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Sugar Labs<p>Check out this video we found:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VievUua9qyw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/VievUua9qyw</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Fun fact: "Edge engineered/played/orchestrated/made the start up sound for the XO laptop which was made as part of the One Laptop Per Child initiative. Here is that sound. Only 4 seconds or so long and sounds exactly like Beautiful Day." -- <a href="https://u2start.com/topic/3859" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">u2start.com/topic/3859</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OLPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OLPC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SugarLabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SugarLabs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SugarDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SugarDesktop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TamTam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TamTam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Learning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/STEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>STEM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/STEAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>STEAM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cubhub.social/@Rusty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Rusty</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://rubber.social/@dragonarchitect" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dragonarchitect</span></a></span> I disagree re: webOS and FirefoxOS.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/webOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webOS</span></a> failed due to lack of market penetration (there was only like 1 Tablet from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/hp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hp</span></a>) and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FirefoxOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirefoxOS</span></a> failed because <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mozillaofficial" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mozillaofficial</span></a></span> didn't even offer to sell devices to folks like me and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fuchsiii</span></a></span> that wanted one.</p><ul><li>The only devices with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> OS in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> were a few <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NetLock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetLock</span></a>'d <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/prepaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prepaid</span></a> phones that got sold in Spain (reqiring ID for no valid reason!) and which were essentially useless for anyone outside of Spain.</li></ul><p>Add to that the absurdity that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> basically expected carriers (!!) to maintain and provide the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AppStore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppStore</span></a>|s themselves and you get market fracturing worse than the <em>"P.R."</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> (!!!)…</p><p>It was mismanaged and self-sabotaged in the worst possible way.</p><ul><li>Similar to how <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OLPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OLPC</span></a> never sold the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XO1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XO1</span></a> in retail and didn't even offer the <em>"Give one, Get one"</em> deal in most places...</li></ul><p>The <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Duopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Duopoly</span></a> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/iOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iOS</span></a> wasn't unavoidable, but an outcome of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SelfSabotage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfSabotage</span></a> and halfassed non-commitment by competitors!</p>
Anton Sipos<p>Some <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OLPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OLPC</span></a> seen at <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SCALE22x" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCALE22x</span></a> Next Generation Workshop Space, geared towards kids.</p>
1peter10<p>Noooooo, my <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/OLPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OLPC</span></a> XO4 Touch shipping is not going well. Thanks, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a>... </p><p>&gt; Hello,</p><p>Thank you for purchasing this laptop from our store. Unfortunately, I regret to inform you that Germany has rejected the parcel as it contains a lithium battery, and it has been returned to us.</p><p>As the laptop cannot be shipped with the battery, I can either resend it without the battery or cancel the sale and issue a full refund.</p><p>Please let me know how you would like to proceed.</p><p>Thank you.</p>
Eliot Lash<p>Ramy Awny Sultan is a self-taught electronics engineer from <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Gaza" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> with a multimedia degree from Palestine University. I know him from the <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23OLPC" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OLPC</a> community. He isn't asking for money but needs help to escape Gaza and find a job. Do you know of any way to help? <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23GazaWar" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GazaWar</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Refugee" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Refugee</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23MutualAid" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MutualAid</a><br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dsad6hiuo7fom57wt4rz5btk/post/3lerugmnk3br2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dsad6hiuo7fom57wt4rz5btk/post/3lerugmnk3br2</a></p>
Eliot Lash<p>I know Ramy from the <a href="https://social.coop/tags/OneLaptopPerChild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OneLaptopPerChild</span></a> community. He told me he has a multimedia degree from Palestine University and 10 years of experience in electronics, medical equipment, electric/hybrid cars and electric bikes, maintenance and design of electronic devices, and solar energy, CNC &amp; 3d printing, and PC maintenance/programming. He is willing to test to show his expertise in any of these subjects. Can you help connect him with anyone that can help? 2/</p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/GetFediHired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GetFediHired</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/GazaWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaWar</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/MutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MutualAid</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/OLPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OLPC</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jwildeboer</span></a></span> Software Freedom Day, Melbourne<br>Hosted by LUV (Linux Users Victoria) &amp; others at The Hub, Melbourne, 2008SEP20.</p><p>Hens teeth. Just a few years later the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RPi</span></a> came out ☺️</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/OLPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OLPC</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/laptop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>laptop</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computers</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://flickr.com/photos/bootload/albums/72157607387630079/with/2871574159" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flickr.com/photos/bootload/alb</span><span class="invisible">ums/72157607387630079/with/2871574159</span></a>&gt;</p>
חנן כהן • Hanan Cohen<p><a href="https://tooot.im/tags/throwbackthursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>throwbackthursday</span></a> My homepage on an <a href="https://tooot.im/tags/OLPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OLPC</span></a> , taken March 2007</p>
Thomas Cherryhomes<p>Going back to <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/OLPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OLPC</span></a> wiki.laptop.org I am reminded that after Bender and the Sugar team were kicked out, the entire wiki was scrubbed and pruned of all the volunteer user pages, including my own.</p><p>It was a kick to the face of so many volunteers who gave their time and energy toward something we all believed in, and a brick in the wall of bitterness that I now have about the intersection of capitalism and free software.</p>
Thomas Cherryhomes<p>I upgraded my extremely early production <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/OLPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OLPC</span></a> XO-1 from the very first production OS (18 ya), to the latest, just now. (I volunteered on the Firmware team)</p><p>The laptop now boots 20 times slower, and has a far worse boot-up experience.</p><p>There's a metaphor here on the state of software.</p>
