Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry contains a number of new features that improve the overall user and learning experience. Here is an overview of the most notable ones:
Sugar 0.86
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Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry ships the latest Sugar release, 0.86.3. It features:
- redesigned toolbars;
- improved wireless networking;
- EPUB file support for e-books (Read);
- better Gnash support for Adobe Flash content;
- easier keyboard configuration;
- support for tabbed browsing (Browse);
- and an easy way to update to the latest Activities (Control Panel).
Detailed release notes for Sugar 0.86 are available here.
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ZyX-LiveInstaller
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A frequent request we received concerned a means of installing Sugar to a hard disk.
We teamed up with the zyx-liveinstaller developer in order to provide:
- seamless installation of your personalized environment onto your computer's hard disk;
- it saves any changes that you made to your Sugar on a Stick system;
- and the installation does not even require a reboot.
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E-Books
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Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry supports viewing e-books through Read, including the increasingly popular .epub file format. Historical classicals and interesting literature for young readers are provided through an additional page.
Thousands of additional e-books can even be easily accessed through the included Get Internet Archive Books Activity.
A screencast of the e-book sharing process is also available.
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Activities
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Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry also includes updates to the standard collection of Activities for children and many new ones. An example is SocialCalc, a spreadsheet activity that allows users to do complex mathematical calculations. Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry also ships the TamTam activity suite, which takes the learner on a journey through sound and music, beginning with a simple musical toy and progressing up to a sophisticated sound synthesizer. Other activities, such as the very popular Physics and TurtleArt, have been updated. Sugar's rich collection of Activities are available for download from Sugar's Activity Library.
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Based On Fedora
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Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry is based on the latest version (F12) of the Fedora operating system, a GNU/Linux distribution which showcases the latest in free and open source software.
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