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Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala is out. The demand for ISOs is incredible, so bit torrent is the preferred method. The mirrors are:

Ubuntu 9.10

• ubuntu-9.10-alternate-amd64.iso.torrent
• ubuntu-9.10-alternate-i386.iso.torrent
• ubuntu-9.10-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent
• ubuntu-9.10-desktop-i386.iso.torrent
• ubuntu-9.10-server-amd64.iso.torrent
• ubuntu-9.10-server-i386.iso.torrent
• New: IPv6 only torrents for users of IPv6 (learn more about IPv6)

Even getting to the torrent file via http is incredibly slow. I have a copy of the torrent file (not the ISO) at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/files/ubuntu-9.10-desktop-i386.iso.torrent It should be a lot faster to get the *.torrent on campus :-) I also have a couple of bit torrent downloads running on campus. I'll leave these running in the hopes that if you decide to download Karmic's awesomeness you'll get the bits from within 130.212.0.0/16

What: OLPC-SF August 2009 meeting

OLPC-SF will meet on August 22, 2009. Items on the agenda:

• Meet and greet - 10:00 am to 10:30 am
• South Africa deployment update - 10:30am to 11:30am
• eSibonisweni primary school / Saint Mark’s school
• Location: Kwangwanase, Manguzi KZN
• South African contact: Thulani Madondo, Kliptown Youth Programme
• Project organizers: Jennifer Getz, Norm Lyons, Stacey Kertsman; San Francisco, CA

• Starr King Elementary - 11:30am to 12:00noon.

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Just came across http://www.opensourcetesting.org/ which list a whole bunch of FOSS tools used for testing. Here's the list. My favorites are JMeter and Selenium, and both came up in context of some OLPC systems at a meeting today. Selenium looks promising. We use JMeter for testing Moodle on campus. Here's the full list:

• Abbot Java GUI Test Framework
• Anteater
• Apodora
• Arbiter
• Autonet
• AutoTestFlash
• Avignon
• Blerby Test Runner
• Canoo WebTest
• Concordion
• Crosscheck
• csvdiff
• CubicTest
• Cucumber
• DBFeeder
• DbFit
• DejaGnu
• Dogtail
• Doit: Simple Web Application Testing
• Eclipse TPTP
• EMOS Framework
• Enterprise Web Test
• Expect
• Frankenstein
• GITAK
• GNU/Linux Desktop Testing Project
• Harness
• httest
• IdMUnit
• Imprimatur
• ItIN - Infopath testing in .Net
• ITP
• ItsNat, Natural AJAX
• ivalidator
• Jacobie
• Jameleon
• jDiffChaser
• Jemmy
• JFunc: JUnit Functional Testing Extension
• JSystem
• jWebUnit
• Latka
• Linux Test Project
• LogiTest
• LReport
• MActor
• Marathon
• MaxQ
• miTester for SIP
• Mockito
• MozUnit
• OLVER - Open Linux VERification
• Om
• Om
• org.tigris.mbt
• PAMIE
• Pounder
• pywinauto
• QAT (Quality Assurance Tests)
• QMTest
• Rasta
• Robot Framework
• Sahi
• Samie
• Sauce Labs: cloud-based Selenium service
• Scalable Test Platform
• Selenium
• SharpRobo
• soapui
• Software Automation Framework Support
• Software Testing Automation Framework (STAF)
• Solex
• SWAT (Simple Web Automation Toolkit)
• SWTBot
• Systin
• tclwebtest
• TestGen4Web
• TestPlan
• TextTest
• Tomato
• Toster - The Object-oriented Sofware Testing Environment
• Watij
• WatiN
• Watir
• Web Form Flooder
• WebDriver
• WebInject
• WebTst
• WET
• Win32::IEAutomation
• XML Test Suite

As a kid, I loved James Bond movies (I still like the old ones), especially the gadgetry. A shoe compartment, a multi-purpose watch, a micro camera. Needless to say, a lot of money has gone into ThinkGeek purchases Imagine my pleasure when I recently had to introduce the OLPC project to someone (potential funding source for a deployment). I pulled out a 8GB microSD card from a secret zipper in my shirt, placed it squarely on the table, and said "We won't be needing the Internet for now. This little piece of technology holds well over 100 albums and hundreds of books that are freely distributable. It also has a web server, a database server, a collaboration server, backup software, and a bunch more. We won't be needing the Internet to get this deployment off the ground".

Recently, I presented at a workshop on telecommunications, open source and mobility at the First Caribbean Regional International Telecommunications Society Conference in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Key points in this workshop were:

• The network's value proposition can be fully realized only if it remains open and unencumbered. 
• Setting up independent, yet interconnected PBXs using Asterisk: small ones with AstLinux, large ones with Trixbox.
• Asterisk and the OLPC project. Setting up local phone networks in villages, schools, communities.

Slides are up at  http://www.slideshare.net/sverma/open-connect-network

What: OLPC-SF June 2009 meeting

OLPC-SF will meet on June 13, 2009. Items on the agenda:

• Meet and greet - 10:00 am to 10:30 am

• Project Updates - 10:30am:

• Newbies: How to get involved

• Repair Center updates

• Lending Libraries

• OLPC Photo DVD

• Deployments - 11:30am

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Why?

Short version:

This project is the result of a desire to see if photo DVDs can indeed be made using only Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and Creative Commons (CC) licenses. 

Long version:

At the end of Spring semester, after I turned in all the grades, I started to think about one of my courses - Multimedia business application development (http://www.sfsu.edu/~bulletin/courses/29446.htm). Due to severe budget constraints (meaning no money!!!) and a desire to use new and different things, we have been trying to use only FOSS and CC titles in this course.

I wanted to see if I could use FOSS and CC to complete a real project. For some time now, I have been thinking about creating a looping photo DVD for a whole bunch of OLPC photos from around the world. Personally, I find these inspiring. I find it very energizing to see children using these green windows (no pun intended) to the world to discover, explore, reflect and eventually, learn. Hopefully they will begin where we falter.

I saw this digital photo frame at a store the other day, and thought "Wouldn't it be neat to have a looping slideshow that can be displayed easily at conferences, conventions and expos?". After all, a picture is worth a thousand words! That's a little over 7 full tweets!!! So, putting my plan into action, and trawling through the treasure trove of FOSS and grabbing photos and music from Flickr and ccmixter.org - both CC friendly sites, and a little help from flickrfs, audacity, dvd-slideshow, openoffice, Ubuntu and a near-binging desire to get this done right after Spring semester ended, I now have a shiny 1.6GB DVD iso.Part of it is online at http://www.vimeo.com/5048488

On behalf of Information Management Systems Association or IMSA (disclaimer: I'm their faculty advisor):

"We are pleased to announce Drupal Camp San Francisco (a.k.a BADCamp). This will be a single Saturday event at the SFSU downtown campus at 835 Market St, 5th floor. The event will be hosted by the Information Management Systems Association, iMSA, http://imsa.sfsu.edu."

See attached flyer for details, and please pass along to anyone who may be interested.