Sugar Labs<p>Get a cool tee shirt or hoodie for yourself and a loved one, all while support our work in education. Check out our offerings on <a href="https://www.bonfire.com/sugar-labs-education/?utm_source=copy_link&amp;utm_medium=post_campaign_launch&amp;utm_campaign=sugar-labs-education&amp;utm_content=default" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bonfire.com/sugar-labs-educati</span><span class="invisible">on/?utm_source=copy_link&amp;utm_medium=post_campaign_launch&amp;utm_campaign=sugar-labs-education&amp;utm_content=default</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SugarLabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SugarLabs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/softwarelibre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>softwarelibre</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/flo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/olpc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>olpc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/STEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>STEM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/STEAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>STEAM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonprofit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fun</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/merch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>merch</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@topher" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>topher</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.sdf.org/@pfr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pfr</span></a></span> you know <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RMS</span></a> literally yeeted his <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XO1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XO1</span></a> because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OLPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OLPC</span></a> didn't actively work against efforts of making <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> run on it?</p><ul><li>I wish this was a joke, but that guy is so deranged!</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://babka.social/@serge" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>serge</span></a></span> yeah, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RMS</span></a> is a cringy <em>"FLOSS extremist"</em> in the worst sense of it, because he started hating <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OLPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OLPC</span></a> for merely <em>making it possible</em> to put <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> on the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XO1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XO1</span></a>.</p><ul><li>Not delivering it with it even as a BTO option, but merely offering <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/drivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drivers</span></a>.</li></ul><p>And for him everythng that isn't <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv3</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AGPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AGPLv3</span></a> isn't <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> to him, with his fanboys getting caught harrassing projects to <em>"switch to GPLv3"</em> for no reason.</p>
T_X<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.uno/@paoloredaelli" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>paoloredaelli</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jwildeboer</span></a></span> some years ago mesh networking in phones was a no-go, because it would drain their battery too quickly. Lately I was very surprised to see a Gl.inet XE300 travel router last for 8 hours on its integrated 5000mAh battery with a <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Freifunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Freifunk</span></a> firmware with <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/11s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>11s</span></a> + <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/batman_adv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>batman_adv</span></a> (and no user traffic). So maybe portable 24/7 mesh networking devices in your pocket or bag is on the table again these days.<br>I'm wondering what <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/OLPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OLPC</span></a>'s experience with 11s and battery life was.</p>
DJGummikuh<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jwildeboer</span></a></span> this story is extraordinarily stupid (as far as the government goes) because the goal of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OLPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OLPC</span></a> was to improve education, and then the government fumes because their population starts to make educated decisions...</p>
Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:<p>Quite some years ago (2006-08), we brought the <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/OLPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OLPC</span></a> AKA the 100$ laptop to Ethiopia as pilot. A surprising thing happened. The laptops were often without battery power in the morning. A thing that wasn’t anticipated. It had two reasons. One was the keyboard LED (it was removed in later series). It was used by the parents to have a light at home. The other was a bigger surprise. The parents used the mesh networking to discuss market prices for their produce. Fascinating. 1/8</p>
Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:<p>A story I could write: an alternative timeline where the <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/OLPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OLPC</span></a> (One Laptop Per Child AKA as the 100 dollar laptop) became the global default for education and created, with its mesh network, a decentralised approach to a true Internet Of People. A future built on connecting people. Where sharing brought progress. It can still be done. I’m convinced of that. And I continue to work on motivating many more to get to that future :) Those OLPC pictures are recent! They work and I use them :)</p>
Scarab<p>Sadly, I think <a href="https://penguicon.social/tags/mesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mesh</span></a> networking, which can be very useful in disaster response and for local collaboration where there isn't good internet access (e.g., One Laptop Per Child learning exercises), may also be considered to be "offline networking" (any network without big ISPs behind it) and similarly in danger of being opposed. <a href="https://penguicon.social/tags/OLPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OLPC</span></a> <a href="https://penguicon.social/@gwil@post.lurk.org/112925450816858392" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">penguicon.social/@gwil@post.lu</span><span class="invisible">rk.org/112925450816858392</span></a></p>
Space Hobo<p>Hey <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> folks: I have a collection of <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/OLPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OLPC</span></a> XO-1 devices in various states of disrepair. I have one perfectly working one, and one that seems to have a pre-release smooth back. They've largely been cannibalised over the past 18 years, and so I have at least one case that I wouldn't feel terrible putting more modern brains into.</p><p>I've dug around and found people murmuring about chucking Pi Zeros and such inside (which would be a dramatic upgrade!) but nobody really seems to have tackled the task of making a proper replacement that supports charging and display and I/O and such. If anything, the furthest people have been willing to go is to turn a working XO into a sort of dedicated X11 terminal with an X Server running remote applications on another system over the WiFi.</p><p>Has anyone here ever done true fun&amp;games with these cases? My understanding was that the rubber keyboards were always the first thing to go, so I wonder if there are any hacks to get something else installed, just as a start. Also the cool displays are sui generis, and I'd be willing to mount something more modern in there if that's the answer.</p>
Trevor Flowers<p>Libre hardware and software design is inherently global. If you're interested in that kind of work and intend for a wide reach then it's worth learning about why even projects with good intentions can fail to transfer to people in different situations than yours, be it location, infrastructure, and/or bodily capabilities.<br><a href="https://youtu.be/CGRtyxEpoGg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/CGRtyxEpoGg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://machines.social/tags/olpc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>olpc</span></a> <a href="https://machines.social/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://machines.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://machines.social/tags/oshw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oshw</span></a></p>
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