The little computer that could ...
,----[ Quote ]
| After reading the post on planetkde about KDE4 running smoothly on an aged
| machine, I was tempted to try it myself. Although the EeePC is far from old,
| its CPU/memory and graphics card are relatively low end.
|
| I simply downloaded the latest KDE4 RC kubuntu live CD, and followed the
| instructions from the EeeUser wiki on how to make a "live" usb stick. A
| slight adjustment to the bios/boot order, installing the libgl1-mesa-dri
| package, and a short while later I was pleasantly surprised by the
| following...
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http://www.jespersaur.com/drupal/node/36
Bringing one SimCity per child to the OLPC
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| Don Hopkins ported SimCity to Unix in 1991. Today, he is putting the
| finishing touches on a GPL version of this classic computer game for the One
| Laptop Per Child project's XO laptop.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/121107-simcity.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
Related:
EA Donates SimCity To One Laptop Per Child
,----[ Quote
| OLPC will begin distributing laptops in countries such as Uruguay, Peru,
| Mexico, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Haiti, Cambodia and India by the end of 2007. EA
| adds that SimCity is already being used in more than 10,000 classrooms as an
| educational tool, and that it is part of the annual Future City Competition,
| a contest that still runs in seventh and eighth grade classrooms today.
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http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=16162
T-Mobile USA Partners with One Laptop Per Child Program
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| T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announced it is partnering with One Laptop per Child
| for its Give One Get One initiative. T-Mobile is offering one year of
| complimentary T-Mobile HotSpot access to people who donate an XO laptop to a
| child in a developing country through the campaign.
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http://techluver.com/2007/11/02/t-mobile-usa-partners-with-one-laptop-per-child-program/
Lessons to Learn from the OLPC
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| 1- Cheap is good
|
| 2- People don’t need a lot of power
|
| 3- Linux please
|
| 4- Flash storage is key
|
| 5- Make it efficient
|
| 6- Hand crank!
|
| 7- Don’t skimp on the features
|
| 8- Make it rugged
|
| 9- Make it look cool
|
| 10- It’s a tablet, too
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http://www.geek.com/lessons-to-learn-from-the-olpc/
One Laptop Per Child (New Version), Reviewed by 12-Year-Old
,----[ Quote ]
| For a regular laptop, this would be the paragraph about its problems, its
| deficiencies. But the thing is, there aren’t any problems with this computer!
| Congratulations, OLPC. You’ve done it. Or will you come out with yet better
| laptops? Is that even possible? We’ll have to see...
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http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1206
(Video) OLPC Interface Walkthrough
,----[ Quote ]
| Previously known as the $100 laptop, the OLPC boasts a 500mhz
| Processor, Linux OS, 1GB Memory, and a Two-Mode Display (Color and B&W).
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http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/video-olpc-interface-walkthrough
OLPC to offer two-packs to jump start sales
,----[ Quote ]
| The move will effectively bring XO laptops to the U.S. and create a way to
| finance the OLPC effort abroad. And that financing will be necessary
| considering the cost of the XO laptop is double the original $100 target.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6351
Negroponte says Intel should be "ashamed of itself"
,----[ Quote ]
| He is furious that Intel's CEO Craig Barrett called the One Laptop a
| gadget. The Negroponte initiative is caught in the middle of a vicious
| fight between AMD and Intel, he said.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39733
AMD chief condemns Intel 'abuses'
,----[ Quote ]
| In 2005, after the Japan Fair Trade Commission found Intel guilty of
| offering illegal rebates to Japanese PC makers, AMD filed an anti-trust
| suit against its competitor in the U.S. District Court in Delaware. The
| case has not been decided.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/06/21/amd_ceo_condemns_intel_abuses/
OLPC rolls off the production line
,----[ Quote ]
| Here, for the first time, are pictures of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC)
| coming off the production line at the Quantas factory in China.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1862
'$100 laptop' production begins
,----[ Quote ]
| Hardware suppliers have been given the green light to ramp-up production of
| all of the components needed to build millions of the low-cost machines.
| Previously, the organisation behind the scheme said that it required orders
| for 3m laptops to make production viable. The first machines should be ready
| to put into the hands of children in developing countries in October 2007.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6908946.stm
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