Here is a link that explains how to set up Ubuntu on the XO. (via OLPC News) Addendum: 18/2/9 I installed it and it worked flawlessly. Here are my notes on the installation: 000. Remove the SD card and start the XO. 001. Start Terminal in Sugar. 002. Connect the USB drive 003. Run mount [...]
G1G1 is back via Amazon.com. Check it out here. (via OLPC News)
The OLPC XO shall Give One Get One Program shall return! Wonderful! I hope everyone takes the opportunity both to pick up and donate an XO here!
Ben blogged here about some stories about OLPC case studies. They are all worth checking out. Listen to the following NPR articles (both found here): Laptops for Kids in Small Towns May Not Be Panacea Laptops Help Keep Migrant Workers’ Kids in School And read this article One Laptop Per New York City Student a [...]
The XO’s default user interface, Sugar, is very interesting. Its goal is to allow for kids to collaborate, and in doing so, enhance their learning. It is a wonderful idea. The only problem is that it leaves them with a computer that has got barely any memory and no swap (XOs haven’t got swap). I [...]
If you don’t run Sugar on your XO, you need to configure your wireless connection somehow, and a lot of folks use wifi-radar, myself included. While experimenting with it tonight, I noticed that the wireless connection on my other computer quit working periodically. Eventually I did put two and two together and found that everything [...]
Here is the page on the OLPC website that documents secure digital cards on the XO. The XO supports SDHC (high capacity). I use a 16GB AData card on my XO without problem. Here is a little reminder: when you insert the SD card into the XO, do so with the screen, and the shiny [...]
Until a recent trip, I hadn’t used the XO very hard, or configured it at all. Before heading out, I read Bill’s article and found some real gems that, along with my own preferences, make using the XO a much more pleasurable experience. They follow: Disable the terrible hot-corner feature Disable Alt-Tab to the Journal [...]