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| Sneaking a peek at the OLPC OS |
The first One Laptop Per Child hardware devices are still months from deployment, but you can sneak a peek at their Sugar desktop environment and bundled applications by running an OS image under an emulator. It's a great way to finally get some hands on time with this long anticipated project, even though it's not perfect.The OLPC wiki has instructions for emulating the laptop via several software schemes -- QEMU, VMware, and Parallels Desktop. I chose to download the VMware image, which is simple and runs inside the freely available VMware Player.
A word of caution: although the native hardware will only sport a 366MHz processor, the emulated system feels slower even on a fast host machine because of a delay in cursor/keyboard responsiveness. The apps launch fast enough, but sluggishness in the user interface contributes to a perceived sluggishness in the overall system. Don't judge its performance too harshly. Linux.com | Child's play: Sneaking a peek at the OLPC OS Linked by LT Hacker
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