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<p style="font-size: 1.3em; background: #edfdd7; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #cde7a8">'''Sugar reinvents how computers can be used for education.''' Sugar provides a simple yet powerful means of engaging young children in the world of learning that is opened up by computing and the Internet. Sugar promotes sharing, collaborative learning, and reflection. Through Sugar's ''clarity of design'', children and their teachers use computation on their own terms; they are free to reshape, reinvent, and reapply both software and content into powerful learning activities. Sugar is a [[Community/GettingInvolved|community project]]; it is based on GNU/Linux, a free and open-source operating system.</p>
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<div style="font-size: 1.2em; background: #edfdd7; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #cde7a8">'''Sugar reinvents how computers can be used for education.''' Sugar provides a simple yet powerful means of engaging young children in the world of learning that is opened up by computing and the Internet. Sugar promotes sharing, collaborative learning, and reflection. Through Sugar's ''clarity of design'', children and their teachers use computation on their own terms; they are free to reshape, reinvent, and reapply both software and content into powerful learning activities. Sugar is a [[Community/GettingInvolved|community project]]; it is based on GNU/Linux, a free and open-source operating system.</div>
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==About Sugar==
    
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==Latest news==
 
==Latest news==
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* We continue to make progress on the [[Supported_systems#Starch|LiveCD and LiveUSB]] versions of Sugar.
 
* Read a Sugar community member's take on [http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/562 Sugar vs XP] and the [http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080920181151638 Groklaw] take.
 
* Read a Sugar community member's take on [http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/562 Sugar vs XP] and the [http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080920181151638 Groklaw] take.
 
* The Sugar Activity manuals are starting to appear on the FLOSS Manuals website. Check out the manual for [http://en.flossmanuals.net/write_activity Write] and write a manual for your favorite Activity.
 
* The Sugar Activity manuals are starting to appear on the FLOSS Manuals website. Check out the manual for [http://en.flossmanuals.net/write_activity Write] and write a manual for your favorite Activity.
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* [[Sugar_Labs/OversightBoard/Minutes#Friday_5_September_2008_-_14.00_.28UTC.29|Minutes]] from the Sugar Labs meeting on 5 September 2008.
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* The Sugar community has cast their votes; the newly elected Sugar Oversight Board members are Walter Bender, Marco Pesenti Gritti, Tomeu Vizoso, Chris Ball, Greg Dekoenigsberg, David Farning, and Bernie Innocenti. We'll be holding our first meeting on the #sugar-meeting channel on irc.freenode.net on Friday, 5 September, at 14:00 UTC.
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* The FLOSS Manual for Sugar is now online [http://en.flossmanuals.net/Sugar Sugar Manual]; please help improve it. Many thanks to Adam Hyde, Anne Gentle, David Farning, Mikus Grinbergs, Brian Jordan, Adam Holt, Janet Swisher, Morgan Collett, Yama Ploskonka, David Cramer, Emily Kaplan, Faisal Anwar, Christoph Derndorfer, Sandy Culver, Aaron Konstam, and the Sugar community.
   
* [[User:Aaron|Aaron Kaplan]] has ported Sugar to the Intel Classmate 2. You can read about it [http://www.olpcnews.com/software/operating_system/sugarizing_it_intel_classmate_2.html here].
 
* [[User:Aaron|Aaron Kaplan]] has ported Sugar to the Intel Classmate 2. You can read about it [http://www.olpcnews.com/software/operating_system/sugarizing_it_intel_classmate_2.html here].
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*[[ReleaseTeam/Releases/Sucrose/0.82|Sucrose 0.82]] has been released.
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* [[ReleaseTeam/Releases/Sucrose/0.82|Sucrose 0.82]] has been released.
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* Sugar wins a silver medal in the International Design Excellence Awards '08 (See [http://www.idsa.org/IDEA_Awards/gallery/2008/award_details.asp?ID=772])
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* Sugar wins a silver medal in the [http://www.idsa.org/IDEA_Awards/gallery/2008/award_details.asp?ID=772 International Design Excellence Awards '08].
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* A governance model for Sugar Labs has been posted to the wiki (Please see [[Sugar Labs/Governance|the governance page]]). Feel free to [[_talk:Sugar Labs/Governance|add comments]].
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* Wolfgang Rohrmoser reports that a new release (080607) of the Livebackup XO-LiveCD is available ([http://dev.laptop.org/pub/livebackupcd/build-708+joyride-2024 XO-LiveCD]).
      
For more news about Sugar Labs, please see visit the [[Sugar Labs/Current Events|Current Events page]].
 
For more news about Sugar Labs, please see visit the [[Sugar Labs/Current Events|Current Events page]].
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==What are the Sugar Labs?==
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==About Sugar Labs==
 
Sugar is available under the free software GNU General Public License (GPL) to anyone who wants to extend it. “Sugar Labs”, a member of the Software Freedom Conservancy, a non-profit foundation, serves as a support base and gathering place for the community of educators and software developers who want to extend the platform and create Sugar-compatible applications.
 
Sugar is available under the free software GNU General Public License (GPL) to anyone who wants to extend it. “Sugar Labs”, a member of the Software Freedom Conservancy, a non-profit foundation, serves as a support base and gathering place for the community of educators and software developers who want to extend the platform and create Sugar-compatible applications.
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<p style="font-size: 1.2em;">[[Community/GettingInvolved | Get involved ]] in the Sugar [[DevelopmentTeam | development]] and [[Community/GettingInvolved#Join_a_Team | community]] efforts.</p>
 
<p style="font-size: 1.2em;">[[Community/GettingInvolved | Get involved ]] in the Sugar [[DevelopmentTeam | development]] and [[Community/GettingInvolved#Join_a_Team | community]] efforts.</p>
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==Try Sugar/Get Sugar==
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==Try Sugar==
 
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[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Fedora http://sugarlabs.org/wiki/images/1/1e/Fedora.jpg]
 
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There are many ways to ''get'' Sugar: as a '''[[Supported_systems#Starch|separate disk image]]''' on an existing machine; as a '''[[Supported_systems#Sucrose|session on a Linux distribution]]'''; or as part of a '''[[Supported_systems#Systems|complete hardware-software platform]]'''.  
 
There are many ways to ''get'' Sugar: as a '''[[Supported_systems#Starch|separate disk image]]''' on an existing machine; as a '''[[Supported_systems#Sucrose|session on a Linux distribution]]'''; or as part of a '''[[Supported_systems#Systems|complete hardware-software platform]]'''.  
 
   
 
   
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== Activities ==
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== Some Sugar Activities ==
 
Sugar applications are called [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities/All Activities]. This is a list of some Activities that are installed by default. There is a proposal for an [[Activity portal]].
 
Sugar applications are called [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities/All Activities]. This is a list of some Activities that are installed by default. There is a proposal for an [[Activity portal]].
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* Other pages of interest to [[:Category:Developer|developers]]
 
* Other pages of interest to [[:Category:Developer|developers]]
 
* A [[Sugar Labs/Background|background]] discussion on [[What_is_Sugar%3F|Sugar]] and [[Sugar Labs]]
 
* A [[Sugar Labs/Background|background]] discussion on [[What_is_Sugar%3F|Sugar]] and [[Sugar Labs]]
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* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Category:Sugar The Sugar category] on olpcwiki for more.
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* We have chosen a [[Logo]] for Sugar Labs. Thanks to everyone who contributed [[DesignTeam/Logo-ideas|designs]].
   
* [[Community/FAQ|Frequently asked questions]]
 
* [[Community/FAQ|Frequently asked questions]]
  
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