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-== About Sugar ==
-Sugar is a desktop environment that is an alternative to the ones typically used in Microsoft Windows, Apple's OS X or other GNU/Linux operating systems. It is conceived as a platform upon which children learn with Sugar [[Activities]]. The platform provides mechanisms for [[Collaboration|collaboration]], [[Activities/Portfolio|reflection]], and [[View Source|exploration]]. Sugar Activities cover a broad range of applications: browsing, drawing, composing, writing, programming, etc.
-The Sugar desktop has multiple full-screen views: a Home view from which Activities are launched; a Neighborhood view where learners can connect to each other through a [[olpc:Community Jabber Servers | Jabber network]]; a Journal view, which can be used as a ''lab notebook''; and the Activity view, where Sugar Activities are run.
-Sugar Activities have no Save menu: everything is saved automatically. While the interface uses very little text, additional information is revealed when the user hovers over icons.
-Sugar is Free Software. It is developed in [[wikipedia:Python_%28programming_language%29|Python]] and runs on a [[wikipedia:Linux|GNU/Linux]] [[wikipedia:Kernel_%28computer_science%29|Kernel]], originally from the [http://fedoraproject.org/ Fedora Project], and now from a [[Supported systems|variety]] of GNU/Linux distributions.
-For an overview of the components composing a Sugar system see the [[Sugar System Stack]].
-==Getting Sugar==
-===Sugar on a Stick===
-[[Sugar on a Stick]] is the introductory page.
-If this is going to be your first attempt at running sugar, you could take the advice '''''buy rather than build'''''. For purchase information for Sugar pre-installed on a bootable USB flash drive, see [[Sugar Creation Kit#Commercial source of SoaS-loaded media]].
-Do not be discouraged by this comment from building Sugar on a Stick. It was the first bootable flash drive I made and worked at the second attempt.
-If you are a Windows user with no Linux experience, you are not going to do anything more complicated than a purchase at Ebay! Have a look at the Fedora program you will use: https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/
-Before you download, you need to know if you will use the 64Bit version. If your computer says on the box or documentation that it is 64Bit, you may use the 64bit version of Sugar called  "x86_64". I think it is safe to say that all pcs meeting the spec. below, will take the "i686" version.
-Sugar on a Stick is completely isolated from your existing operating system.
-'''Hardware requirements'''
-You will need to ensure the computer you plan to use is capable of booting from USB.
-From http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora we see these minimum requirements for the current distribution, Fedora 16.
-:A 400MHz or faster processor
-:At least 768 MB memory (RAM), 1 GB recommended for best performance.
-The minimum size of your USB flash drive is 2GB.
-For installing Sugar on a flash drive, see [[Downloads]].
-:Alternate: Boot from burned CD and enter "liveinst" in root terminal of sugar
-::This starts the fedora anaconda installer and you can select your 4 GB or larger USB; or your Hard Disk; as the media to install to.
-::(this is a real installation) not a compressed file system with a persistence file)
-===Linux Distributions supporting Sugar===
-A list here
-:[[Community/Distributions]] ALL
-:[[Sugar_Creation_Kit#Community_Distributions]] With Good Support
-===Release notes===
-Release notes for '''Sugar {{Current Stable Release}}''' are available [[{{Current Stable Release}}/Notes|here]].
-{{Template:Platform Cycle Linkbar}}
-===Other resources===
- What is required here is a 3 line paragraph helping to orientate a new user to the wiki,
- and link to the areas he/she might most need.
- Other resources are listed on the [[Deployment Team/Resources]] page.
- Is this the most useful link?
-[[Wiki_Team/Guide/Wiki_Structure]] "Our challenge is to organize the wiki so that communities can find the information they need."
-The Sugar Lab '''Teams''' are listed on the wiki sidebar.
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-[[Category:Help]]
-[[Category:HowTo]]
-[[Category:Getting started]]

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