[lug] Open source laptops for kids - OLPC offer

[Neal McBurnett]

On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 07:40:51AM -0800, Kim Peterson wrote:
> Hello,
> I am new to this group and signed up to learn more about Linux. I recently

Welcome!

> purchased the OLPC offer in early Dec and haven't received my
> computer yet. Did they send you a tracking number or does it just
> show up at your door.  thanks,

Mine arrived on Jan 2nd, and I got a tracking number for it (and the
hotspot offer code) 4 days later on the 6th :-)  I've heard that happened
to some other folks also.  I ordered it on the 2nd day of the offer.

And I'm not complaining - this is so much fun, and the G1G1 program is
all about supporting the project, not demanding a professional (and
difficult and expensive!) customer care experience.

Watching the firmware run Conway's game of Life (a boot-up easter egg
you can find by experimenting or googling) brought me back to age 13
in 1970 when I read about Life in Scientific American.  That is just
the sort of experience I hope kids around the world can now have at a
similar age.

It has, among other things, a glider gun just like the one you can see
here in javascript:

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life