I agree that it's important for kids to be able to do all they want to do on the laptop! :) YouTube is quickly becoming not just for fun, but a classroom tool as well.
It's my understanding that while the XO laptop does not ship with the Adobe Flash plugin (which is required for playing YouTube videos) because it is proprietary software, you should be able to install it yourself: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Flash_Player http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Adobe_Flash#Installation I confess I've never tried it on ours though! Clare Richardson Technology and Program Coordinator Girlstart www.girlstart.org 512.916.4775 512.916.4776 fax Scrub in, Broadcast news, Unmask mysteries! Don't miss Summer Camp 2008: www.girlstartcamp.org -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Kintree Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 10:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Olpc-open] XO laptops and video My eleven year old daughter uses her XO laptop very rarely here in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. This is largely due to the inability to view youtube videos and lack of support for other Internet-based applications that require Flash. The XO hardware is capable of displaying youtube videos. Evidence of that can be seen in this youtube video showing an XO with Ubuntu Linux that is doing it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJhWcWOQNaE For many recipients of XO laptops, the lack of software support to display youtube videos is a non-issue because they do not have the Internet access that is also necessary. Major resources still need to be developed to provide Internet access with sufficient bandwidth to support video for every child. Regards, John Kintree 4043 Delor Street St. Louis, MO 63116 314-351-7454 http://home.swbell.net/jkintree/islt/ _______________________________________________ Olpc-open mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open _______________________________________________ Olpc-open mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open
