XO: conclusions

[unless_spring]

Update on backups. It really is possible to back up an "activity" by dragging and dropping it from the Journal to a USB drive icon at the bottom of the Journal. I did this to an activity named test1.txt, and a file by that name actually appeared on the USB drive. But, as I expected, it appeared in the top-level folder. I could not have placed it in

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[sa]

Dunno if you read http://community.livejournal.com/austincommunity but they had a recent posting about a local wiki being set up:
http://community.livejournal.com/austincommunity/5509642.html

[unless_spring]

I don't read this community. I checked out your link, but there doesn't seem to be any Austin-specific content. Maybe they'll add it later. In any case, I do know (though not personally) some people in Austin with XO laptops, and one of them is supposed to give a presentation on XO at Austin Linux Group tonight. I'll have to ask him what he thinks about this laptop's limitations (mostly, inability to handle realistic amounts of data -- freezing when I open several applications, or when I copy 2-3 pages of text to the clipboard, or when I search in a list of a few hundred files).

[random_stabs]

The XO was not designed for your needs.

The tack hammer is still a tool, even though it lacks the weight of an 8-lb sledge. Trying to drive tent stakes with a tack hammer is bound to be frustrating.

[unless_spring]

The XO was not designed for your needs.

Of course not. My point is, will it be able to adequately server anyone's needs, even schoolchildren in developing countries? I was at an Austin Linux Group meeting today for an XO networking event. I told other people about what I perceive to be its inadequacies, and we had an interesting discussion, in which even a staunch supporter of XO acknowledged that, umm... it's not clear how valid are certain assumptions on which XO concept was based (inability to easily back up files, for example).