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Ubuntu on OLPC

Posted by Shino Ito

I have been working very hard to install Ubuntu on my One Laptop Per Child XO laptop. I followed directions that were giving http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=1435.0 . Every step, I followed carefully. But it was still a bit confusing, though managed to completed it.

THEN... it doesn't boot. It hangs at img file at the time of reboot. It get stuck. I even left it over night since SD card may be too slow. Well, in the morning, it was still stuck @ same place.

In any rate, before I gave up, I once again did google search using word "stuck" and I found this posting http://sprocket.io/blog/2008/05/ubuntu-hardy-heron-on-the-olpc-xo-1 that seems to worked for someone who had same problem as me.

So, I re-did every step now following new directions. It was MUCH easier than other directions and it went SO smooth, those hours I've spent following other directions was such an waste!

OLPC's give one get one will be soon available over http://amazon.com/xo from November 17, 2008 an ... more »

Posted: October 26, 2008 1:28 pm | 0 comments
Tags: laptop, linux, olpc, one laptop per child, ubuntu

Ideas for the perfect mobile digital library device - aka the Kindle 10.0 if mated with OLPC, Miro and the Internet Archive

Posted by Christopher Markman

Just some ideas spurred by this silly Apple concept video from the 80s. The last 20 years have certainly expanded computing power but at the same time I think this demonstrates how we've moved toward more viable human-computer information interaction... also, c'mon, a bowtie?

I know playing futurist is a bit like a one-person checkers game, so bear with me:

Free wireless internet, everywhere. Large battery capacity and a hand crank or some easy way to optionally live off the grid. Uses free and open source software, physically the devices has no proprietary ports. Data is shared via bit-torrent between devices to decentralize server and power load. It wouldn't just zoom. You should be able to resize the image based on needs, maybe using a nano-scale projector (that didn't overheat) or some sort of non-clunky goggle or other ocular enhancement. Annotation, ala Skim or Youtube's new commentary function (pop-up video style) it would have built in analog capture functionality for use i ... more »

Posted: February 22, 2009 11:25 am | 0 comments
Tags: Digital Libraries, Internet Archive, Kindle, Miro, Mobile Devices, olpc, superfluous futurism