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In 2008 OLPC added the capability to [[firmware]] to boot Microsoft Windows as well as a Linux distributions such as the OLPC's software release of the [[Sugar]] UI running on [[Fedora]] Linux.

== Details of dual boot==
''TODO'', see http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2009-July/025132.html e-mail.

== Various statements and articles from 2008 ==

[[Nicholas Negroponte]] has discussed a Linux/Windows dual-boot configuration of the XO with Microsoft. Microsoft is against it.
[[Nicholas Negroponte]] has discussed a Linux/Windows dual-boot configuration of the XO with Microsoft. Microsoft is against it.


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[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1096 Microsoft denies dual-boot Linux/Windows XO laptops are on its agenda]: "While we have investigated the possibility in the past, Microsoft is not developing dual-boot Windows XP support for One Laptop Per Child’s XO laptop."
[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1096 Microsoft denies dual-boot Linux/Windows XO laptops are on its agenda]: "While we have investigated the possibility in the past, Microsoft is not developing dual-boot Windows XP support for One Laptop Per Child’s XO laptop."


[http://gizmodo.com/5018780/first-footage-same-olpc-xo-boots-both-sugar-and-windows-xp First Footage: Same OLPC XO Boots Both Sugar and Windows XP]
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Latest revision as of 11:36, 27 March 2011

In 2008 OLPC added the capability to firmware to boot Microsoft Windows as well as a Linux distributions such as the OLPC's software release of the Sugar UI running on Fedora Linux.

Details of dual boot

TODO, see http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2009-July/025132.html e-mail.

Various statements and articles from 2008

Nicholas Negroponte has discussed a Linux/Windows dual-boot configuration of the XO with Microsoft. Microsoft is against it.

NN: "We have been engaged in discussions with Microsoft for several months, to explore a dual boot version of the XO."

Microsoft denies dual-boot Linux/Windows XO laptops are on its agenda: "While we have investigated the possibility in the past, Microsoft is not developing dual-boot Windows XP support for One Laptop Per Child’s XO laptop."

First Footage: Same OLPC XO Boots Both Sugar and Windows XP