Ubuntu

It is Recommended to look also at Trisquel for another Ubuntu Build

Trisquel is Ubuntu based and works well. (Trisquel 4 and 4.1 is based on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Trisquel 4.5, on Ubuntu 10.10.)

Toast (Trisquel Sugar Only)

Download Links:

trisquel-sugar_4.5.1_i686

Trisquel_5.0_Sugar Alpha version

Sugar on Ubuntu wiki:https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Sugar

Sugar Desktop 0.90 on edubuntu 11.10

Updated: 10/20/2011

Note classic gnome fallback is available on install

http://edubuntu.org/download

To install Sugar

Ubuntu Software Center/Education (All Software)

Search: sugar

sugar 0.90 [x] use this one   bugs: 1-) cp/software update does not work 2-) Central f1 Avitar disappears after several minutes
sugar 0.84
sugar 0.88
sugar 0.86

Control Panel:

ubuntu 10.10

Sugar 0.90.1

Hints:

Do updates right away

System Settings/Network to configure wireless AP

Applications/Education/sugar drag sugar XO icon to desktop

Properties (right click) change command to sugar-emulator -f (full screen)

Sugar only comes with turtle art 98 and pippy 37

Surf-115 can be drag dropped to the journal from a 2nd USB

Download to USB: http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Surf-115.xo

This allows installation of many activities from ASLO (surf start new screen/activities) including the following:

physics 8
terminal 31
edit 8
surf 115
irc 10
chat 72

Sugar Desktop 0.90 on Mint 11

based on Ubuntu 11.04

Software Manager

Search "sugar"

Select sugar-emulator 0.90

Sugar only comes with turtle art 98 and pippy 37

Install applications in Activities from surf

Surf-115 can be drag dropped to the journal from a 2nd USB

Download to USB: http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Surf-115.xo

This allows installation of many activities from ASLO (surf start new screen/activities) including the following:

edit 8
physics 8
terminal 31
edit 8
surf 115
irc 10
chat 72
backup 5
restore 3
moon 11

Control Panel

About my Computer

Build:  linux Mint 11 Katya
Sugar:  0.90.1

software Update

does NOT work

Jabber

ONLY WORKS if wireless is disconnected prior to starting sugar this is known bug in sugar 0.90.x

Sugar Desktop 0.94 on edubuntu 11.04

This is a DVD full of Educational Software to which Sugar can be added with the instructions below:

Use Sweets_Distribution to install sugar

Community/Distributions/Sweets_Distribution#Ubuntu_and_its_derivates

Sugar Desktop 0.88.1 on Ubuntu 11.04

11.04 has replaced Gnome with the Unity interface plus sugar 0.88.1

Talk:Community/Distributions/Trisquel#Install_Sugar_0.88.1x_on_Trisquel_5.0

Works fine if you drag-drop surf-115.xo to journal from 2nd usb.

Sugar_Creation_Kit#surf_browser

You then can install the applications you need from ASLO: http://activities.sugarlabs.org/

Works fine. Tested on a new install 07/31/2011

suggestion choose "Ubuntu classic" from gdm log-in switcher. (This gives Classic Gnome Desktop)

Tested on an ACER ASPIRE ONE N450 10" Netbook

Everything works on all of these options, including wireless.

Sugar Desktop 0.94 on xubuntu 11.04

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/11.04/release/

RECOMMENDED

This is a CD with a minimal desktop to which Sugar can be added with the instructions below:

Use Sweets_Distribution to install sugar

Community/Distributions/Sweets_Distribution#Ubuntu_and_its_derivates

"The newly released Xfce 4.8 is included. The menus in Xfce 4.8 are now editable with any menu editor that meets the freedesktop.org standards. The suggested editor is alacarte. "

sudo apt-get install alacarte --no-install-recommends

enter "alacarte" in terminal

click on properties in education/sugar change command to "sugar-emulator -f" (full screen)

Check [x] on main menu to display alacarte on xubuntu menu

Sugar-desktop 0.88 on Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10

Sweets Distribution

NEW Sweets Distribution Updated instructions 10/23/2011

Community/Distributions/Sweets_Distribution#Releases

These are Dextrose (2 and 3), thus more than just Sugar (0.88 - 0.94), it contains several features that still are not committed to the trunk + bug fixes.

Full Screen Sugar-emulator

Applications/Education/Sugar

right click: Add this launcher to the desktop

Open (right click)/Properties/Command: sweets-sugar-emulator -f

add -f to command (full screen)

Close

Click on Sugar Icon

Sugar Desktop from gdm Login

Logout

Click on Name

Select Sweets Distribution on gdm bottom bar

enter password; Login

Tested on install 10/24/2011

To turn off screensaver and power management:

HINT:CAPS lock does not always work in sugar-terminal so use shift key to get lower case.

terminal:
xset s off
xset -dpms

Ubuntu on MacBookPro

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro

Ubuntu 10.10 for PowerPC

See /PPC.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/YabootConfigurationForMacintoshPowerPCsDualBoot

Sweets Usage

Platform Team/Guide/Sweets Usage