Sugar Creation Kit

The Sugar Creation Kit is a community project to provide all the necessary resources to deploy a customized Sugar instance all in one place.

Use the Contents List on the right as an Index

The Tutorials section contains graphical introductions to sugar's features.

Burn to your own custom DVD
Download the elements you need and burn to your own DVD 

How to make your own custom Sugar Creation Kit.iso file.

IRC Chat

 * Used to communicate with sugar-developers and others

Chat login with list of Channels and languages
Pida ayuda a través de este canal #sugar-es Por favor, sea cortés y hacer sus preguntas. Los voluntarios no pueden estar en línea todo el tiempo. Sea paciente y permanecer conectado durante varios minutos para ver su respuest
 * Click this^ link to enter chat
 * How to use IRC <==READ THIS FIRST
 * Join Sugar chat room for Help in English (with translations to Spanish on #sugar-es)
 * Sugar chat room in Español (con traducción al Inglés de #sugar)
 * (utilizar la función de meeting para la traducción de estos artículos)


 * Ask for help on these IRC channels by clicking on either of the above links (English or Spanish)


 * Please be courteous and ask your questions.
 * Volunteers may not be on line all of the time. Be patient and stay connected for several minutes to see their answer.
 * Read the Floss Manuals first!
 * Most answers can be found in them


 * More about Internet Relay Chat
 * freenode IRC: http://freenode.net/using_the_network.shtml

Communication channels

 * Click this ^ link to access a page with all the means to communicate with Sugar Labs contributors and learners. It includes mailing lists, chat rooms, blogs, forums, Jabber networks, video, mail and telephone contacts.
 * Translator
 * http://translate.sugarlabs.org/
 * the translation server for Sugarlabs


 * Google Translate
 * Translate text files english<==>spanish
 * http://translate.google.com/#auto|es


 * Google Translate-Documents
 * http://translate.google.com/?tr=f&hl=en

apertium translate

 * https://www.apertium.org/index.eng.html?dir=spa-por#translation

gnu/gnun translate

 * http://www.gnu.org/software/gnun/
 * Manual:http://www.gnu.org/software/trans-coord/manual/web-trans/

GNUnited Nations (GNUN) is a build system for www.gnu.org translations. It generates a PO template (.pot) for an original HTML article, and merges the changes into all translations, which are maintained as PO (.po) files. Finally, it regenerates the translations in HTML format.
 * Python References
 * http://python-gtk-3-tutorial.readthedocs.org/en/latest/unicode.html
 * http://docs.python.org/2/library/locale.html


 * World Time Converter
 * http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html


 * Tiny URL
 * http://ietherpad.com/
 * http://tinyurl.com/


 * What is my IP
 * Find your IP address
 * http://www.whatismyip.com/

Activities Activites-Logo.png
Click link ^ for more details
 * [[File:CD.png]] DVD of Sugar Activities Library


 * http://download.sugarlabs.org/images/ASLOxo6-3.iso 3.2 GB DVD (21 January 2012)
 * Contains over 500 Activity.xo files
 * Use as an off-line "sneaker net"- Download one time and have an off-line library of Sugar Activities on hand.
 * Burn the .iso file to a DVD.
 * To View tests and compatibility of some of the included Activities (works off-line) on the included Activity_Matrix web page;
 * Open the Activity_Matrix.html file in the Activity_List Folder on the DVD with Firefox, or in Sugar Browse 129 or Surf 115.
 * Or.
 * Copy contents of DVD to a USB-stick and open the USB-stick Activity_Matrix.html file in Sugar Browse 129 or Surf 115. - (Browse 130 does not open it in f17)
 * Hint: Use search window (_______) on the top bar of USB-stick display that appears when you click on the USB-stick icon in the left bottom corner of the sugar screen.
 * look for Activity_Matrix.html use open with on the drop down box that appears when you hover over the Activity_Matrix.html file.


