Will OLPC change Linux?
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| What makes these choices far reaching is that if OLPC is successful,
| then the next generation of programmers will come from an environment
| that is Java based, uses bundles/images, and is ubiquitous. This is
| a vast change from the C based, package driven, fringe desktop that
| we live in today.
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http://www.builderau.com.au/blogs/betaliving/viewblogpost.htm?p=339270756
Related:
Video: Hands-on with OLPC
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| Nick Negroponte's OLPC made an appearance at CES, in partner
| Marvell's booth. Marvell supplies the 802.11 b/g chipset, as
| well as a chipset made exclusively for mesh networking.
| Fortunately for us (but unfortunately for Marvell) we all
| know why everyone showed up, and it definitely wasn't for
| ICs. Take a look up top, or download at the bottom.
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http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/10/video-hands-on-with-olpc/
Australia To Trial OLPC
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| In a surprise announcement, the government of the Northern Territory
| has announced that they are testing the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child)
| machines with a view to launching trials in remote communities.
|
| The OLPC has been designed for children in the developing world, in
| regions that struggle for basic infrastructure like clean running
| water, and electricity. So it may come as a surprise to some that
| an Australian state government has put up a hand to trial the new
| laptops.
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http://www.localfoss.org/Australia_To_Trial_OLPC
Rwanda Commits to Low-Cost Laptop Project
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| Rwanda is the eighth developing country to join the One Laptop
| Per Child initiative aimed at giving away inexpensive
| computers to all young students.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/54987.html
$100 laptop project eyes launch
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| The first countries to sign up to buying the machine include
| Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Nigeria, Libya,
| Pakistan and Thailand.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6224183.stm
Public can purchase $100 laptop
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| The backers of the One Laptop Per Child project plan to
| release the machine on general sale next year.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6246989.stm
OLPC to reach $100 laptop mark next year
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| Using a Linux-based OS (operating system) is one way the group can
| save on cost, but that was not the main reason the group chose
| Fedora Core 6.0, a Linux OS, according to Michail Bletsas, chief
| connectivity officer at OLPC and a research scientist at MIT. The
| open-source OS allowed the OLPC group to expand the user experience
| and develop programs aimed at children, such as games and other
| software.
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| Bletsas also clarified that Microsoft "generously" offered a version of
| its Windows OS to the OLPC project, as did Apple. But the OLPC
| project declined, believing it had a chance to develop a new user
| interface. Using open-source software also allows children a
| greater opportunity to explore and create on their own, he said.
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http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsid=8044
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