Comments on: I Got My OLPC XO Friday. http://blog.earobinson.org/2008/01/20/i-got-my-olpc-xo-friday/ "Brilliant people simplify things, and mediocre people complicate things." -- Unknone Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:36:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: earobinson » Got My Powered By Ubuntu Stickers Friday http://blog.earobinson.org/2008/01/20/i-got-my-olpc-xo-friday/#comment-7002 earobinson » Got My Powered By Ubuntu Stickers Friday Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:31:43 +0000 http://www.earobinson.org/?p=73#comment-7002 [...] possible. They look great on my laptop. Sorry about the picture quality I took them with my XO because my digital camera is [...] [...] possible. They look great on my laptop. Sorry about the picture quality I took them with my XO because my digital camera is [...]

]]> By: earobinson » OLPC Spy Cam http://blog.earobinson.org/2008/01/20/i-got-my-olpc-xo-friday/#comment-5915 earobinson » OLPC Spy Cam Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:23:37 +0000 http://www.earobinson.org/?p=73#comment-5915 [...] now that I have my XO OLPC computer I wanted to find something to do with it. As I said before its the web cam that really impressed me [...] [...] now that I have my XO OLPC computer I wanted to find something to do with it. As I said before its the web cam that really impressed me [...]

]]> By: Nathan Dbb http://blog.earobinson.org/2008/01/20/i-got-my-olpc-xo-friday/#comment-5229 Nathan Dbb Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:58:21 +0000 http://www.earobinson.org/?p=73#comment-5229 If it was lighter it could be a good ebook reader and media player. As it is, I expect that it could become the next NSLU2, and be used as a home server. It has built-in many of the peripherals that people have added to the NSLU2, and only costs twice as much ("$200" vs. $90 USD). http://www.nslu2-linux.org/ It would need an external drive and an Ethernet USB adapter. The battery backup can provide a few hours of use and a clean shutdown when the power goes out, and the battery works for the drive also if you use 2.5" bus-powered disks. With PulseAudio you should be able to route audio from your laptop to the XO that could stay plugged into your stereo. It has WiFi built in and in AP mode it could replace the need for a separate access point. It is much faster then the NSLU2, has 8x the RAM, and can use standard x86-compiled packages. If only they would keep selling them, it could become the next hot linux device. If it was lighter it could be a good ebook reader and media player. As it is, I expect that it could become the next NSLU2, and be used as a home server. It has built-in many of the peripherals that people have added to the NSLU2, and only costs twice as much (”$200″ vs. $90 USD).

http://www.nslu2-linux.org/

It would need an external drive and an Ethernet USB adapter. The battery backup can provide a few hours of use and a clean shutdown when the power goes out, and the battery works for the drive also if you use 2.5″ bus-powered disks.

With PulseAudio you should be able to route audio from your laptop to the XO that could stay plugged into your stereo. It has WiFi built in and in AP mode it could replace the need for a separate access point.

It is much faster then the NSLU2, has 8x the RAM, and can use standard x86-compiled packages. If only they would keep selling them, it could become the next hot linux device.

]]> By: earobinson http://blog.earobinson.org/2008/01/20/i-got-my-olpc-xo-friday/#comment-5027 earobinson Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:07:48 +0000 http://www.earobinson.org/?p=73#comment-5027 Avi -- Ya the problem I had with it was that I ordered mine on the first day and still had to wait that long! Avi — Ya the problem I had with it was that I ordered mine on the first day and still had to wait that long!

]]> By: Avi http://blog.earobinson.org/2008/01/20/i-got-my-olpc-xo-friday/#comment-4989 Avi Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:36:42 +0000 http://www.earobinson.org/?p=73#comment-4989 Some of us Americans are still waiting for ours... I received today an email from OLPC that I will receive an update by 1/23/08 on when to expect to receive the XO. I think that they just cannot make them fast enough. Nothing against our neighbors from the north. :-) Some of us Americans are still waiting for ours…

I received today an email from OLPC that I will receive an update by 1/23/08 on when to expect to receive the XO. I think that they just cannot make them fast enough. Nothing against our neighbors from the north. :-)

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