 * Suggestion: copy only the activity.xo files that you want to use from the DVD to a (fat 16/32) USB-stick; Insert it and use it to drag-drop install a custom suite of activities to Sugar.
 * Activities.xo files can be installed by drag-dropping them into the Sugar Journal from a mounted DVD or a USB to which they have been copied.
 * You can also install and open the activities by clicking on them.


 * Activities list: Activities
 * Test_Day:2012-03-22_Sugar_Desktop: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2012-03-22_Sugar_Desktop#Activities
 * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Sugar_Activities
 * Activites Download Page - ASLO  -  listed on top bar of every wiki page
 * OLPC listings: Activities
 * OLPC AU: Activities_OLPCAU_10.1.3
 * OLPC: 12.1.0 Activities Summary
 * Recursos_en_espanol Los siguientes recursos han sido creados por personal de distintos deployments de America Latina y otros colaboradores.
 * Design Team/Toolbar Catalog
 * make-your-own-sugar-activities RECOMMENDED for developers.
 * Chapters on supporting both old and new toolbars in the same Activity plus using Pootle in MYOSA


 * Creating a Collection (.xol)
 * http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Creating_a_collection


 * The Learn Activity: Activities/Learn


 * Activity Testing
 * NOTE Needs updating 10/24/2013
 * Alphabetical listing of activities.


 * Most Recent Activity Test Results, A thru I
 * Most Recent Activity Test Results, J thru Z
 * '''NOTE This page has been split into 2 sections ^ Please refer to these links
 * Tested in Various XO-1; XO-1.5; SoaS and other Linux operating systems, in an editable tabular wiki page. show offered sharing Mesh_key_f1_small.png


 * Display activity version History:
 * Example: http://activities.sugarlabs.org//en-US/sugar/addons/versions/4401
 * Look up activity number with 'Most Recent Activity Test Results linked above
 * Old Page:Activity Matrix ARCHIVE: No longer updated --Satellit 11:35, 17 February 2012 (EST)


 * Activity testing in a google shared spreadsheet
 * Tested with a XO-1 - (os883 sugar 0.94.1) - Authored by Alan Jhonn Aguiar Schwyn


 * Fedora Test_Day:2012-03-22_Sugar_Desktop Activities
 * Tests on activities in repo: i686 and x86-64


 * Activity Development in Fedora 17
 * Tutorial: Activity_Team/Activity Development Fedora 17
 * Further reading


 * Online reStructuredText editor
 * Reference: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/user/rst/quickref.html


 * HTML5 activities
 * NEW 04/30/2013
 * Because HTML5 activities generate lot of threads I must confess that I’m lost :-(
 * And if I’m lost, I think that it worse for students interested by this subject for the GSoC :-)
 * So I’ve tried to sum up everything I know about this subject on a dedicated page of the Wiki: :http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/HTML5_activities
 * Do not hesitate to Complete/update if I missed something, Move it if I’ve put it in a wrong place.
 * Best regards from France. Lionel.

Sugarlabs_mainpage_07.pngFloss Manuals
(Important Manuals on how to use Sugar Applications and Features)
 * READ THESE FIRST!


 * Sugarlabs Download Page
 * (Local ARCHIVE of the.pdf files shown below:)


 * Source Links:


