2009 09/02/2009 06/15/2009 61 The "OSWALD":http://beaversource.oregonstate.edu/projects/cspfl/wiki was developed to encourage students to experiment and explore every aspect of computing. The OSWALD provides a flexible, yet powerful platform that can adapt to meet the needs of a large number of course topics and student interests. The OSWALD is also open and available to the greater Open Source community. The OSWALD is open from the ground up, from the hardware layer to the application layer. Every bit is available for students and enthusiasts to study and modify as needed. This talk will give you a quick overview of the architectural design of the OSWALD, and a discussion of the challenges we faced, and are still facing in getting a stable, complete, and usable software distribution for our Linux-based UMPC. 06/15/2009