Comparison of Windows XP and Linux/Sugar On the OLPC XO

griffjon writes "OLPCNews has a comparison of Windows XP to the Sugar/Linux OS on the One Laptop Per Child XO-1, based on the Microsoft Unlimited Potential video, touching on video recording, power usage, boot times, and mesh networking. An interesting, if saddening, read."

Re:What's the real plan?

[Drakonik]

Have you ever tried to talk out of ONE side of your mouth? Nobody can understand you.

Re:Sugar is worse

[oldhack]

Sugar is god-awful slow. It's not even a real program; it's just a Python script.

That's a really bright thing to say. What, you program only with solder?

Re:What's the real plan?

[Anonymous Coward]

Worked for Jean-Chrétien. /duck

Re:eat my shorts slashdot !!

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh Balmer, for crying out loud - don't you have anything better to do?

XP on XO conspiracy theory timeline..

[Bazman]

MS announce XP on XO.

Slashdot goes "Pics or it never happened!"

MS provide screen shots.

Slashdot goes "screenshots can be faked - video or it never happened!"

MS provide video.

Slashdot goes "Whatever, it never happened!"

Re:eat my shorts slashdot !!

[tristian_was_here]

Bill you should at least keep your employees on a leash.

Re:XP on XO conspiracy theory timeline..

[dhasenan]

It may be that the videos are not faked. Still, if they were not, I would like to replace my workstation (Core 2 Duo with 3GB RAM) with an OLPC laptop, since it seems to run so much faster.

Re:XP on XO conspiracy theory timeline..

[MenThal]

We're still all waiting to see the BSOD in action before we're convinced it is Windows alright. :)