User:Dfarning

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==David Farning==
I am a new contributor to sugar labs.

====Interests====
* Community Building

====TODO====
* Fix or remove link "About SugarLabs" in the bottom CC/MediaWiki bar
* Start the BugSquad
* Write api documentation tutorial
* Work on Wiki infrastructure
* Clean up wiki translation infrastructure
:#ifexist broken in current implementation ([[User:Dfarning|dfarning]] 18:08, 2 July 2008 (UTC))

====Inprogress====

*Establish relationship with educational spins
**Skolelinux
**Edubuntu
**Fedora edu

*Outreach to educational communities.
*Outreach to embedded communities.

*Create activities.sugarlabs.org based on addons.mozilla.org.
**Initial a.m.o patchset is pending review by Mozilla

====email====
dfarning@gmail.com

Oversight Board

2008-11-09T00:54:23Z

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== The Oversight Board ==

The first election of members to the Oversight Board occurred from 17–31 August, 2008. The elected members of the Oversight Board are:

* [[User:Marcopg|Marco Pesenti Gritti]] (Red Hat)
* [[User:Cjb|Chris Ball]] (One Laptop per Child)
* [[User:Walter|Walter Bender]] (Community member)
* [[User:Bernie|Bernardo Innocenti]] (Community member)
* [[User:Tomeu|Tomeu Vizoso]] (OLPC contractor)
* [[User:Gdk|Greg Dekoenigsberg]] (Red Hat)
* [[User:Dfarning|David Farning]] (Community member)

== Meetings ==

Details of meeting times and links to the minutes can be found at [[Sugar_Labs/OversightBoard/Minutes]]

===Additional roles within Sugar Labs===

Ombudsman: A neutral party with whom anyone (member or non-member) can consult with anonymously. The ombudsman will make a monthly report to the Oversight Board and the community. [[User:Bert|Bert Freudenberg]] is Ombudsman (Please email ombudsman (at) sugarlabs.org).

System administrator: ''ex officio'', nonvoting member of the Infrastructure Committee

Treasurer: ''ex officio'', nonvoting member of the Finance Committee

[[Category:Oversight board]]
[[Category:Governance]]

Supported systems

2008-11-09T00:52:20Z

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==Try Sugar==
This page is intended to give instructions on how to try Sugar:

''Step 1.'' Determine which of the various methods of running Sugar meet your needs:
;LiveCD/LiveUSB:Suitable for trying Sugar without having to install any software on almost any computer—just boot Sugar off of a CD or USB drive.
;Emulator:QEMU or VMWare let you run Sugar in an emulator on your computer—you'll need to install an emulator from which you launch Sugar.
;Install Sugar:If you are running one of the currently supported distributions, you can install Sugar using your systems standard package manager, e.g., Synaptic, apt-get, or yum.
;Build Sugar:You can run sugar-jhbuild to build the complete Sugar environment on most GNU/Linux systems.
;Pre-installed Sugar: Some computers come with Sugar pre-installed, most notably the OLPC-XO-1 laptop.

''Step 2.'' Refer to the [[#Matrix of Sugar solutions|matrix]] below to find a Sugar solution that works for you.

=== Computer labs ===

Bill Kerr has written up instructions for trying Sugar in computer labs which run only Windows
(Please see [http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2008/07/evaluating-sugar-in-developed-world.html]).

Caroline Meeks is developing a deployment model that only requires one USB stick per child (Please see [[DeploymentTeam/School_Key]]).

==Matrix of Sugar solutions==
There are many ways to run Sugar:
* As a [[#Starch|complete disk image]] on an existing machine;
* As a [[#Sucrose|session]] on a Linux system; or
* As part of a [[#Systems|complete hardware-software platform]].

(A discussion of '''technical considerations''' regarding supported systems is found [[Supported systems/Technical considerations|here]].)

===Starch===

[[Image:Sugar-on-CD-USB.jpg]]

[[Taxonomy#Starch.28es.29:_A_complete_disk_image_for_Sugar|Starch]] is a complete disk image for Sugar.

