Re: [svlug] OLPC XP Give-one / Get-one program

["Kristian Erik Hermansen" <user=152@nabble.blu.org>]

 I will be participating in this.  One laptop will go to a child in 
need, and the other will go to my 11 year old brother Peter who has 
been running Linux for a few years now and just built his first 64-bit 
Linux desktop from scratch :-)  Of course, I've also been teaching him 
some programming along the way too!  I think this OLPC GoGo idea is 
ingenious... 


On 9/26/07, Paul Reiber <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> There's been a LOT of interest recently in the OLPC. 
> 
> It's been darn near impossible to get a unit (unless you're, say, the 
> president of a well-known Linux User Group)... but that has changed! 
> 
> You might want to take a look at http://xogiving.org/ - you can help 
> this initiative, and get one of the units for yourself in the process. 
> 
> I have a feeling this program will "fill up" quite quickly - there are 
> only a limited number of units allocated to the program - so if you're 
> interested, move quickly. 
> 
> Best regards and happy hacking! 
> -Paul Reiber 
> President, SVLUG 
> http://reiber.org
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