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The easiest way to get started is to use Sugar on a Stick.

link=http://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/#Download FedoraHosted	(1) Prepare: Download the Fedora Live USB Creator from FedoraHosted
	(2) Download: Download the Sugar-on-a-Stick iso.
	(3) Burn: Insert a USB flash drive (or SD Card) with 1 GB or more of free space into your computer and launch Live USB Creator to create a Sugar-on-a-Stick bootable image.
	(4) Boot: Insert the USB stick into a USB port on your computer. Set the option to "boot from USB" in your computer's BIOS, and then start up the computer.

	1. Use this script file http://bit.ly/livecd-iso-to-disk to create a bootable image. (Run `chmod +x livecd-iso-to-disk.sh` after you download the script to make it executable.)
	(2) Download: Download the Sugar-on-a-Stick iso.
	3. Execute, as the root user, in one command with arguments, the following: `./livecd-iso-to-disk.sh --overlay-size-mb 200 --home-size-mb 200 --delete-home --unencrypted-home /path/to/source.iso /dev/sd?1` where '`?`' in the final parameter represents the target bootable device node, such as `sdb1` or `sdc1`, etc.
	(4) Boot: Insert the USB stick into a USB port on your computer. Set the option to "boot from USB" in your computer's BIOS, and then start up the computer.

||See Sugar on a Stick/Mac for a list of options.

Please select your favorite distribution below for instructions on installing Sugar.

, v4 alpha with Sugar 0.89.1 and Fedora 14 (Branched)

Trisquel on a Sugar Toast (Trisquel 3.0 Dwyn)

Developers may experiment with Updating XOs to the latest Sugar on a Stick release.

Please visit our dedicated Sugar Activity Library.

Learn how to get setup on the Supported systems page.

Here are some additional references you may find useful:

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 =='''Are you new to Sugar?'''==
-The easiest way to get started is to use Sugar on a Stick.
+The easiest way to get started is to use [[Sugar on a Stick]].
+=== MS Windows ===
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 Detailed [[Sugar on a Stick/Windows|installation instructions]] and [[Sugar on a Stick/Boot|booting instructions]] are available.
+=== GNU/Linux ===
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 See [[Sugar on a Stick/Linux]] for more details.
-:<big>'''Are you a Windows, Macintosh, or GNU/Linux user?'''</big>
+=== Apple MacIntosh ===
-:# Following [[Downloads|Download]],
-:# ''Sugar on a Stick'' must be '''[[Sugar on a Stick/Installation|Installed]]''',
+{|
-:#: See specific instructions for your operating system<br> by clicking its icon below:
+|-
-:#:[[File:Windows.gif|link=Sugar on a Stick/Installation#with Microsoft Windows]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[File:Apple.gif|link=Sugar_on_a_Stick/Installation#with Apple Macintosh]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[File:Gnulinux.png|link=Sugar_on_a_Stick/Installation#with GNU.2FLinux]]
+[[File:Apple.gif|link=Sugar_on_a_Stick/Installation#with Apple Macintosh]]||See [[Sugar on a Stick/Mac]] for a list of options.
-:# and then '''[[Sugar on a Stick/Boot|Booted]]''',
+|}
-:# before it is ready to be '''[[Sugar on a Stick/Usage|Used]]'''.
 =='''Are you a developer or Beta tester?'''==