[wsfii-discuss] OLPC - Factfile: XO laptop

[mahabir at himanchal.org]

Hello Jeff;

> Mahabir,
>
> My understanding is that OLPC only sells these computers as part of
> their agreements with countries that agree to purchase large volumes of
> their computers. Is Nepal one of those countries?

Nepal has not signed yet for the laptops. However, OLPC has already
provided some laptops for testing here in Nepal. Also we are talking to
the government about it and they are very much interested. Our plan i to
do pilot testing in some schools first.

> As far as Linux powered alternatives go, you might check out Koolu
> www.koolu.com which is building low power Linux thin clients for 200-300
> dollars a piece. I met the CEO Andrew Greig at the Community Wireless
> Conference in Maryland in May and I am currently in communications with
> him regarding the possibility of purchasing Koolu thin clients for the
> Winneba Open Digital Village in Ghana. By the way Koolu can be
> configured to run on the same educational software that powers the OLPC.

Thanks for the info on low power pcs. We are trying to use the contents
that we will develop in those pcs too.

Mahabir
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> Subject: Re: [wsfii-discuss] OLPC - Factfile: XO laptop
>
> Hello All;
>
> Yes, the machine has the capability and we are testing that machine in
> Nepal. We are now working on to develop contents for the students. That
> is
> why I had sent a request letter about two weeks ago asking if you would
> be
> interested to help develop contents for the laptops using open source.
>
> Please let me know if you can spare time for this project. Our plan is
> to
> do pilot testing the laptops in some school and them try to get the
> laoptops as many as we could. In case we can not get the leptops, we
> will
> be able to use the contents in Linux machines.
>
> Mahabir
>
>> See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6679431.stm for an
> accessible
>> (non-ultra-geek) Factfile on the XO
>>
>> Especially interesting is the info on network connectivity: " Using
>> standard wireless protocols, the laptops are automatically able to
> form
>> a "mesh network" where each machine acts as both laptop and router,
> able
>> to pass information between computers."
>>
>> There is a flash based demo of a mesh network between laptops, and
>> between laptops and internet routes.
>>
>> Hope this is helpful for someone.
>>
>> Rob
>>
>>
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