Apologies for all the spelling mistakes. I guess so many of them actually rendered the post almost unreadable. -- Soyuz
--- In [email protected], "Soyuz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Zico <mailzico@> wrote: > > True!! I cannot understand, why the OLPC chose this one!!! They > could use > > Xubuntu... > > Its the objective - one Laptop for child (focusing mostly for the > undervedeloped and developing countries). > > So we are talking aboyt the cheapest possible hardware platfrom, a > really really power saving computig platfrom with a very very very > simple UI for a child to quickly adopt it. > > The idea supposed to be that children in villages or remote areas with > use it with too much lurnig curve and less wory to supply power to it. > > (i guess i don't need to explain the problem availability of > electricity in underdeveloped countires. And also *less power > consumption* is the mantra as the western world also knows that > electricity is expensive and have impact in environment) > > So, what you do? > > you take a linux distry (so no license fee), trim its fat (less memory > == less cost), reducing its background computing and graphics > intensive computing (less power usage + less hardware cost - no fancy > vdo supoort, no fancy resolution of screen) and finally simplify the > GUI for a child (there goes your KDE/GNOME desktop with menu icon > taskbar clicking dragging, context menu, right click etc) > > So now think about how Xubuntu could meete those conditions? > > I see OLPC as a really appreciable technological effort. > > The sign that MS is moving on to this proves that its a succees to it > stated objective. Its really a laptop that can go to the hands of > childs in some remote village of bangladesh or like. MS would want > that generation to grow up without windows. Instead its a perfect > vehicle for them to push their product into the hands of next generaton. > > Btw, theres a cool feature of OLPC. I was using it in the last > conference. It can do wireless mesh networking. So you dont need a > access point/router/hub to set up a LAN. Bring few olpc close and > fireup. You have got your network. How cool is that!!!!!!! > > cheers, > Soyuz >
