Quite some years ago, we brought the #OLPC AKA the 100$ laptop to Rwanda [1].
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Gabriel Nreplied to Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer I never got to see one in person. I did get to buy a knock off from HP and installed Ubuntu on it. Used it for web development.
The ideas sparked from the OLPC live on.
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Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:replied to Gabriel N last edited by
@wtrmt Whenever you're in Munich, happy to meet and bring one or two along for you to fiddle with
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kattekrabreplied to Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer we gave away OLPC machines at linux.conf.au 2008 in Melbourne.
I was also a huge fan of the program and sorry it did not reach its full potential. But I believe it changed computing. Cheaper laptops made it more accessible to more people. The eepc and chromebooks came after.
Iβve lost track of whatβs happening with sugar. I should revisit it all.
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Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:replied to kattekrab last edited by [email protected]
@kattekrab "The little machine that could" will always come to mind whenever I see one
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Moto :rainbowinfinity:replied to Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer @tomjennings @simon Did not know about Apple changing implementation - now I wonder how long Iβve been assuming Bluetooth where there was actually an internet involved.
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Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:replied to Moto :rainbowinfinity: last edited by [email protected]
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RealGene β£οΈreplied to Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer
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Blacklight447replied to Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer What DE/OS combo was running on these? I don't recognize the UI.
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Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:replied to Blacklight447 last edited by
@blacklight447 They run Fedora with the Sugar UI. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_(desktop_environment)
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But what would have been the commercial and government/regulatory incentives to make this happen?
Telcos want to be able to charge you, and governments like knowing where you are and who you talk to.
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CGdoppelpunktreplied to Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange: last edited by
What happened to the initiative later?
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Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:replied to RealGene β£οΈ last edited by
@RealGene The hand crank was never real, BTW.
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Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:replied to CGdoppelpunkt last edited by
@CGdoppelpunkt It's still around In total around 3 million laptops have been distributed over the years. https://laptop.org/aboutolpc/
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@tomjennings @simon @jwildeboer
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Paolo Redaellireplied to Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer @OLPC #meshNetwork is something we should really get as default in all #laptops and #phones. I will try to keep an eye on #IEEE802.11s
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@MonniauxD @simon @jwildeboer There are some technical reasons also. Cellular networks (and coordinated deployment) are very, very efficient and can provide stable services (and QoS).
Meshed networks and ad-hoc deployment work at a different operating point.
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Andy Linton βreplied to Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer I remember being in Rwanda some years ago and was tickled by the 500 franc notes.
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Alexander Goeresreplied to Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange: last edited by@Jan Wildeboer :krulorange: what has become of this initiative? i haven't heard anything about it since quite some time ...
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Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:replied to Alexander Goeres last edited by
@jabgoe2089 they distributed around 3 million laptops and are still around, though AFAICS more or less in hibernation mode since 2 years. https://laptop.org
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Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:replied to Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange: last edited by [email protected]
https://laptop.org is still around, though I havenβt been in contact with them since years. They distributed around 3 million laptops to children in total. Mostly unnoticed by us here in the west. 7/8