http://www.osnews.com/story/18314/_USD_100_Laptop_Production_Begins Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:52:44 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://osnews.com/thread?257581 http://osnews.com/thread?257581 Red Hat for producing Sugar,

speaking of which, is the 'distro' Sugar available for download by any chance for testing ? I'd like to try it out, the whole doughnut idea is quite interesting

more info about it here > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6679431.stm

cheers
anyweb Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:40:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (anyweb) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?257583 http://osnews.com/thread?257583 It had been up for download earlier, but there were some serious bugs in it. I wouldn't think that it would be ready yet...Edited 2007-07-23 21:43 UTC Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:42:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Almafeta) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?257585 http://osnews.com/thread?257585 Here's what the kids are doing with these laptops:

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL1966647020070720

Of course, what did they expect ? Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:47:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (WorknMan) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?257586 http://osnews.com/thread?257586 could have been the teacher. Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:49:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (anyweb) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?257587 http://osnews.com/thread?257587 well if the laptop is going into mass production wouldn't you expect that the OS is 'ready' also ?

I hope so, and would definetly like to test it

cheers

anyweb Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:50:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (anyweb) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?257590 http://osnews.com/thread?257590 Almafeta bugs = Its using GNU/Linux ... Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:01:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Moulinneuf) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?257594 http://osnews.com/thread?257594 For all we know, these machines might get built and then sent to a warehouse to await OS installation. Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:07:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Almafeta) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?257605 http://osnews.com/thread?257605 "Here's what the kids are doing with these laptops"

Here is what "WorknMan" and the sensationalist "paid for by" press wanted to show and discuss and portray the OLPC as.

Somehow I doubt that the only thing they do with it is watch porn , but that's not what your trying to imply ...

also I prefer they watch porn then do this :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre

Or be child soldier :

http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGAFR440092006

http://www.a2mediagroup.com/?c=170&a=16841

Interesting that "this" was not covered also :

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/27/us-house-resolution-targeting-... Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:52:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Moulinneuf) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?257626 http://osnews.com/thread?257626 Finally those poor nigerian kids can watch a real porn!
My heart is filled with joy.

http://theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41177 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (gehersh) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?257628 http://osnews.com/thread?257628 also I prefer they watch porn then do this :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre

This is one of those times when spelling the word "than" correctly is incredibly important. Unless of course you did actually mean to say you wanted kids to watch porn then go shoot up their schools. Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:15:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (atezun) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?257639 http://osnews.com/thread?257639 hehe. Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:48:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (broken_symlink) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?257659 http://osnews.com/thread?257659 porn makes people happy why shouldnt it make that african kids happier? they live in a world of dictators gunfighting and insecurity , i guess they need the porn.
However OLPC is a nice machine i would get one because it has no harddisk and can probably work for days before the battery dies. Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:43:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (WyldStylist) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?257674 http://osnews.com/thread?257674 Here's what the kids are doing with these laptops:
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL1966647020070720

That too is education :-) Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:43:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (gonzo) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?257684 http://osnews.com/thread?257684 Reasons
1) Parent cannot afford it
2) No reliable electrical power supply
3) Parent do not understand the important of education
4) Parent die of aids Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:47:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (funny_irony) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?257691 http://osnews.com/thread?257691 After a really long, hard work day, that absolutely made my day. I can't thank you enough Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:44:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (aent) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?257703 http://osnews.com/thread?257703 1) governments buy, partially with the support of several funds

2) they prepared the OLPC-laptop for that case: just take a look at the specs/images

3) this is a great chance to show the children and their parents

4) we'll die in cancer - to be practically as serious as you are Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:26:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (vege) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?257720 http://osnews.com/thread?257720 LOL. Just..... LOL Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:16:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jjmckay) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?257741 http://osnews.com/thread?257741 to the OLPC team. This product will go a long way in addressing the digital divide.

As for all the naysayers, yes it runs Linux. The purpose is not to introduce them to computing or open source but to help them learn better. OSS happen to be the right tool for the job regardless of what anyone may see it as (and oh by the way, the opensource OS and the libraries do not prevent anyone from creating close source software if they choose to). And the OLPC team have built an impressive piece of hardware for the task.

As for the porn issue, yes gentlemen there are side effects. But they are not as bad as many people may think (we all faced the same situations). Imagine them being able to see demontrations in physics that are not possible to be shown in their school labs or simulations showing the passage of blood through the heart. The fact that the same machine can be used to see porn or waste time gaming (excessively that is) can be counted as a small disadvantage as compared to the benefits.Edited 2007-07-24 14:03 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:01:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Silent_Seer) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?257779 http://osnews.com/thread?257779 ...for misplaced priorities.

Members of Academia take themselves far too seriously. Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:45:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kittynipples) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?257793 http://osnews.com/thread?257793 You can download a image that can be used with QEMU from http://olpc.download.redhat.com/olpc/streams/development/LATEST-STA...

Read up at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Emulating_the_XO Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:11:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jrincayc) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?257911 http://osnews.com/thread?257911 Who is USD 100? I looked all over the British article which talks about the "$100 Laptop", as it's called, which the article points out would be about £50, but nowhere can I find reference to the "USD 100 Laptop", except here on OSNews.com. The pedantry here is a bit overwhelming at times, is all I'm trying to say. Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:11:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (mmcgreal) Comments