Woots, rotation and navigation keys work on the XO.

[cyli]

Now I can use the XO as an ebook reader (in tablet mode) when using Ubuntu.

I was having problems before because the rotation key on the XO, as well as the directional keypad (see this image, although the rotation key is labeled as "backlight control" for some reason). xev didn't even register anything when I hit the keys (oddly enough it did

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Re: so...

[cyli]

Hmm... this is hard to answer properly. I basically participated in the G1G1 program (A) because I thought it was an interesting project, (B) because I think providing access to and education about computers to underprivileged children is a good idea, and (C) because I thought the XO would make a more flexible and hackable eBook reader than Sony's or the Kindle.

Sugar has some cool features and toys, but is somewhat annoying for the purposes I want - which is to poke around on the command line and read documents in lots of different formats. When you start the terminal activity, the cursor goes right to the title-bar so you can name that session of the activity for your logs. I guess this is an interesting idea for children learning to interact with a machine, but annoying for someone who just wants to run a few quick commands. Opening files on disk is also somewhat of a hassle.

I could install Opera, and use Xfce or fluxbox instead of Sugar, but then basically it'd just be a RedHat machine. And if I'm going to just use it as a linux laptop anyway, I may as well use a distro that I'm used to and like. :)

Re: so...

[cyli]

why ubuntu over redhat?
lol!

if only puppy had won the olpc bid :)