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Welcome to the Sugar Labs wiki (view source)
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Sugar provides a simple yet powerful means of engaging young children in the world of learning that is opened up by computers and the Internet. Sugar promotes sharing, collaborative learning, and reflection. Through Sugar's ''clarity of design'', children and their teachers use computers on their own terms; they are free to reshape, reinvent, and reapply both software and content into powerful learning activities.
Sugar provides a simple yet powerful means of engaging young children in the world of learning that is opened up by computers and the Internet. With Sugar, even the youngest learner will quickly become proficient in using the computer as a tool to engage in authentic problem-solving. Sugar promotes sharing, collaborative learning, and reflection, developing skills that help them in all aspects of life.
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==About Sugar==
==Sugar features==
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Sugar facilitates sharing and collaboration.
'''Sugar facilitates sharing and collaboration.'''
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[[Image:home_sharing.png]]
Write documents, share books and pictures, or make music together with ease.
Write documents, share books and pictures, or make music together with one mouse click.
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There are no files, folders, or applications.
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'''There are no files, folders, or applications.'''
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[[Image: home_activities.png]]
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Everything is saved automatically.
'''Everything is saved automatically.'''
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[[Image: home_backup.png]]
Our goal is to make it impossible to lose any data.
Our goal is to make it impossible to lose any data.
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A Journal is used for accessing data.
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'''A Journal is used for accessing data.'''
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[[Image: home_journal.png]]
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Sugar is available on many GNU/Linux distributions.
'''Sugar is available on many GNU/Linux distributions.'''
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[[Image: linux2.png]]
Sugar is supported by and [[DocumentationTeam/Try_Sugar|easily installed]] on [[Community/Distributions/Debian|Debian]], [[Community/Distributions/Ubuntu|Ubuntu]], [[Community/Distributions/Gentoo|Gentoo]], and [[Community/Distributions/Fedora|Fedora]].
Sugar is supported by and [[DocumentationTeam/Try_Sugar|easily installed]] on [[Community/Distributions/Debian|Debian]], [[Community/Distributions/Ubuntu|Ubuntu]], [[Community/Distributions/Gentoo|Gentoo]], and [[Community/Distributions/Fedora|Fedora]]. Sugar runs on most computer hardware including netbooks.
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Sugar is free software.
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'''Sugar is free software.'''
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Sugar is licensed under [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html GPL]; updates will <em>always</em> respect the freedom of its users.
It is written in Python and easy to customize. Sugar is licensed under [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html GPL]; updates will <em>always</em> respect the freedom of its users.
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'''Sugar is documented by its users.'''
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[[Image:Home_manual.png]]
Our [http://en.flossmanuals.net/Sugar manual] was written by members of the Sugar community. You can help!
Our [http://en.flossmanuals.net/Sugar manual] was written by members of the Sugar community and teachers around the world are creating a wealth of pedagogical materials for Sugar. You can help!
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