Re: [OT] Test run of 2009/05/25 image

2009-06-11 Thread Sameer Verma
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Stanley Sokolow wrote: > Mikus, > > I've been using the Ubuntu version customized for the XO for a couple of > days now.  (See www.olpcnews.com for info about "Teapot's" XO-customized > Ubuntu 8.10 release.)   It is a little slow compared with my other > computers,

Re: [OT] Test run of 2009/05/25 image

2009-06-11 Thread Martin Dengler
On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 11:44:11AM -0700, Stanley Sokolow wrote: > Personally, I feel it is a mistake for the OLPC project to continue with the > concept of the Sugar platform as its exclusive model for an educational > computer.The Sugar applications (activities) could just as well be run > fr

Re: [OT] Test run of 2009/05/25 image

2009-06-10 Thread Stanley Sokolow
Mikus, I've been using the Ubuntu version customized for the XO for a couple of days now. (See www.olpcnews.com for info about "Teapot's" XO-customized Ubuntu 8.10 release.) It is a little slow compared with my other computers, as expected for a computer running at less than .5 GHz, but much mo

[OT] Test run of 2009/05/25 image

2009-06-09 Thread Mikus Grinbergs
Disclaimer: This post contains Off-Topic meta discussion >>> Conclusion: >>> >>>fedora-olpc, to be a sucess, needs a much slimmer UI than that >>>of GNOME. >> >> "Success" needs to be defined. Seems to me the OLPC was envisioned >> mainly for a single-application environment. Except fo