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What is Sugar on a Stick?

	Sugar on a Stick is a Fedora^® Spin operating system featuring the award-winning Sugar Learning Platform. Sugar on a Stick will run on any 64-bit Notebook, Laptop, or Desktop computer, with a minimum of 1GB RAM, that can run Linux, Windows or macOS, using a USB thumbdrive or stick, as a Live USB, a 32-bit computer with the TOAST version of Sugar (Trisquel on a Sugar Toast). See Trisquel On A Sugar Toast. a Raspberry Pi 2 or 3, using a microSD card, or; any computer as a virtual machine. You can use Sugar on a Stick to demo Sugar almost anywhere without disturbing the contents of the computer you use, and if people like what they see, you can install Sugar on a Stick to their hard drives or other sticks from the demo stick.
	x86_64 (64-bit)		armhfp Raspberry Pi 2 or 3, see How to install.
	How to quickly demonstrate: (English), (en español)

Fedora and the Infinity design logo are trademarks of Red Hat, Inc.

What's new in Sugar on a Stick?

Sugar version 0.112.0
More information about this version at 0.112/Notes.
The current release comes with Fedora 28, though Sugar on a Stick does not package all the software of other desktops.
See : Fedora 28 Release Notes.

Known bugs

(pending input from users)
See Common Fedora 28 bugs

Want to use Sugar on a Stick?

After you've tried out Sugar on a Stick, we hope you'll come back here and join our community of contributors to help us make the next release even better.

Want to contribute to Sugar on a Stick?

You're in the right place! This page is a contributors portal to the project, and contains everything you need to get started in becoming part of the Sugar on a Stick community.

New contributors start here!

Welcome! We're excited that you want to help us bring the Sugar Learning Platform to children around the world. No prior experience with computers or educational technology is required - in fact, we actively encourage a diversity of backgrounds, ages, and perspectives. See the Joining Sugar on a Stick page for instructions on how to get started.

What can you do?

There are three main ways you can contribute to the Sugar on a Stick community. We work closely with our upstreams, Sugar Labs and the Fedora Project.

Get Activities on the Stick

We're always looking for help with all aspects of the Sugar on a Stick release process. Here are a few things you can do:

Test Sugar on a Stick and help us find bugs and think of ways the project could be better. When you find a bug or think of an enhancement, file a ticket! No technical experience required.
Help make it easier for others to test Sugar on a Stick by writing test cases. If you've run a test case, you can write a test case.
Fix a bug or add a feature to an existing Activity, to sugar-core itself, or to Sugar on a Stick. See How to fix an Activity bug and How to fix a sugar-core bug to get started. Basic Python programming skills - or the desire to learn - are all that's needed.
Package Sugar Activities for Fedora. If you're a Fedora Packager or want to become one, help in this area is something we desperately need - it's a trickier thing to learn, but rewarding once you get the hang of it.
Review Activities for inclusion in the build - check submitted Activities against our Sugar on a Stick/Activity Criteria and help us choose what gets included in the next release! No prior experience needed.
Have an idea for a technical feature that isn't an Activity? Check out our feature process.

Get Sticks into Schools

Deployments all over the world need many different types of help as they work through the Sugar on a Stick deployment process - we need help building resources for all deployments to use, supporting those deployments, and helping new deployments start, as well as gathering stories and feedback from deployments so that we can make the next version of Sugar on a Stick even better.

Some things you can do to help:

"It's a wiki: Edit away!" is often said in open source communities. Almost nothing is set in stone and can't be undone. So if you've got ideas how to make instructions clearer and more accessible, just go for it!
We produce official documentation such as the Creation Kit or the Customization Guide. If you've an idea how to make them better, why don't you jump in and create a patch? Creating these nifty text files is simple - instructions live in the Documentation SOP.
Unofficial documentation for unsupported workarounds for installation and customization need to be edited, tested, and submitted for approval for official support. Check them out and leave comments and improvements; just jump in and edit the page.
Interested in starting a deployment or helping a specific one (with anything from pedagogical design to technical support to funding logistics)? Introduce yourself on the deployment lists for Sugar Labs and One Laptop Per Child and we'll get you connected with some teachers on the ground.
We're looking for some people to help us assemble tools for our support team to use. Email the Sugar on a Stick mailing list if you're interested.

