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| style="border: 0; border-width: 0;" | [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick Sugar on a Stick] is a [http://fedoraproject.org Fedora-based] operating system featuring the award-winning [http://sugarlabs.org Sugar Learning Platform] and designed to fit on an ordinary USB thumbdrive ("stick"). Learn more about [http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas/#home the project] and the [http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas/#about principles] behind it at our [http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas main user-facing Spin webpage]. The most recent version is version 3, code-named '''[[Sugar on a Stick/Mirabelle|Mirabelle]]''' and released on '''May 25, 2010.'''

| style="border: 0; border-width: 0;" | '''[[Sugar_on_a_Stick | Sugar on a Stick]]''' is [[What is Sugar?|Sugar]] packaged in a [http://fedoraproject.org/ Fedora-based] [[wikipedia:Live USB|Live USB]] operating system. It features the award-winning [http://sugarlabs.org Sugar Learning Platform] and is designed to fit on an ordinary USB thumbdrive ("stick"). The [http://spins.fedoraproject.org/about Fedora Spins group] is hosting the build, maintenance, and download environment for Sugar on a Stick. Learn more about [http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas/#home the project] and the [http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas/#about principles] behind it at Fedora's [http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas main learner-facing Spin webpage]. The most recent version is version 3, code-named '''[[Sugar on a Stick/Mirabelle|Mirabelle]]''' and released on '''25 May 2010.'''

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If you'd like to try out Sugar on a Stick, check out the main [http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas Sugar on a Stick Spin Page] - it's where our software downloads, usage instructions, and support information lives. After you've tried out Sugar on a Stick, we hope you'll come back here and join our community of contributors to help us make the next release even better.

If you'd like to try out Sugar on a Stick, check out the main [http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas Sugar on a Stick Spin Page] - it's where our software downloads, usage instructions, and support information lives. [[Sugar on a Stick/Installation |Abbreviated installation instructions]] are available at [[Sugar on a Stick/Installation]], and we welcome your suggestions and contributions for simplifying and clarifying the instructions with visual aids.

 

After you've tried out Sugar on a Stick, we hope you'll come back here and join our community of contributors to help us make the next release even better.

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You're in the right place! This page is a contributors portal to the project, and contains everything you need to get started in becoming part of the Sugar on a Stick community.

You're in the right place! This page is a contributors portal to the project, and contains everything you need to get started in becoming part of the Sugar on a Stick community.

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Deployments all over the world need many different types of help as they work through the [[Sugar on a Stick deployment process]] - we need help building resources for all deployments to use, supporting those deployments, and helping new deployments start, as well as gathering stories and feedback from deployments so that we can make the next version of Sugar on a Stick even better.

Deployments all over the world need many different types of help as they work through the [[Sugar on a Stick deployment process]] - we need help building resources for all deployments to use, supporting those deployments, and helping new deployments start, as well as gathering stories and feedback from deployments so that we can make the next version of Sugar on a Stick even better.

* ''"It's a wiki: Edit away!"'' is often said in open source communities. Almost nothing is set in stone and can't be undone. So if you've got ideas how to make instructions clearer and more accessible to our users, just go for it!

* ''"It's a wiki: Edit away!"'' is often said in open source communities. Almost nothing is set in stone and can't be undone. So if you've got ideas how to make instructions clearer and more accessible to our users, just go for it!

* We produce official documentation such as the [http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/docs/creation-kit/ Creation Kit] or the [http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/docs/customization-guide/ Customization Guide]. If you've an idea how to make them better, why don't you jump in and create a patch? Creating these nifty text files is simple - instructions live in the [[Sugar_on_a_Stick/Documentation_SOP|Documentation SOP]].

* We produce official documentation such as the [http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/docs/creation-kit/ Creation Kit] or the [http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/docs/customization-guide/ Customization Guide]. If you've an idea how to make them better, why don't you jump in and create a patch? Creating these nifty text files is simple - instructions live in the [[Sugar_on_a_Stick/Documentation_SOP|Documentation SOP]].

* Interested in starting a deployment or helping a specific one (with anything from pedagogical design to technical support to funding logistics)? Introduce yourself on the deployment lists for [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/ Sugar Labs] and [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/ One Laptop Per Child] and we'll get you connected with some teachers on the ground.

* Interested in starting a deployment or helping a specific one (with anything from pedagogical design to technical support to funding logistics)? Introduce yourself on the deployment lists for [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/ Sugar Labs] and [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/ One Laptop Per Child] and we'll get you connected with some teachers on the ground.

* We're looking for some people to help us assemble tools for our support team to use. Email the [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas Sugar on a Stick mailing list] if you're interested.

* We're looking for some people to help us assemble tools for our support team to use. Email the [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas Sugar on a Stick mailing list] if you're interested.

=== Release schedule ===

=== Release schedule ===

Our release schedule is based on the [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/Schedule Fedora release schedule]. The most recent release was v.3, code-named [[Mirabelle]], shipped on '''May 25, 2010''' and based on the Fedora 13 release schedule. The next Sugar on a Stick version will be based on the [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/14/Schedule Fedora 14 release schedule].

Our release schedule is based on the [[fedora:Releases/Schedule | Fedora release schedule]]. The most recent release was v.3, code-named [[Mirabelle]], shipped on '''May 25, 2010''' and based on the Fedora 13 release schedule. The next Sugar on a Stick version will be based on the [[fedora:Releases/14/Schedule | Fedora 14 release schedule]].

'''The schedule below is a draft and has not yet been approved. It will be discussed after the Mirabelle release.'''

'''The schedule below is a draft and has not yet been approved. It will be discussed after the Mirabelle release.'''

There are other [[:Category:Live USB|portable Sugar distributions]] that have similar goals that you may be interested in checking out. While these projects are not part of Sugar on a Stick, we watch them closely and try to work with them when possible (or at least we're trying to learn!)

There are other [[:Category:Live USB|portable Sugar distributions]] that have similar goals that you may be interested in checking out. While these projects are not part of Sugar on a Stick, we watch them closely and try to work with them when possible (or at least we're trying to learn!)