The dream of cheap computers in the hands of millions of poor children is becoming a reality, though not exactly as its proponents imagined. For-profit competitors snatched the idea and have run with it.
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Mandriva…Not just for Classmates
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ZDNet's Christopher Dawson reports that Mandriva Linux 2008 has been his distro of choice for many systems due to its user-friendliness and out-of-the-box hardware support.
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Who wants to kill the OLPC project?
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Today marks the official mass production of the OLPC (or XO laptop computer). However, the project has lost some buzz and It is hard not to think that there's a global neo-conspiracy to harm the OLPC project.
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Nigerian education selects Intel-powered Classmate PC with Mandriva Linux
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Mandriva today announced that the Nigerian government has selected Intel-powered classmate PCs running on Mandriva Linux for educational use in nationwide pilot in Nigeria. Mandriva is working with Intel Corporation and Technology Support Center Ltd. to provide 17,000 Intel-powered classmate PCs.
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