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[gnomeweb-wml] [wgo] Add press release about GNOME on XO-1.5

commit 28e35d19e9cea53c323cd1ac062161dc29cea63b
Author: Vincent Untz <vuntz gnome org>
Date:   Mon Jun 14 17:15:17 2010 +0200

    [wgo] Add press release about GNOME on XO-1.5

 www.gnome.org/index.wml                            |    6 +-
 .../press/releases/2010-06-olpc-xo-1.5.wml         |  141 ++++++++++++++++++++
 www.gnome.org/press/releases/Makefile.am           |    3 +-
 www.gnome.org/press/releases/index.wml             |    6 +-
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diff --git a/www.gnome.org/index.wml b/www.gnome.org/index.wml
index e519327..31bf754 100644
--- a/www.gnome.org/index.wml
+++ b/www.gnome.org/index.wml
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@
 <div id="bottomLeftLeft">
 <h2>Latest News</h2>
 
+<h3><a href="/press/releases/2010-06-olpc-xo-1.5.html">Sugar Learning Platform and GNOME Desktop Now Shipping on the One Laptop per Child XO-1.5</a></h3>
+<p>Sugar Labs, the GNOME Free Desktop Project, and One Laptop per Child (OLPC) have announced an update to the software offered on the OLPC XO-1.5. The 1.5 million children already using Sugar on the original XO-1 can also benefit from the update, since Paraguay Educa has backported the software. Read the <a href="/press/releases/2010-06-olpc-xo-1.5.html">press release</a>.</p>
+
 <h3><a href="/press/releases/2010-05-collabora-joins.html">Collabora Joins the GNOME Foundation Advisory Board</a></h3>
 <p>Collabora is joining the GNOME Foundation advisory board today. A long time supporter of GNOME and member of the GNOME community, Collabora contributes directly to GNOME projects like Empathy, PiTiVi, Totem and Epiphany. Read the <a href="/press/releases/2010-05-collabora-joins.html">press release</a>.</p>
 
 <h3><a href="http://foundation.gnome.org/reports/gnome-report-2010-Q1.pdf";>GNOME Quarterly Report Q1 2010 released</a></h3>
 <p>Big happenings in Q1! The GNOME Foundation raised enough money to hire a system administrator! We have several new board members. The accessibility team is looking for a new team lead. GNOME 2.30 - the last GNOME 2 release - went out. We are planning our first official GNOME training for GUADEC. There were several amazing hackfests in areas like usability and accessibility with more being planned. <a href="http://foundation.gnome.org/reports/gnome-report-2010-Q1.pdf";>Read about all this and more!</a> (<a href="http://foundation.gnome.org/reports/gnome-report-2010-Q1.html";>HTML version</a>)</p>
 
-<h3><a href="http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.30/";>GNOME 2.30 Released!</a></h3>
-<p>The GNOME project is proud to release this new version of the GNOME desktop environment and developer platform. Among the hundreds of bug fixes and user-requested improvements, GNOME 2.30 has several highly visible changes: new features for advanced file management, better remote desktop experience, easier notes synchronization and a generally smoother user experience. Learn more about GNOME 2.30 through the detailed <a href="http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.30/";>release notes</a> and the <a href="/press/releases/2010-03-gnome230.html">press release</a>.</p>
-
 </div>
 
