On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 12:10:45PM -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > Hey guys, > > The OLPC laptop can now be purchased in the U.S. and Canada for $399 (you are > actually buying two laptops and one goes to a child in a developing country). > Anyways I was considering this but I am not a big fan of the Sugar interface. > > I wanted to simply remove everything, install debian etch and then run a > lightweight window manager like Enlightenment DR17 or DWM. > > I understand that OLPC does not have a CDROM drive but I am sure Debian can > be installed in other ways. > > Next, will Debian Etch detect the hardware right away? It looks like the OLPC > has quite a few custom components built in. > > > What are your thoughts? > > Thanks, > Amit Maybe consider buying the EeePc laptop and make a donation to the XO fund? This way you get a more standard laptop that supports linux and help the XO fund? But I'm sure someone will work on XO/Linux, so maybe ask on an XO list? -K ps. I'm testing Sugar on my Ubuntu PC, it runs in a second Xephr window (:1 display). -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | |join the new debian-community.org to help Debian! | |_______ Unless I ask to be CCd, assume I am subscribed _______|
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