How I do my computing - Stallman
WEBThe OLPC uses a nonfree firmware blob for the WiFi, so I could not use the internal WiFi device. That was no big problem -- I used an external WiFi adaptor. I stopped using it because the OLPC project decided to make their machine support Windows, so I did not want to appear to endorse it by visibly carrying it around.
Richard Stallman on the Failure of One Laptop Per Child ... - Reddit
WEBIn December 2007 I test-drove the OLPC with an external keyboard, and concluded I could use it with an external disk despite the small screen. I decided to switch. The OLPC developers advised me to wait for the next batch of machines, in which some technical glitches would be resolved.
Richard Stallman Slams OLPC for Switching to Windows
WEBNov 3, 2008 · Free software advocate Richard M. Stallman, once a devotee of Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child project, has written a scathing criticism of the group in response to the reversal of its...
Marvell microkernel - OLPC
WEBAs the OLPC Nepal Blogsite reports, Richard Stallman said in an interview, February 05, 2008: "RMS heaped praises for the One Laptop Per Child Project. He is even contemplating making a switch to XO, the flagship machine of the project, from his "old thinkpad". [...]
Can we rescue OLPC from Windows? - Free Software Foundation
WEBApr 29, 2008 · I read Negroponte's statement presenting the OLPC XO as a platform for Windows in the most ironic circumstances possible: during a week of preparing, under a deadline, to migrate personally to an XO. I made this …
Stallman: Can we rescue OLPC from Windows? - lwn.net
WEBApr 30, 2008 · In stories I've read about RMS in the past it's apparent that he has chfronic RSI or RSI-like problems with his hands and his wrists. He has stated that having a comfortable keyboard has helped tremendously.. that typically the keyboards that he used in the past were much to stiff for him.
Not Free at Any Price - Why I switched to the OLPC—and why I …
WEBThe One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project — which aimed to give underprivileged children around the world a better chance at modern education — may have been stifled though a combination of disinformation and other coordinated efforts by hardware and software monopolies that wanted to stop it.
Not Free at Any Price - Boston Review
WEBNov 1, 2008 · When the OLPC appeared, it fell one step short of full freedom: the highly publicized wireless mesh network device, which allows OLPCs to connect to the Internet through nearby OLPCs, required a non-free program.
Stallman: Can we rescue OLPC from Windows? - lwn.net
WEBApr 30, 2008 · Stallman: Can we rescue OLPC from Windows? Posted Apr 30, 2008 20:55 UTC (Wed) by drag (guest, #31333) [ Link ] In stories I've read about RMS in the past it's apparent that he has chfronic RSI or RSI-like problems with his hands and his wrists.
Can we rescue OLPC from Windows? - by Richard Stallman
WEB"I read Negroponte's statement presenting the OLPC XO as a platform for Windows in the most ironic circumstances possible: during a week of preparing, under a deadline, to migrate personally to an XO.