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OLPC XO-2

Last Friday, I received a special machine: the famous OLPC XO-2. A really neat machine. I have tested in a crowded wireless network areas, it work well except some occasional slowdown. Even my mother and sister were impressed and pleased to touch it. So far, the feedback is good. Currently, I have updated to the latest firmware and build 385. Unfortunately, the X session won't boot at all. Guess I will wait for the next build to better support the newest firmware which now allow suspend/resume.
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Wayne Buckhanan said…
How does one go about getting on the beta list?
Is it by volunteering via laptop.org, through Quanta, or is Negroponte blessing developers himself?

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Wayne Buckhanan
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Tue Apr 10, 06:33:00 am GMT-7
Luya Tshimbalanga said…
It is by volunteering on laptop.org via the wiki. Here is the development program page. It took me about three weeks before receiving the XO-2 machine.
Wed Apr 11, 08:23:00 pm GMT-7
Wayne Buckhanan said…
I'm assuming you volunteered for hardware related dev?

(The link pointed back to the comments page...)
Thu Apr 12, 07:09:00 am GMT-7
Luya Tshimbalanga said…
Yes, especially for the mesh network. I often report the issue via IRC channel. Remember the participation is open to the public. Depending of the availability of XO-2 machine, you can get one for testing purpose.
Fri Apr 13, 12:55:00 am GMT-7
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