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"Ship 1" Software Done As The World Waits
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The One Laptop Per Child team pushed out another software release yesterday called Ship 1 build. This is what is supposed to be on the laptops for testing at the factory in Shanghai. I pieced together the proper downloads on to a USB stick and rebooted to autoinstall the update. The firmware went in OK, but the system software was corrupted. After a few more tries, I switched to a new USB stick and finished the install as well as updating the second laptop. The new release now shows a web browser start page for a bundled content library. I also loaded a bunch of new software add-ons from the developer's site. I noticed for the first time that the media player shows visualizations when playing audio. And both the mesh and wifi networking seem much more robust. Alas, the battery charging and battery level gauge are still busted.

- mike lee - wheaton, md
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