 * Introduction to Sugar http://en.flossmanuals.net/_booki/sugar/sugar.pdf Recommended
 * Introduction to Sugar http://en.flossmanuals.net/sugar
 * como-hacer-una-actividad-sugar
 * MakeYourOwnSugarActivities Internet Archive Publishing Quality
 * In PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Daisy, Full Text. DjVu formats
 * MakeYourOwnSugarActivities-es with corrected index
 * Introduction to the command line
 * What is Sugar http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/floss_manuals/What_is_Sugar_28Oct08.pdf
 * Browse http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/floss_manuals/Browse_06Sep08.pdf
 * Chat http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/floss_manuals/Chat_09Sep08.pdf
 * Collaboration http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/floss_manuals/Collaboration_31Jan10.pdf
 * SugarCollaboration http://en.flossmanuals.net/ActivitiesGuideSugar/SugarCollaboration
 * FunWithTheJournal http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/floss_manuals/Fun_with_the_journal_09Nov10.pdf
 * Linux Command Line http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/floss_manuals/Linux-command-line_16Apr09.pdf
 * ActivitiesGuideSugar-English  http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/floss_manuals/Activitys_Guide-sugar_en_09Nov10.pdf
 * Record http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/floss_manuals/Record_06Sep08.pdf
 * The Terminal http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/floss_manuals/Terminal_06Sep08.pdf
 * Turtle Art http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/floss_manuals/TurtleArt_06Sep08.pdf
 * Write http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/floss_manuals/Write_27Sep08.pdf
 * Reading_and_sugar: http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/floss_manuals/Reading_and_sugar_28Sep10.pdf
 * Text to Speech: http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/floss_manuals/Text_and_Speak_09Nov10.pdf
 * e-book resources:http://en.flossmanuals.net/e-book-enlightenment/
 * Making Activities using webkit: http://booki.flossmanuals.net/make-your-own-sugar-activities/_draft/_v/1.0/making-activities-using-webkit/ draft-GSC project 2012


 * Sugar manual
 * Another Nice wiki page introducing Sugar

The Undiscoverable Features of Sugar

 * Features and tips not easily discovered about using Sugar


 * Oer-rmx.svg Open Education Resources
 * Open Education Resources (OERs) are digital replacements for textbooks available under some form of Free license, such as Creative Commons

Replacing Textbooks - Booki

 * Replace textbooks


 * Booki
 * booki user guide
 * Blog
 * Booki importing-a-book
 * FLOSS Manuals WRITE

Internet in a Box
"We are building the Internet-in-a-Box - A small, inexpensive device which provides essential Internet resources without any Internet connection. It provides a local copy of a terabyte of the world's Free information." "Download free books and texts. The Internet Archive Text Archive contains a wide range of fiction, popular books, children's books, historical texts and academic books. "
 * Internet Archive Text Archive


 * ck12

One other resource to look into is the CK-12 Foundation's site (http://www.ck12.org) with open source "Flex books" that can be customized by teachers to suit the needs of their classes and curriculum. It is all free and open source, and the list of subjects is growing all the time. So far, it is mostly high school and middle school, but they are gradually moving down through the grades. "Educreations is a recordable interactive whiteboard that captures your voice and handwriting to produce amazing video lessons that you can share online.  Students and colleagues can replay your lessons in any web browser, or from within our app on their iPads...."
 * From:[support-gang] support-gang Digest, Vol 61, Issue 29
 * Educreations
 * Requires adobe flash. lesson is stored in cloud

transcoding script yt-to-ogg.py
"I'm working on the same thing right now, for an Unleash Kids project in Haiti Have you converted to OGG format and embedded them for use with OLPC XOs? I've got a transcoding script running at home but it will take a few days."
 * Hi Lionel,
 * https://github.com/mapmeld/haiti-new-content/blob/master/yt-to-ogg.py

-- Nick Hi all, The question about how to get videos from Khan Academy in any language was asked several times on this list. We planned this year to deploy offline Khan Academy videos in French to our Nosy Komba deployment. So I've worked with Bibliotheque Sans Frontiere to get French videos. They suggested me to use KA Lite [1], a software dedicated to install a offline Khan Academy server. BTW it's slightly intrusive and need some installation. So I've write a script to explore and extract only videos URL. You could find it here [2]. The result of the script could be seen here [3] as a tree or here [4] as a single list. Hope it could help. Best regards from France. Lionel. [1] https://learningequality.org/ka-lite/ [2] https://github.com/llaske/kaexplore [3] http://olpc-france.org/download/kaen.txt [4] http://olpc-france.org/download/kalisten.txt
 * On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 4:59 PM, Lionel Laské  wrote:

