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DesktopLinux: OLPC Nears Low-Cost Linux Laptop Production

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“The One Laptop Per Child project’s onsite supervisor, Mark
Foster, reported from Shanghai on Sunday that the first 10
prototypes of the Linux-powered OLPC XO-1 are up and running. This
marks a key milestone toward an upcoming build of 900 units.

“The OLPC project, based in Cambridge, Mass., aims to
distribute–free of charge–millions of Linux-based laptop
computers, complete with their own power sources, to needy children
around the world…”

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