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Learners

(Sugar users are learners.)

Learner applications in Sugar are called Activities. They are software packages that automatically save your work—producing specific instances of the Activity that can be resumed at a later time. A specific Activity instance is a Journal event (see this discussion of The Notion of "Keeping"). Many Activities support learner collaboration, where multiple learners may be invited to join a collective Activity session.

Please see the Sugar Activity Library for a nearly complete list of activities which are available for Sugar.

Questions

The Activity Team's Activity Team/FAQ has many developer-oriented questions, but Sugar Learners should post their general Activity-related questions to the team at this page. Questions about a specific Activity should be posted on the discussion page for that Activity available below.

Developers

Please see the Activity Team for developer information.

Native Sugar Activities

See Category:Activities for wiki pages of actual activities.

Below is a list of activity developer pages.

Running GNU/Linux Applications Under Sugar

There are two ways to run GNU/Linux applications as Activities under Sugar (meaning you don't need to use Terminal to load them):

Sugar Coating - Making Linux apps run under Sugar, but not modifying them to take advantage of Sugar's collaborative capabilities
Sugarizing - A fully integrated Linux application, re-engineered to take advantage of Sugar's advanced collaboration abilities

Sugar Coating Activities

To run Linux apps under Sugar (i.e., making them to run in the Sugar interface, without the collaboration and other Sugar integration programmed into them), read these instructions on Running Linux Applications Under Sugar.

In the future, we hope that Sugar will be able to run Linux applications natively without these steps.

Sugarizing Activities

See Activity Team for information on porting regular applications to run as native Sugar Activities.

Useful GNU/Linux Applications

VLC Media Player

The VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, flv, avi, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.; the VLC Player is considered to be better by some users then MPlayer because it offer more settings, options and features. There is also no need to run it from Terminal. Read Activities/VLC to learn how to install it.

Seamonkey

SeaMonkey has inherited the successful all-in-one concept of the original Netscape Communicator and continues that product line based on the modern, cross-platform architecture provided by the Mozilla project.

The Internet browser at the core of the SeaMonkey suite uses the same rendering engine as its sibling Mozilla Firefox, with popular features like tabbed browsing, popup blocking, find as you type and a lot of other functionality for a smooth web experience.
SeaMonkey's Mail and Newsgroups client shares lots of code with Mozilla Thunderbird and features adaptive Junk mail filtering, labels and mail views, multiple accounts, S/MIME, address books with LDAP support and is ready for both private and corporate use.
Additonal components include an easy-to-use HTML Editor, the ChatZilla IRC chat application and web development tools like a DOM Inspector and a JavaScript debugger.
If that's still not enough, SeaMonkey can be extended with numerous Add-Ons that provide additional functionality and customization for a complete Internet experience.

Seamonkey can be Sugar-coated.

Midnight Commander

Midnight Commander is a text-mode file manager and visual command shell. It is easily Sugar-coated for access from the Activities panel. Screenshot You can also run it directly in Terminal. (Paper Writers)

Totem Media Player

The Totem media player is already installed in the OLPC XO-1. It is the engine that supports media on the system. Out of the box it does not support MP3 music or MPEG-4 video. A free driver can be downloaded to add MP3 compatability. A Sugar-coating can be applied to easily access the program from the Activities panel.

Tux4Kids

TuxType2: TuxType is a touch typing tutorial/game than can be installed on the OLPC XO-1 using the yum command. A Sugar-coating can be applied to easily access the program from the Activities panel.
TuxMath: TuxMath is an arcade game that helps kids practice their math facts. A Sugar-coating can be applied to easily access the program from the Activities panel.
TuxPaint: Tux Paint is a drawing program for children ages 3 to 12. It combines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon mascot who guides children as they use the program. A Sugar-coating can be applied to easily access the program from the Activities panel.

(Let's try to organize this page based on some criteria of completion as per the discussion in Talk:Activities.)

