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

[Ed McNierney]

Bert -

You should assume nothing, and you should send questions about G1G1  
distribution to help at laptop.org, not to a list of software  
developers - that's where you will find the folks who actually know  
what's going on <g>.

	- Ed


On Nov 20, 2008, at 2:56 AM, Bert Freudenberg wrote:

> 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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