OLPC community support for Puppy on the XO

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Greetings,

As a community support volunteer with OLPC, I have advocated for the XOs that have been sent to several online members from this Forum and as it is great to see that what appears to be great progress in getting Puppy on the XO.

Separately, I have sent email to Barry K proposing how to fix his bricked XO which will require a serial adapter to re-set the internal clock.

I would glad to help test upcoming versions and offer way to get the word to the wider OLPC community.

Sandy

( Culseg at OLPC's wiki and Forum )

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looking forward to working with you
ttuuxxx

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Sandy
What about XO-1.5 when production starts (C2 boards)

[raffy]

Welcome aboard!

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Sandy
What about XO-1.5 when production starts (C2 boards)

As has been announced XO 1.5 will have a dual boot option: Sugar and Gnome, which I have been testing a bit.

Maybe the timing will be right to show how Puppy can work on both the X0-1 and the XO-1.5!

Sandy

[raffy]

Welcome aboard!

What I find unusual with the XO is the quick move to another processor (VIA) when the LX800 (a faster version of the Geode) can run well (using Puppy Linux, that is).

I have tested LX700 vs LX800 in the Wizbook, and LX800 is a lot more responsive.

I have a Geode GX2 miniPC but no XO.

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Raffy
I think that a major concern besides the required speed increase (the "official" Python-based Sugar is a real hog) was the cost! LX supports only DDR1 which is becoming very scarce and very expensive. XO-1.5 has 1GB of DDR2.
Puppy will be screaming on it (assuming it boots of course )