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#REDIRECT [[Emulating the XO]] |
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This page will help you get a look at the XO software, by running a "virtual XO" in an emulator. |
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Another option is burning a [[LiveCd]] instead. |
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== What to expect == |
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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. |
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*Collaboration, the centerpiece of OLPC, is currently ''not'' easily set up in emulation. Sorry. |
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*The camera and video will not work. Perhaps not even sound. |
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*Things are slower than on the actual machine. If you are unable to install qemu's kqemu accelerator, very much slower. |
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*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. |
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*While rapidly maturing, this is still "alpha" software. |
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== Two steps == |
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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]. |
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: As of 2007-May-26, this incorrectly points to build 385. The correct file is [http://olpc.download.redhat.com/olpc/streams/development/build406/ext3/olpc-redhat-stream-development-ext3.img.bz2 here] in [http://olpc.download.redhat.com/olpc/streams/development/build406/ext3/ 406]. This will get fixed. [[User:MitchellNCharity|MitchellNCharity]] 18:21, 26 May 2007 (EDT) |
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Second, get the qemu emulator which will run the image: |
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*[[Using QEMU on Windows XP|Windows]] |
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*[[Emulating the XO/Quick Start/Mac|Mac]] |
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*[[Emulating the XO/Quick Start/Linux|Linux]] |
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*[[Emulating the XO/Quick Start/Linux#FreeBSD|FreeBSD]] |
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You should now have a running "virtual XO". |
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== Running for the first time == |
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[[Sugar Instructions]] will help you get oriented. Though you may not need it. |
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''TODO - a couple additional steps are needed to get the virtual XO's network working. Just in case you want to surf the web. Depending on how os-specific the steps are, they should go either here or in the articles above.'' [[User:MitchellNCharity|MitchellNCharity]] 01:41, 24 May 2007 (EDT) |
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[[Category:Emulation]] |
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[[Category:Sugar]] |
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