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Originally Posted by June
Hmm... I take it I can keep the original OS on the device, and run Linux off a card... : off to read the OLPC forums:
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That's right. I still have Sugar installed on the internal 1GB NAND drive and run Ubuntu from an 8GB SD card. I just have to take the SD card out if I want to boot the original OS.
Detailed instructions on setting up a version of Ubuntu 8.10 that's been tweaked and optimized for the OLPC can be found here:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Ubuntu_Intrepid_for_the_XO
That wiki page is a summary of this OLPC News thread:
http://www.olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=4053.0
There's also a couple of Debian derivatives that can be installed on the internal NAND drive if you'd rather not tie up the SD card slot with the OS.