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How to use Sugar on a Stick on a Raspberry Pi;

on another computer, visit arm.fedoraproject.org and download the Sugar on a Stick image,
write the image to a microSD card, see #Fedora_Media_Writer below, or use the Fedora Raspberry Pi Documentation,
insert the microSD card into the Raspberry Pi, and turn it on.

Fedora Media Writer ==

How to write an image to microSD card using Fedora Media Writer (FMW), which is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Fedora Linux, and Ubuntu Linux as a flatpak, or from source.

download the raw.xz file
select and extract, result is a raw file
start Fedora Media Writer
select "Custom"
select the raw file
Insert microSD in Mini Card Reader and insert in USB port
Choose rpi3 from drop-down in Fedora Media Writer
Write microSD
Insert in Raspberry Pi 3 slot and power up

Wireless

Fedora SoaS does not include wireless firmware, see the FAQ for reason and a fix. The fix can be applied in sugar terminal;

sudo curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RPi-Distro/firmware-nonfree/master/brcm80211/brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.txt -o /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.txt

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-[https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/26/Spins/armhfp/images/Fedora-SoaS-armhfp-26-1.5-sda.raw.xz Fedora-SoaS-armhfp-26-1.5-sda.raw.xz] (Release),
+How to use Sugar on a Stick on a Raspberry Pi;
-<noinclude>
-Home View (F3 key).
-[[File:Screenshot_of_Home_.png | 700px | 600px]]
+* on another computer, visit [https://arm.fedoraproject.org/ arm.fedoraproject.org] and download the Sugar on a Stick image,
+* write the image to a microSD card, see [[#Fedora_Media_Writer]] below, or use the [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/Raspberry_Pi Fedora Raspberry Pi Documentation],
+* insert the microSD card into the Raspberry Pi, and turn it on.
-Neighborhood View, with wireless firmware loaded, and F1 key pressed.
-[[File:Screenshot_of_Mesh2_.png | 700px | 600px]]
+== Fedora Media Writer ====
-</noinclude>
-==== Suggested Installation ====
-Write image to microSD card using [https://github.com/MartinBriza/MediaWriter/releases Fedora Media Writer] (FMW), which is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Fedora Linux, and Ubuntu Linux ("...as a flatpak (apt install flatpak), or from source.")
+How to write an image to microSD card using [https://github.com/MartinBriza/MediaWriter/releases Fedora Media Writer] (FMW), which is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Fedora Linux, and Ubuntu Linux as a flatpak, or from source.
- dnf install mediawriter
-Here are the test steps;
 * download the raw.xz file
 * select and extract, result is a raw file
-* start FMW
+* start Fedora Media Writer
 * select "Custom"
 * select the raw file
-* Choose rpi3 from drop-down in FMW
 * Insert microSD in Mini Card Reader and insert in USB port
-* Choose rpi3 from drop-down in FMW
+* Choose rpi3 from drop-down in Fedora Media Writer
 * Write microSD
 * Insert in Raspberry Pi 3 slot and power up
+== Wireless ==
 Fedora SoaS does not include wireless firmware, see the [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/Raspberry_Pi?rd=Raspberry_Pi#Wifi: FAQ] for reason and a fix.  The fix can be applied in sugar terminal;
   sudo curl <nowiki>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RPi-Distro/firmware-nonfree/master/brcm80211/brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.txt</nowiki> -o /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.txt
-My Settings, Network, Collaboration Server can be set to jabber.sugarlabs.org.  The default in Sugar 0.110 is not to use jabber.sugarlabs.org unless configured.  When jabber.sugarlabs.org server is not running, please write to systems@lists.sugarlabs.org to ask for help.