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On this page you can share your experiences of particular build number with other users.

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.


Images on an emulator

QEMU on Linux

Build Name QEmu Version System Info Description username
olpc-redhat-stream-development 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
olpc-redhat-stream-development build-182-20061114_2135-devel_ext3.imgQemu 0.6.2 from Debian Sarge Dual-cpu AMD Athlon MP, 1GHz; Debian Sarge; 2.6.11-1-k7-smpBoots 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
olpc-redhat-stream-development-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

Build Name QEmu Version Windows System Description username
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)


QEMU on MacOS X

Build Name QEmu Version System Info Description username
olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-166-20061110_1609-ext3.img olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-166-20061110_1609-ext3.img MacBook 13" Intel Core Duo, 2GB RAM Boots into GUI, a bit sluggish response Calyth

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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