Kahn Math Videos in OGV format
more than 500 of Mark's short math videos, all in OGG (.ogv) for near universal playability, in these 21 categories: Absolute value Addition and subtraction Algebra I  Algebra II   Complex numbers Core Geometry Decimals Factors and multiples Fractions Linear Algebra Logarithms Matrices Multiplication and division Negative numbers Number properties Percents Ratios & proportions Solving linear equations Statistics Trigonometry Worked Examples 1 (Geometry)
 * Plan Ceibal has a separate Khan Academy Web site-(spanish): http://khan.ceibal.edu.uy/
 * Java script needed
 * Code samples: http://www.khanacademy.org/cs/snowman/823735629

You can download around 1000 of the Khan Academy videos in OGV format (playable on XO laptops) from Archive.org  Here's an English/Spanish index of relevant categories If you're skeptical or haven't seen his videos, his talk sparked a great discussion about math education on Hacker News: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2307532 For more recent videos, including YouTube, there's this media guide: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/MediaGuide Regards, Nick Doiron
 * OGV files work in fedora 18 --Satellit 10:29, 17 January 2013 (EST)
 * Works in XO-4 touch; XO-1,75; and XO-1.5 with 13.2.0 software (Jukebox). Audio and Video work well running from a USB stick 02/10/2014
 * Re: [IAEP] Khan academy content  04/05/2011
 * link:http://www.khanacademy.org/
 * New Computer Science Courses: http://www.khanacademy.org/cs
 * Review: http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/07/ff_khan/all/1


 * http://khanacademy.org/cs/programming/intro-to-programming/
 * requires java

KA lite

 * KA Lite is an offline version of Khan Academy that runs on almost anything.
 * https://learningequality.org/docs/installguide/install_main.html


 * KALite is open source and available on Github
 * Git: https://github.com/jamalex/ka-lite/blob/master/docs/DEVELOPMENT.md
 * https://github.com/jamalex/ka-lite/blob/master/INSTALL.md

kiwix

 * If you install kalite, you can use it to download Khan Academy videos.

TED talks conversion

 * Here's how I did the transcoding for TED Talks.
 * "So, I'm walking around with a 16GB USB stick with all the TED talks. They play well on the XO-1. Pretty sweet!"
 * Sameer Verma

kaview

 * I'm working on a simple activity named KAView that will provide a minimal video explorer/viewer in Sugar Web
 * Lionel Laske'

Screencasting

 * Details of screencasting in fedora

Gnome3 has already a screen recording functionality
Note: in Gnome3 you may need to do: yum install recordmydesktop As it may not be included in live Desktop to reduce it's size to 1 GB
 * F21 (rawhide) Desktop has been replaced with F21 (rawhide) Workstation-live
 * Note updated - 05/20/2014
 * Pressing Alt+Ctrl+Shift+R recording will start.
 * There should be a red icon on the right-bottom corner of your screen.
 * Pressing it again will stop the recording. The video is saved on your Videos directory on webm format.
 * Tested in f18;f19;f20;f21(rawhide) Gnome (3.8.0);f20 Gnome (3.10.2);f21(rawhide)3.11.90
 * 03/13/2014 stores file in Videos subdirectory as Screencast from (date-time).webm
 * Click on file to play f21(rawhide)Gnome 3.11.90


 * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Flash#YouTube_and_WebM_support

gtk-recordmydesktop
NOTE Fails to stop in gnome3.10.2 in f20'
 * saves file in .ogv format


 * In f18:Package gtk-recordmydesktop-0.3.8-7.fc18.noarch

Capturing! ^C Cached 7 MB, from 2373 MB that were received. Average cache compression ratio: 99.7 % Saved 434 frames in a total of 432 requests Shutting down..... STATE:ENCODING Encoding started! This may take several minutes. Pressing Ctrl-C will cancel the procedure (resuming will not be possible, but any portion of the video, which is already encoded won't be deleted). Please wait... Output file: out.ogv
 * Change directories to one where you want to store the.ogv file
 * In terminal :$ recordmydesktop
 * Stop Recording ctrl-C:
 * Stop encoding-optional
 * used for this test.

