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[News] Teachers Like the GNU/Linux-based OLPC, Ubuntu 8.10 Ported to It

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Interviews with teachers about OLPC benefits

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| I did some short interviews with some of the teachers at one of the 
| Australian trial sites talking about how they are using the XOs in the 
| classroom and some of the benefits the students are experiencing. Very cool 
| stuff! Many thanks to Warwick and Deirdre for their time and enthusiasm!   
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http://pipka.org/blog/2008/12/06/interviews-with-teachers-about-olpc-benefits/

Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Optimized for XO Laptop

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| Thanks to the tireless efforts of Teapot, we now have Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid 
| optimized for the XO laptop! Teapot designed this release to be reliable and 
| consistent with these modifications:  
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|  * Kernel is from OLPC release 8.2.0. USB boot fix in ramdisk is the only 
|  change that was applied to OLPC-distributed files. 
| 
| [...]
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http://www.olpcnews.com/software/operating_system/ubuntu_810_intrepid_optimized.html


Recent:

Amazon to sell one OLPC laptop for the price of two

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| Amazon will soon sell the OLPC Linux laptop using the approach taken by the
| hardware charity's 'buy two, get one' programme.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/09/04/amazon_to_sell_olpc/


OLPC's Amazon Notebook Linux Only

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| “Contrary to some media reports, it will be a Linux-based XO Laptop that will
| be offered as part of the global initiative and not a dual-boot machine
| running both Windows and Linux,” OLPC said in a statement.
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http://blog.internetnews.com/dneedle/2008/09/olpcs-amazon-notebook-linux-on.html


What do Free and Open Source Software Leaders Think of Microsoft?

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| "Microsoft suborned the One Laptop Per Child project, converting it into a
| massive Windows training campaign. The project says it is giving the
| purchasing governments 'more choice' by supporting Windows as well as
| GNU/Linux, but those governments will tend to choose Windows by default. In
| some countries, people will campaign to prevent that. If these campaigns
| succeed, the OLPC project may yet make a positive contribution to the world.
| Otherwise, it will do overall harm."
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/12068_3753076_3


OLPC / Amazon preparing to bring G1G1 to Europe?

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| There were 4 big questions when it was first revealed that Amazon would be
| running this year's edition of the Give 1 Get 1 program:
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| Europe dressed in OLPC green
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|    1. How much is it going to cost? $399.
|    2. When will G1G1 v2 start? November 17.
|    3. Will it come with Windows XP? No.
|    4. Is G1G1 v2 going to be available outside the United States?
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http://www.olpcnews.com/sales_talk/g1g1/olpc_amazon_preparin_1.html
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