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5-year-olds repair OLPC laptops at Nigerian"hospital"

02/03/2008  
Relevance: 11.79
During the recent Greener Gadgets Conference in New York, former OLPC CTO (and XO challenger) Mary Lou Jepsen discussed the real-world difficulties with using the kid-friendly laptops, including the creation of an XO"hospital" used to repair broken computers. Apparently, in the crowded conditions of schools in places like Nigeria, the little green laptops have a tendency to be jostled around and even knocked on the floor from time to time. As there's typically no repair shops nearby, the kids have learned to fix the systems themselves, setting up a"laptop hospital" where they can repair what's broken using simple tools and cheap replacement parts.
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Dual-screen laptop madness from Lenovo

01/06/2009  
Relevance: 11.12
Think of the two most popular laptops trends, namely big screens and small screens. Now put them together and what do you get? Yep, the Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds with one big screen and one small screen. Is this genius or simply the maddest laptop ever?
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Everex to Launch Re-Branded Laptop as Eee PC Competitor

12/11/2007  
Relevance: 10.43
Everex plans to introduce a competitor to Asus's Eee PC at the beginning of next year. The laptop will run the gOS, an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution, cost $400, and have a 7" screen that might even be a touch screen eventually.
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Mr. Fixit Goes Open Source With DIY Repair Site

04/25/2010  
Relevance: 10.32
Previously, iFixit was a repair site that posted step-by-step disassembly instructions for gadgets posted by iFixit staff. The company makes money by selling parts (like replacement iPhone screens) that intrepid fixers can use in their repair projects. Later, iFixit implemented a gallery tool for anybody to post an illustrative teardown manual for their gadgets (which Gadget Lab helped introduce with a Sony teardown contest). Now, the site has repurposed itself into a full-blown wiki for repair manuals, where contributors can collaborate on repair instructions in real time.
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Brightside - Screen Corner Actions and Edge-Flipping Made Easy

01/30/2008  
Relevance: 10.03
This Ubuntu application adds actions to the corners of the screen in GNOME, such as switching virtual desktops and controlling the volume. You can even enable the screensaver and control the screen brightness on your laptop.
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'World's cheapest laptop' now available

07/29/2008  
Relevance: 9.49
The Impulse NPX-9000 laptop has a 7-in. screen, a 400-MHz processor, 128MB of RAM and 1GB of flash storage -- but you need to buy 100 of them.
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'World's cheapest laptop' now available

07/29/2008  
Relevance: 9.42
A company is now selling what it calls the"world's cheapest laptop," which, at $130, is not a bad deal if you can bear some hardware limitations. The Impulse NPX-9000 laptop has a 7-in. screen, a 400-MHz processor, 128MB of RAM and 1GB of flash storage -- but you need to buy 100 of them.
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New law says computer repair guys in Texas must also be licensed private investigators!!!

07/02/2008  
Relevance: 9.01
The Institute for Justice has filed a lawsuit on behalf of computer repair guy Mike Rife against the Texas Private Security Bureau (PSB) arguing that a new law unconstitutionally denies computer repair companies the right to work in their chosen profession. This based around the Texas Constitution which protects the right of Texans to earn an honest living without unreasonable government interference.[Not FOSS related but I thought it would be of interest - Scott]
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In search of the best OS for a 9-year-old laptop: Part VIIIâ€' Final thoughts (aka"Why?")

08/06/2008  
Relevance: 8.58
You might ask why I'm spending so much time figuring out how to best configure a Compaq Armada 7770dmtâ€' a laptop with an ancient 233MHz Pentium II MMX processor, feeble 144MB of RAM and smallish 3GB hard drive. For one thing, I almost never abandon a machine that can be used. And this one definitely can be. Plus, I like the Compaq. It has a nice screen and keyboard, I like the fact that its power supply is totally contained in the laptop case. The thing's pretty solid.
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Ubuntu-ized GNU Screen is Faster and Friendlier

06/01/2009  
Relevance: 8.51
GNU Screen is a terminal multiplexer program that Linux folk have used for ages. It allows you to turn one terminal into many, and run processes even after logging out. In this article we will give a brief overview of screen usage for the uninitiated, then talk about how Ubuntu's defaults and new screen-profiles package have taught us about new and wonderful features of screen.
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