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Comparison of Windows XP and Linux/Sugar On the OLPC XO

Posted by timothy on from the but-the-hardware-is-awesome dept.

griffjon writes "OLPCNews has a comparison of Windows XP to the Sugar/Linux OS on the One Laptop Per Child XO-1, based on the Microsoft Unlimited Potential video, touching on video recording, power usage, boot times, and mesh networking. An interesting, if saddening, read."

8 of 203 comments (clear)

  1. Re:What's the real plan? by Drakonik · · Score: 4, Funny

    Have you ever tried to talk out of ONE side of your mouth? Nobody can understand you.

  2. Re:Sugar is worse by oldhack · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sugar is god-awful slow. It's not even a real program; it's just a Python script.

    That's a really bright thing to say. What, you program only with solder?

    --
    Fuck systemd. Fuck Redhat. Fuck Soylent, too. Wait, scratch the last one.
  3. Re:What's the real plan? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Worked for Jean-Chrétien. /duck

  4. Re:eat my shorts slashdot !! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh Balmer, for crying out loud - don't you have anything better to do?

  5. XP on XO conspiracy theory timeline.. by Bazman · · Score: 3, Funny

    MS announce XP on XO.

    Slashdot goes "Pics or it never happened!"

    MS provide screen shots.

    Slashdot goes "screenshots can be faked - video or it never happened!"

    MS provide video.

    Slashdot goes "Whatever, it never happened!"

    1. Re:XP on XO conspiracy theory timeline.. by dhasenan · · Score: 2, Funny

      It may be that the videos are not faked. Still, if they were not, I would like to replace my workstation (Core 2 Duo with 3GB RAM) with an OLPC laptop, since it seems to run so much faster.

    2. Re:XP on XO conspiracy theory timeline.. by MenThal · · Score: 2, Funny

      We're still all waiting to see the BSOD in action before we're convinced it is Windows alright. :)

  6. Re:eat my shorts slashdot !! by tristian_was_here · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bill you should at least keep your employees on a leash.