G1G1-2008 US machines delivered with 8.1 build 708, not with 8.2 build 767

Bert Freudenberg bert at freudenbergs.de
Thu Nov 20 02:56:39 EST 2008


Hi Ed,

so since there is no stock in Europe can we assume that the machines  
ordered at the UK site will all come with 8.2? Makes support way easier.

- Bert -

On 20.11.2008, at 03:48, Ed McNierney wrote:

> Ton -
>
> Thanks for supporting the G1G1 program with your purchases!  This  
> year it
> was extremely important for us to have Amazon stocked with inventory  
> so
> orders could be fulfilled and delivered right away, the first day of  
> the
> program.  That meant that manufacturing actually had to begin before  
> 8.2 was
> released; the machines being manufactured now have 8.2 built in, but  
> the
> first G1G1 buyers will be receiving the first manufactured machines.
>
> You can find instructions on upgrading and information about the 8.2  
> release
> on our wiki at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/8.2.0
>
> This mailing list is for XO software development discussion, so it's  
> not the
> best place to get help for G1G1 purchasers.  You can find  
> information about
> G1G1 support with lots of great info at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Support
>
> Thanks again for being an "early adopter" this year - we really  
> appreciate
> it.
>
>    - Ed
>
>
> On 11/19/08 9:41 PM, "Ton van Overbeek" <tvoverbeek at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Received my 2 XOs ordered last Monday today.
>> I was surprised they were booting up in 8.1 with the old sugar
>> interface and not with 8.2.
>> I was under the impression 8.2.0 was targeted for G1G1-2008, but this
>> does not seem to be the case,
>> at least not for the US machines currently in stock at Amazon.
>> Just curious to know if this was the intention.
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