[Olpc-open] XO as a "$400 device"

[Seth Woodworth]

Damien: drop by the forums (olpc.osuosl.org) or our IRC channel @ freenode
#olpc-help and we can walk you through all of these issues.

On Dec 25, 2007 10:26 PM, Damien Marsic <damien at rael.org> wrote:

>  Hello everybody,
>
> I just got a XO through the G1G1 program. I wanted to support the OLPC
> while getting a small laptop that I could use while traveling. I enjoy being
> able to browse the web, read my email and read ebooks. However, I have been
> unable to do the following, and I would appreciate any help on how to do it:
>
> - Watch videos on web pages (youtube, TV news from TV web sites) - gnash
> does not work for flash movies, and real video or windows media are not
> recognized
> - Watch divx movies from a flash drive
> - Listen to more than one mp3 file without having to close the helix
> player, go back to the journal, select another song, open it with the
> player, and again and again for each new song (the player has next and
> pevious buttons but I could not figure out how to use them, and there is no
> "file open" option)
>
> Is there a way to get this work, or is it better to erase the OS and put a
> regular Linux?
>
> Damien
>
>
>
>
> M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
>
> Michael Tobis wrote:
>
>
>  Oops:
> http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/12/olpc_and_the_ki.html
>
> mt
>
> On Dec 25, 2007 9:02 AM, X wrote:
>
>     You didn't post a link to the story
>
>
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>  Interesting reading ... and very similar to my decision process.
>
> 1. I ruled out the Kindle immediately. I don't believe in spending $200
> -- $400 for a computer that only does one or two things, like playing
> media, reading books, or talking to people. For another $100 I can get a
> low-end laptop with at least 1 GB of RAM, a dual-core processor, a
> decent sized hard drive and Windows Vista. There's plenty of disk space
> left over, so I can dual-boot it with Linux, which is what I really want.
>
> 2. So the choice was between a "conventional" laptop, like Acer, Compaq
> or HP, and a smaller one, the ASUS Eee or XO. I liked the ASUS Eee but
> pretty much everybody was sold out. They may be in stock now, but they
> weren't back then. So it was a conventional laptop or the XO.
>
> 3. At that point I started looking at the technology of the XO
> seriously. Great screen, Linux wireless that actually works, low
> electrical footprint, much lighter than the conventional laptop, fewer
> moving parts, etc. But the clincher was that CSound is standard
> equipment. So there I was, and here I am with an XO.
>
> Oh yeah ... I'm also addicted to playing Implode. :)
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