[9%] ^C Encoding finished! Wait a moment please... Done. Written 368721 bytes (341334 of which were video data and 27387 audio data) Cleanning up cache... Done!!! Goodbye!

"Oppia is a versatile tool that enables non-technical users to create interactive online educational activities (called 'explorations') that give immediate and personalized feedback to learners. These explorations are incrementally improvable by the community, and embeddable in any webpage. "
 * oppia
 * http://code.google.com/p/oppia/

Oggconvert
"A WebM file consists of VP8 video and Vorbis audio streams, in a container."
 * see above for recording in gnome3


 * Software in fedora
 * search for oggconvert
 * Converts Video to ogg format


 * add Programs-Ubuntu
 * search for oggconvert

Convert to ogg with firefogg

 * An add on to Firefox
 * Tested in gnome 3.10.2 f20 - 12/26/2013
 * Converted file created from ctrl+alt+shift+r in gnome3


 * Load into Firefox in your laptop
 * Makes ogg files visible in Sugar

http://firefogg.org/ http://firefogg.org/make
 * Select webm file created in gnome screencasting
 * convert it to .ogg

open with browse
 * Copy .ogg file to a USB and insert into Soas-v8 or XO-1.5


 * vokoscreen
 * http://www.kohaupt-online.de/hp/


 * A simple screencasting application
 * uses a non-free dependency: lame

Other conversion programs
yumex: gtk-recordmydesktop
 * istanbul; Video timestamp; Adding audio; Byzanz; recordmydesktop; and other topics and References
 * (references from Sameer Verma,)

"Trimage is a cross-platform GUI and command-line interface to optimize image files via optipng, pngcrush, advpng and jpegoptim, depending on the filetype (currently, PNG and JPG files are supported)."
 * Trimage


 * Flash
 * 09/21/2013 flash on a XO

If you are using Flash you need to also install nspluginwrapper, and use it to "wrap" the plugin so WebKit can see it. Use "yum -y install nspluginwrapper" to install the package. The OLPC OS build scripts for custom builds use the following command (run as root or via sudo) to finish the wrapping process. I have not verified it yet on a XO-1.5: /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/npconfig -n -p nswrapper_32_32 -d /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped -i /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

html5 Trial in youtube

 * "This is an opt-in trial of HTML5 video on YouTube."
 * "We support browsers that support both the video tag in HTML5 and either the h.264 video codec or the WebM format (with VP8 codec)"

Convert MediaWiki to HTML

 * Firefox:"Save page as-Web page-complete"
 * If these are saved to a USB they can be opened with a XO-1 running os883 switched to gnome desktop,
 * or any off-line computer running firefox browser.


 * This may be the simplest way to generate a HTML file for adding to the new sugar webpage (not tested)


 * Jekyll
 * "Jekyll is a simple, blog-aware, static site generator. It takes a template directory containing raw text files in various formats, runs it through Markdown (or Textile) and Liquid converters, and spits out a complete, ready-to-publish static website suitable for serving with your favorite web server."


 * mallard
 * "Mallard is a markup language that makes it easier for you to provide better user help for your software"
 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Philbull/MallardIntro

Publican

 * "publican is a single source publishing tool based on DocBook XML. "

Online Free Courses

 * http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/
 * https://www.coursera.org/courses
 * Waveplace Course : Basic Etoys: http://waveplace.org/courseware/basic-etoys/ screencasts in ogg
 * Learn C language :https://live.gnome.org/GnomeUniversity/
 * "GnomeUniversity is an effort to get more community members comfortable with the C language and the GNOME platform...."

Open Street Maps
 * http://www.infocobuild.com/education/education.html
 * http://www.infocobuild.com/education/audio-video-courses/physics/quantum-entanglements-p1.html
 * http://sagemath.org/
 * "OpenStreetMap is a free worldwide map, created by people like you."


