The battery is behind the keyboard, that is what the rest of the machine balances on. I have one purchased off of ebay, and there are no stability issues, it is a very well designed laptop.
Also, there is not that much mass to topple over, as it does not weigh very much.
The keyboards, like all parts on the XO, are easily replaceable. In the areas that these are being deployed to, part of basic training is how to take apart the XO and replace any parts. It is so easy even a grade school teacher can do it.
This was a primary design goal. The laptops can and are being repaired locally.
The Give 1 Get 1 laptops are a special case. The primary object was to donate laptops, not to put laptops into the hands of consumers. That is why it was not called Get 1 Give 1.
G1G1 donors need to understand that they are participating as donors first, and testers second.
The big advertisers call the shots and control the content, so what difference does it make which company gets the profits? If you want a free press, remove the advertising.
"How come these laptops are going to kids in developing nations when we have needy children in the U.S.?
In the U.S., the average expenditure for education is $10,000 dollars per child. In developing countries, the average expenditure is typically less than $300 dollars per child. One Laptop Per Child is initially focused on where the need is most urgent. A number of U.S. states have approached One Laptop Per Child and expressed interest in the program, and in the long run, One Laptop Per Child hopes to work with those states and help children everywhere."
In other words, every US American child could have a laptop supplied by their school. You'll have to go ask your school board why they do not.
Your school board is already spending thousands of dollars a year on your nephews education. They can easily buy new laptops for every kid in your area. And load Sugar, the XO laptops software, on all of them. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Software_components
1) The IEs4Linux FAQ says that "ActiveX may not work with some special cases" not that it does not work. Best to just test it in this particular instance.
2) Switching to a couple of IIS servers and installing IE on the 400 Linux desktops is easier then switching 400 desktops to MS Windows.
3) As others have mentioned, it is not about the success of Linux, it is about freedom. The poster is quite happy to use a proprietary accounting package to store and manage the data. Does not sound like an attractive nor wise decision.
Exactly, Tapioca has already implemented the voice part of GTalk on Linux. There are packages for Ubuntu Dapper listed here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Tapioca/
Ekiga, formerly known as gnomemeeting, is a full SIP Phone as well as a videoconferencing application. It works with usb webcams as well as firewire attached digital camcorders.
I've had good luck using this https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Webcam utility to install the latest drivers for many consumer webcams.
IM clients that do video Chat include aMSN and kopete.
I am listening to a music stream from that old laptop in the corner (which is running mt-daapd) to this newer one running Rhythmbox. Works like a charm!
All the articles people have written on which system has the most vunerabilities seem largly irrelevant in the real world. There are hundreds of thousands of servers of both platforms out there doing real work.
What percentage of them have been cracked? That is the important fact, rather then theoretical lists of improbable attacks. Are there any accurate statistics for this?
Temperature control (heating and cooling) can be better done through passive means, ie: insulation, shading, ventilation, low-e windows.
Use the kiss principle, don't buy electronic gismos for every little thing. Do more manually, the human body is designed to manipulate manual tools. Don't throw away the gifts that all those generations of evolution have given you.
Move to a tiny apartment within walking distance of jobs, schools, restaurants, bars, theaters. Lose the car. Shop less, live more.
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The primary object of the Give 1 Get 1 program was to donate laptops, not to receive a consumer product.
People who participated are firstly donors and secondly testers.
In places where they are being deployed, a localized keyboard layout is developed and provided. Go read wiki.laptop.org for more information.
The XO uses a gel-type keyboard. Individual keycaps are not replaceable. The entire keyboard, however, is easily replaceable.
We could spend all our wealth on non-materialistic "products", rather then physical resources.
The battery is behind the keyboard, that is what the rest of the machine balances on. I have one purchased off of ebay, and there are no stability issues, it is a very well designed laptop.
Also, there is not that much mass to topple over, as it does not weigh very much.
The keyboards, like all parts on the XO, are easily replaceable. In the areas that these are being deployed to, part of basic training is how to take apart the XO and replace any parts. It is so easy even a grade school teacher can do it.
This was a primary design goal. The laptops can and are being repaired locally.
