Comments on: Xtra Ordinary software turns an OLPC XO Laptop into a standard notebook

By: Neil4and

Neil4and — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:19:00 +0000

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By: tomiro

tomiro — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:07:43 +0000

There is a 2010 version with a lot of updates, a free download, and even a new boot file that lets you run the XO 100Mhz faster. Many will find it's also fun to play Super Nintendo games on their XO.

Homepage is at: http://webpath.net/xo

By: tomiro

tomiro — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:07:43 +0000

There is a 2010 version with a lot of updates, a free download, and even a new boot file that lets you run the XO 100Mhz faster. Many will find it's also fun to play Super Nintendo games on their XO.

Homepage is at: http://webpath.net/xo

By: jackdoll

jackdoll — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:47:00 +0000

Before you purchase:
This OS runs off the SDcard. Any corruption of the files will disable the boot and you will have no image to reload to the card, unless you want to deal with On-Disk, fro “a fee”. This happened to me when I allowed a 'suspend' on my XO.

By: jackdoll

jackdoll — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:47:00 +0000

By: Charbax

Charbax — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:10:15 +0000

Lots of free alternatives to this.

By: If Sugar is too weird for you but you’re totally ok with a bright-green, rabbit-eared notebook then you’ll want to read this. « Andrew Currie on WordPress

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:51:13 +0000

[...] Posted in Posterous On-Disk’s solution is called Xtra Ordinary. For $41.09 you get a 4GB SD card with a Debian Linux-based operating system that uses the LXDE desktop environment. It feels more like a typical desktop operating system than Sugar OS, and uses a layout with desktop shortcuts, and a Windows-like taskbar and start menu. via liliputing.com [...]