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diff --git a/www.gnome.org/press/releases/2010-06-olpc-xo-1.5.wml b/www.gnome.org/press/releases/2010-06-olpc-xo-1.5.wml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b6ec91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www.gnome.org/press/releases/2010-06-olpc-xo-1.5.wml
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd";>
+<html>
+
+<head>
+<title>Sugar Learning Platform and GNOME Desktop Now Shipping on the One Laptop per Child XO-1.5; Will Run On New XO-HS</title>
+<meta name="cvsdate" content="$Date$" />
+</head>
+
+<body>
+
+<h1>Sugar Learning Platform and GNOME Desktop Now Shipping on the One Laptop
+per Child XO-1.5; Will Run On New XO-HS</h1>
+
+<p>
+ASUNCIÃ?N, June 14, 2010 â?? Sugar Labs, the GNOME Free Desktop Project, and One
+Laptop per Child (OLPC) have announced an update to the software offered on the
+OLPC XO-1.5. The 1.5 million children already using Sugar on the original XO-1
+can also benefit from the update, since Paraguay Educa has backported the
+software.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The Sugar Learning Platform promotes collaborative learning through
+child-friendly Activities that encourage critical thinking. The GNOME free
+desktop is a hallmark of all major GNU/Linux distributions, suitable for older
+children and grownups. Switching between the two environments takes only a
+single click. With GNOME on the XO laptop, the door is opened to thousands of
+additional educational and productivity applications.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The XO-1.5 has the same industrial design as the original XO-1. Based on a VIA
+processor, it provides 2Ã? the speed of the XO-1, 4Ã? DRAM memory, and 4Ã? FLASH
+memory. OLPC has announced the availability of a high-school edition of the
+XO-1.5, the XO-HS, with a newly designed keyboard, more comfortable for older
+students. The first deployment of the XO-HS is set to begin in Uruguay under
+the highly successful Plan Ceibal in September.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Children familiar with the XO-1 will naturally grow into the XO-1.5 with its
+expanded functionality. "One Laptop per Child promotes open-source software so
+that it can grow and adapt to the needs of the child. The Sugar platform on the
+XO is key to our educational mission because it gives students a unique and
+intuitive learning software environment," said OLPC Association CEO Rodrigo
+Arboleda.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Stormy Peters, Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation, said, "We're really
+excited to be working with Sugar and OLPC to provide desktop software to
+children of all ages. GNOME's mission is to provide a free desktop accessible
+to everyone. Children from Uruguay to Ghana will be able to use their XOs to
+learn and to show their friends and families how to use Sugar and GNOME."
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Walter Bender, Executive Director of Sugar Labs, said "the fluidity of movement
+between the two desktops gives learners the ability to transition from a
+learning environment â?? Sugar â?? to a production and productivity environment â??
+GNOME. They have the means of honing the creative skills acquired in an
+elementary education setting into entrepreneurial skills in a secondary
+education setting."
+</p>
+
+<p>
+"Sugar on a Stick" allows children who don't have an XO laptop to benefit from
+this new software. Available for download from Sugar Labs in the new, v3
+Mirabelle flavor, it can be loaded onto an ordinary USB thumbdrive and used to
+start a PC in Sugar without touching the hard disk. The XO laptops and Sugar on
+a Stick run Fedora GNU/Linux
+</p>
+
+<h2>About Sugar Labs</h2>
+
+<p>
+Sugar Labs, a volunteer-driven, nonprofit organization, is a member project of
+the Software Freedom Conservancy. Originally part of the One Laptop Per Child
+project, Sugar Labs coordinates volunteers around the world who are passionate
+about providing educational opportunities to children through the Sugar
+Learning Platform. Sugar Labs is supported by donations and is seeking funding
+to accelerate development.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+For more information, please visit <a
+href="http://www.sugarlabs.org/";>http://www.sugarlabs.org/</a>.
+</p>
+
+<h2>About GNOME</h2>
+
+<p>
+GNOME is a free-software project which develops a complete, accessible and
+easy-to-use desktop standard on all leading GNU/Linux and Unix distributions.
+Popular with large corporate deployments and millions of small-business and
+home users worldwide, it includes a development environment to create new
+applications. The nonprofit GNOME Foundation is composed of hundreds of
+volunteer developers and industry-leading companies.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+More information can be found at <a
+href="http://www.gnome.org/";>http://www.gnome.org/</a> and <a
+href="http://foundation.gnome.org/";>http://foundation.gnome.org/</a>.
+</p>
+
+<h2>About One Laptop per Child</h2>
+
+<p>
+OLPC is a non-profit organization created by Nicholas Negroponte and others
+from the MIT Media Lab to design, manufacture and distribute laptop computers
+that are inexpensive enough to provide every child in the world access to
+knowledge and modern forms of education.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+For more information, please visit <a
+href="http://www.laptop.org/";>http://www.laptop.org/</a>.
+</p>
+
+<h2>Media Enquiries</h2>
+
+<ul>
+<li style="list-style-type: none;"><p>
+ Paul Allen<br/>
+ Rise PR<br/>
+ Email: <a class="mailto" href="mailto:paul risepr co uk">paul risepr co uk</a><br>
+ Phone: +44-7515-199-487
+</p></li>
+<li style="list-style-type: none;"><p>
+ GNOME Foundation Executive Director<br/>
+ Stormy Peters<br/>
+ Email: <a class="mailto" href="mailto:gnome-press-contact gnome org">gnome-press-contact gnome org</a><br>
+ Phone: +1-617-206-3947
+</p></li>
+</ul>
+
+</body>
+
+</html>
diff --git a/www.gnome.org/press/releases/Makefile.am b/www.gnome.org/press/releases/Makefile.am
index 671ab4c..b01bba5 100644
--- a/www.gnome.org/press/releases/Makefile.am
+++ b/www.gnome.org/press/releases/Makefile.am
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ page_SCRIPTS = \
 	2010-03-gcds-2011.html \
 	2010-03-ss12-code-for-a-cause.html \
 	2010-03-gnome230.html \
-	2010-05-collabora-joins.html
+	2010-05-collabora-joins.html \
+	2010-06-olpc-xo-1.5.html
 
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diff --git a/www.gnome.org/press/releases/index.wml b/www.gnome.org/press/releases/index.wml
index b8a4840..2613c4e 100644
--- a/www.gnome.org/press/releases/index.wml
+++ b/www.gnome.org/press/releases/index.wml
@@ -28,8 +28,12 @@ The press contact for the GNOME Foundation can be reached at <a href="mailto:gno
 <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr>
 <tr><th align="left" colspan="2">2010</th></tr>
 <tr>
+	<td>June 14, 2010</td>
+	<td><a href="/press/releases/2010-06-olpc-xo-1.5.html">Sugar Learning Platform and GNOME Desktop Now Shipping on the One Laptop per Child XO-1.5</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
 	<td>May 5, 2010</td>
-	<td><a href="/press/releases/2010-05-collabora-joins">Collabora Joins the GNOME Foundation Advisory Board</a></td>
+	<td><a href="/press/releases/2010-05-collabora-joins.html">Collabora Joins the GNOME Foundation Advisory Board</a></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 	<td>Mar 31, 2010</td>
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