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Hands On with the XO Sugar OS

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 15, 2008

“Although I still haven’t been able to get my hands on an XO for
a serious review, thanks to the joys of VMWare, I was able to give
the Sugar OS a good test drive tonight (you can download the latest
image here). It took a bit of getting used to, but within about 10
minutes, I was navigating quite naturally, using the touchpad
corners to bring up the ‘taskbar,’ multitasking, etc. The entire OS
is based around starting and stopping ‘Activities,’ whether
browsing the Web or writing a document…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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