[olpc-help] Some problems including loss of keyboard input!

[Anonymous]

Why is it, here, that every time someone just says what their experience is with the XO, people say they disagree?  Who cares if you disagree. The fact is, despite the stated good intentions of OLPC (who knows what their real intentions are?), many people here, overseas, young and old, have experienced the product as a dog. 

Keyboards don't work, trackpads don't work, the browser is incomplete, the word processor corrupts any file it touches, there is no file system, and it is nigh on impossible for non-geeks to install anything to replace the broken apps that come installed. Lastly, the target audience, here and overseas, are unable to use the XO for learning. It is not intuitive in any way and they need training that is not there. They do use it to show off and clobber others who try to take it to show off, as well.  

Luckily, governments did not jump at buying this pig-in-a-poke...they would be better off with real pigs!