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OLPC '$100 laptop' to run XP and Linux

OLPC '$100 laptop' to run XP and Linux

A new version of The One Laptop Per Child Project's (OLPC's) XO laptop will run both Linux and Windows, Microsoft has announced.

The partners expect to deliver a dual-boot XO system in August or September that will have both the traditional Linux-based Sugar operating system of the XO and a low-cost student version of Windows XP, according to Kyle Austin, an OLPC representative.

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