 * New York Public Library Digital Collections
 * http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/
 * Scans of Historic Maps and other items

References http://activities.sugarlabs.org/img/amo2009/illustrations/logo-collections-100x125.png

 * logo copied from: ASLO


 * Look here for expanded details on how to use Sugar
 * Manuals
 * On-Line Courses
 * Hardware
 * And other Topics

Undiscoverable Features of Sugar

 * look here for answers to your questions

[[File:Gnulinux.png]] Community Distributions A Complete Listing

 * Not all of these offer Sugar.

Linux distributions where Sugar is available

 * These can install Sugar.

Soas-quandong.svg Sugar on a Stick - Project Page

 * Also located on left side of all Wiki pages under Projects

Sugar on a Stick Virtual Appliances

 * Importable prebuilt Virtual Box appliances

Sugar on a Stick/previous versions

 * Click link ^ for a listing, details, and download links for previous versions of SoaS.

SoaS Demo

 * slides (.pdf) from my presentation at SCaLE10X-(Caryl Bigenho)

Recycle your old USBs
"RecycleUSB has teamed with Sugar Labs, an award winning learning platform, to recycle USB drives into a standalone computer system which can run from any computer."

Build a Persistent USB stick with livecd-iso-to-disk

 * In Linux terminal
 * 2 GB USB-stick or larger

Graphic installers

 * Fedora Wiki: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_and_use_Live_USB
 * Full discussion of USB writing methods

Liveusb Creator
Read this first:
 * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_and_use_Live_USB

Instructions on how make a booting Live USB device

 * Windows, GNU/Linux, and Intel Mac's
 * Fedora liveusb-creator - IMPORTANT
 * USE "liveusb-creator --reset-mbr'' from terminal
 * Or USB will not boot

Usage: liveusb-creator [options]
 * Latest version has 2nd option: "Overwrite your device with the image using dd"
 * Command line Use:
 * 1) liveusb-creator --help

Options: --version            show program's version number and exit -h, --help           show this help message and exit -c, --console        Use console mode instead of the GUI -f DRIVE, --force=DRIVE Force the use of a given drive -s, --safe           Use the "safe, slow and stupid" bootloader -n, --noverify       Skip checksum verification -v, --verbose        Output extra debugging messages -k ARGS, --extra-kernel-args=ARGS Supply extra kernel arguments (eg: -k                       noswap,selinux=0,elevator=noop) -x, --no-xo          Disable OLPC support -m, --reset-mbr      Reset the Master Boot Record -C, --device-checksum Calculate the SHA1 of the device -L, --liveos-checksum Calculate the SHA1 of the device -H HASH, --hash=HASH Use a specific checksum algorithm (default: sha1) -d, --dd             Overwrite your device with the image using dd                        (WARNING: destructive)

Installing and using liveusb-creator in sugar

 * An easy method for Fedora and Windows, however this method does not generate a separate home.img filesystem to conserve the exhaustible OS overlay (see LiveOS image), nor does it copy the livecd-iso-to-disk installation script to the new device to permit generation of a new Live USB device from the first.
 * Note if graphical liveusb-creator program will not make a bootable USB stick from an .iso file:
 * (This can happen if the stick is formatted to fat16 on another PC with a different Operating System.)
 * Use terminal command :

liveusb-creator --reset-mbr
 * USB stick must be formatted: fat16/32; Labeled=LIVE; boot flag set.
 * (The LIVE label is only required when the device is to be used for a subsequent uncompressed installation to a hard disk.)


