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Ubuntu and OLPC XO-1

Rowen Remis R. Iral

Project Manager/IT Engineer

Ubuntu Philippines Event

2008 August 23

University of the Philippines

Lecture Hall, Department of Computer Science2nd Floor, UP Alumni Engineers Centennial Hall

Velasquez St, Diliman, Quezon City

Copyright 2008 © OLPC Philippines

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What is OLPC?

• OLPC – One Laptop Per Child

• “It’s not a laptop project, it’s an education project”. Nicholas Negroponte

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Brief History of OLPC-PH

• OLPC Philippines started on 2007

• Sandeep Chandiramani (sgc). Boston-based global person. Red Hat employee from 1998-2006. Volunteered at OLPC (MIT) in Oct'06. Brought the first prototype to the Philippines in Jan'07. Trying to take the initiative to the next level.

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History• 2007

– B1 Test Machine arrives in the Philippines (sgc)

– Demo to DepEd, CICT, ASTI and private representatives

– Countries Meeting in Cambridge, MA

– B2-1 XO arrived for development and testing

– B4 Arrived for Malaya Linux Foundation

– OLPCPH name

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History• 2008

– Mike Kouklis

– Charles Chen get together with PBSP

– Other interested Parties including Aboitiz

– Alvin Marcelo for Medical Project

– Elizabeth Racquel

– JM Nepomuceno

– Educational Server

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The Core OLPCPH

• Timothy Paul B. Martinez, Malaya GNU/Linux Foundation (Founder)

• Rowen Remis R. Iral, (Project Manager)

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Planned Developments• Own GUI for XO machine

• Design for own low-cost hardware

• Porting D.S.L., Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian etc to low-cost laptop

• Alternatives

• Education Content and Applications

• Software and hardware

• Servers and Infrastructure

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Action

• Invitation to join as Volunteer:

– Developer Software/Hardware

– Marketer

– Management

– Web management

– Communications

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Project Goals

• Educating the next generation through technology

• Implementing a tool to improve education system

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OLPC Machine• Linux Software

• GNU

• Mesh/Wifi antennae

• 256MB RAM (128MB)

• 433MHz (AMD Geode CPU)

• Keyboard, Dual-mode LCD, Mic, Speaker, Camera

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Alternative to the Machine

• Low-cost laptop from China

– 128MB

– 500MHz CPU

– Costs around $159

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Sugar

• Sugar – the sweet GUI of the OLPC

• Activities – applications that run on the machine

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Why Choose Ubuntu on XO?

• Easy to install and maintain

• Can run on an SD Card

• Same feel as traditional desktop environment

• Special versions for Scientific, Education and Developers exists

• Based on GNU/Linux and Debian

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OLPC Machine in Action

• The B4 running Sugar in NAND Flash

• The B4 running Ubuntu in SD Card

• Fedora 9 can run on the OLPC Machine

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OLPC Philippines

• www.olpcph.co.cc

Thank you.Rowen Remis R. Iral

www.wenmi01.co.cc

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