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'''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 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:
We teamed up with the '''zyx-liveinstaller''' developer in order to provide:
We teamed up with the '''zyx-liveinstaller''' developer in order to provide:
* a seamless way of installing your personalized environment onto your computer's hard disk
* a seamless way of installing your personalized environment onto your computer's hard disk;
* that saves any changes that you made to your Sugar on a Stick system
* it even saves any changes that you made to your Sugar on a Stick system;
* without even requiring a reboot!
* and the installation does not even require a reboot.
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Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry features a number of well-selected e-books in the increasingly popular .epub file format. Historical classicals and interesting literature for young readers have found their way onto this release.
Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry supports viewing e-books through '''Read''', even in the increasingly popular .epub file format. Historical classicals and interesting literature for young readers are provided through an additional [[Sugar_on_a_Stick/E-Books|page]].
Thousands of additional e-books can even be easily accessed through the included '''Get Internet Archive Books''' Activity.
Thousands of additional e-books can even be easily accessed through the included '''Get Internet Archive Books''' Activity.
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Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry also includes many new Sugar Activities as well as updates to old favorites like '''Physics''' and '''TurtleArt'''. Activities shipping for the first time on Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry include '''SocialCalc''', a spreadsheet activity that allows users to do complex mathematical calculations, and '''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.
Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry also includes updates to the standard collection of activities 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.
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Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry is based on the latest version of the Fedora operating system.
Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry is based on the latest version of the Fedora operating system.