Damien: drop by the forums (olpc.osuosl.org) or our IRC channel @ freenode #olpc-help and we can walk you through all of these issues.
On Dec 25, 2007 10:26 PM, Damien Marsic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I just got a XO through the G1G1 program. I wanted to support the OLPC > while getting a small laptop that I could use while traveling. I enjoy being > able to browse the web, read my email and read ebooks. However, I have been > unable to do the following, and I would appreciate any help on how to do it: > > - Watch videos on web pages (youtube, TV news from TV web sites) - gnash > does not work for flash movies, and real video or windows media are not > recognized > - Watch divx movies from a flash drive > - Listen to more than one mp3 file without having to close the helix > player, go back to the journal, select another song, open it with the > player, and again and again for each new song (the player has next and > pevious buttons but I could not figure out how to use them, and there is no > "file open" option) > > Is there a way to get this work, or is it better to erase the OS and put a > regular Linux? > > Damien > > > > > M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: > > Michael Tobis wrote: > > > Oops: > http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/12/olpc_and_the_ki.html > > mt > > On Dec 25, 2007 9:02 AM, X wrote: > > You didn't post a link to the story > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Olpc-open mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED]://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open > > Interesting reading ... and very similar to my decision process. > > 1. I ruled out the Kindle immediately. I don't believe in spending $200 > -- $400 for a computer that only does one or two things, like playing > media, reading books, or talking to people. For another $100 I can get a > low-end laptop with at least 1 GB of RAM, a dual-core processor, a > decent sized hard drive and Windows Vista. There's plenty of disk space > left over, so I can dual-boot it with Linux, which is what I really want. > > 2. So the choice was between a "conventional" laptop, like Acer, Compaq > or HP, and a smaller one, the ASUS Eee or XO. I liked the ASUS Eee but > pretty much everybody was sold out. They may be in stock now, but they > weren't back then. So it was a conventional laptop or the XO. > > 3. At that point I started looking at the technology of the XO > seriously. Great screen, Linux wireless that actually works, low > electrical footprint, much lighter than the conventional laptop, fewer > moving parts, etc. But the clincher was that CSound is standard > equipment. So there I was, and here I am with an XO. > > Oh yeah ... I'm also addicted to playing Implode. :) > _______________________________________________ > Olpc-open mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED]://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open > > > _______________________________________________ > Olpc-open mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open > >
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