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-<small>''This article is about the biblical God.  For the term as used to refer to any divine being, see [[Other Gods]]''</small>
+<noinclude>{{Translations}}{{TOCright}}</noinclude>
-[[Image:Alphaomega.jpg|thumb|200px|God is the Alpha and Omega, the first and last, the beginning and the ending]]
+== Learners ==
-{{cquote|'''Genesis 1:1'''<br />In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.}}
+(Sugar users are '''learners'''.)
-{{trinity}}'''God''' is the sovereign creator and eternal ruler of all things and beings that exist, whether in the physical [[universe]] or in the spiritual realm ([[Heaven]]).  Not only is God the creator and ruler of the things and beings within those two realms, but he is also the creator of the realms themselves. God created the physical universe, and before he acted in this creation, the universe did not exist. Likewise God did with the spiritual realm.
-== God is Revealed: How we know about God ==
+Learner applications in Sugar are called '''[[Human Interface Guidelines/Activities | Activities]]'''.  They are software packages that automatically save your work&mdash;producing specific instances of the Activity that can be resumed at a later time. A specific Activity instance is a [[Human_Interface_Guidelines/The_Laptop_Experience/The_Journal| Journal]] event (see this discussion of [[Human_Interface_Guidelines/The_Laptop_Experience/The_Journal#The_Notion of "Keeping"|The Notion of "Keeping"]]).  Many Activities support learner [[Collaboration|collaboration]], where multiple learners may be invited to join a collective Activity session.
-Other than creation itself, God is revealed in several ways, including conscience and special revelation (the bible, and prophets). Most importantly though, God is revealed in [[Jesus Christ]], who is the Son of God.
+Please see the [http://activities.sugarlabs.org Sugar Activity Library] for a nearly complete list of activities which are available for Sugar.
+===[[Activity Team/FAQ | Questions]]===
+The  [[Activity Team]]'s [[Activity Team/FAQ]] has many developer-oriented questions, but Sugar Learners should post their general Activity-related questions to the team [[Talk:Activity Team/FAQ |at this page]].  Questions about a specific Activity should be posted on the discussion page for that Activity available below.
+== Developers ==
+Please see the [[Activity Team]] for developer information.
+=== Native Sugar Activities ===
+See [[:Category:Activities]] for wiki pages of actual activities.
-== Attributes or Character of God ==
+Below is a list of activity developer pages.
-The attributes of God are things that describe who he is. Similar to the way one might describe a close friend to another individual, so too do these attributes describe God's character and nature. Attributes of God include but are not limited to [[Wisdom]], [[Infinitude]], [[Sovereignty]], [[Holiness]], [[Trinity]], [[Omniscience]], [[Faithfulness]], [[Love]], [[Omnipotence]], [[Self-existence]], [[Self-sufficiency]], [[Justice]], [[Immutability]], [[Mercy]], [[Eternal]], [[Goodness]], [[Gracious]], and [[Omnipresence]]. These attributes all work in complete and perfect harmony with one another.
+{{Special:PrefixIndex/{{PAGENAME}}/}}
-God exercises eternal and righteous judgment of the wicked in [[hell]], because of an inherent problem in the human heart, namely [[Sin]]. According to the [[Bible]], the sacrifice of [[Jesus Christ]] on the cross of [[calvary]] and then [[resurrection]], is God's merciful and gracious response to the problem of the human heart.
+=== Running GNU/Linux Applications Under Sugar ===
-=== God is Triune ===
+There are two ways to run GNU/Linux applications as Activities under Sugar (meaning you don't need to use Terminal to load them):
-{{main|Trinity}}
+*'''Sugar Coating''' - Making Linux apps run under Sugar, but not modifying them to take advantage of Sugar's collaborative capabilities
+*'''Sugarizing''' - A fully integrated Linux application, re-engineered to take advantage of Sugar's advanced collaboration abilities
-Although the Bible does not use the term, it is clear that God is a triune God, or three in one.
+==== Sugar Coating Activities ====
-These are sometimes referred to as ''God the Father'', ''God the Son'' ([[Jesus Christ|Jesus]]), and the ''[[Holy Spirit]]''.
-The first hint of the Trinity is in {{Bible ref|Genesis|1|26}} which relates God saying, "Let us make man in our image", indicating that God is a plurality.
+To run Linux apps under Sugar (''i.e.'', making them to run in the Sugar interface, without the collaboration and other Sugar integration programmed into them), read these instructions on [[Running Linux Applications Under Sugar]].
-The three persons of God are treated as equivalents in these words of Jesus shortly after His resurrection:
+In the future, we hope that Sugar will be able to run Linux applications natively without these steps.
-{{Bible quote|Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.|book=Matthew|chap=28|verses=19|version=NIV}}
-==== Jesus is God ====
+==== Sugarizing Activities ====
-The first verse of the [[Gospel of John]], in which Jesus is referred to as the "Word", makes clear that Jesus is synonymous with God:
+See [[Activity Team]] for information on porting regular applications to run as native Sugar Activities.
-{{Bible quote|In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.|book=John|chap=1|verses=1|version=NIV}}
-This verse not only says that "the Word" (Jesus) is synonymous with God, but also says that the Word was "in the beginning", which means that He existed before all else existed, something that is only true of God.
-This is reinforced two verses later, in which Jesus is described as the creator.
+===Useful GNU/Linux Applications===
-[[Genesis]] refers to God as being the Creator.
-{{Bible quote|Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.|book=John|chap=1|verses=3|version=NIV}}
-==== The Holy Spirit is God ====
+====VLC Media Player====
