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| == Getting Sugar on a Stick (beta) == | | == Getting Sugar on a Stick (beta) == |
| + | Follow the instructions below to download a copy. |
| + | * Windows users: See [[Sugar on a Stick/Windows]]. |
| + | * Others: Save this file, http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-beta.iso |
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− | '''Note:''' The first SoaS beta is now available! Please check the [[/Beta|release notes]] and download it, unless you're a Windows user (in which case you'll be able to download it directly when creating your stick), from here: http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-beta.iso | + | '''Notes:''' |
| + | : The first SoaS beta is now available! Please check the [[/Beta|release notes]] and download it, unless you're a |
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− | We had a SoaS pre-release on April 10th, 2009 at [http://www.ncose.org/node/47 FOSSVT], where we premiered and distributed SoaS. We are testing the beta image again this week (the week of April 13) and are ready for the final release now. | + | : We had a SoaS pre-release on April 10th, 2009 at [http://www.ncose.org/node/47 FOSSVT], where we premiered and distributed SoaS. We are testing the beta image again this week (the week of April 13) and are ready for the final release now. |
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− | Please download, test (see [[Smoke test]]), and give feedback (on sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org and [[Sugar on a Stick/Getting Involved]])—please follow the instructions below to download a copy!
| + | '''Requirement:''' |
− | | + | : You'll need a USB flash drive, with a size of at least 1 GB! |
− | '''Requirement:''' You'll need a USB flash drive, with a size of at least 1 GB! | |
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| === Create Your Stick === | | === Create Your Stick === |
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− | Let us know how it goes! Send e-mail to [mailto:iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org]. This is our [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep "It's an Education Project" mailing list]. | + | Let us know how it goes! |
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| == Help the project == | | == Help the project == |
− | | + | See [[Sugar on a Stick/Getting Involved | our '''Getting Involved''' page]] for ways to contribute ideas and report bugs to the project. |
− | Please keep notes on which version of Sugar on a Stick you have downloaded when reporting issues.
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− | * When booting SoaS, you'll see for a short time a screen showing a kind of solar system.
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− | * Press the "Escape" button here and you'll get to the boot menu.
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− | * There, you should find the images name in the following structure: ''Soas{version number}-{date of creation}''
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− | Alternatively, you can also refer to the name of the .iso file, if you still have it around.
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− | To find out which version of Sugar you are using you can look it up in the 'About my Computer' Section in 'My Settings'.
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− | Report bugs to http://dev.sugarlabs.org/. Use the "SoaS" component when entering new bugs.
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| === For Developers: Downloading alternative images === | | === For Developers: Downloading alternative images === |