Technical user's guide to RACHEL

Technical user's guide to RACHEL

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Table of Contents

Technical user's guide to RACHEL

  • Commissioning RACHEL
    • Commissioning using image files created by World Possible
    • What’s involved to download and get RACHEL running
    • Writing the RACHEL Pi image to memory cards
  • Introduction to the Technical User’s Guide to RACHEL
    • Aims of this book
    • Proposed Agenda
  • Safe Working Practices
    • Clean the computer before you work
    • Leave the computer as you’d wish to find it
    • Coping with adverse environmental conditions
  • Powering your equipment
    • Power for low cost computers and Android Tablets
    • Power engineering
  • Using Android
    • RACHEL and Android
    • Choosing Android Tablets
    • Software needed to administer Android devices
    • Google & other Accounts
  • Using Microsoft Windows
    • Topics to cover
    • Pitfalls
    • Offline Installations and Offline Working
    • Alternatives to Windows
  • Linux
    • Why do we find Linux useful
    • How to obtain Linux and prepare to install it
    • Installation options
    • Useful sizes of partitions for working with RACHEL
    • Security and other updates
    • Common development tools and commands
    • Useful commands
  • Connecting Computers
    • Commands to connect to computers and Android devices
    • Commands to transfer files
    • Signals and Cables
    • Finding each other
    • Configuring a RACHEL Server
    • Advanced topics
  • Troubleshooting
  • USB RACHEL
  • RACHEL on Android
    • Notes
  • RACHEL on Linux (Ubuntu)
    • Installing the web server
    • Enabling full-text search
    • Extra notes
    • Known Unknowns
  • RACHEL on Windows
    • Programs used by RACHEL on Windows
    • When RACHEL fails to start
    • Security Settings and Web Browsers
    • Optimising performance
  • Maintaining RACHEL
    • Maintaining RACHEL on Raspberry Pis
    • External Information
  • Scaling and Performance
    • Variations in performance
    • Testing and measuring performance
  • Working with Raspberry Pis
    • Interacting with a Pi
    • Updating the kernel files
  • Working with materials
    • Some practical context (a personal perspective)
    • Finding stuff
    • Writing new stuff
    • Collaborating vs. Single author
    • Enhancing public materials
    • Preparing and packaging materials
    • Shrinking the materials
    • Intellectual Property
    • Publishing
  • Working with software development
    • Opensource projects
    • Finding information
    • Etiquette
    • How you can contribute and benefit
  • Contributing to RACHEL and related projects
    • Contributing to KA-Lite
    • Contributing to Kiwix
    • Contributing to RACHEL
  • Links References and Further Reading
    • Reaching humans involved in the project
    • Installation and development guides
    • Software Sources
    • Contents
    • Examples of software online
  • Paraphenalia
    • Partition formats
    • Tools of the trade
    • Travelling with paraphenalia
  • Suggested Topics
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  1. Commissioning RACHEL

  2. Introduction to the Technical User’s Guide to RACHEL

  3. Safe Working Practices

  4. Powering your equipment

  5. Using Android

  6. Using Microsoft Windows

  7. Linux

  8. Connecting Computers

  9. Troubleshooting

  10. USB RACHEL

  11. RACHEL on Android

  12. RACHEL on Linux (Ubuntu)

  13. RACHEL on Windows

  14. Maintaining RACHEL

  15. Scaling and Performance

  16. Working with Raspberry Pis

  17. Working with materials

  18. Working with software development

  19. Contributing to RACHEL and related projects

  20. Links References and Further Reading

  21. Paraphenalia

  22. Suggested Topics