{|border=1
|+ '''A complete disk image for Sugar'''
|-
!Name
!Sugar Version
!Tested
!Notes
|-
|[ftp://rohrmoser-engineering.de/XO-LiveCD/XO-LiveCD_081106.iso LiveBackup XO-LiveCD]
|0.82
|No
|This is a Live CD of the OLPC system. [ftp://rohrmoser-engineering.de/XO-LiveCD/XO-LiveCD_081106.pdf Release Notes]
|-
|[[Image:Fedora.jpg|30px]][http://download.sugarlabs.org/sugar/liveimages/fedora-sugar-spin/fedora-sugar-spin-0.82-i686.iso LiveBackup Fedora-LiveCD]
|0.82
|Yes
|This is a Fedora Live CD of the Sugar system
|-
|[[Image:Ubuntu.jpg|30px]][http://dev.laptop.org/~probono/sbuntu/ Ubuntu LiveCD/LiveUSB]
|0.82
|
|Instructions for installing a Ubuntu LiveUSB
|}

===Sucrose===

[[Taxonomy#Sucrose:_The_interface.2C_plus_a_set_of_demonstration_activities|Sucrose]] is the Sugar interface plus a set of demonstration activities.

{|border=1
|+ '''The interface, plus a set of demonstration activities'''
|-
!Operating System !! Version !! Sugar Version !! Bundled !! Tested !! Notes
|-
|colspan=6 align=center|binary packages available
|-
|[[Image:Debian.jpg|30px]]Debian||4.0||0.82||Yes||Yes||[[Community/Distributions/Debian | Sugar on Debian]]
|-
|[[Image:Fedora.jpg|30px]]Fedora||7,8,9||0.82||Yes||Yes||[[Community/Distributions/Fedora | Sugar on Fedora]]
|-
|[[Image:Ubuntu.jpg|30px]]Ubuntu||8.04 (Hardy)||0.79.0-0ubuntu3||Yes||Yes||[[Community/Distributions/Ubuntu | Sugar on Ubuntu]]
|-
| ||8.04 (Hardy)||0.82||Yes|| ||[[Community/Distributions/Ubuntu#Sucrose_0.82 | Sugar on Ubuntu]]
|-
|colspan=6 align=center|packages not pre-built
|-
|[[Image:Gentoo-logo.svg|30px]]Gentoo||[x86] [amd64] 2008-10-31||0.83.1||Yes||Yes||[[Community/Distributions/Gentoo | Sugar on Gentoo]]
|-
|MacOS X|| || || || ||[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sugar_on_MacOS_X Sugar on MacOS X]
|-
|[[Image:Slackware.png|65px]]||Slackware 12|| || || ||[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sugar_on_Slackware Sugar on Slackware]
|-
|[[Image:XP.gif|78px]]||WindowsXP|| || ||No||[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sugar_on_Windows Sugar on Windows] [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-September/019643.html Tom van Overbeek describes how to run Sugar using QEMU]
|}

===Sugar for Various Systems===
Since Sugar is now available on most major GNU/Linux distributions, it is possible to run Sugar almost any computer that can run GNU/Linux. We highlight some systems below. Please add your favorite to the list.

{|border=1
|+ '''Complete Sugar Solutions'''
|-
!Manufacturer
!Model
!Operating System
!Tested
!Notes
|-
| [http://www.laptop.org OLPC]
| XO-1
| Fedora 9
| Yes
| Standard (reference) distribution
|-
| [http://www.asus.com ASUSTeK]
| Eee PC
|
| In initial testing phase
|
|-
| [http://www.intel.com Intel]
| Classmate Gen 1 & Gen 2
|
| under development
|
|}

== Getting the Sugar sources ==
Distributors can find the latest sources for the sucrose components [[ReleaseTeam/CurrentRelease/Sucrose#Getting_the_sources|here]]. Each [http://sugarlabs.org/go/ReleaseTeam/Roadmap#Schedule sucrose roadmap] entry has as well links to the release pages of earlier releases.

==Updating Sugar to the Latest Version==


[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Ubuntu http://sugarlabs.org/wiki/images/e/e2/Ubuntu.jpg]

===Ubuntu===

For a LiveCD/LiveUSB, check out the instructions [http://dev.laptop.org/~probono/sbuntu/].

Updated sucrose packages are usually published in a PPA: See [[Community/Distributions/Ubuntu#Sugar_on_Ubuntu_8.04|here]] for details.

If you want up-to-the-minute freshness (and brokenness) you can use [[DevelopmentTeam/Jhbuild|jhbuild]] to build from source instead of the released packages. Follow the instructions [[DevelopmentTeam/Jhbuild#Creating_an_xsession_for_Sugar-jhbuild|here]] to install sugar-jhbuild as an xsession option.


