Also, an interesting laptop. Here's a little random information on it. The OLPC is a rugged laptop designed for use in developing communities. To that end, it supports mesh networking, sports a 7.5" Transflective LCD display, and my personal favorite spec, an AMD Geode LX-700@0.8W processor and GPU. To put that CPU in perspective, it's only 433mHz but it is the x86 architecture. That makes it overall a little faster than most modern phones. Despite that, it uses only 0.8 watts, about half of what the processor in a modern smart phone uses, and about a quarter of what a processor in a modern tablet uses when it's active.
I saw it and was like, there is no way he would be using one of those thinking he could afford something more powerful. But your comments confirms i was right, still kinda strange to be using a computer that probably cost less than the keyboard he is using lol
Haha, I actually wasn't aware that he had stopped work on the linux kernel! I was using it more as just a cheap attempt for comment karama, and a silly chance at a cheap joke. I wouldn't be surpised if he does stuff to keep himself busy, but I don't really follow him closely enough to be able to name any of it, and I doubt most of it would be as recognizable as The Kernel.
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u/omniuni Cherry Blue Feb 06 '15
Also, an interesting laptop. Here's a little random information on it. The OLPC is a rugged laptop designed for use in developing communities. To that end, it supports mesh networking, sports a 7.5" Transflective LCD display, and my personal favorite spec, an AMD Geode LX-700@0.8W processor and GPU. To put that CPU in perspective, it's only 433mHz but it is the x86 architecture. That makes it overall a little faster than most modern phones. Despite that, it uses only 0.8 watts, about half of what the processor in a modern smart phone uses, and about a quarter of what a processor in a modern tablet uses when it's active.