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OLPC Operating System Available to Download

Posted by Zonk on from the make-your-own-one-laptop dept.

ThePopeLayton writes "Engadget is reporting that the operating system made specifically for the OLPC project is now available for download. 'Apparently, the Linux-based Sugar OS from the One Laptop Per Child project is now available via a bootable LiveCD ISO, and according to user reports, works quite well aside from the lack of WiFi capability on a certain MacBook.'"

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  1. The Sugar UI by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I think I also saw a vmware image of the OLPC OS floating around a while back. But anyway, for those of you who haven't had a chance to explore the Sugar UI, it's a pretty different model that totally shitcans the "desktop" model for more of a community model, where one performs "activities" rather than run "applications". Worth taking a look at just to see another approach to how computers can be used from a user experience perspective.

  2. Re:OLPC Distro by dmbasso · · Score: 4, Informative

    You mean, Python based official OLPC desktop.

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  3. Heads Up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you're going to download it, get the latest version instead.

    The lazy 'article' is just a link to an already out-of-date Endgadget post. Thank ThePopeLayton and Zonk for schilling instead of informing, and then climb the dirtree to find the latest.

    http://olpc.download.redhat.com/olpc/streams/sdk/

    see also
    http://olpc.download.redhat.com/olpc/