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Activity Library/Design

2009-03-21T14:01:47Z

Josh:

= Purpose of a.sl.o =
The idea of the site is so people (think kids) can download .xo files -- the .xo's should be tested on build 767 before being uploaded (or they should be put in the sandbox). Kids shouldn't download software that will not work for them - period.

Not sure if Library Bundles should be added. LanguagesPacks have been decided are a bad idea and they shouldn't be added in a.sl.o.

If someone else has ideas on what other things (like books) could be added and how it would fit in the design, add it here.

= Mockup Update =
[[Image:Aslo-mockup-blue-purp-3-21.png|800px|thumb|center|Yet another mockup mockup]]

= Mockup =
[[Image:Sugar-wire-mock-up.png|800px|thumb|center|Josh's mockup]]

[[Image:wire-frame-sugar-with-notes.png|800px|thumb|center|Josh's mockup with his comments]]

= Mockup comments =
...

= Design =
[[Image:remora-design.png|500px|thumb|center|a screenshot from addons.mozilla.com - used for reference]]

1) ''' Categories '''
We should probably base the categories on the categories that are in wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities/All

2) ''' the "Other Applications" menu '''
I'm not sure if we can use this or not.

3) ''' Advanced '''
This should be taken out. The idea was so that people can seach application's addons (extensions for Sunbird containing string "foo". Since this paradigm doesn't fit into what we are doing, It should be taken out via css hiding the div

4) ''' RSS '''
Kids don't use RSS feeds and I think that this is too much. Can we add something else there?

5) ''' Languages '''
We should focus on translations for languages that have deployments and want to have the kids exposed to a.sl.o -- some deployments may have a very strict policy about what gets downloaded on the laptops and what doesn't.

Also, kids should be able to access the a.sl.o site and see the interface in their own language - by default.

File:Aslo-mockup-blue-purp-3-21.png

2009-03-21T14:01:10Z

Josh: aslo mockup

aslo mockup

Supported systems

2009-03-01T21:15:42Z

Josh: /* Updating Sugar to the Latest Version */

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{{:Sugar_Application_Stack}}

=== Two steps ===

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;Pre-installed Sugar: Some computers come with Sugar pre-installed, most notably the OLPC-XO-1 laptop.
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''Step 2.'' Refer to the [[#Table of Sugar solutions|matrix]] below to find a Sugar solution that works for you.

=== Computer labs ===

* Bill Kerr has written up instructions for trying Sugar in computer labs which run only Windows
(Please see [http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2008/07/evaluating-sugar-in-developed-world.html]).

* Caroline Meeks is developing a deployment model that only requires one USB stick per child (Please see [[Sugar on a Stick]]).

==Matrix of Sugar solutions==
There are many ways to run Sugar:
* As a [[#Starch|complete disk image]] on an existing machine;
* As a [[#Sucrose|session]] on a Linux system; or
* As part of a [[#Systems|complete hardware-software platform]].

(A discussion of '''technical considerations''' regarding supported systems is found [[Supported systems/Technical considerations|here]].)

===Starch===

[[Image:Sugar-on-CD-USB.jpg]]

[[Taxonomy#Starch.28es.29:_A_complete_disk_image_for_Sugar|Starch]] is a complete disk image for Sugar.

{|border=1
|+ '''A complete disk image for Sugar'''
|-
!Name
!Sugar Version
!Tested
!Notes
|-
|[ftp://rohrmoser-engineering.de/pub/XO-LiveCD/XO-LiveCD_090110.iso LiveBackup XO-LiveCD]
|0.82
|No
|This is a Live CD of the OLPC system. [ftp://rohrmoser-engineering.de/pub/XO-LiveCD/XO-LiveCD_090110.pdf Release Notes]
|-
|[[Image:Fedora.jpg|30px]][http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/olpc/0.82-2/i686/sugar-spin.iso Fedora Sugar Spin]
|0.82
|Yes
|This is a Fedora LiveCD/USB of the Sugar system. Project page: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Sugar_Spin
|-
|[[Image:Ubuntu.jpg|30px]][http://dev.laptop.org/~probono/sbuntu/ Ubuntu LiveCD/LiveUSB]
|0.82
|
|Instructions for installing a Ubuntu LiveUSB
|}

===Sucrose===

[[Taxonomy#Sucrose:_The_interface.2C_plus_a_set_of_demonstration_activities|Sucrose]] is the Sugar interface plus a set of demonstration activities.

