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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. |
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. |
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== Details of dual boot== |
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''TODO'', see http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2009-July/025132.html e-mail. |
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[[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://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] |
[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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[[Category:Controversies]] |
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Revision as of 22:08, 21 July 2009
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."