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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."

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  1. 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?

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  2. Re:What's the real plan? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Worked for Jean-Chrétien. /duck