<div dir="ltr">Just came across this one-year-old comment of mine on a YouTube video titled "The Coolest Netbook You’ve Forgotten About: The OLPC XO-1" when someone commented on my comment about 2 hours ago. [Link to the video: <a href="https://youtu.be/UPP4ClRmVik">https://youtu.be/UPP4ClRmVik</a>] I thought that I'd share it all of you on the mailing list since it shows that people are still excited to hear about the cool stuff that the people here have built and the impact you're delivering each and every day. All of you are awesome! Sharing the whole YouTube comment transcript here, without any editing: Sumit Srivastava 1 year ago Hi, I'm from SugarLabs, the organisation that makes the software that OLPC laptops (and a lot more devices) run on. Happy to answer any questions. Please ask. Likes: 132 generic Josh number 96 generic Josh number 96 1 year ago Do you know if the display is switching modes with the greyscale thing? Very curious how the screen works Likes: 9 Alex Alex 1 year ago Have the laptops been upgraded over the years or have they stayed with the same exact hardware as initially? Eg bigger storage, Ram, a touchscreen, etc? Likes: 3 Sumit Srivastava Sumit Srivastava 1 year ago @generic Josh number 96 I have a better resource for you to read up on this display: <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Display">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Display</a> It serves a good intro to the OLPC display. Likes: 11 Sumit Srivastava Sumit Srivastava 1 year ago @generic Josh number 96 Thanks for asking. A kernel configuration file is used to select colour or grayscale mode in the driver, and thus the display controller ASIC. This is in the kernel sources. The keyboard shim detects brightness control keys and manages the backlight power. When the backlight is turned off, the grayscale mode is enabled. When the backlight is turned on, the grayscale mode is disabled. This is in the keyboard shim sources. On the XO-1.75 and XO-4 models, a reverse biased red LED in the same SMT package as the green storage LED is used as an ambient light sensor. The power management daemon (powerd) detects high ambient light and turns off the backlight and turns on the grayscale mode. The backlight is turned off to save power, and increase running time on battery. This is in the powerd sources. However, without any change to backlight brightness or mode switching, full sunlight does appear as greyscale, because the human eye can't discern the small amount of colour emitted by the backlight compared to the large amount of white light reflected from the sun. Likes: 26 Sumit Srivastava Sumit Srivastava 1 year ago @Alex The hardware has been regularly updated with release of newer models. For example, XO-4 (the latest one) has a touchscreen variant and improved hardware. Likes: 10 Alex Alex 1 year ago What engine is the SugarXO browser based on? Likes: 1 Sumit Srivastava Sumit Srivastava 1 year ago @Alex The simple browser also called browse activity is implemented using HulaHop library and uses Gecko rendering engine(same as Firefox). Other browsers available for XO laptops are Opera and Firefox. :) Likes: 6 Alex Alex 1 year ago @Sumit Srivastava Really??? Opera and Firefox can run on these laptops??? I'm impressed! Likes: 1 Sumit Srivastava Sumit Srivastava 1 year ago @Alex these laptops are not underpowered, they're just aimed at children who want to learn, and appropriately capable to do so. :) Likes: 7 velleda velleda 1 year ago Exactly why do you need a developer key to boot things other than official OS builds, and why does it take 24 hours to get one? Likes: 3 Sumit Srivastava Sumit Srivastava 1 year ago @velleda because this was designed with security and antitheft in mind, and it's pretty secure, along with being fun to play with. Likes: 4 Sumit Srivastava Sumit Srivastava 1 year ago @velleda also, thank you for asking. Here's a link to your question, if you want to read a long explanation: <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Developer_key_philosophy">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Developer_key_philosophy</a> Likes: 4 TheSola10 TheSola10 1 year ago Would it be interesting to switch OLPC to Silverblue/OSTree for increased reliability and less required maintenance? Sumit Srivastava Sumit Srivastava 1 year ago @TheSola10 Sugar OS is designed specifically with young children in mind. All our decisions, designs, usability considerations are made with that thing in mind. I don't think any other organisation would want to do that with OS. Likes: Likes: 5 James Livesey James Livesey 1 year ago @NiggaNig420 TOONZ They're giving their best efforts to help. They may or may not be part of Sugar Labs (and in their defence it's hard to verify), but they are providing people with helpful answers, so please don't be so rude! Likes: 13 Kintaro oe Kintaro oe 1 year ago any way to unlock the bios? me and my father tried to install xp countless times but the bios didnt allow us to, it would make my childhood dream finally complete Likes: 2 Sumit Srivastava Sumit Srivastava 1 year ago @Kintaro oe yes, you can install other operating systems using developer key. Instructions to request a developer key are at: <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activation_and_developer_keys#Getting_a_developer_key">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activation_and_developer_keys#Getting_a_developer_key</a> Likes: 2 James Livesey James Livesey 1 year ago (edited) @NiggaNig420 TOONZ It appears to me that you are racist; however I do respect that people can have their own opinions in certain situations. Your 'evidence' that you have provided may be falsely representing the groups in question, and they may only be a minority. They may not be the representatives of their race, religion or nationality, and in fact it appears that there are so many Indians, Pakistanis and Asians that are brilliant, valued and talented individuals that we should be glad to have on Earth. Please don't prejudice, it's a bad quality to have! Life lesson over! 😁 Likes: 9 Kintaro oe Kintaro oe 1 year ago @Sumit Srivastava thanks Likes: Likes: 1 BitterJames BitterJames 1 year ago @James Livesey literally nobody cares. James Livesey James Livesey 1 year ago @BitterJames Except for the other 7 likers Hi another person called James Likes: 5 RiotOne RiotOne 1 year ago Sumit Im not sure that I know you... What is your IRC name and development branch? Peachy’s Here! Peachy’s Here! 1 year ago Sumit Srivastava! How do Transreflective Displays work? Sumit Srivastava Sumit Srivastava 1 year ago @RiotOne IRC: sum2it Development branch: SugarLabs- musicblocks Likes: 1 Sumit Srivastava Sumit Srivastava 1 year ago @Peachy’s Here! transreflective displays can be imagined as an e ink display with a backlight. Not really an accurate description but would be easier to grasp the concept. Likes: 1 anonfilly anonfilly 1 year ago Is the project still alive? Likes: 2 Sumit Srivastava Sumit Srivastava 1 year ago @anonfilly Yes, SugarLabs is still alive and growing. Impacts over 3 million kids in the world. KOTYAR0 KOTYAR0 1 year ago You do a great help to the world. How are you getting paid for your work, who makes your budget? Sumit Srivastava Sumit Srivastava 1 year ago @KOTYAR0 Thank you! We don't get paid. It's all volunteers who want to provide the best educational tools to children, for free. 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