Quite some years ago, we brought the #OLPC AKA the 100$ laptop to Rwanda [1].
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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
Y'all abandoned the hand crank. -
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
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Neal Gompa (γγΌγ«γ»γ΄γ³γ) :fedora:replied to Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer The ending of Red Hat's involvement in that project was also seemingly marked by the end of Red Hat trying to bring Linux to kids in general. It was really sad to me because if things had been different, Fedora might be the reference platform for the Raspberry Pi instead...
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Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:replied to Neal Gompa (γγΌγ«γ»γ΄γ³γ) :fedora: last edited by
@Conan_Kudo We continued to support Sugar on a stick for many years in the Fedora community. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Sugar_on_a_Stick The main reason we didnβt became the default OS on the raspberry is that it isnβt really an open platform, IMHO.
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Debbyreplied to Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer The OLPC is a fascinating piece of engineering history.
I heard about a reflective technology you used to make the screen readable outdoors even without a backlight.Do you have more inside information on the screen technology?
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Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:replied to Debby last edited by [email protected]
@Debby Itβs the Pixel Qi screen, invented by Mary Lou Jepsen and her team. And yes, it works as described. At the time we called it the transflexive display. You could (and can use it in bright sunlight, without backlight, as a rather high contrast greyscale display. You can also switch on the backlight to get better colours. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_Qi and https://wiki.laptop.org/go/Display