Comments on: Hacking the OLPC now and the future http://hackaday.com/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/ Fresh hacks every day Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:41:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Hahaduh http://hackaday.com/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-81205 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:45:30 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/#comment-81205 ^dude xp aint gonna run on that thing… think about it when you use xp for like a year and your machine runs like crap no matter how much cleaning you do or virus protection you have. Unbuntu runs like a breeze all day for some reason… maybe they built the thing to work instead of manufacturing failure into the software so everyone would need to replace it every couple of years and pay $150 just to get the machine working again at a crawl. I think they put sugar on this thing so that people in 3rd world countries could have a successfull and positive relationship with a computer at first touch.

]]> By: teddy http://hackaday.com/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-58179 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:35:17 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/#comment-58179 Are there any hacks or mods out on the net or this site that show how to successfully install windows xp on one of the xo laptops.

]]> By: r3volver http://hackaday.com/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-44083 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:58:38 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/#comment-44083 Id like to see a something along the lines of a goblinx distro or damn small linux add bluetooth ,gps is nice ,maybe a wireless card from a cell provider theres also the idea of tinkering with its alternate power sources theres a hand crank so what about a kenetic source as you tote it around or move it charges? just some ideas.

]]> By: Geoff http://hackaday.com/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-35488 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:58:15 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/#comment-35488 Any work been done on getting the XO to hook up to an LCD projector?

]]> By: orlando mendez http://hackaday.com/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-35487 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:17:33 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/#comment-35487 i need a book dat show me on wat stufe i can buye to hack in to any laptop pc computer and a clone rejures

]]> By: seth woodworth http://hackaday.com/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-35486 Wed, 28 May 2008 15:00:51 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/#comment-35486 Some of the interns this summer are really focused on getting a really solid build of Xubuntu working on the XO.

Sugar labs (wiki.sugarlabs.org) is working on porting Sugar to Debian, Ubuntu, Gentoo and a few other distros as well.

There is already a package in Ubuntu 8.04 for the sugar emulator (thanks Jiri) and Debian has a separately managed package that I don’t know all that much about.

]]> By: Rob Hart http://hackaday.com/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-35485 Sun, 25 May 2008 11:00:45 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/#comment-35485 I’d love to be able to use the XO’s built in camera for a home webcam monitor, similar to what homecamera.com does with windows. This could either be in sugar or ubuntu. great website. thx. Rob

]]> By: louis http://hackaday.com/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-35484 Sat, 24 May 2008 16:29:34 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/#comment-35484 I think you should paint it a new color. im thinking black, maybe even with some kind of skull and crossbones. what do you think?

or maybe just replace the keyboard with a better one. that seems like a progressive hack.

]]> By: Solenoidclock http://hackaday.com/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-35483 Fri, 23 May 2008 00:52:36 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/#comment-35483 Sorry Fluxors. Hackaday is a caps-free zone. :p

]]> By: hop http://hackaday.com/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-35482 Thu, 22 May 2008 15:03:06 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/#comment-35482 I have almost exclusively used a TouchStream Keyboard by Fingerworks (http://www.fingerworks.com/index.html) until it broke down a view years ago.

Granted, it is not quite as easy to use as a regular keyboard,, but you can touch type.

Also, this drawback is easily made up for by the possibility to use gestures in the same spot as you use for typing.

You can switch from keyboard to mouse without even having to move your hand away from the home row.

]]> By: Andrew http://hackaday.com/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-35481 Thu, 22 May 2008 13:57:49 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/#comment-35481 I love my little XO (I’m typing on it right now). Sugar is great for kids, but sucks for power users. However it’s a snap to instal xfce and from there hack to your heart’s content. I’ve got it set up to use the gamepad keys as a virtual mouse while in tablet mode.

About the only hardware I really miss are firewire (not going to happen), bluetooth and maybe a keyboard light. I’m working on jimmying the latter two into the case.

]]> By: LoopyMind http://hackaday.com/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-35480 Thu, 22 May 2008 10:00:25 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/#comment-35480 Looks like a job for Ben Heck if you ask me…he could fit a truck in a laptop housing if he really wanted :)

]]> By: Amos http://hackaday.com/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-35479 Thu, 22 May 2008 08:30:27 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/#comment-35479 I totally agree with mace, but hackable/open hardware doesn’t necessarily imply that the final software package is “exposed” to the user. The most powerful software dev tool it needs, if any, is maybe a Python interpreter or DHTML in the browser.

As for what to use your XO-1 for, I’m a little boring in that I would probably only use it for e-books, quick notes/software prototyping on the go, and maybe a few games/emulators. And web/email, if the WiFi works with normal hot-spots…

]]> By: macegr http://hackaday.com/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-35478 Thu, 22 May 2008 07:34:38 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/#comment-35478 I almost feel that developing countries need a functional computer that *isn’t* necessarily intended to be hackable. Let them focus on real tasks that computers can help them do…calculate crop rotations, design mechanical parts and structures, communicate within a larger community, learn about health and nutrition, manage finances, reinforce mathematics, history, and language skills. Focusing on hacking and developing from the beginning almost puts too much responsibility in their hands to create the applications they need. Throw them an OLPC, a copy of stroustroup’s c++ programming language book, and a case of Mountain Dew? The idea is nice, but hackers are usually fat. Until your nation can afford to have a lot of fat people, you can’t have true hackers.

]]> By: Cyrus http://hackaday.com/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-35477 Thu, 22 May 2008 07:16:57 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/#comment-35477 It’s possible to get Ubuntu running on the OLPC if you have the developer key, which anyone can apply for.
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Ubuntu_On_OLPC_XO
http://www.olpcnews.com/software/operating_system/how_to_ubuntu_on_xo_laptop.html

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