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[[Image:Sugar.png|right|thumb|Sugar GUI Shell (Our Goal)]]

[[Image:Sugar.png|right|thumb|Sugar GUI Shell (Our Goal)]]

The OLPC's software environment is a heavily modified [[Community/Distributions/Fedora| Fedora]] 11 Linux system running a custom [[Sugar|GUI shell]] (Sugar).  To develop for the platform you will eventually need access to a platform which runs in a manner substantially similar to the OLPC environment.  To put it simply, you will likely need to have Sugar running on a computer.

The OLPC's software environment is a heavily modified [[Fedora]] 11 Linux system running a custom [[Sugar|GUI shell]] (Sugar).  To develop for the platform you will eventually need access to a platform which runs in a manner substantially similar to the OLPC environment.  To put it simply, you will likely need to have Sugar running on a computer.

There are two major approaches to running Sugar, running it natively on your machine, and running it in an emulated environment.  Which approach you choose will depend on a number of factors, including:

There are two major approaches to running Sugar, running it natively on your machine, and running it in an emulated environment.  Which approach you choose will depend on a number of factors, including:

This is what the core development team uses and is one of the most pleasant ways to work (once set up). Compared with using an Emulated XO, installing sugar takes more time and space to set up, and can be difficult to maintain, but results in a more flexible environment.

This is what the core development team uses and is one of the most pleasant ways to work (once set up). Compared with using an Emulated XO, installing sugar takes more time and space to set up, and can be difficult to maintain, but results in a more flexible environment.

The 'native' environment for sugar-jhbuild is [[Community/Distributions/Fedora|Fedora]], and this is by far the best supported development platform for sugar-jhbuild. [[Community/Distributions/Ubuntu|Ubuntu]] and [[Community/Distributions/Gentoo|Gentoo]] can also build the environment.

The 'native' environment for sugar-jhbuild is [[Fedora]], and this is by far the best supported development platform for sugar-jhbuild. [[Ubuntu]] and [[Gentoo]] can also build the environment.

Currently sugar-jhbuild requires about 2.5 hours to complete building on a modern workstation (AMD4800+).

Currently sugar-jhbuild requires about 2.5 hours to complete building on a modern workstation (AMD4800+).

As Sugar stabilizes and is ported to more distributions, it should be possible to use your Linux distribution's package management system to install Sugar.  Distributions with ports so far:

As Sugar stabilizes and is ported to more distributions, it should be possible to use your Linux distribution's package management system to install Sugar.  Distributions with ports so far:

* [[Community/Distributions/Ubuntu]] -- These packages seem to work well and are extremely easy to set up.  If you are running on Ubuntu Gutsy and are not working on Sugar's core software, this is very simple way to work.

* [[Ubuntu]] -- These packages seem to work well and are extremely easy to set up.  If you are running on Ubuntu Gutsy and are not working on Sugar's core software, this is very simple way to work.

* [[Community/Distributions/Debian]]-- Note that we need more testing of this package-set, please let us know your experiences

* [[Debian]]-- Note that we need more testing of this package-set, please let us know your experiences