Confirmed: Kids like Sugar better than XP

October 24th, 2008 by

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It’s hardly a scientific test, but when a Cnet editor’s 8 year old daughter was given the choice between an OLPC XO laptop running Windows XP or the Linux-based Sugar UI, Sugar was the winner. As Cnet points out, either OS when properly incorporated into the teaching curriculum should serve the children of developing nations equally well. Only one, however, promises to prepare our youth for middle management.

P.S. Amazon’s Give One, Get One program will be limited to Linux according to Cnet and confirmed in the OLPC Wiki — no dual-boot for you Santa.

[Thanks, Justin G.]

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OLPC’s Give One, Get One returns to Amazon on November 17

September 30th, 2008 by

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We knew we’d be seeing a comeback of the Give One, Get One program this year, and now OLPC has confirmed a November 17 date — just in time for the holidays, how convenient for everyone! We’re still not certain on a price, but $399 is quite likely. It’s not like they’re doing the volume right now to drive those costs down, and the component-reduced XO 1.5, which is supposed to actually get close to hitting OLPC’s $100 laptop goals, won’t be landing until next spring. Dual-booting to XP is still unconfirmed.

[Thanks, Charbax]

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First OLPC XOs from G1G1 ship today

December 10th, 2007 by

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At the nexus of selfishness and altruism sits the OLPC Give One, Get One program. Today marks the first day of shipping for those of you who placed a G1G1 order during the program’s November 12th launch date. Each XO ships with new OLPC Ship.2 Build (650) software which introduces a network-based OLPC-update and more robust wireless networking in addition to the same (great) Sugar UI and easy-to-use application suite we’ve seen. They’ll also arrive touting the latest Q2D07 firmware which fixes a critical bug bricking some XOs in manufacturing. As noted earlier, these units should arrive before Christmas while the second XO heads to less-fortunates in early 2008. As it should be, eh you greedy/selfless bastage.