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Confirmed: Kids like Sugar better than XP
engadget.com - 10/24/2008
Confirmed: Kids like Sugar better than XP
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It's hardly a scientific test, but when a Cnet editor's 8 year old daughter was given the choice between an OLPC XO laptop running Windows XP or the Linux-based Sugar UI , Sugar was the winner. As Cnet points out, either OS when properly incorporated into the teaching curriculum should serve ...

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Gizmologia:  OLPC con Windows o Linux (Sugar): los niños eligen Sugar

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OLPC con Windows o Linux (Sugar): los niños eligen Sugar
Gizmologia — ... era tan sencillamente perfecta para cualquier niño, que llevarle a después a la tortura de Windows debería ser delito. ¿Pero que pasa cuando le pones dos de estos portátiles a una niña de 8 años? Que se convierte en el juez más imparcial, no se guia por el sistema operativo, ni por las consecuencias de usar Windows o Linux, si no en la simplicidad. ¿Aun no adivinas cual ganó? Evidentemente Sugar. Enlace: The XO laptop gets a Windows makeover | Vía: Engadget Comparte esta anotación ...

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