Re: What a G1G1 user wants from an alternate OS
by Mikus Grinbergs
From a post that included the following quote:
>> However many G1G1 participants, such as myself, may not be as
>> interested in the plethora of functionality that these builds have to
>> offer, and only want rapid, basic functionality:
>>
>> 1. Quick boot time (Yes, ideally 5-10 seconds)
>> 2. Basic wifi access and webbrowsing.
>> 3. Business applications such as: Spreadsheet, Word Processor, PDF
>> viewer, PPT Presentation viewer would be nice.
>>
>> What do we need to do to make this a reality?
I believe here is a case of unrealistic expectations. There are at
least three things about an XO-1 (i.e., G1G1) that stand out: (1)
rugged physical design (2) reflective display (3) [with latest
software] low power draw. But should the XO-1 be asked to compete
with systems that offer business applications, YouTube, PPT, etc. ?
My suggestion is that someone who wants the described "basic"
capabilities go spend the money to purchase a "netbook" instead.
mikus
15 years, 5 months
What a G1G1 user wants from an alternate OS
by Karlie Robinson
http://www.olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=3980.msg27525#msg27525
>> Quote
>> - 5 second boot time ( http://lwn.net/Articles/299483/ )
>
> Why hasn't anyone been able to do this for the OLPC?
>
> All we need is a simple, alternate boot that Rapidly boots up with
> Wifi access and a browser.
> That's it. Let's make this "Toy" practical for G1G1 participants.
>
> Yes, there are those that want the full Ubuntu flexibility and
> features. The "full" Ubuntu, Debian, and Fedora installs have already
> been successfully implemented, and those willing to wait minutes for
> their OLPCs to boot up with them are happy.
>
> However many G1G1 participants, such as myself, may not be as
> interested in the plethora of functionality that these builds have to
> offer, and only want rapid, basic functionality:
>
> 1. Quick boot time (Yes, ideally 5-10 seconds)
> 2. Basic wifi access and webbrowsing.
> 3. Business applications such as: Spreadsheet, Word Processor, PDF
> viewer, PPT Presentation viewer would be nice.
>
> What do we need to do to make this a reality?
15 years, 5 months
Running joyride on Fedora using KVM/QUEMU
by Peter Robinson
Hi All,
I was looking at running the joyride builds within a VM on a Fedora 10
box and it appears because I don't have a AMD cpu I need to run a
custom build [1] of qemu to allow for CPU support, I'm not sure of the
state of the custom build and as I use the qemu/kvm for other VMs I
don't really want a non standard build. I'm assuming this is from
upstream, does anyone know what the plan is for F-11 and versions of
qemu and if there's any plans to pull in a later build, or even if
there's a new qemu version due? I had a quick search on the qemu devel
and there was discussion of a new official release back in October but
I've not seen anything concrete.
Peter
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Emulating_the_XO/Quick_Start/Linux
15 years, 5 months