{|border=1
|+ '''The interface, plus a set of demonstration activities'''
|-
!Operating System !! Version !! Sugar Version !! Bundled !! Tested !! Notes
|-
|colspan=6 align=center|binary packages available
|-
|[[Image:Debian.jpg|30px]]Debian||4.0||0.82||Yes||Yes||[[Community/Distributions/Debian | Sugar on Debian]]
|-
|[[Image:Fedora.jpg|30px]]Fedora||7,8,9||0.82||Yes||Yes||[[Community/Distributions/Fedora | Sugar on Fedora]]
|-
|[[Image:Ubuntu.jpg|30px]]Ubuntu||8.04 (Hardy)||0.79.0-0ubuntu3||Yes||Yes||[[Community/Distributions/Ubuntu | Sugar on Ubuntu]]
|-
| ||8.10 (Intrepid)||0.82||Yes|| ||[[Community/Distributions/Ubuntu#Sucrose_0.82 | Sugar on Ubuntu]]
|-
|[[Image:Alt_linux_team_small.png|36px]]ALT Linux||4.1 Sisyphus||0.82.1 0.83.5||Yes||||[[Community/Distributions/ALTLinux | Sugar on ALT Linux]]
|-
|[[Image:mandriva.png|36px]]Mandriva||Cooker||0.83.6||Yes||||[[Community/Distributions/Mandriva | Sugar on Mandriva]]
|-
|Caixa Mágica the Magellan project||12||0.83.5||Yes||||[[Community/Distributions/Magalhães | Sugar on Magalhães]]
|-
|colspan=6 align=center|packages not pre-built
|-
|[[Image:Gentoo-logo.svg|30px]]Gentoo||2009-02-15||0.83.6 9999||Yes||||[[Community/Distributions/Gentoo | Sugar on Gentoo]]
|-
|MacOS X|| || || || ||[[Supported_systems/Mac|Sugar on a Mac (in emulation)]]
|-
|[[Image:Slackware.png|65px]]||Slackware 12|| || || ||[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sugar_on_Slackware Sugar on Slackware]
|-
|[[Image:XP.gif|78px]]||WindowsXP|| || ||No||[[Supported systems/Windows|Sugar on Windows (using QEMU)]]
|}

===Sugar for various hardware systems===
Since Sugar is now available on most major GNU/Linux distributions, it is possible to run Sugar almost any computer that can run GNU/Linux. We highlight some systems below. Please add your favorite to the list.

{|border=1
|+ '''Complete Sugar Solutions'''
|-
!Manufacturer
!Model
!Operating System
!Tested
!Notes
|-
| [http://www.laptop.org OLPC]
| XO-1
| Fedora 9
| Yes
| Standard (reference) distribution
|-
| [http://www.asus.com ASUSTeK]
| Eee PC
|
| In initial testing phase
|
|-
| [http://www.intel.com Intel]
| Classmate Gen 1 & Gen 2
|
| under development
|
|}

== Getting the Sugar sources ==
Distributors can find the latest sources for the sucrose components [[DevelopmentTeam/Release/CurrentRelease/Sucrose#Getting_the_sources|here]]. Each [http://sugarlabs.org/go/DevelopmentTeam/Release/Roadmap#Schedule sucrose roadmap] entry has as well links to the release pages of earlier releases.

==Updating Sugar to the Latest Version==


[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Ubuntu http://sugarlabs.org/wiki/images/e/e2/Ubuntu.jpg]


===Ubuntu===

For a LiveCD/LiveUSB, check out the instructions [http://dev.laptop.org/~probono/sbuntu/].

Updated sucrose packages are usually published in a PPA: See [[Community/Distributions/Ubuntu#Sugar_on_Ubuntu_8.04|here]] for details.

If you want up-to-the-minute freshness (and brokenness) you can use [[DevelopmentTeam/Jhbuild|jhbuild]] to build from source instead of the released packages. Follow the instructions [[DevelopmentTeam/Jhbuild#Creating_an_xsession_for_Sugar-jhbuild|here]] to install sugar-jhbuild as an xsession option.


[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Debian http://sugarlabs.org/wiki/images/a/a1/Debian.jpg]


===Debian===

Sucrose packages are usually updated in unstable. These packages migrate to testing after a while. You can see the current package versions [http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=sugar&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all here].

If you want up-to-the-minute freshness (and brokenness) you can use [[DevelopmentTeam/Jhbuild|jhbuild]] to build from source instead of the released packages.


[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Fedora http://sugarlabs.org/wiki/images/1/1e/Fedora.jpg]


===Fedora===

==== Fedora LiveCD/Live USB ====
:Project page: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Sugar_Spin

With this spin, you'll be able to run Sugar, which is developed by Sugarlabs and the desktop environment used on the OLPC, directly from a Live CD! You'll find several activities on the image including most notably...

* sugar-browse - a web browsing activity based on xulrunner
* sugar-write - a word processor based on abiword

...along with several other activities including Chat support.

:See our [[Sugar_on_a_Stick | Sugar on a Stick page]].

The Fedora OLPC SIG, https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OLPC, will be importing further activities into Fedora, which might be installed using ''yum install sugar-*'' at a later time.

:Recent development spins:
::http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/snapshots/1/

For more information, please refer to the announcement here:

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-olpc-list/2008-December/msg00061.html

What if you wanted to put it quickly onto your USB Key? You'll just need to grab Luke Macken's liveusb-creator, which already includes support for the Sugar Spin. Here's the link:

:https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/

The liveusb-creator still contains an old link, which is the reason why you'll need to download the spin manually until this gets fixed.

