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The OLPC XO-1.5 and Fedora 11
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| Some good news from OLPC: we've decided to base the new XO-1.5 laptop's
| software release on Fedora 11. Unlike previous releases, we plan to use a
| full Fedora desktop build, booting into Sugar but giving users the option to
| switch into a standard GNOME install instead. (This will mostly be useful for
| older kids in high school.)
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http://blog.printf.net/articles/2009/05/16/the-olpc-xo-1-5-and-fedora-11
Migrating from Fedora Art Team to Fedora Design Team
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| As discussed some time ago [1], we are going to rebrand ourselves as the
| Fedora Design team rather than the Fedora Art team, both in hopes of
| attracting more UX designers, and also since it's a more accurate
| representation of the team so folks needing help with UI design will know
| where to go. Well, for roundabout reasons (getting fed up with our limited
| ability to collaborate on files, more later in this email) I finally got
| around to starting this process.
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https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-May/msg00171.html
Recent:
One XO Learning Laptop Per South Carolinian School Child
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| Last year, One Laptop Per Child/South Carolina launched a XO laptop pilot
| project at Britton's Neck Elementary in Marion School District Seven and
| Rains Centenary Early Childhood Center in Mullins, with 500 computers and an
| over-riding goal: one XO learning laptop per South Carolinian school child.
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http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/usa/olpc_south_carolina_school_child.html
OLPC XO-2 goes Open Hardware
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| I admit to being a little gobstopped by Nicholas Negroponte’s announcment in
| the Guardian that the next generation OLPC will be Open Hardware is a pretty
| big deal. I picked up the announcement this morning from Make Magazine
| editor, Phil Torrone’s twitter feed in which he says “This is pretty much the
| biggest news of 2009". For the maker, tinkerer, hardware hacker world, this
| might just be true.
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http://manypossibilities.net/2009/01/olpc-xo-2-goes-open-hardware/
Related:
OLPC: Nigeria's Registrar Finds No Proof KONYIN Registration Was Extended
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| I know. The dog ate it.
|
| It is also a matter of record that Oyegbola was convicted of bank fraud in
| Boston in 1990 and served a year in prison.
|
| OLPC Nigeria already told the court that the Extension of Design was invalid,
| but the court ignored them. I don't think it will do so now. If there is no
| valid extension, an injunction based upon it would be improper, obviously.
| The court will have another opportunity to get it right, as this letter will
| now be presented to the court. That's if it *wants* to get it right, which I
| am not at all convinced it does.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080306053914116
Local OEMs boycott Microsoft, Intel
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| The local Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) in the country may have
| commenced boycotting of placing orders on the Operating System (OS)
| dominantly supplied by the software giant, Microsoft Corporation and computer
| processor manufacturer, Intel Corporation offices in the country.
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http://itrealms.blogspot.com/2007/11/local-oems-boycott-microsoft-intel.html
OLPC Tells Nigerian Court: We Don't Use LANCOR's Keyboard
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| Here's what OLPC says was hidden from the court:
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| * LANCOR has no valid patent
| * OLPC hasn't sold any XO laptops in Nigeria
| * it's a non-profit
| * the beta XO laptops tested in Nigeria were not for sale and were not
| given away
| * OLPC never signed a EULA
| * OLPC never reverse engineered anything
| * its keyboards that will be distributed use all public domain techniques
| and not LANCOR's Konyin keyboard
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080103211653578
Nigerian Patent Infringement Lawsuit: Scam or Shame?
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| After reading that story I went to look for the Nigerian Patent Office's
| website, unfortunately according to the WIPO (World Intellectual Property
| Organization) directory there's no such thing. Probing further I found that
| the Nigerian Industrial Property Offices use a @yahoo.com e-mail address.
| That was the point where I stopped my search for an online-version of Patent
| # RD8489 even though I would really liked to take a look at it!
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http://www.olpcnews.com/hardware/keyboard/olpc_patent_infringement_scam.html
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