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==Sugar on a Stick Improve Deployability==

==Sugar on a Stick deployability==

The good news is Sugar on a Stick is being successfully used in Schools around the world now!  Based on these experiences this is a list of some of the known challenges that people may face piloting Sugar on a Stick right now.  September is start of school in the US, so we expect to see an increase in teachers trying Sugar.  We want to be ready with suggestions and work arounds as people face these challenges.

The good news is Sugar on a Stick is being successfully used in Schools around the world now!  Based on these experiences this is a list of some of the known challenges that people may face piloting Sugar on a Stick right now.  September is start of school in the US, so we expect to see an increase in teachers trying Sugar.  We want to be ready with suggestions and work arounds as people face these challenges.

===Make it easier for a teacher or school to customize a spin and then copy it for a hundred kids===

===Make it easier to customize===

Make it easier for a teacher or school to customize a spin and then copy it for a hundred kids.

Tickets on this topic:

Tickets on this topic:

It would be great if the teacher could use an inexpensive USB hub to burn more then one stick at a time.

It would be great if the teacher could use an inexpensive USB hub to burn more then one stick at a time.

===Stick Failure===

===Stick failure===

Discussions of Stick Failure and alternative file structures is now at [[../Stick Layout]]

Discussions of stick failure and alternative file structures is now at [[../Stick Layout]]

===Backup and recovery===

===Backup and recovery===

Ham and Dave from Solution Grove are making progress on this.  You can track progress on ticket {{bug|916}}

Ham and Dave from Solution Grove are making progress on this.  You can track progress on ticket {{bug|916}}

===What is a reasonable expectation for the role of the XS in Sugar on a Stick deployments in the next 6 months?===

===Role of the XS in SoaS deployments===

What is a reasonable expectation for the role of the XS in Sugar on a Stick deployments in the next 6 months?

===Collaboration is unreliable and thus frustrating===

===Collaboration is unreliable and thus frustrating===

Its working fairly well in the wired network at the GPA lab, but no other use case seem to work reliably.  We need to expand the Poets Guide to [[Collaboration]] to give people hints on how to set up a scenario that will work for them.

Its working fairly well in the wired network at the GPA lab, but no other use case seem to work reliably.  We need to expand the Poets Guide to [[Collaboration]] to give people hints on how to set up a scenario that will work for them.

===Using a CD helper takes a lot of prep time before and after class===

===Using a CD helper===

Using a CD helper takes a lot of prep time before and after class.

 

A floppy helper would reduce it.  A VM solution might also reduce it.  A network boot helper would also reduce it, for PCs that support a network boot.

A floppy helper would reduce it.  A VM solution might also reduce it.  A network boot helper would also reduce it, for PCs that support a network boot.

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