5 posts tagged “olpc”

Now even Ubuntu are going the UMPC way with their "netbook" edition of Ubuntu !

http://www.itwire.com/content/view/18597/1103/

Want a version of Linux for your Intel Atom powered “NetBook” – aka Asus Eee PC type subnotebook? Canonical hopes that Ubuntu Remix will fit the bill for OEMs – and presumably users, too - and has launched it at Computex in Taiwan.

http://www.itwire.com/content/view/18663/1141/1/1/

Canonical recently announced their development of Ubuntu Netbook Remix as covered by my colleague Alex Zaharov-Reutt. This is a special release of Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) which is targeted at what they dub ‘netbooks.’

Until Canonical made their announcement there really was no Linux distro specifically aimed at this segment of devices. This is why ASUS made their own Xandros derivative, which, while not having licensing costs, did involve research and development time. It is not hard to imagine that a future Eee, particularly if it is based on the Atom processor, would also ship with Ubuntu’s targeted operating system especially because it too aims to eke the best result out of the Atom processor.

Elonex have just jumped on the UMPC bandwagon with their "ElonexONE laptop per UK (!) child" scheme

http://www.itwire.com/content/view/18520/1141/1/1/

You can pre-order a ONE for £99 or just buy an ASUS EEE instead today !

Build XO Sugar

Build with JHBuild

JHBuild

The OLPC live-CD boots (as a VMware Server guest VM)

Olpcsugar

BUT how do I login ?

I've tried [TAB] & [ENTER] and DoubleClicking on all the icons !

Sugar is the core of the OLPC Human Computer Interface.

Sugar's goal is to turn the Laptop into a fun, easy to use, social experience that promotes sharing and learning.

You can download the OLPC Sugar LIVE-CD from Red Hat or build Building the XO: Introducing Sugar from Red Hat Mag.