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<< [[Emulating the XO]] |
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In the past, OLPC and the community produced [[wikipedia:Live CD|Live CDs]], allowing OLPC's "Sugar" interface to be run on "regular computers" without making any permanent changes to the system. Today, Sugar is developed as a generic project and is available in various different live media forms, see '''[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Downloads Sugar Labs Downloads]'''. |
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Trying out the [[Sugar]] environment is as simple as 1, 2, 3! |
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Information regarding old LiveCD projects based around very old OLPC software releases can be found at [[LiveCd/Historical]]. |
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=== Step 1 === |
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Download [http://olpc.download.redhat.com/olpc/streams/sdk/latest/livecd/olpc-redhat-stream-sdk-livecd.iso olpc-redhat-stream-sdk-livecd.iso] |
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=== Step 2 === |
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Burn the iso image to a blank CD |
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=== Step 3 === |
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Pop CD into your machine and boot. |
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== Potential Issues == |
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The Live-CD does not seem to boot off an external optical-drive connected via USB. |
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== Notes for the future == |
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You can check when the file was last updated [http://olpc.download.redhat.com/olpc/streams/sdk/latest/livecd/ here]. |
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: As of 2007-May-24, it was 2007-Apr-07. :( [[User:MitchellNCharity|MitchellNCharity]] 11:27, 24 May 2007 (EDT) |
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== Hints and Tips == |
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* Altering the desktop resolution |
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** Somehow pull up a terminal (there is one easily accessible via the classic Gnome desktop) |
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** Either edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf (example below focusing on the 'Modes' line setting 800x600) OR run system-config-display and select the appropriate resolution from the GUI |
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** Restart the X server with ctrl-alt-backspace (NOTE: This may take some seconds. It will drop back to a login prompt but if you wait it will start up X again, assuming you provided a valid resolution.) |
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Section "Screen" |
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Identifier "Screen0" |
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Device "Videocard0" |
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DefaultDepth 24 |
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SubSection "Display" |
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Viewport 0 0 |
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Depth 24 |
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Modes "800x600" |
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EndSection |
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[[Category:Emulation]] |
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Latest revision as of 18:15, 7 February 2011
In the past, OLPC and the community produced Live CDs, allowing OLPC's "Sugar" interface to be run on "regular computers" without making any permanent changes to the system. Today, Sugar is developed as a generic project and is available in various different live media forms, see Sugar Labs Downloads.
Information regarding old LiveCD projects based around very old OLPC software releases can be found at LiveCd/Historical.