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Welcome to the OLPC Wiki, a collaborative site about the <span class="plainlinks">'''[http://www.laptop.org/ One Laptop per Child (www.laptop.org)]'''</span> project and related communities. We currently have {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} pages; please [[Participate|join us]] and share your ideas.


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The [[One Laptop per Child]] non-profit develops a low-cost laptop&mdash;[[XO|the "XO Laptop"]]&mdash;to revolutionize how we educate the world's children. Our [[Mission|mission]] is to provide educational opportunities for the world's most isolated and poorest children by giving each child a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop; and [[activities|software tools and content]] designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning.


OLPC has produced XO laptops for more than 3 million children around the world, the majority of them in [[OLPC Uruguay|Uruguay]], [[OLPC Peru|Peru]], [[OLPC Rwanda|Rwanda]], [[OLPC Haiti|Haiti]], Australia, [[OLPC Mongolia/Ulaanbaatar|Mongolia]] and the [[OLPC Birmingham|United States]]. These laptops all run [[Sugar]] and [[Fedora Linux]], and have customized software and content builds developed by their national deployment teams in collaboration with OLPC staff. We maintain a regular update of [[Deployments|deployment information]].
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: ''One Laptop Per Child is actually a project about the transformation of education. It's really about giving children who don't have the opportunity for learning that opportunity. So it's about access, it's about equity, and it's about giving the next generation of children in the developing world a bright and open future.''
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&mdash;[[User:Walter|'''Walter Bender''']], OLPC President of Software and Content [http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/podcast/dwi/cm-int042407.html Interview, 24 Apr 2007]
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'''For developers''': source code and bug tracking can be found at [http://dev.laptop.org dev.laptop.org].
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"This is not just a matter of giving a laptop to each child, as if bestowing on them some magical charm. The magic lies within -- within each child, within each scientist, scholar, or just plain citizen in the making. This initiative is meant to bring it forth into the light of day." <br/> <span style="float:right; font-size:100%;">&nbsp; &mdash;Kofi Annan</span>
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'''For XO users''': see our ''[http://laptop.org/start Getting Started Guide]'', ''[[support|XO Help]]'' and ''[[Support FAQ]]''.
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'''For [[Give One Get One]] participants''': see the latest information at [[G1G1 Fulfillment Information|G1G1 delivery updates]].
: [[Ulaanbaatar|New pictures from our Mongolia project]] have been posted; this is the first deployment made possible by the generosity of the [[Give One Get One]] participants. Many thanks from OLPC and the Mongolian children to those who contributed through the program.

== What's new ==
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[[Image:P1020317-1.JPG|thumb|Give One Get One XOs arrive in [[Ulaanbaatar]], [[OLPC Mongolia|Mongolia]]]]
[[Image:Mongolia-Day-One.jpg|thumb|The first laptops arriving in [[OLPC Mongolia|Mongolia]]]]
[[Image:Uruguay.jpg|thumb|[http://radian.org/notebook/first-deployment The real deal in Uruguay]]]
[[Image:StartOfMP.jpg|thumb|Start of mass production at [[Quanta]]]]
[[Image:007_Arahuay_2nd_Photo.JPG|thumb|[[Educators|Pilot]] in [[OLPC Peru/Arahuay|Arahuay, Perú]]]]

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Weekly '''[[current events]]''' &nbsp;&nbsp; &middot; &nbsp;&nbsp;
[http://planet.laptop.org OLPC Planet]&nbsp;&nbsp; &middot; &nbsp;&nbsp;
[[Old News|Current events archive]].
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* Krstić explains '''[http://radian.org/notebook/paradox-of-choice what OLPC is doing] with the Microsoft Windows XP team.''' <!-- needs internal link -->


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* Chumby's [http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=218 Bunnie] "tears down" an XO laptop... worth the read. To try this at home, see our [[disassembly|disassembly notes]] and [[manual/Insides|photos]].
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The [[Contributors|Contributors program]] offered free XO laptops to developers and content creators who are working on projects that will benefit deployments worldwide. To apply for this program, contributors submitted a [[Contributors program/Project proposal form|description of the work]] they are planning along with their contact information.


Read more about our [[deployments]], the latest [[Sugar|sugar release]] and the new [[XO-4 Touch|XO-4 Touch laptop]], or other [[projects]]. Follow our [http://blog.laptop.org news] and submit new stories. To suggest your own project, submit a [[Contributors|project proposal]] directly.
* Mary Lou Jepsen has been posting safety and inspection certificates on the [[Hardware Testing]] page.
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'''In the news'''
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* The "[[Lancor|Preliminary Objection]]" regarding the Nigerian Keyboard claim.
* OLPC's [[Clunky_laptop|response]] to the recent ''Economist'' article about the project.
* [http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080107182525297 Groklaw interviews] former OLPC CTO Mary Lou Jepsen
* OLPC's statement on [[Intel#INTEL RESIGNS FROM OLPC|Intel's resignation]] from the OLPC board and association.


