Comment 12 for bug 587186

Ubuntu doesn't install on the OLPC anyway. It runs a very hacked Fedora kernel. I really wouldn't worry about the hordes of Ubuntu running OLPC users. There is a Debian build that does run and there is an old version of Ubuntu based on the stock kernel. It is devices such as the Viglen MPC-L and thin client boxes that will be more of a concern, however pretty much everything new and low powered is based on the Atom chipset, and everything next year will be ARM (perhaps). Lucid is LTS so will be supported to 2013 so these platforms will have a supported Ubuntu system for several years to come. LTS releases don't offer to dist-upgrade to anything but the next LTS, so something might need to be done in the um. . . Quivering Quail cycle to stop them upgrading to a broken state. If anyone would like to help me get Lucid on my OLPC then you would get a big hug.