Re: [PLUG] One Laptop per Child project

On 9/26/07, schwepes@netaxs.com < schwepes@netaxs.com> wrote:

What are the IO ports on this baby?
Does it have any internal disk reader?
bs

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, JP Vossen wrote:

>  > Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:12:07 -0400
>  > From: "Joshua Karstendick" <joshdick@gmail.com >
>  > Subject: Re: [PLUG] One Laptop per Child project - Worldwide Linux
>  >
>  > I'm looking forward to buying one of these laptops in November. For
>  > $400, you get one and so does a needy child.
>
> Yeah, some details at:
> http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/07/09/24/0217254.shtml
>
> I'm thinking about this, and unlike some of the whiners on /. I think
> that pricing and scheme is a good idea.  But...
>
> While it will work stand-alone, from what I understand, these things
> will work best a) in a clump (mesh net, proximity display, video
> conferencing <g>, etc.) and b) with the back-end server somewhere around
> (for updates, backups, etc.).  So what about that?  I'm not an
> accredited school, so that I could get my hands on the server part.  And
> I'm not sure I can get other people in my neighborhood to buy these.
> Since my kids are a arguably bit on the young side for them anyway (1.5,
> 3.5), and OTOH since the 3.5yo is already using Child's Play, Tux Paint
> and other stuff on the Ubuntu laptop in the kitchen, should I even bother?
>
> Later,
> JP
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