User:Inkyfingers/Getting Started(2)

Under construction
This page is under active construction at this time. Please check back shortly for updated information.
--Inkyfingers 08:08, 2 December 2011 (EST). I shall update this heading 31.12.2011

I see a working Sugar on a Stick as a good target for a novice user.

Aim

This Level Two page hopes to address more advanced "Getting Started" topics.

Buy vs Build

Note: If this is going to be your first attempt at running Sugar, you might 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.

Not that I want to discourage people from buying, but I am not 100% sure about this paragraph. It seems that making the USB key is the (relatively) easy part. Configuring the bias for launch is the hard part. (The other hard part is sorting out from all the choices which version to run -- which would not be made any easier if you purchase.) --Walter 09:26, 2 December 2011 (EST)

I would like to include a paragraph discussing older versions. Why would one choose not to use the latest version? --Inkyfingers 09:38, 2 December 2011 (EST)

Older SoaS versions may be more compatible with some activities or XO-1;XO-1.5 software. See:Activity_Test_Results (this has NOT been updated lately)

Good point, but a newcomer can find that out later. My question stands. --Inkyfingers 08:53, 3 December 2011 (EST)

Alternatives

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

Resources

Supported_systems

Sugar_on_a_Stick/Installation/Variations