[Sugar-devel] Does the XO-duo boot into Sugar as well?

[Mike Lee]

Thanks James!

Very useful clarifications. I'll contact One Education for an official answer.

Mike


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> On Feb 17, 2015, at 9:12 PM, James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
> 
> G'day Mike,
> 
> Thanks for your question.
> 
> I work for OLPC as an engineering contractor.
> 
> One Education is a different organisation to OLPC.  I do not work for
> One Education except indirectly through OLPC.
> 
> The "XO-duo (Android)" is a product name given by One Education to the
> OLPC XO-4 and a software bundle.
> 
> The XO-4 shown was manufactured by OLPC and supplied to One Education.
> Based on the specifications, it is probably our SKU308 or SKU309.
> 
> The XO-4 continues to be manufactured by OLPC, and is available for
> order, with minimum quantity restrictions.  Please write to
> countries at laptop.org for details.
> 
> I have no details about the firmware, software, or security
> configuration of the laptop on the One Education page you refer to.
> Nor do I know if overseas orders are accepted, nor what the shipping
> costs are.
> 
> Those questions should be directed to One Education, thanks.
> 
> However, in general, an XO-4 can be reflashed to boot either Fedora,
> Sugar, Android, or a hybrid dual boot using the O game key.  The
> degree of difficulty depends on the security configuration; SKU308 and
> SKU309 were manufactured unlocked.
> 
>> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 08:22:34PM -0500, Mike Lee wrote:
>> This is probably for James Cameron:
>> 
>> With the availability of the XO-duo to all comers, I wanted to see if by chance
>> the configuration that is being sold here:
>> 
>> [1]https://one-education.org/shop/xo-duo-2.html
>> 
>> ...can boot into Sugar as well?
>> 
>> If not, can the dual boot Android/Sugar build be flashed on?
>> 
>> I'm particularly interested in continued access to Etoys and Turtle Blocks.
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>> References:
>> 
>> [1] https://one-education.org/shop/xo-duo-2.html
> 
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