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For example, say which build you tried, what system you were using, and how the build worked for you. This page is just for your reviews. For instructions on how to use the images, look at OS_images.

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Images on an emulator

QEMU on Linux

Build Name	QEmu Version	System Info	Description	username
build-193 20061203_1727 devel_ext3.img	qemu 0.8.1-1 (-soundhw all -hda)	Debian etch (testing)	Boots into GUI, but no keyboard or mouse before "modprobe i8042" several times (!) on the serial console (Ctrl-Alt-3). No networking or sound, slow.
build-183 20061116_1824 devel_ext3.img	Qemu 0.8.1, from Debian's repository	Acer Aspire AMD 1.8 Ghz 1GB RAM; Debian etch (testing); Linux 2.6.17-2-k7;	Boots into the GUI and works fine. Is not 100% responsive, but it's expected. To be able to view the entire eToys screen, had to edit the Grub boot entry and change the display size to vga=0x317	To_be_created
build-182 20061114_2135 devel_ext3.img	Qemu 0.6.2 from Debian Sarge	Dual-cpu AMD Athlon MP, 1GHz; Debian Sarge; 2.6.11-1-k7-smp	Boots into GUI and works OK, using apm=off. Slow. Had to edit Grub boot entry; the image already handled the suggested xorg.conf fix.	John Gilmore
build-182 20061114_2117 ext3.img(.bz2)	Qemu 0.8.2 + kqemu 1.3.0pre9 2.4.33.3	Athlon XP 2000+ 786 RAM; Slackware 11.0; Linux 2.4.33.3;	Boot into GUI ok, the system works fine and fast	darkmagus

QEMU on Windows

See Using QEMU on Windows XP instructions.

Build Name	QEmu Version	Windows System	Description	username
olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-192-20061201_1843-devel_ext3.img	Qemu 0.8.2, kqemu-1.3.0pre9	Fujitsu Siemens 3,2 Ghz 1 Gb RAM, XP SP2	keyboard and mouse do not work, nothing really possible	Henubis DEC 3, 2006
olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-185-20061117_2030-devel_ext3.img (latest stable ext3-devel as of December 3 2006)	Qemu 0.8.2, kqemu-1.3.0pre9	Falcon Mach V AMD Athlon64 3200, 2 GHz 1GB RAM, XP SP2	keyboard and mouse OK, no network or sound. (network worked converted to VMWare Player). I updated instructions	-- Skierpage 19:06, 3 December 2006 (EST)
olpc-stream-development-59-20060808_1153-ext3.img	QEmu 0.8.2 kqemu-1.3.0pre9	Dell Latitude D600 1.5GHz 512MB RAM, XP SP2	Booted into GUI successfully	--Tomhannen 21:33, 17 November 2006 (EST)
olpc-redhat-stream-development-devel_ext3.img	QEmu 0.8.2 kqemu-1.3.0pre9	Lenovo AMD Athlon(tm)XP 3000+ 2.16 GHz 512MB RAM, XP SP2	Booted into GUI successfully，keyboard and mouse do not work	--User:wonder from xi‘an，china 12:33, 7 December 2006 (EST)
olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-185-20061117_2000-ext3.img	QEmu 0.8.2 kqemu-1.3.0pre9	Dell Latitude D600 1.5GHz 512MB RAM, XP SP2	Booted into GUI successfully, but had to [do this] to get a network connection	--Tomhannen 10:35, 7 December 2006 (EST)

QEMU on MacOS X

Build Name	QEmu Version	System Info	Description	username
olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-166-20061110_1609-ext3.img	Q 0.8.1	MacBook 13" Intel Core Duo, 2GB RAM	Boots into GUI, a bit sluggish response	Calyth
olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-185-20061117_2030-devel_ext3.img	Q 0.8.1	MacBook 13" Intel Core Duo, 2GB RAM	Same feel as build 166 documented above	Calyth

Parallels on MacOS X

Build Name	Parallels Version	System Info	Description	username
olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-185-20061117_2030-devel_ext3.img	Build 1970	MacBook 13" 2Ghz Intel Core2Duo, 1GB RAM	Runs well, no networking or sound - perhaps configuration of Parallels?	mpesce 1 Dec 2006

VMWare on Windows

Build Name	VMware Version	System Info	Description	username
olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-185-20061117_2030-devel_ext3.img	Player 1.0.3 build-34682	Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo T 3,2 GHz P4 1GB Ram, Windows XP SP2	Booted into GUI successfully, no sound, mouse accelerate very high	Henubis Nov 22. 2006

Images on a USB disk

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Images with the on-board NAND flash on OLPC hardware

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