Get Contributors

Contributors are the lifeblood of the Sugar on a Stick community - we work hard to bring a playful mindset of teaching, learning, and meaningful work to the children we aim to reach, and we aim to keep that mindset in our own work and community as well. Welcoming and teaching new contributors or all types, building the resources they need, and teaching them how to empower others in their turn is one of the most important things you can do; it is everyone's responsibility to help build our community, one person at a time.

Some things you can do:

Edit this page and Joining Sugar on a Stick. Is there something we could do to make the "getting started" process easier? You don't have to ask permission to edit; just do it!
Help us fill in our remaining task-starter pages: Sugar on a Stick release process, How to fix an Activity bug, How to fix a sugar-core bug, and Sugar on a Stick deployment process/
Point out starter tasks on OpenHatch - fill in questions and ideas for beginner jobs, and point newcomers towards them.
Watch for introductions on the mailing list, and send welcome emails to new contributors (copy the list, so we can see what advice a newcomer has gotten so far).
Hang out with us on IRC: #sugar. This is where the IRC Activity starts off. Help new joiners past initial questions and provide instant help!

What's happening?

Sugar on a Stick/Beta

Sugar Virtual Box Appliances

Import into VirtualBox

Contributor stories

To find out what other contributors are doing, check out Planet Sugar Labs, where contributors to Sugar Labs and the Sugar on a Stick project aggregate their blogs. You can also add your own blog to the Planet.

Meetings

Communication through the Sugar on a Stick mailing list has replaced regular meetings.

We once had weekly meetings on IRC - see Sugar on a Stick meetings for more information, including logs from past meetings.

Related work

While the projects listed below are not part of Sugar on a Stick, we watch them closely and try to work with them when possible (or at least we're trying to learn!)

For deployments lacking easy Internet access, one can turn a computer into a Sugar on a Stick Creation Station. The Sugar Creation Kit includes the materials you need to create Live USB sticks sticks and to install additional Activities, along with documentation and previous versions of Sugar on a Stick.
Older portable Sugar distributions based on other Linux distributions .
The undiscoverable is an unofficial FAQ for tips, tricks, and solutions to common problems that may otherwise be tricky to find. These are being considered for inclusion in the official SoaS documentation.

Previous versions and other subpages index

Earlier versions of Sugar on a Stick and other project pages can be reviewed at these pages:

