I donated my original OLPC XO-1 to the Columbus School for Girls today. I bought one when they were first available via the Give One Get One program back in 2007, but it'd be mainly sitting in a closet since then. It wouldn't boot when I tried to fire it up the other day, and after a little sleuthing discovered that these early models had an issue with their Real Time Clock battery if they weren't used regularly. There's a fix, but it's more trouble than it's worth, so after some searching... Read more →

If you are not using your OX laptop anymore you can send it to OLPC who is collecting them to give to displaced students in Haiti. For more information check out this link: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_for_Haiti They will take your old OX without the original box or even if it isn't working anymore.

You can now get a custom linux os for xo-1 its not free, but cheap and it sounds pretty good. I'm not linux knowledgeable so I'm thinking about trying it. Anyone used it, thoughts, comments? http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/products_id/88... http://www.olpcnews.com/software/operating_system/...

I use mine as a ruggedized outdoor RSS & email reader, as well as a conversation-piece for OLPC. (I didn't plan that last one; it just happens.)