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Talvez un poquito de azucar no nos caeria mal =P https://sugarizer.org
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Check out this video we found:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VievUua9qyw

Fun fact: "Edge engineered/played/orchestrated/made the start up sound for the XO laptop which was made as part of the One Laptop Per Child initiative. Here is that sound. Only 4 seconds or so long and sounds exactly like Beautiful Day." -- https://u2start.com/topic/3859

#OLPC #SugarLabs #SugarDesktop #TamTam #Learning #STEM #STEAM #Music #Education

The Linux Professional Institute (@LPI) just published an interview by Sugar Labs executive director Devin Ulibarri (@pikurasa) .

Check it out: https://www.lpi.org/blog/2025/03/12/devin-ulibarri-how-sugar-labs-empowers-education-via-floss/

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@Rusty @dragonarchitect I disagree re: webOS and FirefoxOS.

#webOS failed due to lack of market penetration (there was only like 1 Tablet from #hp) and #FirefoxOS failed because @mozillaofficial didn't even offer to sell devices to folks like me and @fuchsiii that wanted one.

• The only devices with #Firefox OS in the #EU were a few #NetLock'd #prepaid phones that got sold in Spain (reqiring ID for no valid reason!) and which were essentially useless for anyone outside of Spain.

Add to that the absurdity that #Mozilla basically expected carriers (!!) to maintain and provide the #AppStore|s themselves and you get market fracturing worse than the "P.R." #China (!!!)…

It was mismanaged and self-sabotaged in the worst possible way.

• Similar to how #OLPC never sold the #XO1 in retail and didn't even offer the "Give one, Get one" deal in most places...

The #Duopoly of #Android & #iOS wasn't unavoidable, but an outcome of #SelfSabotage and halfassed non-commitment by competitors!

Some #OLPC seen at #SCALE22x Next Generation Workshop Space, geared towards kids.

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I remember volunteering with #OneLaptopPerChild #OLPC and the effort to figure out and work with Wikipedia on how to get a downloadable copy of Wikipedia (or at least some of it) that could go on the little green laptops that might not have regular access to the Internet out in remote areas.

Noooooo, my #OLPC XO4 Touch shipping is not going well. Thanks, #Germany...

> Hello,

Thank you for purchasing this laptop from our store. Unfortunately, I regret to inform you that Germany has rejected the parcel as it contains a lithium battery, and it has been returned to us.

As the laptop cannot be shipped with the battery, I can either resend it without the battery or cancel the sale and issue a full refund.

Please let me know how you would like to proceed.

Thank you.

2. Retrofit the 7.5" #olpc screen into the #PocketReform. Aside from modifying the screen bezel, working out the connector may be a lot of fun.
Alternatively, use the 7" #PixelQi screen (https://liliputing.com/first-look-at-pixel-qis-7-inch-display-new-netbooks-tablets/), if it can be sourced (at all).
(Only if the dimensions work out - meaning, no complete case redesign.)

Ramy made a home-made lab bench power supply. He sent me some photos of it powering some equipment including an #OLPC XO-1 Laptop which he managed to install Windows on. (This was when we first started talking in 2018 as he was looking for help with the OS installation.)

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I know Ramy from the #OneLaptopPerChild community. He told me he has a multimedia degree from Palestine University and 10 years of experience in electronics, medical equipment, electric/hybrid cars and electric bikes, maintenance and design of electronic devices, and solar energy, CNC & 3d printing, and PC maintenance/programming. He is willing to test to show his expertise in any of these subjects. Can you help connect him with anyone that can help? 2/

#GetFediHired #GazaWar #MutualAid #OLPC

Here's to the wonderful memories made in 2024, as well as the ones we'll create together in 2025.

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Curious what life might be like as a parent using the Sugar Learning Platform at home?

@pikurasa shares his reflections using Sugar both at home and in the classroom.

Check it out: https://medium.com/@sugarlabs/reflections-as-a-parent-and-teacher-sugar-at-home-and-in-the-classroom-c0aa9af0e34c

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This year's relfections on using the Sugar Learning Platform, both as a parent and as an educator: https://medium.com/@sugarlabs/reflections-as-a-parent-and-teacher-sugar-at-home-and-in-the-classroom-c0aa9af0e34c

#softwaredevelopment #software #learning #education #programming #parenting #teaching #olpc

@jwildeboer Software Freedom Day, Melbourne
Hosted by LUV (Linux Users Victoria) & others at The Hub, Melbourne, 2008SEP20.

Hens teeth. Just a few years later the #RPi came out ☺️

#OLPC / #laptop / #computers <https://flickr.com/photos/bootload/albums/72157607387630079/with/2871574159>

#throwbackthursday My homepage on an #OLPC , taken March 2007

I wonder how a new #olpc built around a #RaspberryPi500 and Raspberry Pi display might work? Like a ruggedized Pi500 laptop?

Going back to #OLPC wiki.laptop.org I am reminded that after Bender and the Sugar team were kicked out, the entire wiki was scrubbed and pruned of all the volunteer user pages, including my own.

It was a kick to the face of so many volunteers who gave their time and energy toward something we all believed in, and a brick in the wall of bitterness that I now have about the intersection of capitalism and free software.

I upgraded my extremely early production #OLPC XO-1 from the very first production OS (18 ya), to the latest, just now. (I volunteered on the Firmware team)

The laptop now boots 20 times slower, and has a far worse boot-up experience.

There's a metaphor here on the state of software.