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<ul><li class="heading">INTRODUCTION</li><li><a href="XO_Introduction.html">INTRODUCTION</a></li><li><a href="XO_AboutOLPC.html">ABOUT OLPC</a></li><li><a href="XO_HowToVolunteer.html">HOW TO VOLUNTEER</a></li><li class="heading">GETTING STARTED</li><li><a href="XO_GettingStarted.html">GETTING STARTED</a></li><li><a href="XO_OpeningTheXO.html">OPENING THE XO</a></li><li><a href="XO_Ports.html">PORTS</a></li><li><a href="XO_AdvancedPower.html">POWERING OF YOUR LAPTOP</a></li><li><a href="XO_Starting.html">STARTING THE XO</a></li><li><a href="XO_Keyboard.html">KEYBOARD</a></li><li class="heading">INTERFACE</li><li><a href="Sugar_Interface.html">ABOUT THE USER INTERFACE</a></li><li><a href="Sugar_HomeView.html">HOME VIEW</a></li><li><a href="Sugar_ActivityView.html">ACTIVITY VIEW</a></li><li><a href="Sugar_NeighbourhoodView.html">NEIGHBOURHOOD VIEW</a></li><li><a href="Sugar_GroupView.html">GROUP VIEW</a></li><li><a href="Sugar_TheFrame.html">THE FRAME</a></li><li><a href="Sugar_TheJournal.html">THE JOURNAL</a></li><li class="heading">ACTIVITIES</li><li><a href="Sugar_WhatIsAnActivity.html">WHAT IS AN ACTIVITY</a></li><li><a href="Sugar_LaunchingActivities.html">LAUNCHING ACTIVITIES</a></li><li><a href="Sugar_Collaborating.html">COLLABORATING</a></li><li><a href="Sugar_SwitichingActivities.html">SWITCHING ACTIVITIES</a></li><li><a href="Sugar_ExitingActivities.html">EXITING ACTIVITIES</a></li><li><a href="Sugar_InstallingActivities.html">INSTALLING ACTIVITIES</a></li><li><a href="Sugar_FindingActivities.html">ACTIVITY SAMPLER</a></li><li><a href="XO_AboutNetworksAndTheInternet.html">INTRODUCTION</a></li><li><a href="Sugar_ConnectingNetwork.html">CONNECTING</a></li><li><a href="XO_GiveMeTheInternet.html">GIVE ME THE INTERNET</a></li><li><a href="XO_ExternalHardware.html">NETWORKING HARDWARE</a></li><li><a href="XO_RouterTable.html">WIRELESS DEVICES</a></li><li class="heading">MAINTENANCE</li><li><a href="Sugar_BackingUp.html">BACKING UP</a></li><li><a href="Sugar_ConservingDiskspace.html">CONSERVING DISKSPACE</a></li><li><a href="XO_ChargingBattery.html">CHARGING </a></li><li><a href="XO_CaringForXO.html">CARING FOR YOUR XO</a></li><li><a href="XO_HowToFlash.html">HOW TO REFLASH</a></li><li><a href="XO_Repairing.html">REPAIRING</a></li><li><a href="XO_Troubleshooting.html">TROUBLESHOOTING</a></li><li><a href="XO_Maintenance.html">MAINTENANCE</a></li><li><a href="XO_ReplacingBattery.html">REPLACING</a></li><li><a href="XO_GettingSupport.html">GETTING SUPPORT</a></li><li class="heading">APPENDICES</li><li><a href="XO_KeyboardShortcuts.html">KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS</a></li><li><a href="XO_HardwareSpecifications.html">HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS</a></li><li><a href="Sugar_Glossary.html">GLOSSARY</a></li><li><a href="Sugar_Credits.html">CREDITS</a></li><li><a href="XO_Credits.html">CREDITS</a></li><li><a href="Main_Credits.html">CREDITS</a></li></ul>
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<h1>Introduction
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<p>You may have heard of the One Laptop per Child project. The project's goal is to deliver rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptops to children in the developing world.
</p> The XO laptop is an educational tool designed to be put into the hands of every child. By using free and open source software and world-wide software development efforts, OLPC has championed XOs for delivery around the world in multiple languages.
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<p><em>In a classroom in Peru </em>
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<p>The XO's free and open software, called Sugar, allows _anyone_ to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. Many people contributing to OLPC believe that these freedoms are critical to fulfilling OLPC's educational goals.
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<p>After seeing stories about an affordable children's laptop or seeing pictures of a small computer in a child's hand, you may wonder about the XO's capabilities. But when you see this compact yet solid computer with its carrying handle and unique colors, you will realize the XO's great potential for children around the world.
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<p>When you open the XO, you will see the high-resolution, easy-to-read screen that works even in direct sunlight. You can also flip the XO into a book reader mode. The XO is designed to take outdoors and it even survives the rough-and-tumble daily lives that children lead.
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<p>We hope you learn more <em>about</em> the XO laptop by reading these pages, so that you can learn more <em>with</em> the XO laptop.
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<p> <img title="Hiking02" alt="Hiking02" src="./OLPC_simple/StartingXO/.resized_500x375_Hiking02.jpg" height="375" width="500" />
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<p><em>On a hike in Thailand</em>
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Author : <i>Introduction</i> <br/>© Anne Gentle 2006, 2008<br/>Modifications:<br/>adam hyde 2006, 2007, 2008<br/>A Holt 2008<br/>Michael Stone 2008<br/>Rob Mason 2008<br/>Sandy Culver 2008<br/>Seth Woodworth 2008<br/>Tom Boyle 2008<br/><hr/><br>License : General Public License
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