The Give 1 Get 1 laptops are a special case. The primary object was to donate laptops, not to put laptops into the hands of consumers. That is why it was not called Get 1 Give 1.
G1G1 donors need to understand that they are participating as donors first, and testers second.
"Nuclear power is very clean..."
Only if you ignore the waste products. If you think spent nuclear fuel is clean, why not make useful consumer goods out of it?
The big advertisers call the shots and control the content, so what difference does it make which company gets the profits? If you want a free press, remove the advertising.
And opinion piece came out today in a local paper with another view of the function of the U.S. Federal Reserve.
"Alan Greenspan, that mystifying Yoda of the global economy who sat for a century as chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, has published his memoirs." http://www.canada.com/components/print.aspx?id=b1f1d78d-ce1e-4e53-a2eb-c6e829b01d7b
From http://www.xogiving.org/faq.html
"How come these laptops are going to kids in developing nations when we have needy children in the U.S.?
In the U.S., the average expenditure for education is $10,000 dollars per child. In developing countries, the average expenditure is typically less than $300 dollars per child. One Laptop Per Child is initially focused on where the need is most urgent. A number of U.S. states have approached One Laptop Per Child and expressed interest in the program, and in the long run, One Laptop Per Child hopes to work with those states and help children everywhere."
In other words, every US American child could have a laptop supplied by their school. You'll have to go ask your school board why they do not.
Read the FAQ: http://www.xogiving.org/faq.html
Your school board is already spending thousands of dollars a year on your nephews education. They can easily buy new laptops for every kid in your area. And load Sugar, the XO laptops software, on all of them. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Software_components
1) The IEs4Linux FAQ says that "ActiveX may not work with some special cases" not that it does not work. Best to just test it in this particular instance.
2) Switching to a couple of IIS servers and installing IE on the 400 Linux desktops is easier then switching 400 desktops to MS Windows.
3) As others have mentioned, it is not about the success of Linux, it is about freedom. The poster is quite happy to use a proprietary accounting package to store and manage the data. Does not sound like an attractive nor wise decision.
They may have managed to sneak around the wording of GPLv2, but they sure have violated the spirit of Software Libre.
It's not anti Microsoft. It is the oxymoronic concept of software patents.
Software Libre and software patents do not mix. The 4 freedoms of the gplv2 implied this, gplv3 will make it explicit.
They have. http://www.laptop.org/map.en_US.html Most countries in the world have already expressed interest in this education project.
About your chat extension. No extensions needed. The planned default is a UI based on chat. http://www.eschoolnews.com/eti/2006/05/001414.php
Exactly, Tapioca has already implemented the voice part of GTalk on Linux. There are packages for Ubuntu Dapper listed here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Tapioca/
is the protocol for this kind of stuff http://www.olsr.org/
Ekiga, formerly known as gnomemeeting, is a full SIP Phone as well as a videoconferencing application. It works with usb webcams as well as firewire attached digital camcorders.
I've had good luck using this https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Webcam utility to install the latest drivers for many consumer webcams.
IM clients that do video Chat include aMSN and kopete.
The new iMacs do not use an antiquated PC bios, they use EFI. New game.
I am listening to a music stream from that old laptop in the corner (which is running mt-daapd) to this newer one running Rhythmbox. Works like a charm!
PS!: Get! Yours! Here! http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=yahoo
It even had the pc-to-phone feature back in 2001. So what is the news here? A press release advertising old features?
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,55259,00.asp
All the articles people have written on which system has the most vunerabilities seem largly irrelevant in the real world. There are hundreds of thousands of servers of both platforms out there doing real work.
What percentage of them have been cracked? That is the important fact, rather then theoretical lists of improbable attacks. Are there any accurate statistics for this?
= consume more childish electronic toys
What are you using so much power for?
Temperature control (heating and cooling) can be better done through passive means, ie: insulation, shading, ventilation, low-e windows.
Use the kiss principle, don't buy electronic gismos for every little thing. Do more manually, the human body is designed to manipulate manual tools. Don't throw away the gifts that all those generations of evolution have given you.
Move to a tiny apartment within walking distance of jobs, schools, restaurants, bars, theaters. Lose the car. Shop less, live more.
What have these people got against beans and tortillas?