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- linuxtexas, on 08/01/2008, -1/+18SugarOS isn't trying to compete with Fedora, Ubuntu, openSUSE, or other free distros. It's for kids in third world countries that can't afford a computer.
POINT: You aren't supposed to be appealed to switch. It's for curiousity and development. - pinab, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18Poon?
GTFO. - schestowitz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17It was in the front page 1-2 days ago.
- azimir, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11As I type this on my Fedora laptop (perhaps to be Ubuntu soon) I agree that the Sugar OS/interface is not designed for a full on Linux graphical environment. They aren't designed for you.
Does it have a word processor? Email? IM? Minor gaming? Video capability? PDF/e-book viewing? And the big kicker: Web browsing?
Guess what the vast majority of computer users do on a day to day basis: send out stupid emails, browse the web for pictures of pets, write simple documents and chat with their friends. The Sugar environment has these basic tools plus the ability to include more.
I wouldn't mind giving an OLPC machine a try, as the basic browsing (digg compatible I hope!), e-books/PDF reading with a wireless connection should be everything I need. From the OLPC box I can use a terminal to SSH into a "real" system and fire up those X-Windows applications if needed. That would be enough to check on things and generally do some basic work from the library with a very small system. My main laptop is just too big for many of the places I have to use it, even though I love the nice big screen.
Different systems have different uses. If you cannot see a use for yourself then move onto something that works for you. That's one of the powers of Open Source. I'm sure within a short time of release there will be a SugarOS fork for different kinds of users, have no worries on that. Perhaps one of those will work for you. - serend, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10There is a snapshot server, http://olpc.download.redhat.com/olpc/streams/sdk/latest/livecd/ , http://olpc.download.redhat.com/olpc/streams/sdk/
- DoubtfulSalmon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Uh, torrent anyone?
- MasterChi, on 10/12/2007, -5/+13Yup, basically engadget stole it from digg and then posted it on digg. Way to make the money with a whole page full of ads. I'm getting tired of engadget and will digg down any article with their website link as Spam.
- damage84, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6"Buy 2 Get 1
There's been quite a buzz going around this idea which is just plain wrong. There are no plans for such distribution scheme. See the Retail page for the full story on retail sales, and read this article. "
That's just a rumor that isn't true, straight from their wiki/faq:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Ask_OLPC_a_Question_about_Distribution#Where_or_how_can_I_get_one.3F - TylerLavite, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7i am going to get one of these laptops. i heard you have to buy 2 100 bucks each, and one laptop goes to a child so it is a good cause. i have downloaded the OS and tried it. and its kind of weird at first but you get use to the GUI after a few minutes of playing with it. its VERY FAST.
- b3mus3d, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9What the hell are you moaning about?
Right, so you're saying Engadget 'stole' it from digg. Fair enough. But is there really anything wrong with using Digg as one of your sources, and posting a similar story to your blog? All news comes from somewhere, be it Digg, another blog, tv, heck even word of mouth. All blogs do this - they discover things on the internet and then post them.
And there are probably plenty of people that read Engadget but not Digg. Or perhaps they read both but missed the story on Digg. What is wrong with Engadget wanting to deliver the news to those people? Hell, they even gave Digg credit at the bottom of the story.
Finally, you claim that engadget posted the item to digg. Bollocks. The profile of the person who submitted the story has submitted a total of six - only ONE of which is from Engadget. They're clearly not associated.
And Engadget can hardly help if someone posts one of their stories to digg, can they?
Christ guys, I know spam is annoying, but this is *not spam*.
Oh, and if an article reaches the front page twice it's because enough people care about it and missed it the first time. No need to complain really. - zhulien, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6I want one!
- TylerLavite, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@damage84
thanks for that, i had no clue that that was a rumor. i really want to get one i think it will be a pretty cool laptop to just mess around with. - DoubtfulSalmon, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9@masterchi: "'m getting tired of engadget and will digg down any article with their website link as Spam."
Agreed. The Twins (aka gizgadget and enmodo) are the suck. I to digg down anything from either site as spam. - azimir, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4There is a $300 pledge that ends in November:
http://www.pledgebank.com/olpchackers
It's not an officially sanctioned pledge, but the founder is involved with the OLPC project so there is some hope.
The company the is producing the hardware has also talked about a commercial version:
http://digg.com/tech_news/OLPC_manufacturer_will_sell_200_laptop_in_developed_countries - michuk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3A review is here: http://polishlinux.org/apps/window-managers/a-brief-look-at-sugarui-by-redhat/
- noripcord7, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Is this a link to an Engadget article which links back to a Digg article that already made the front page?
- damage84, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Yeah I would like one myself, especially if they did actually do the whole "buy one, give one" thing, seems like it would be a great way to help raise money.
- AkiraXXX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I have to say that even after being an IT pro for a very long time, I find this OS to be head-scratchingly strange. I'm not saying that it won't do the job for which it was created, but I just don't understand why using a currently available distro is an issue. But, perhaps they've tested it with kids in their target market/demographics and found it to work best for them? As a typical American user, I was pretty uptight after using it for about 10 minutes. Again, I didn't use it on the intended computer and I'm not the intended audience. As long as it works out for those kids it will be worthwhile.
- SeBBBe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I, for one, feel that this interface is very easy to use and very innovative. It's an efficient and simple design and is not just good for kids who've never used a with their cocomputer - it's good for anyone only doing simple tasks, such as your parents.
- raffy, on 10/31/2007, -0/+0Re-creating the wheel can be a lucrative proposition, don't you think? Both DSL and Puppy Linux camps have offered to help during OLPC's early development, but were ignored.
- rockrapdude, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Let the hacking begin!
- InstantABS, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2I desperately need one too. LOL.
- DigitalRambler, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1As we all know many of the countries where these will be distributed have high levels of corruption.
Thus, one can assume that there will be some that make it onto the market instead of the intended recipients - SilverRavage, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Was that not what the internet was created for :) HA
- JAGUART, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0Clever way of educating the kids of today for the legions of customer support of tomorrow.
- Avalontor, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1@masterchi
Would you be so kind to explain how engadget stole it, but digg didn't? I mean, did digg create it? who did digg get it from? grow up. - tommyfullington, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0All those kids are gonna do with those laptops is look at porn.
- JJ1337, on 10/12/2007, -15/+1Remember No child left behind, no money no goody. OLPC, I wonder what kind of crappy computer is being offered.
- s33k4, on 10/12/2007, -19/+0i can poon so many noobs on it
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