[OLPC-SF] Will An XO -1 Take Sugar 8.2.0?

[Hoover Chan]

FWIW, I just received a g1g1 from the Amazon.com channel. Came with an older system (update 1, build 708). Had trouble latching on to my hidden WiFi network environment and eventually had to get a USB ethernet adapter to get on to the Internet in order to successfully update everything to current levels. A BIG change.

Now able to use wireless. Starting to learn how to use the application software. Looking for the online help screens on the laptop since there doesn't seem to be any printed stuff.


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Hoover Chan                     chan at sacredsf.org 
Technology Director 
Schools of the Sacred Heart 
2222 Broadway St. 
San Francisco, CA 94115


----- "Joachim Pedersen" <joachimp at gmail.com> wrote:

> David-
> > I'm considering buying an XO - 1 that someone bought during the
> first G1G1
> > promotion.  Can anyone tell me if it would support the latest
> version of
> > Sugar, and if there are major differences in hardware architecture
> between
> > the XO -1 and the model that is being released now?
> 
> Yes, you can(and should) install 8.2 on last year's g1g1 XOs, there
> are many software improvements.
> 
> The current XO-1 is pretty much identical to those produced last
> year.
> There is a slight change to the packaging of the wifi chipset, but
> from a software standpoint they are identical. There have also been
> some improvements to the process control of the keyboard
> manufacturing
> to eliminate the sticky keys issue. If this 2007 g1g1 XO has sticky
> keys, a replacement keyboard can be purchased for $18 + shipping.
> 
> 
> Hope this helps!
> -Joachim
> 
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