grid to match with the math problem shown in the first square you clicked. Click the Games tab and choose a new type of matching game from the list in the top frame. Other memorization ideas Find patterns and remember them. Look for words you've never read before. Learn how to spell and pronounce them. Learn what they mean and how to use them. Measure Measure Activity A tool for exploring the physical world. Display a visual image of

  • Removing and replacing the battery You shouldn't need to remove the battery, unless it is faulty. To remove the battery: 1. Switch off the XO. 2. Close the lid, and turn the XO over, so that the XO logo appears on the underside. 3. Slide the right-hand side catch further to the right. It will remain in place. 4. Slide the left-hand side catch further to

  • OLPC XO, An entire community built this XO and everything on it, and we want to help you with it. If you have any questions about the XO, ask your teacher for help, or search on the Internet. The wiki.laptop.org website contains helpful information for using and fixing your XO. Related links Laptop Service Program Ideas Support Olpc-update Software Setup User Guide

  • OLPC XO, All are welcome. About computers Your XO is a laptop computer. What is a computer? A computer is a tool, a classroom, a toy, a way to communicate with others. A computer can be whatever you want it to be. Many people use computers to write, to perform mathematics, to create art, to play games, to record sound and images, to communicate with others, to read, and to learn. The uses of the XO is only limited by your own imagination. What can your XO do? Your XO can store an entire library of written stories, videos, and pictures. It can make and play music. It contains Activities that you can use to learn

  • olpc-update -rv <version-number> ex.: olpc-update -rv 653 1. When the process is complete, the XO restarts and the update is complete. Tips If you cannot connect to the Internet with your XO, you can still update by connecting to the Internet from another computer and downloading the latest image from http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OS_images. Copy the image files

  • OLPC XO, Express yourself. Make a diary to record your life experiences. Write a poem or one hundred poems. Compose a letter for someone you've never met. Describe things you see, or imagine. Create your own world or how you'd like our world to be. Name your writing. The "Activity" tab lets you name whatever you write. If you don't name something, it will be called "Write Activity" in the Journal list. You can write many diary entries, letters, poems or other documents. All of their names will show up in the Journal. A name can summarize or describe what you have written. A name can be made

  • OLPC XO, Group view From the Group View, you can see which friends are on the network. You can access this view by pressing the Group Key (circle with three dots) on the keyboard or by pressing on the Group Icon on the frame. Adding a buddy Adding a buddy Hovering over an XO icon creates a pop-up window with the name of the person associated with that icon and a menu that can be used to add this person to your Friend View as a friend. Move the cursor to and select "Make a Friend" to add this person. Related links Exploring the Home view Exploring the Group view Exploring the Neighborhood view Inviting a friend to

  • OLPC XO, Chat Activity You can use your XO laptop to tell other people about your life, writing stories, taking pictures, writing music, and sharing any of those things with others. You can share by showing someone the screen in person, or you can share by sending files to other people. Your teacher also probably has ideas about how to share and collaborate with your classmates and your family to help you learn from others. To start Chat, click the Chat icon either in the Neighborhood View or in the Activities toolbar . Advertise your Chat by clicking "Share with neighborhood", or

  • Calculate Activity Use the Calculator Activity for classic calculator functions such as add, subtract, divide and multiply, as well as scientific functions such as cos, sin, exp, and so on. Related links Software Release Notes#Calc Memorize Memorize Activity Click a square in the top half of the grid and remember the sum.

  • OLPC XO, 1. Exit being logged in as super user by typing exit and then press enter. 1. Click Stop in the Terminal Activity to stop the Terminal Activity and return to the Home View. Personalizing your XO When you start your XO, you'll see a small O on top of an X. This symbol represents you when you use your XO. Click this person symbol to choose colors that you like best. After the initial startup, you can change the name, colors, language, time zone, and other settings of your XO by using sugar-control-panel commands in the Terminal Activity

  • red orange yellow green blue purple The available shading settings are: dark medium light Tips Refer to Sugar_Control_Panel for a continually updated list of, and reference information about, the command options (such as a list of available language settings). Type " sugar-control-panel -h language " to get a list of all the avai

  • OLPC XO, Browse Activity Your XO gives you tools to explore the world from where you sit. When you are connected to the network, you can read web pages from the Internet. Browse the Internet using a web browser. View the source of web pages by pressing Ctrl-U. See what's happening in the world with the News Reader. Play video and sounds. Write Write Activity

  • OLPC XO, OLPC Human Interface Guidelines/The Sugar Interface Understanding XO Hardware The XO laptop contains 256Mb of RAM and has 1Gb of flash disk space. Additionally, three USB sockets are available for external or portable storage devices, and with the wireless network, you can store additional files to your school's server or to other network storage locations. There is also flash storage expansion capability with an SD Card slot. The XO laptop has a built-in microphone and the built-in v

  • OLPC XO, Log data at a specified time interval, and then draw the graph of logged data. With observations about water or bugs or leaves or trees, you can determine patterns and perhaps predictability in the natural world around you. News Reader News Reader Activity Read subscriptions to newspapers or websites using the NewsReader Activity as an interface for viewing news feeds with RSS, or Really Simple Syndication information. Related links News Reader Downloadable Activities You can download new activities when you want to. Here's a short list of a few possibilities. Read

  • OLPC XO, 1. (optional) Insert a teacher USB key into laptop, which identifies the administrator for the school server. If a teacher USB key is present, you do not have to enter a password for the restore command. 2. Press Ctrl+Alt+F2 (F2 is also called the Group view key). 3. Log in using the root username and password. 4. At the command line, type  identity-restore "nickname" 5. If a teacher USB key isn't present, you must enter the password for the xoreg user on the school server. 6. Return to the Sugar console by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F4 (F4 is also called the Activity view key). Also, in the Journal, you can

  • OLPC XO, Wifi Connectivity WPA manual setting Cleaning and caring for your XO While your XO is tough, you should try to keep your XO dry and clean and avoid dropping it or stepping or sitting on it. If it gets dirty, wipe it with a damp cloth and dry it. It can survive an occasional accidental soaking in a rain storm, but don't dip it all the way into water. The XO laptop has no hard drive to crash and only two internal cables, so it is less likely to fail than other laptops. For added robustness, the XO's plastic walls are thicker than the standards for other laptops. It

  • OLPC XO, 15.7 EToys 15.8 Turtle Art 15.9 Pippy 15.10 Calculate 15.11 Memorize 15.12 Measure 15.13 News Reader 16 Downloadable Activities 16.1 Read 17 Quick Keyboard shortcuts 18 Viewing the XO screen in sunlight and adjusting the volume 19 Being safe with the XO 20 Navigating the XO screen 21 Understanding XO Hardware 22 Understanding XO Activities 23 Installing new XO Activities 24 Getting support for your XO By the Community, For the Community: Introducing the XO The XO laptop

  • OLPC XO, The circle around the XO icon shows Activities that you are currently using on the XO. The Journal icon is always at the bottom of the circle. You can resume an Activity by clicking on its icon in the circle. If you leave your Activity without closing it, you can resume your current Activity by pressing the Activity Key (circle with rectangle) on the keyboard. You can keep opening new Activities until the ring is full, but when the Activity Circle is full you cannot start any more Activities until you close some. Right side of the frame shows your XO buddies (image) The menu on the right-hand side of the frame contains the XO icons of the people with whom you are collaborating

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