Sugar on a Stick/Virtual machines

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With VirtualBox® one can run Sugar in a window on Microsoft Windows, Intel-based Apple Macintosh, or Linux host computers from a virtual machine (VM) window. VirtualBox overview

VirtualBox downloads Windows/Linux/Intel Macs
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  • When making a new VM, to clear the Sugar Journal of old entries and to avoid identity conflicts among copies of the VM, enter the command rm -rf ~/.sugar in the Terminal activity. Then shutdown the VM. This will clear all Learner information on the VM and let you start with a fresh install. Skipping this will result in collisions in the Neighborhood view of the Jabber network between separate copies of the appliance. Verify the presence of the .sugar directory by entering ls -a in Terminal.
  • When cloning a customized VM, in order to keep the Journal and installed .xo Activities, use rm -rf ~/.sugar/default/owner.key* in the Sugar Terminal, and then shutdown the VM. enter in root terminal:su (password) shutdown -h now This leaves the Journal entries and removes only the previous Learner's identity key files.
  • To clear the Sugar Journal:rm -rf ~/.sugar/default/datastore This may be needed if the Journal becomes clogged with too many entries. USE WITH CAUTION'

Logo SoaS 01.pngSugar on a Stick v8 ʻŌhelo ʻai

ʻŌhelo ʻai .jpg

VirtualBox.pngSugar Desktop Environment f18 anaconda 19.6-2 DVD x86_64
anaconda 19.6-2
NEW downloading 02 19 2013
root=sugarroot
firstboot not run
sugar 0.98.3 includes Additional sugar activities; administration tools
  • download and import:
http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/sugar-anaconda-19.6-2-DVD.ova
User can change XO colors and frame and keep jabber connection
VirtualBox.pngSugar Desktop Environment f18 netinstall i386
anaconda 18.37.11
root=sugarroot
firstboot not run
sugar 0.98.2 includes Additional sugar activities; administration tools; System tools
  • download and import 2 files:
http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Sugar-desktop-netinstall-disk1.vmdk 777M
http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Sugar-desktop-netinstall.ovf 13K
  • Problems:
Loses jabber connection if change name or color in sugar's MySettings/AboutMe after you set name and color on first run
Working f18-SoaS.iso's
updated 02/01/2013
  • 32 and64 bit:
http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/releases/18/Spins/
Keep the original values you set for name and color on first run
Do not change any values in MySettings/AboutMe that require a reset
http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/4289

Soas-quandong.svgSugar on a Stick v7 Quandong

RECOMMENDED
Sugar 0.96.1
Starts with grub2 screen
Goes to fedora 17 gdm logon
User=sugar
password=sugaruser
  • SoaS starts at color selection
use <==(Back) to change/personalize users name
  • Setting name and color configures the sugar identity and sets a unique ssd key
  • This only happens the first time that this SoaS Appliance is started
root password=sugarroot
4-GB Virtual Box hard disc
English and English keyboard
USA-Los Angeles (Pacific timezone)
  • Sugestions
go to My Settings /Frame and move the bottom slider fully left
See Introduction to the Sugar Interface for details on how to do this.
Older versions of Sugar on a Stick

Sugar on a Stick/Archive/Virtual machines

Trisquel icon.png Trisquel-5.0-sugar

RECOMMENDED
  • Sugar Desktop ONLY

Trisquel 5.0 is based on the previous Ubuntu release, 11.04 Natty Narwhal.

Sugar 0.94.1
autologon
starts at color selection
use <==(Back) to change name
Auto logon
enter password on restart
User = sugar
password = sugaruser
4-GB Virtual Box hard disc
English and English keyboard
USA-Los Angeles (Pacific timezone)
Older versions of Toast

Trisquel On A Sugar Toast/Virtual machines/Archive

Full list of Virtual Appliances

  • Discussion on Sugar in Virtualization
Other Linux Distributions with sugar
Other Virtualization Types