Ubuntu




 * Ubuntu is a Debian-based Linux operating system, with Unity as its default desktop environment. -- wikipedia.org

In relation to Sugar, Ubuntu is a downstream distribution project that can be used to run Sugar.

OLPC Ubuntu Sugar 14.04.2 Trusty LTS
One Laptop per Child has been curating Sugar and Activities on the Ubuntu 14.04.2 Trusty operating system.

Installing a system
How to install Ubuntu with Sugar 0.106 (stable):
 * you must already be familiar with how to install Ubuntu, if not, see Download Ubuntu Desktop, and Install Ubuntu Desktop,
 * download our installer image (1.2 GB) md5, package list
 * boot our image and install in the usual way,
 * log out of the Unity desktop, and then log in with the Sugar desktop selected.

Adding to a system
How to add Sugar 0.106 (stable) to an Ubuntu 14.04.2 Trusty system: deb [trusted=yes] http://dev.laptop.org/pub/us trusty main sudo apt update && sudo apt install olpc-ubuntu-sugar
 * edit /etc/apt/sources.list to add the OLPC archive,
 * update the package lists, and install Sugar,
 * log out of the Unity desktop, and then log in with the Sugar desktop selected.

Upgrading a system
How to upgrade from Sugar 0.104 (stable) to Sugar 0.106 (stable) on an existing Ubuntu 14.04.2 Trusty system: sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade
 * update the package lists, and apply all pending updates,
 * log out, and then log in with the Sugar desktop selected.

Previous releases
See Ubuntu/Previous for how to install older versions of Sugar on older releases of Ubuntu.