[[Image:Annan-sachs-bonsaaso.jpeg|thumb|Kofi Annan and Jeff Sachs visit students in [[OLPC Ghana|Bonsaaso, Ghana]] ]]
'''School deployments'''
[[Image:001_Arahuay.JPG|thumb|School break at the [[Educators|pilot]] in [[OLPC Peru/Arahuay|Arahuay, Perú]] ]]
* [http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/01/group_from_city_sees_ease_of_r.html '''So easy a child could do it'''] &mdash; [http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2007/11/students_will_get_laptops_with.html Birmingham] City School personnel attend OLPC workshop to learn about the XO
[[Image:Classroom2.jpg|thumb|OLPC project in [[OLPC_Ethiopia|Ethiopia]] ]]
* CNN has a wonderful AP [http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/12/25/onelaptop.onevillage.ap/ article] on how the XO laptop and OLPC are transforming a remote [[OLPC Peru|Peruvian]] village.
* From 2007: '''Uruguay starts mass-production deployment''' of OLPC: see [http://radian.org/notebook/first-deployment Ivan Krstić's blog] for more details. Next stop: Peru.


==About One Laptop per Child==
== Get Involved ==


This Wiki contains project pages describing work and ideas related to OLPC. Learn how to [[participate|get involved]] with those already in progress. You can also [[communication channels|ask]] other community members about ways to contribute.
The mission of the [[One Laptop per Child]] association is to develop a low-cost laptop&mdash;[[XO: The Children's Machine|the "$100 Laptop"]]&mdash;to revolutionize how we educate the world's children. Our goal is to provide children around the world with new [[Learning Vision|opportunities to explore, experiment, and express themselves]].


See our latest [http://planet.laptop.org community news] and [[OLPC:News|accomplishments]].
Why do children in developing nations need laptops? Laptops are a window and a tool: a window into the world and a tool with which to think. They are a wonderful way for all children to learn learning through independent interaction and exploration.
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== Overviews ==
OLPC espouses five [[core principles]]:
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:''' [[core principles#Child Ownership|Child Ownership]]''': ''I wear my XO like my pair of shoes.''
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:'''[[core principles#Low Ages|Low Ages]]''':''I have good XO shoes for a long walk.''
: '''[[core principles#Saturation|Saturation]]''': ''A healthy education is a vaccination, it reaches everybody and protects from ignorance and intolerance.''
: '''[[core principles#Connection|Connection]]''': ''When we talk together we stay together.''
: '''[[core principles#Free and Open Source|Free and Open Source]]''': ''Give me a free and open environment and I will learn and teach with joy.''


There are overview pages dedicated to [[Hardware specification|hardware]], [[software_components|software]], [[educators|education]] and [[content|content]].
== How to get involved ==
The XO's iconic software interface, [[Sugar]], has its own [[OLPC Human Interface Guidelines|human interface guidelines]], here and on [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Human_Interface_Guidelines the Sugar Labs wiki]. There are also discussion pages on issues of [[Deployments|deployment]] and [[Countries|country-specific]] discussions.


OLPC is designed around five [[core principles]] &mdash; [[core principles#Child Ownership|Child Ownership]], [[core principles#Low Ages|Low Ages]], [[core principles#Saturation|Saturation]], [[core principles#Connection|Connection]], and [[core principles#Free and Open Source|Free and Open Source tools]], and each of these have their own portal sections as well.
OLPC is driven and supported by its community of thousands of [[Participate|participants, creators, and educators]]. If you want to get involved, you can dive in and start contributing ideas to this wiki, or learn how to [[participate]] or [[developers|develop]] in more detail.


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If you have and interesting idea or project, or want to start a local OLPC group, you can request an XO through our [[developers program|contributors and developers program]]. You can also '''[[Emulation|emulate our Sugar environment]]''' on your PC.