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-== Introduction ==
+{{TeamHeader|Sugar on a Stick|home=Project Home|xbgColor=ffe792}}__NOTOC__</noinclude>
+==What is Sugar on a Stick?==
+{{:Sugar on a Stick/Downloads}}
+=== What's new in Sugar on a Stick? ===
+* '''Sugar version 0.112.0'''
+*: More information about this version at [[0.112/Notes]].
+* The current release comes with [[Fedora 28]], though Sugar on a Stick does not package all the software of other desktops.
+*: See : [https://docs.fedoraproject.org/f28/release-notes/index.html Fedora 28 Release Notes].
-The Sugar on a Stick project gives children access to ''their'' Sugar on any computer in their environment with just a USB key.  You can learn more from [http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/02/05/sugar-beyond-the-xo-laptop-walter-bender-on-olpc-sucrose-084-and-sugar-on-a-stick/ Walter Bender's interview with Xconomy], [http://www.olpcnews.com/software/sugar/sugar_on_a_stick_netbooks.html Wayan Vota's video] and [http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157613785006745/ Mike Lee's pictures].
+==== Known bugs ====
+* (pending input from users)
+* See [[fedora:Common_F28_bugs|Common Fedora 28 bugs]]
-== Project Goals ==
+=== Want to use Sugar on a Stick? ===
+{|
+|-
+| style="border: 0; border-width: 0; width: 350px;" | [[File:Cici-maze.jpg |300px|left|link=Sugar_on_a_Stick/Downloads]]
-* Sugar on a Stick as 1 to 1 computing in an elementary school
+|After you've tried out Sugar on a Stick, we hope you'll come back here and join our community of contributors to help us make the next release even better.
-* Sugar on a Stick to empower middle and high school students to help test [[Sugar as Service Learning]]
+|}
-* Sugar on a Stick for conferences to let people try Sugar and collaborate with other conference participants
-== Get Sugar on a Stick ==
+=== Want to contribute to Sugar on a Stick? ===
+{|
+|-
+| style="border: 0; border-width: 0; width: 350px;" | [[File:SoaS-contributors.jpg |300px|left|link=Sugar_on_a_Stick]]
+| style="border: 0; border-width: 0;" |
+You're in the right place! This page is a contributors portal to the project, and contains everything you need to get started in becoming part of the Sugar on a Stick community.
+|}
-We are currently working towards the first SoaS release, with a hard launch date of April 10th, 2009 where Caroline Meeks and Walter Bender will premiere and distribute SoaS at [http://www.ncose.org/node/47 FOSSVT]. What this means is that the current snapshots are still unstable and in testing, and that if you download and try out this software, ''it might not work yet.'' Please download, test, and give feedback - we need your help to make our launch date!
+== New contributors start here! ==
-=== Downloads ===
+Welcome! We're excited that you want to help us bring the Sugar Learning Platform to children around the world. No prior experience with computers or educational technology is required - in fact, we actively encourage a diversity of backgrounds, ages, and perspectives. See the [[Joining Sugar on a Stick]] page for instructions on how to get started.
-A .iso image file of the latest development snapshot of Sugar on a Stick is located here: [http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/snapshots/1/Soas-200903011706.iso Soas-200903011706.iso]
+== What can you do? ==
-Previous snapshots of SoaS are available at [http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/snapshots/1/?C=M;O=D http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/snapshots/1/].
+There are three main ways you can contribute to the Sugar on a Stick community. We work closely with our upstreams, [http://sugarlabs.org Sugar Labs] and [http://fedoraproject.org the Fedora Project].
-=== Creating your stick ===
+=== Get Activities on the Stick ===
-The basics of creating and using a bootable Sugar on a Stick are:
+{|
-#Download a .iso image file containing Sugar on a Stick.
+|-
-#Use a Bootable USB creator program to copy the image file to a USB stick.
+| style="border: 0; border-width: 0;" |
-#Configure the target computer to boot from USB.
-For more detailed installation instructions on multiple platforms, see [[/Installation]].
+We're always looking for help with all aspects of the [[Sugar on a Stick release process]]. Here are a few things you can do:
-=== Booting your stick ===
+* [[Sugar on a Stick QA|Test Sugar on a Stick]] and help us find bugs and think of ways the project could be better. When you find a bug or think of an enhancement, [[How to file a ticket|file a ticket!]] ''No technical experience required.''
+* Help make it easier for others to test Sugar on a Stick by writing [[Sugar on a Stick QA#Test cases|test cases]]. ''If you've run a test case, you can write a test case.''