 * How to create and use liveusb-creator FedoraLiveCD/USBHowTo
 * How to create and use Live USB
 * Liveusb-­creator https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/

Additional Info

 * http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey

UNetbootin

 * Does not make persistent USB sticks
 * READ THIS FIRST https://www.happyassassin.net/2014/02/04/more-on-booting-a-practical-fedora-uefi-guide-and-dont-use-universal-usb-stick-writers/
 * unetbootin­windows­471.exe for windows
 * unetbootin­linux­471
 * UNetbootin
 * (Advanced) UNetbootin ­Command line
 * How to Make a 2GB Installer USB with UNetbootin

LiLi USB Creator

 * Unable to test satellit_ 5 December 2011
 * For Windows 7, Vista, XP
 * GPL3
 * Makes a persistent USB from

Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, OpenSUSE, Mint, Slax, CentOS, ArchLinux, Gentoo, PCLinuxOS, Sabayon, BackTrack, Puppy Linux ... many-linux-tux
 * http://www.linuxliveusb.com/en/help/guide Users Guide
 * http://www.linuxliveusb.com/en/supported-linuxes
 * http://www.linuxliveusb.com/en/download Download

pendrivelinux

 * usb-installs-from-linux How to Do it Information
 * universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3 Windows
 * boot-multiple-iso-from-usb-via-grub2-using-linux linux (Advanced)
 * boot-a-usb-flash-drive-in-virtualbox VirtualBox

How to install Ubuntu from a USB-Stick

 * https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick#From_Ubuntu_Linux
 * Important information on how to make a USB Stick to install recent versions of Ubuntu.

Make an Ubuntu Mac-Boot-stick on the Mac

 * "We would encourage Mac users to download Ubuntu Desktop Edition by burning a CD for the time being.
 * But if you would prefer to use a USB, please follow the instructions..." in the above link.

tools_livecd-iso-to-disk

 * Set the tools_livecd-iso-to-disk.sh script as executable (Properties)
 * Caution Use this tools_livecd-iso-to-disk: http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=hosted/livecd;a=blob;f=tools/livecd-iso-to-disk.sh;hb=HEAD


 * Transcript of SoaS Fedora 17 tools_livecd-iso-to-disk install to 2 GB USB-stick with persistence.
 * dd USB install to HD f17 Beta RC4.1-TEST
 * Use livecd­-iso-to-disk script to write a live USB Sugar on a Stick/Linux, Fedora page


 * Also See Linux install script for live-iso-to disk
 * Technical Details
 * git-tools-livecd-iso-to-disk.sh

dd writing a USB with gnome-disks

 * For ADVANCED USERS ONLY.

Use "dd" command

 * dd for windows
 * For ADVANCED USERS ONLY.
 * to make an install USB from a liveCD .iso file


 * Linux Mint install to USB Tutorial: http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/744
 * Also see: openSUSE dd to USB with persistence
 * Great for netbooks
 * Use (live).iso and terminal to make bootable USB
 * Use to install to HD or USB without needing a DVD/CD ROM

USB Duplicators

 * http://www.nexcopy.com/usb-duplicator/
 * Commercial Duplicators

The 5-Minute Essential Shell Tutorial

 * http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/100

SD Cards Info

 * https://wiki.linaro.org/WorkingGroups/Kernel/Projects/FlashCardSurvey

HD Rescue Disks

 * http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Livecd
 * Rescue data from damaged HD's
 * May be needed if you make a mistake with installer or grub

Installing Fedora-17.TC5-x86_64-Live-Desktop

 * with a Mac using a --efi livecd-iso-to-disk loaded USB device


 * NOTE EFI DVD does not install a working HD. Boot stops at "Started Graphical Manager"