[[Image:StartOfMP.jpg|thumb|Start of mass production at [[Quanta]] ]]
While most of the opportunities to get involved are though our community, there are
== News and updates ==
also a few specific [http://laptop.org/en/jobs.shtml current job openings].
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* [[Persistent_developer_key_firmware|Persistent developer key firmware]] released October 2021 to disable the security systems,
* A build of Android for the XO-4 is available, see [[Android]],
* A community project for using XOs as class or school servers has begun, please get involved, see [[XS Community Edition]],
* The [http://blog.laptop.org/2013/07/16/family-oriented-xo-tablet-debuts-at-walmart-for-149/ XO Learning Tablet] debuted in July, 2013.
* The [[XO-4|XO-4 Touch laptop]] entered production in February, 2013.
* 2012 brought our [http://olpcSF.org/summit global community summit] Oct 19-21 and follow-on implementers' [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugarcamp_SF_2012 San Francisco Sugarcamp++] Oct 22-24 -- all were invited to both events!
* The [[XO-1.75|XO-1.75 laptop]] entered production in February, 2012.
* [[OLPC Uruguay|Uruguay]] became the first country in the world to achieve one laptop per child, when its President Tabaré Vázquez handed out 400,000 XOs to the remaining school children on October 13, 2009.
* For general news, see some of the OLPC news aggregators, including [http://planet.laptop.org planet.laptop.org], [http://blog.laptop.org the OLPC blog], and the independent [http://olpcnews.com OLPCNews] blog.


[[Image:rwanda 0709.jpg|thumb|right| [[OLPC Rwanda]] launches at Kagugu Primary School in Kigali]]
== Learn more ==
[[Image:P1020317-1.JPG|thumb|right| Laptops are introduced in [[OLPC Mongolia|Mongolia]] ]]

For more background information, see our '''[[OLPC FAQ|frequently asked questions (FAQ)]]''' and [[Support FAQ]], '''[[Ask OLPC a Question]]'''.

You can read more and discuss new ideas about [[Hardware specification|hardware]], [[software|software]], [[educators|education]] and [[library|content]];
The XO's interface, [[Sugar]], has its own [[OLPC Human Interface Guidelines|human interface guidelines]]. There are also discussion pages on issues of deployment and [[Countries|country-specific]] discussions. An extended '''[[Table of Contents|table of contents]]''' is also available.

==About this wiki==

This wiki is a tool for the community, to share information about their work and projects, to exchange ideas and get feedback from passers-by, and to provide shared space for people working on many aspects of education to discuss how to improve education and build informed communities through better collaboration and connection.

Related essays and projects are welcome here, from technical to epistemological.
Every page invites comments; you can discuss pages via the '''discussion''' tab found at the top of each page. For good wiki style, and guidelines for editing, see [[OLPC:Wiki]]. Please [[Special:Userlogin|make an account]] and join us.

Pages with the green <nowiki>{{OLPC}}</nowiki> banner at the top—such as this one—are maintained by the OLPC team and representative of the current state of the project; other pages may be slightly less up-to-date. You are welcome to edit and add information to OLPC-maintained pages.


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XO: The Children's Machine

The One Laptop per Child non-profit develops a low-cost laptop—the "XO Laptop"—to revolutionize how we educate the world's children. Our mission is to provide educational opportunities for the world's most isolated and poorest children by giving each child a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop; and software tools and content designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning.

OLPC has produced XO laptops for more than 3 million children around the world, the majority of them in Uruguay, Peru, Rwanda, Haiti, Australia, Mongolia and the United States. These laptops all run Sugar and Fedora Linux, and have customized software and content builds developed by their national deployment teams in collaboration with OLPC staff. We maintain a regular update of deployment information.

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XO
13.2.11 2020-01-29
XS
xs-0.7 2012-02-20


Quote of the Day

"This is not just a matter of giving a laptop to each child, as if bestowing on them some magical charm. The magic lies within -- within each child, within each scientist, scholar, or just plain citizen in the making. This initiative is meant to bring it forth into the light of day."
  —Kofi Annan

Current projects

The Contributors program offered free XO laptops to developers and content creators who are working on projects that will benefit deployments worldwide. To apply for this program, contributors submitted a description of the work they are planning along with their contact information.

Read more about our deployments, the latest sugar release and the new XO-4 Touch laptop, or other projects. Follow our news and submit new stories. To suggest your own project, submit a project proposal directly.


Kofi Annan and Jeff Sachs visit students in Bonsaaso, Ghana
School break at the pilot in Arahuay, Perú
OLPC project in Ethiopia

Get Involved

This Wiki contains project pages describing work and ideas related to OLPC. Learn how to get involved with those already in progress. You can also ask other community members about ways to contribute.

See our latest community news and accomplishments.

Overviews

Activities  ·  Support  ·  Community Forum  ·  XO Handbook +

There are overview pages dedicated to hardware, software, education and content. The XO's iconic software interface, Sugar, has its own human interface guidelines, here and on the Sugar Labs wiki. There are also discussion pages on issues of deployment and country-specific discussions.

OLPC is designed around five core principles — Child Ownership, Low Ages, Saturation, Connection, and Free and Open Source tools, and each of these have their own portal sections as well.


Start of mass production at Quanta

News and updates

Weekly news    ·    OLPC Planet   ·    News archive +

OLPC Rwanda launches at Kagugu Primary School in Kigali
Laptops are introduced in Mongolia


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