Sugar on a Stick

What's new in Sugar on a Stick?

 * Sugar version 0.104.1 The most recent release of the Sugar Learning Platform.
 * More information about the 0.104 release of Sugar is available at 0.104/Notes.
 * See also Fedora 22 Release Notes.

Known bugs

 * Liveusb-creator displays just a blank window on Fedora 22 Bugzilla: #1212180 In Fedora 22 the X.org server no longer runs under root. Due to this change liveusb-creator run on F22 Workstation shows just a blank window. To temporarily work around this issue, run Liveusb-creator from a command line with this command: QT_GRAPHICSSYSTEM&#61;native liveusb-creator
 * See Fedora 22 Common Bugs.

New contributors start here!
Welcome! We're excited that you want to help us bring the Sugar Learning Platform to children around the world. No prior experience with computers or educational technology is required - in fact, we actively encourage a diversity of backgrounds, ages, and perspectives. See the Joining Sugar on a Stick page for instructions on how to get started.

What can you do?
There are three main ways you can contribute to the Sugar on a Stick community. We work closely with our upstreams, Sugar Labs and the Fedora Project.

Sugar Virtual Box Appliances

 * Import into VirtualBox

Contributor stories
To find out what other contributors are doing, check out Planet Sugar Labs, where contributors to Sugar Labs and the Sugar on a Stick project aggregate their blogs. You can also add your own blog to the Planet.

Meetings
Communication through the Sugar on a Stick mailing list has replaced regular meetings.
 * We once had weekly meetings on IRC - see Sugar on a Stick meetings for more information, including logs from past meetings.

Related work
While the projects listed below are not part of Sugar on a Stick, we watch them closely and try to work with them when possible (or at least we're trying to learn!)


 * For deployments lacking easy Internet access, one can turn a computer into a Sugar on a Stick Creation Station. The Sugar Creation Kit includes the materials you need to create Live USB sticks sticks and to install additional Activities, along with documentation and previous versions of Sugar on a Stick.
 * Older portable Sugar distributions based on other Linux distributions.
 * The undiscoverable is an unofficial FAQ for tips, tricks, and solutions to common problems that may otherwise be tricky to find. These are being considered for inclusion in the official SoaS documentation.