On 14 June 2016 at 21:57, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > Should we support the XO-1? > > No: > > The Browse activity is fundementally broken: We can't use old browsers > (webkit v1) on modern websites, and that hardware isn't powerful enough for > new browsers and modern websites either; the latest v8 JavaScript JIT > compiler doesn't work well with the exotic x86 chip on the XO-1. >
I actually think this is not that big a deal; there's a lot of good stuff on the web (obvious example, wikipedia) which is still fine. > All the XOs require specially crafted Linux kernels, and OLPC doesn't have > up to date versions so OLPC OS is stuck with Fedora 18. New versions of GTK > are blocked on the kernel - it seems - and this turns away developers. Its > not fine! ;) > As Fedora gets newer, it will work less well on the XO-1, assuming more > resources than the XO-1 has, even if the kernel is updated. Would Puppy > work better than Fedora going forwards, as it is something intended for > ultra low power computers? > It seems Jerry Vonau worked on a Fedora 22 version in January - https://github.com/jvonau/olpc-os-builder-1/commits/F22-host - and I just spoke to him offline and he said he thinks Fedora 24 could be made to work with a Fedora 18 kernel. However, http://www.one-education.org has just announced their new unit, which is US$260 including tax (but plus shipping from Australia) Perhaps that should be the reference unit?
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