OLPC Spin-off Developing UI for Intel's Classmate PC

Jun 19, 2008, 17:15 (3 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Agam Shah)

"Intel could give its Classmate PC a user interface similar to One Laptop Per Child's XO laptop, with the chip maker preparing a version of the Sugar UI found on OLPC's laptops for its educational laptop.

"Intel has tied up with Sugar Labs Foundation to develop a version of Sugar, the UI (user interface) originally developed for OLPC's XO laptop, for its Classmate PC, said Walter Bender, a founder of Sugar Labs and OLPC's former president of software and content..."

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