Free Software Linux

So It has been a week from time when borrowed OLPC entered my family of computers. I have Thinkpad T60 with Atheros AR5212 (which works with atk5k driver from 2.6.25, nice work!) and Eee PC with Atheros (which works with special madwifi patch). Since 802.11s just landed into upstream kernel git, I was eager to take a look at this mash network thing. Oh, how ignorant I was. OLPC uses 802.11s protocol which is different from official implementation of 802.11s and with good reason: they are using embedded processor in wifi card do to mash protocol for them (saving power and enabling mash to work when laptop is suspended).

Part of my day job (and reason why I love it) is working with guys from OLPC Croatia in spreading a word and intention of this project. Yesterday we had great presentation in Varaždin and they are interested in pilot project. With news like this it seems that we are fighting windmills. I hope that we are not wrong to invest time and effort into this since my first day of experience with little green thing is very positive. For a start let me clear some doubts: it is slow machine.

Nekako pomalo nezapaženo je prošlo vrlo zanimljivo predavanje Nicholasa Negropontea u Zagrebu. O organizaciji konferencije ne treba trošiti riječi, ali želio bih djelomično prokomentirati neke nedoumice o OLPC ideji. Za početak zaboravite na laptop. Da, znam teško je. Ili je lijep ili ružan. Ili spor. Zaboravite na laptop. Dobro? Ideja je promijeniti način školovanja. Negroponte očigledno to želi naročito napraviti u zemljama "trećeg svijeta" (što je, prisjetimo se malo bila i Hrvatska nekada u doba Jugoslavije) zbog toga što tamo većinom vlada još Viktorijansko poučavanje 19.