+* [http://bugs.sugarlabs.org Fix a bug or add a feature] to an existing Activity, to [[Development Team|sugar-core itself]], or to [http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&component=SoaS&order=priority&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone&col=component Sugar on a Stick]. See [[How to fix an Activity bug]] and [[How to fix a sugar-core bug]] to get started. ''Basic Python programming skills - or the desire to learn - are all that's needed.''
+* [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Sugar_Activities Package Sugar Activities for Fedora]. ''If you're a [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/Join Fedora Packager] or want to become one, help in this area is something we desperately need - it's a trickier thing to learn, but rewarding once you get the hang of it.''
+* [[Sugar on a Stick release process#Review|Review Activities for inclusion in the build]] - check submitted Activities against our [[Sugar on a Stick/Activity Criteria]] and help us choose what gets included in the next release! ''No prior experience needed.''
+* Have an idea for a technical feature that isn't an Activity? Check out our [[Sugar on a Stick release process#Feature process|feature process]].
-Once you have created your USB key, you still need to set your target system to boot from USB.
+| style="border: 0; border-width: 0; width: 150px;" |[[Image:SoaS-netbook-1.jpg|150px|right|link=http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick_release_process]][[Image:SoaS-netbook-2.jpg|150px|right|link=http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick_release_process]][[Image:SoaS-netbook-3.jpg|150px|right|link=http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick_release_process]]
+|}
-The trick is to set the BIOS to boot from USB.  Unfortunately this is slightly different on each computer.  Explore the setup screen for your system (press Esc or F1 while the computer is booting).  If you can't figure it out, search Google for information on your computer model's BIOS.
+=== Get Sticks into Schools ===
-If you are unable to boot from USB, you can burn a "Boot Helper" CD using the .iso below.  This will start the boot from the CD, then read files from the USB.
+{|
-:http://www.sugarlabs.org/~marco/boot.iso
+|-
+| style="border: 0; border-width: 0; width: 250px;" | [[File:Cici-stick.jpg |200px|left|link=Sugar_on_a_Stick_deployment_process]]
+| style="border: 0; border-width: 0;" |
+Deployments all over the world need many different types of help as they work through the [[Sugar on a Stick deployment process]] - we need help building resources for all deployments to use, supporting those deployments, and helping new deployments start, as well as gathering stories and feedback from deployments so that we can make the next version of Sugar on a Stick even better.
-You can also use the 'PLoP Boot Manager' to create a boot floppy for machines without the ability to boot from CD or USB, see:
+Some things you can do to help:
-:http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/No_native_BIOS_support
-=== Using your stick ===
+* ''"It's a wiki: Edit away!"'' is often said in open source communities. Almost nothing is set in stone and can't be undone. So if you've got ideas how to make instructions clearer and more accessible, just go for it!
+* We produce official documentation such as the [http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/docs/creation-kit/ Creation Kit] or the [http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/docs/customization-guide/ Customization Guide]. If you've an idea how to make them better, why don't you jump in and create a patch? Creating these nifty text files is simple - instructions live in the [[Sugar_on_a_Stick/Documentation_SOP|Documentation SOP]].
+* Unofficial documentation for unsupported workarounds for [[Sugar on a Stick/Installation|installation]] and [[Sugar on a Stick/Sugar Clone|customization]] need to be edited, tested, and submitted for approval for official support. Check them out and leave comments and improvements; just jump in and edit the page.
+* Interested in starting a deployment or helping a specific one (with anything from pedagogical design to technical support to funding logistics)? Introduce yourself on the deployment lists for [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/ Sugar Labs] and [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/ One Laptop Per Child] and we'll get you connected with some teachers on the ground.
+* We're looking for some people to help us assemble tools for our support team to use. Email the [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas Sugar on a Stick mailing list] if you're interested.
+|}
-Once your stick boot, you'll find yourself in your own Sugar environment, ready to play and learn. For a guide on how to use Sugar, see the [http://en.flossmanuals.net/sugar FLOSSmanuals Sugar Users Guide].
+=== Get Contributors ===
-==Report Bugs==
+{|
-Please keep notes on which version of Sugar on a Stick you have downloaded as the user interface currently does not display this information.
+|-
+| style="border: 0; border-width: 0;" |
