OLPC with Ubuntu

Posted by gweiss, Sun Mar 02 12:12:00 UTC 2008

I haven't tried it yet, but evidently there's now directions for installing Ubuntu on an OLPC. Doesn't look too hard, either. Might give it a shot. Love the hardware, but Sugar--eh.

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Comments

  1. Roger Espinosa 03.02.08 / 18PM

    What’s the beef with Sugar? (he asks, still waiting for his XOXO to be shipped)

    So far all the critiques I’ve read have been from non-educators, although I haven’t had time to look far either.

  2. Gary 03.03.08 / 15PM

    Eh, not a fan. As much as it’s supposed to be culturally-neutral, I find it clunky and difficult to navigate instead , and more importantly, so do the three first grader I’ve had play with it. It feels more like someone’s really good comp sci project so far than an actual OS …