I had heard about this a while ago and had seen some prototype photos, but nothing substantial. Below is a photo from Flickr of two of the prototypes.
On The sponsoring site, laptop.org - One Laptop Per Child, they state that these laptops will not be publically available, but hopefully distributed through a government program to students for use in the classroom.
These laptop computers are seen here running Fedora. If the initiative is carried out between OLPC and the government, I truly hope that these machines will use Edubuntu or an easier Linux distrobution where children will not have administrator access, making the computers last longer. As popular as Microsoft is for software, I think this change might be a brighter outlook for education and Linux.
Regardless, it is a step in the right direction. Check out the rest of the photos in the Flickr photostream here and make sure you visit OLPC at laptop.org.
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May 24th, 2006 at 11:05 am
Will Hoffman
That green laptop reminds me of one of those “alienware” ones. It’s a bit funky. I like the new theme by the way.
May 24th, 2006 at 3:56 pm
Steve Castle
Definitely, I see what you’re talking about with the green ones looking like Alienware. But I’m sure that these babies aren’t going to pack anywhere near the power those suckers do.