-Report bugs to http://dev.sugarlabs.org/.  Use the "SoaS" component when entering new bugs.
+Contributors are the lifeblood of the Sugar on a Stick community - we work hard to bring a playful mindset of teaching, learning, and meaningful work to the children we aim to reach, and we aim to keep that mindset in our own work and community as well. Welcoming and teaching new contributors or all types, building the resources they need, and teaching them how to empower others in their turn is one of the most important things you can do; it is ''everyone's'' responsibility to help build our community, one person at a time.
-===Join the development effort===
+Some things you can do:
-We are coordinating work on this project on Sugar Labs Moodle system. Please create an account and join the Sugar on a Stick Class.
+* Edit this page and [[Joining Sugar on a Stick]]. Is there something we could do to make the "getting started" process easier? You don't have to ask permission to edit; just do it!
-:http://schools.sugarlabs.org/course/view.php?id=17
+* Help us fill in our remaining task-starter pages: [[Sugar on a Stick release process]], [[How to fix an Activity bug]], [[How to fix a sugar-core bug]], and [[Sugar on a Stick deployment process]]/
+* [http://openhatch.org/+projects/Sugar%20on%20a%20Stick Point out starter tasks on OpenHatch] - fill in questions and ideas for beginner jobs, and point newcomers towards them.
+* [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas Watch for introductions on the mailing list], and send welcome emails to new contributors (copy the list, so we can see what advice a newcomer has gotten so far).
+* Hang out with us on IRC: [http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=sugar #sugar]. This is where the [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4029 IRC Activity] starts off. Help new joiners past initial questions and provide instant help!
-====TODO List====
+| style="border: 0; border-width: 0; width: 200px;" |[[Image:Cici-netbook.jpg|200px|right|link=http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick]]
-*Create an Easy Emulation for Boston School teachers macbooks - http://dev.sugarlabs.org/ticket/114 <-- [[User:Mick|Mick]] is working on this
+|}
-*Create a boot helper CD that lets Macs boot from the stick
-*Install the latest version of Sugar on a Stick, pick an activity and test it
-*Create a system for tracking activity testing
-*Solicit USB stick donations from companies
-*Create a design for a CD sticker to put on boot helper CDs
-*Develop specs for Cloning Sugar on a Stick: The vision is that an adult will be able to create a Sugar on a Stick, add activities, set the language and the collaboration service and then "clone" the stick to create Sugar on a Stick for all the students in a class or a school.
-*[[Wish List]] of activities etc to put on the stick
-== See Also ==
+== What's happening? ==
-*[[DeploymentTeam/School_Key]] Information on various Sugar on a Stick deployments.
+===[[Sugar on a Stick/Beta]]===
-*[[Sugar on a Stick Ubuntu]] An alternate version of Sugar on a Stick which uses Ubuntu as the base system.
-*[[Sugar on a Stick VirtualBox]] Instructions for using a preconfigured VirtualBox disk image with Sugar on a Stick.
+===[[Sugar_on_a_Stick/Virtual_machines| Sugar Virtual Box Appliances]]===
+* Import into VirtualBox
+=== Contributor stories ===
+To find out what other contributors are doing, check out [http://planet.sugarlabs.org Planet Sugar Labs], where contributors to Sugar Labs and the Sugar on a Stick project aggregate their blogs. You can also [[Sysadmin/Planet syndication request|add your own blog to the Planet]].
+=== <s>Meetings</s> ===
+Communication through the [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas Sugar on a Stick mailing list] has replaced regular meetings.
+:We once had weekly meetings on IRC - see [[Sugar on a Stick meetings]] for more information, including logs from past meetings.
+== Related work ==
+While the projects listed below are not part of Sugar on a Stick, we watch them closely and try to work with them when possible (or at least we're trying to learn!)
+* For deployments lacking easy Internet access, one can turn a computer into a '''Sugar on a Stick Creation Station'''. The [[Sugar Creation Kit]] includes the materials you need to create Live USB sticks sticks and to install additional Activities, along with documentation and previous versions of Sugar on a Stick.
+* Older [[:Category:Live USB|portable Sugar distributions]] based on other Linux distributions .
+* [[The undiscoverable]] is an unofficial FAQ for tips, tricks, and solutions to common problems that may otherwise be tricky to find. These are being considered for inclusion in the official SoaS documentation.
+== Previous versions and other subpages index ==
+{{Show|Earlier versions of Sugar on a Stick and other project pages can be reviewed at these pages: |{{Special:PrefixIndex/Sugar on a Stick/}}}}