On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Doug LaRue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > news is out today that Microsoft is about ready to release Windows XP on the > OLPC device. There's a video of it and they put alot of spit and polish into > the > video so you know the marketing people are involved. Let's see if any of you > can catch the flaw in the video. > > http://gizmodo.com/391054/windows-xp-on-olpc-xo-laptop-now-official > > Now, if you would like to play with Sugar on your own computer, here's some > tricks to get it working inside of your existing desktop on Ubuntu. > > 1) sudo apt-get install sugar sugar-activities > note: you can also use a GUI tool and might need to add the universe or > multiverse repository > > 2) sudo apt-get install xephyr > > 3) create a file named xephyr.xinitrc in your home directory with this line in > it: > exec /usr/bin/sugar > > 4) create a file named xeph in your home directory with these lines in it and > make it executable: > #!/bin/bash > xinit ~/xephyr.xinitrc -- /usr/bin/Xephyr :1 -ac -screen 800x600 -dpi 72 > > 5) run ~./xeph > > You should now have something like what you see in the attached image. > > PS, F1, F2, F3, F4 map to Neighborhood, Group, Home, ? > F1 will show you who is connected to your network sharing server and F3 > is where you start your activities which are located across the bottom of the > screen. > > Doug But why would you want Sugar when you can get XP complete with BSOD? http://cybernetnews.com/2007/12/06/windows-xp-on-the-olpc/
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