@charlesarthur What #OLPC did was kickstart the #Netbook revolution and let companies like #AMD & #Intel know what #VIA, #DMP (#Vortex86) and #ARM knew all along: Low-power mobile devices at a low price will sell well!

@jrovu

The #OLPC had a great sun-friendly tablet display some 19 years ago.

Tratto da "Programmazione elementare in Ruby" di @anzu

"Sappiate che contrariamente a quello che sapete o avete sentito più spesso dire, Apple o Microsoft in questo non si sono inventati niente. Insomma Jobs e Gates hanno solo rubacchiato qua e là.

Orrore! Qualcuno si sentirà male, qualcuno mi vorrà picchiare per aver insultato i suoi idoli (specialmente quelli a cui piacciono le mele).

Ragazzi, tenetevi forte…

Tutto quello che conoscete è stato inventato dalla Xerox in certi laboratori, il PARC, che aveva negli anni '70. A Palo Alto in California, i ricercatori geniali della Xerox hanno inventato l'informatica moderna.

- Il mouse (questo lo conoscete tutti)

- la stampa laser (anche questa dovrebbe essere chiara)

- l'ethernet (ogni computer oggi ha una scheda ethernet per collegarsi a Internet)

- la grafica bitmap (le fotografie le fate?)

- le interfacce grafiche (Le finestre di Microsoft Windowstm o di Apple MacOSXtm?)

- gli editor WYSIWYG, What You See Is What You Get (i word processor, avete presente Microsoft Wordtm?)

- Interpress (poi evoluto da Adobe nel postscript e finito nel PDF)

- la programmazione orientata agli oggetti (con Smalltalk)

- l'architettura MVC, Model View Controller (che oggi è usatissima)

- gli LCD (gli schermi a cristalli liquidi)

- i dischi ottici di memorizzazione (Philips poi fece il CD su queste ricerche nell'80)

- ubiquitous computing (il calcolo distribuito)

- la programmazione ad aspetti (Aspect Oriented Programming)

- IPv6 (il nuovo protocollo per la comunicazione tra computer che ancora non abbiamo, Internet per adesso è ancora basato sull IPv5)

Tutto questo è stato studiato e, o, inventato tra la fine degli anni '60 ed i primi anni '80.

Alan Key, uno di questi pionieri ed inventore Smalltalk (implementato da Dan Ingalls), propose nel 1972 il Dynabook. Dynabook sarebbe dovuto essere un computer portatile a batteria (simile ad un tablet odierno, quindi Apple non ha inventato il tablet), con una batteria virtualmente eterna, collegato in rete wireless, con un sistema operativo grafico.

Durante questa ricerca, Key, inventò Smalltalk ed i sistemi operativi grafici. Stimò allora (1972) per la costruzione del Dynabook un costo di 6000 dollari.

Alan Key è fortemente impegnato nell'insegnamento della programmazione ai bambini e nella divulgazione dell'informatica a tutti i livelli, per esempio nel progetto: One Laptop Per Child (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child) che si prefiggeva la costruzione e distribuzione a basso costo di computer adatti all'insegnamento e per zone disagiate (XO-1 è uscito intorno al 2008)."

#programmazione #ruby #xerox #informatica #olpc

https://minimalprocedure.pragmas.org/writings/programmazione_elementare_ruby/corso_elementare_ruby.html

@anmeisel My pleasure! I'll probably bring them back some time in the autumn when I have more ideas of things to do with them.

You can get a feel for what it's like to use one by playing with The Sugarizer™: https://try.sugarizer.org/ #OLPC #sugar #PermaComputing

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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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#SugarLabs #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Nonprofit #Constructionism #WorkingTogether #Education #Learning #OLPC

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

#OLPC #Sugar #SugarLabs #Parenting #DigitalNative #QualityScreenTime #Education #Programming #Fun

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

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