[Olpc-open] XO laptops and video

[John Kintree]

My eleven year old daughter uses her XO laptop very rarely 
here in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.  This is largely due to the 
inability to view youtube videos and lack of support for other 
Internet-based applications that require Flash.

The XO hardware is capable of displaying youtube videos.  
Evidence of that can be seen in this youtube video showing 
an XO with Ubuntu Linux that is doing it.  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJhWcWOQNaE

For many recipients of XO laptops, the lack of software support 
to display youtube videos is a non-issue because they do not 
have the Internet access that is also necessary.  Major 
resources still need to be developed to provide Internet access 
with sufficient bandwidth to support video for every child.
Regards,
John Kintree
4043 Delor Street
St. Louis, MO  63116
314-351-7454
http://home.swbell.net/jkintree/islt/