[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Debian http://sugarlabs.org/wiki/images/a/a1/Debian.jpg]

===Debian===

Sucrose packages are usually updated in unstable. These packages migrate to testing after a while. You can see the current package versions [http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=sugar&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all here].

If you want up-to-the-minute freshness (and brokenness) you can use [[DevelopmentTeam/Jhbuild|jhbuild]] to build from source instead of the released packages.


[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Fedora http://sugarlabs.org/wiki/images/1/1e/Fedora.jpg]

===Fedora===
==== Fedora LiveCD/Live USB ====

The Fedora Sugar Spin incorporates the Sugar environment on a Fedora Live CD.

With this spin, you'll be able to run Sugar from a Live CD! You'll find several activities on the image including most notably...

* sugar-browse - a web browsing activity based on xulrunner
* sugar-write - a word processor based on abiword

...among with several other applications introducing e.g. chat support.

The Fedora OLPC SIG will be importing further activities into Fedora, which might be installed using 'yum install sugar-*' at a later time.

Where can you get it? Easily, here:

http://download.sugarlabs.org/sugar/liveimages/fedora-sugar-spin/fedora-sugar-spin-0.82-i686.iso

Alternatively, you might want to refer to this, which is in fact the same image, just on another location:

http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/olpc/0.82/i686/sugar-spin.iso

Please ''be aware'' of the fact that the link above has changed recently - the old one won't work anymore! For more information, please see this post: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-olpc-list/2008-November/msg00003.html

And what if you wanted to put it onto a USB Key? Even easier!
You'll just need to grab Luke Macken's liveusb-creator, which already
includes support for the Sugar Spin. Here's the link:

https://fedorahosted.org/releases/l/i/liveusb-creator/liveusb-creator-3.0.zip

The liveusb-creator still contains the old link, which is the reason why you'll need to download the spin manually until this gets fixed.

'''Tip of the hat:''' Sebastian Dziallas and the Fedora team

==== Fedora on an OLPC XO ====

On an OLPC XO-1 laptop, run olpc-update as root.

Normally you only need to run ''olpc-update'' in the Terminal application with a build number, like this:

# olpc-update 703

'''Note:''' Now you can do this by means of the graphical [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sugar_Control_Panel Control Panel].

==== Update to the latest experimental version (a.k.a. Joyride) ====

<big>Joyride is for developers; it is not supported. Joyride builds may cause data corruption and in rare cases, even cause hardware damage, so please do not use Joyride on mission-critical systems.</big>

Joyride contains all the "bleeding-edge" features that are being debugged for inclusion in the next release.

Open the Terminal application and type the following, substituting 2469 for the latest version number.

# olpc-update joyride-2469

'''What's the latest version?''' You can find the latest build number (shown above as 1779) at the bottom of http://xs-dev.laptop.org/~cscott/xo-1/streams/joyride/

Updates usually takes 10–15 minutes. It's advised that you plug your XO in while Sugar updates itself, then reboot it to see the new OS take effect.

==== Other Options ====

These are options that can be used with the update command:

# olpc-update --help
<pre><nowiki>
Usage:
olpc-update [options] --hints hints-file
olpc-update [options] [-rf] build-number
olpc-update [options] [-rf] --usb
olpc-update --version
olpc-update --help

For example:
olpc-update 630
olpc-update joyride-1779
olpc-update update.1-700

Options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-f, --full skip incremental update attempt.
--force force update to an unsigned build.
-r, --reboot reboot after a successful update.
--hints=FILE name of json-encoded hints dictionary identifying the desired
new version.
-u, --usb upgrade from new build on inserted USB stick.
-v display verbose progress information; repeat for more verbose
output.
-q, --quiet don't output anything; use exit status to indicate success.
--version display version and license information.
</nowiki></pre>


[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Gentoo http://sugarlabs.org/wiki/images/5/5e/Gentoo-logo-small.jpg]

===Gentoo===
There are two methods to get Sugar on your Gentoo box: [[Community/Distributions/Gentoo#sugar-jhbuild|sugar-jhbuild]] and [[Community/Distributions/Gentoo#Sugar overlay|Sugar overlay]]. See [[Community/Distributions/Gentoo|Gentoo]] for details.

[[Category:Supported systems]]

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