-root terminal: yum install livecd-tools livecd-iso-to-disk --format --efi --reset-mbr Fedora-17.TC5-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso /dev/sdb -Hold "Option Key" down on power on until Blue Fedora EFI boot appears to right of Mac Disk -select it "Try without installing" Activities/Applications/ Disks (disk utility}:  be sure all partitions on target disk are unmounted.   |>  "triangle" indicates a mounted partition, select it and click on [] "square" for each one   exit disks Activities/Install to HD -on left panel of gnome  use whole disk non LVM  Congratulations  Reboot -Hold "Option Key" down on power on until Blue Fedora EFI boot appears to right of Mac Disk -select it Firstboot Logs in to USER via gdm 500 GB Hard Disk (Mac -not in use) CD/DVD Drive /dev/sr0 16 GB Drive (Mounted) TOSHIBA Transmemory  Partition 1 177 Apple HFS/HFS+MB                /dev/sdb1                    /boot/efi  Partition 2 528 MB Basic Data EXT4 (Version1.0) /dev/sdb2                    /boot  Partition 3 9.1 GB Basic Data EXT4 (Version1.0) /dev/sdb2                    Filesystem root  Swap        6.2 GB linux swap (Version 2)       /dev/sdb4 total filesystem capacity 9.8 GB (used 2.8 GB available 7.0 GB) -This method should work for SoaS TC5 x86_64 also
 * In Fedora 17 TC5 Desktop TC5x86_64 HD install:
 * MacBookPro i7 boot USB on MAC
 * Boot Target 16 GB HD (Or external USB HD) on MAC
 * Testing:
 * disks (Disk Utility):
 * Disk Usage Analyzer
 * Shuts Down and reboots correctly from the target USB and saves settings
 * NOTE: Wireless does not work (missing firmware). Use wired Ethernet for connecton to internet

Boot Helper CD's

 * MAC SoaS-3 Mirabelle Boot DISK
 * soas-3-boot-test.iso (Burn this to a CD and boot with it)
 * Read Me First & Credits to Programmer


 * MAC SoaS-4 Mango Lassi Boot DISK
 * soas-4-boot-test (Burn this to a CD and boot with it)


 * rEFIt
 * rEFIt
 * burn a bootable rEFIt CD on Mac OS X Used to Boot live USB's in a Mac

rEFIt is a boot menu and maintenance toolkit for EFI-based machines like the Intel Macs. You can use it to boot multiple operating systems easily, including triple-boot setups with Boot Camp. It also provides an easy way to enter and explore the EFI pre-boot environment.

Sane Drivers

 * "...the backends/drivers distributed with sane-backends-1.0.24git, and the hardware or software they support."

openfwwf

 * "Open FirmWare for WiFi networks"

b43 Drivers

 * "b43 and b43legacy are drivers for the 802.11 B/G/N family of wireless chips that Broadcom produces."

Sugar on a Stick/Sugar Clone

 * customize or duplicate Live USB installations
 * (script files for making a customized Live USB installation self­-replicating)


 * Update: http://www.mail-archive.com/soas@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg02044.html
 * Rebuild/Refresh a custom SoaS iso from a running stick

Possible Use Cases

 * See this page section for potential uses.

VirtualBox.png Sugar-in-Virtualization

 * How to use a CD/DVD or .iso file to install Sugar in VirtualBox; VMware Workstation/Player/QEMU.
 * List of VirtualBox preconfigured importable appliances, and how to use them.
 * These appliances are OS Agnostic:
 * They work in Windows/Linux/Mac Operating Systems.

Education Team

 * Resources for Teachers
 * On left Column under Teams

Sugar Journal

 * Backup (Activity)  http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4326
 * Restore (Activity) http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4327

Everything but the Sugar Journal

 * deja-­dup-backupdeja-­dup-backup

MDI-X interface for ethernet cables

 * Crossover cables no longer required for a connection

Build Your Own Remix with Fedora

 * Advanced - RECOMMENDED
 * Make your own Custom LIVE CD/DVD.iso with a customized kickstart file


 * New tool: https://www.redhat.com/archives/anaconda-devel-list/2011-December/msg00117.html
 * Remixes using rpm fusion: http://fusionlinux.org/2011/11/01/pre-release-remixing/
 * Links to Trisquel, Debian and Mandriva on how to remix Live CD's
 * http://trisquel.info/en/wiki/customizing-trisquel-iso
 * http://wiki.debian.org/DebianCustomCD
 * http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Draklive
 * Ubuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomizationFromScratch
 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DerivativeTeam/Derivatives
 * Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/Simple-CDD

Advanced Topics

 * Including:
 * Sweets Distribution
 * Sugar Network
 * Box Grinder
 * Punji
 * Koji
 * Mock
 * Sugar-Build
 * Git
 * OLPC
 * ARM
 * PPC