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# One Laptop per Child & Open Source
- URL: https://katecarruthers.com/one-laptop-per-child-open-source/
- Published: 2007-11-18T05:08:00.000Z
- Updated: 2007-11-18T05:08:00.000Z
- Author: Kate Carruthers
- Tags: ideas, #Migrated-1775015344493, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-04-01 14:49

[![Chilren using One Laptop in India](http://bp2.blogger.com/_dNczr-CXk2M/Rz_6iqnHaWI/AAAAAAAAAC8/bXiMtpBGs70/s320/khairat_thumb.jpg)](http://bp2.blogger.com/%5FdNczr-CXk2M/Rz%5F6iqnHaWI/AAAAAAAAAC8/bXiMtpBGs70/s1600-h/khairat%5Fthumb.jpg?ref=katecarruthers.com)

  
[IEEE Computer Society NSW](http://ewh.ieee.org/r10/nsw/c/?ref=katecarruthers.com) held a seminar last Thursday and [Pia Waugh](http://waughpartners.com.au/?ref=katecarruthers.com) came to talk about Open Source and the [One Laptop per Child](http://laptop.org/?ref=katecarruthers.com) program.  
  
She also brought along a sample of the laptop (I thought that a few of the members attending might mug her for it on the way out ;-).  
  
The laptop was fascinating - it is a well designed and engineered piece of equipment. It is a visionary program that is focused on getting technology into the hands of children in the developing world. The laptop runs linux and has lightweight and efficient hardware.  
  
Very cool stuff!  
  
[More details about the seminar here ...](http://ewh.ieee.org/r10/nsw/c/event%5F20071115.html?ref=katecarruthers.com)  
  
via [Aide-mémoire](http://carruthk.blogspot.com/?ref=katecarruthers.com)