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#REDIRECT [[Emulating the XO]]
This page will help you get a look at the XO software, by running a "virtual XO" in an emulator.
Another option is burning a [[LiveCd]] instead.

== What to expect ==

This "virtual XO" was created as a software development tool. It is not intended for general use, and many things will not work. It is "just to get a taste" (and to help software developers). With time and people constraints, we are focused tightly on the real XO.

*Collaboration, the centerpiece of OLPC, is currently ''not'' easily set up in emulation. Sorry.
*The camera and video will not work. Perhaps not even sound.
*Things are slower than on the actual machine. If you are unable to install qemu's kqemu accelerator, very much slower.
*You will see a snapshot of the past. The instructions will have you download the "latest stable build", which is sometimes quite a few weeks old. Development is very rapid. So things will be missing or different compared with the present.
*While rapidly maturing, this is still "alpha" software.

== Two steps ==

First, download [http://olpc.download.redhat.com/olpc/streams/development/LATEST-STABLE-BUILD/ext3/olpc-redhat-stream-development-ext3.img.bz2 olpc-redhat-stream-development-ext3.img.bz2]. It is in [http://olpc.download.redhat.com/olpc/streams/development/LATEST-STABLE-BUILD/ext3/ this directory].

Second, get the qemu emulator which will run the image:
*[[Using QEMU on Windows XP|Windows]]
*[[Emulating the XO/Quick Start/Mac|Mac]]
*[[Emulating the XO/Quick Start/Linux|Linux]]
*[[Emulating the XO/Quick Start/Linux#FreeBSD|FreeBSD]]

You should now have a running "virtual XO".

== Running for the first time ==

[[Sugar Instructions]] will help you get oriented. Though you may not need it.

[[Category:Emulation]]
[[Category:Sugar]]

Latest revision as of 15:37, 7 February 2011

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