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====Download locations====
 
====Download locations====
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The download is a CD-ROM disc image .iso file (380 MiB), which could be burned to a blank CD, and booted as a LiveCD to demonstrate Sugar (while no work or changes will be saved after shutdown). When the image is loaded to a USB storage device, it can be used to boot a computer into the Sugar environment and save one's work on the USB key without touching the computer's hard disc.
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* Help save our bandwidth. Please download via BitTorrent, if possible.
 
* Help save our bandwidth. Please download via BitTorrent, if possible.
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* or from one of the following locations. When downloading, please pick a download server that is close to your current location.
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* Alternatively, you can download from one of the following locations. Please pick a download server that is close to your current location.
*: The download is a CD-ROM disc image .iso file (380 MiB), which could be burned to a blank CD, and booted as a LiveCD to demonstrate Sugar (but no work or changes will be saved after shutdown).  When the image is loaded to a USB storage device, it can be used to boot a computer into the Sugar environment and save one's work on the USB disc without touching the computer's hard disc.
      
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| U.S.A. ''master'' || {{SoaS release path}}
 
| U.S.A. ''master'' || {{SoaS release path}}
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| U.S.A. ''mirror'' || http://download2.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/{{SoaS release image}}
 
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| Europe ''mirror'' || http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/software/sugarlabs/soas/releases/soas-strawberry.iso
 
| Europe ''mirror'' || http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/software/sugarlabs/soas/releases/soas-strawberry.iso
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====Confirming a proper download====
 
====Confirming a proper download====
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A SHA hash is used to determine if the file downloaded properly. The SHA1SUM hash __only__ for the Strawberry iso is:
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A SHA hash is used to determine if the file downloaded properly. The SHA1SUM hash ''only'' for the Strawberry release is:
 
  41b08c93a65cc1e38286b9f8980f51528a36761d
 
  41b08c93a65cc1e38286b9f8980f51528a36761d
    
You can check the SHA1SUM from the GNU/Linux shell:
 
You can check the SHA1SUM from the GNU/Linux shell:
   
  sha1sum soas-strawberry.iso
 
  sha1sum soas-strawberry.iso
    
If the hash matches the number above, then you can be reasonably sure that the file downloaded properly.
 
If the hash matches the number above, then you can be reasonably sure that the file downloaded properly.
Here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2q7l7Npb0s
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You can check out a video demonstrating the process here: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2q7l7Npb0s]
==== Latest ''experimental'' builds====
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'''Remember''', these are alpha quality&mdash;that means unstable and likely to frustrate all but developers and development testers.
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====Latest experimental builds====
* The newest snapshot releases of Sugar on a Stick v2 are available for download from: http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/snapshots/3/
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'''Remember:''' These builds are alpha quality; that means unstable and likely to frustrate everyone but developers and development testers. A new image structure is currently in development and will be made available soon.
*: The '3' series of SoaS snapshots refers to the third Fedora version of SoaS (1 = Fedora 10, 2 = Fedora 11, 3 = Fedora 12).
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* The newest snapshot releases of Sugar on a Stick v2 are available from: http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/snapshots/2/
* See [[Sugar on a Stick/Linux#SoaS_v2]] for boot instructions.
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* See [[Sugar on a Stick/Linux#SoaS_v2| the wiki]] for specific boot instructions.
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