+The VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, flv, avi, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.  It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.; the VLC Player is considered to be better by some users then MPlayer because it offer more settings, options and features. There is also no need to run it from Terminal. Read [[Activities/VLC]] to learn how to install it.
-In the following passage, the [[Holy Spirit]] is referred to as God:
+====Seamonkey====
-{{Bible quote|Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? Didn't it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied to men but to God."|book=Acts|chap=5|verses=3-4|version=NIV}}
+SeaMonkey has inherited the successful all-in-one concept of the original Netscape Communicator and continues that product line based on the modern, cross-platform architecture provided by the Mozilla project.
-=== God is omniscient ===
+* The Internet browser at the core of the SeaMonkey suite uses the same rendering engine as its sibling Mozilla Firefox, with popular features like tabbed browsing, popup blocking, find as you type and a lot of other functionality for a smooth web experience.
-{{main|omniscience}}
+* SeaMonkey's Mail and Newsgroups client shares lots of code with Mozilla Thunderbird and features adaptive Junk mail filtering, labels and mail views, multiple accounts, S/MIME, address books with LDAP support and is ready for both private and corporate use.
+* Additonal components include an easy-to-use HTML Editor, the ChatZilla IRC chat application and web development tools like a DOM Inspector and a JavaScript debugger.
+* If that's still not enough, SeaMonkey can be extended with numerous Add-Ons that provide additional functionality and customization for a complete Internet experience.
-God knows everything:
+Seamonkey can be Sugar-coated.
-{{Bible quote|This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.|book=1_John|chap=3|verses=19-20|version=NIV}}
-Because God is outside of [[time]], He can see and knows the [[past]] and the [[future]] as well as the present.
+====Midnight Commander====
+Midnight Commander is a text-mode file manager and visual command shell. It is easily Sugar-coated for access from the Activities panel. [http://www.ibiblio.org/mc/images/mc-panels.png Screenshot] You can also run it directly in Terminal. ([http://www.research-service.com Paper Writers])
-== "God" sometimes used to refer to God the Father ==
+====Totem Media Player====
-[[Image:Velasco Padre Eterno.jpg|left|140px|God the Father]]
+The Totem media player is already installed in the OLPC XO-1. It is the engine that supports media on the system. Out of the box it does not support MP3 music or MPEG-4 video. A free driver can be downloaded to add MP3 compatability. A Sugar-coating can be applied to easily access the program from the Activities panel.
-In the bible, the word "God" (θεός) does not always refer to God's being as a whole, but more specifically refers to the Person of the Father (God the Father). Here are some verses which demonstrate this:
-{{cquote|'''John 3:16''' (NASB)<br />For <u>God</u> so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten <u>Son</u>, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.}}
-{{cquote|'''1 John 4:10''' (NASB)<br />In this is love, not that we loved <u>God</u>, but that He loved us and sent <u>His Son</u> to be the propitiation for our sins.}}
-Notice how in each case, "Father" can be substituted for "God." For example, "For the ''Father'' so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son," and "not that we loved the ''Father'', but that He loved us and sent His Son."
-== Terminology ==
+====[http://tux4kids.alioth.debian.org/ Tux4Kids]====
+;TuxType2: [http://tuxtype.sourceforge.net/ TuxType] is a touch typing tutorial/game than can be installed on the OLPC XO-1 using the yum command. A Sugar-coating can be applied to easily access the program from the Activities panel.
+;TuxMath: [http://tux4kids.alioth.debian.org/tuxmath.php TuxMath] is an arcade game that helps kids practice their math facts. A Sugar-coating can be applied to easily access the program from the Activities panel.
+;TuxPaint: [http://www.tuxpaint.org/ Tux Paint] is a  drawing program for children ages 3 to 12. It combines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon mascot who guides children as they use the program. A Sugar-coating can be applied to easily access the program from the Activities panel.
-The Bible uses several different words to refer to God.
+-----
-"God" itself is not a name, but an [[Old English]] word meaning ''supreme being, diety'',<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=god God] Online Etymology Dictionary.</ref> which the translators who translated the Bible in to English chose as the appropriate English word for the [[Hebrew]] ''elohim'' and the [[Greek]] ''theos'' used in the [[Old Testament]] and [[New Testament]] respectively.<ref name="DPK">Kruse, Dale P.,[http://www.layevangelism.com/advtxbk/sections/sect-10/sec10-9.htm More on the ''Names'' of God In the Bible], Advanced Training Program of Evangelism.</ref>
-The other main term for God is the Hebrew ''adonai'', usually translated ''Lord''.
+(Let's try to organize this page based on some criteria of completion as per the discussion in [[Talk:{{PAGENAME}}]].)
-There are various compound words also used in the Bible, such as ''el shaddai'', which means ''God Almighty'' ("''el''" is a short version of ''elohim'').<ref name="DPK" />
+[[Category:Activity Team]]
-''YHWH'' is given in the Bible as God's actual name.  In most English Bibles it is translated as <span style="font-variant:small-caps">''Lord''</span>, in small capitals.  The name has various other English versions, including Yehovah, Jehovah, and Yahweh.<ref>McHyde, Tim, [http://www.escapeallthesethings.com/yahweh.htm God’s Name: LORD, Yahweh, Yahveh, YHWH, YHVH, Jehovah or Yehovah?]</ref>
-==See also==
-*[[Other gods]]
-*[[Atheism]]
-*[[Christianity in Conservapedia]]
-== References ==
-{{Reflist|2}}
-==External links==
-*[http://www.theopedia.com/God Theopedia - God]
-*[http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/god.html ChristianAnswers.net - God]
-*[http://wikible.org/en/God Wikible.org - God]
-*[http://www.opposingviews.com/questions/is-there-a-god Opposing Views: Is There a God?]
-[[Category:Christianity]]
-[[Category:Divine Beings]]