'''Tip of the hat:''' Sebastian Dziallas and the Fedora team

==== Fedora on an OLPC XO ====

On an OLPC XO-1 laptop, run olpc-update as root.

Normally you only need to run ''olpc-update'' in the Terminal application with a build number, like this:

# sudo olpc-update 767

'''Note:''' Now you can do this by means of the graphical [[olpc:Sugar Control Panel|Sugar Control Panel]].

===OLPC Clean Install===

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Clean-install_procedure

==== Update to the latest experimental version (a.k.a. Joyride) ====

<big>Joyride is for developers; it is not supported. Joyride builds may cause data corruption and in rare cases, even cause hardware damage, so please do not use Joyride on mission-critical systems.</big>

Joyride contains all the "bleeding-edge" features that are being debugged for inclusion in the next release.

Open the Terminal application and type the following, substituting 2469 for the latest version number.

# olpc-update joyride-2469

'''What's the latest version?''' You can find the latest build number (shown above as 1779) at the bottom of http://xs-dev.laptop.org/~cscott/xo-1/streams/joyride/

Updates usually takes 10–15 minutes. It's advised that you plug your XO in while Sugar updates itself, then reboot it to see the new OS take effect.

==== Other Options ====

These are options that can be used with the update command:

# olpc-update --help
<pre><nowiki>
Usage:
olpc-update [options] --hints hints-file
olpc-update [options] [-rf] build-number
olpc-update [options] [-rf] --usb
olpc-update --version
olpc-update --help

For example:
olpc-update 630
olpc-update joyride-1779
olpc-update update.1-700

Options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-f, --full skip incremental update attempt.
--force force update to an unsigned build.
-r, --reboot reboot after a successful update.
--hints=FILE name of json-encoded hints dictionary identifying the desired
new version.
-u, --usb upgrade from new build on inserted USB stick.
-v display verbose progress information; repeat for more verbose
output.
-q, --quiet don't output anything; use exit status to indicate success.
--version display version and license information.
</nowiki></pre>


[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Gentoo http://sugarlabs.org/wiki/images/5/5e/Gentoo-logo-small.jpg]

===Gentoo===
* There are two methods to get Sugar on your Gentoo box: [[Community/Distributions/Gentoo#sugar-jhbuild|sugar-jhbuild]] and [[Community/Distributions/Gentoo#Sugar overlay|Sugar overlay]]. '''See''' [[Community/Distributions/Gentoo|Gentoo]] for details.


[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/ALTLinux http://sugarlabs.org/wiki/images/5/55/Alt_linux_team_tiny.png]


===ALT Linux===
* ALT Linux Team is an international software developers team, collectively working on [http://en.altlinux.org/Sisyphus Sisyphus].

*'''To install''' Sugar try these [[Community/Distributions/ALTLinux#Setup|packages]].


[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Mandriva http://sugarlabs.org/wiki/images/2/2b/Mandriva.png]


===Mandriva===
To install Sugar on Mandriva follow these [[Community/Distributions/Mandriva#Setup|instructions]].

User:Josh

2009-02-15T21:24:55Z

Josh:

Josh Williams is currently working on the designing the user interface for a.sl.o (http://addons.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/), and will be working on the front-end development of the site once the final design is approved. The current make environment that Mick Weiss is building can be viewed at http://addons.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/firefox/ . Josh has created a very simple mock up taking Sugar's HIG into account. The mock up is posted at http://sugarlabs.org/go/AddonsPortal/Design .

A sample of Josh's work can be viewed at http://tucson-labs.com/design .

Contact: josh (at) tucson-labs.com

User:Josh

2009-02-15T21:08:24Z

Josh: New page: Josh Williams is currently working on the designing the user interface for a.sl.o (http://addons.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/), and will be working on the front-end development of the site o...

Design Team/Contacts

2009-02-15T18:05:10Z

Josh: /* Team Members */

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{{TeamHeader|DesignTeam}}</noinclude>
== Coordinators ==
{{:DesignTeam/Coordinator}}

== IRC channel ==
Sugar designers (and developers) hang out in the [irc://irc.freenode.net/sugar #sugar] channel on irc.freenode.net.

== Team Members ==
Please add yourself to the list if you're interested in participating!

*[[User:Eben | Eben Eliason]]
*[[User:christianmarcschmidt | Christian Marc Schmidt]]
*[[User:Lodatof | Franco Lodato]]
*[[User:Josh | Josh Williams]]

[[Category:DesignTeam]]

Talk:Activity Team/Remora port/Design

2009-02-11T22:42:52Z

Josh: /* UI Design */ new section

test first edit

== UI Design ==

The language option (5) should be sent to the top of the page, not the bottom as it is now. I think we could use the "other application" drop-down menu (2) for heading to sugarlabs.org, the wiki, and planet links. We could use something else for the RSS feed (4), but I don't think it necessarily needs to be removed. It's possible that a teacher might find the feed valuable.