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− | | + | The second phase is packaging. Sugar Labs needed to reduce the barrier to entry to test and use Sugar. Greg and his team have been getting Sugar prepared on [[Community/Distributions/Fedora]]. Jonas has been shouldering the load at [[Community/Distributions/Debian]]. Morgan, Luke and James have been getting Sugar ready to ship on [[Community/Distributions/Ubuntu]]. Aleksey has been working on [[Community/Distributions/Gentoo]]. |
− | The second phase is packaging. Sugar Labs needed to reduce the barrier to entry to test and use Sugar. Greg and his team have been getting Sugar prepared on [[Community/Distributions/Fedora]]. Jonas has been shouldering the load at [[Community/Distributions/Debian]]. Morgan, Luke and James have been getting Sugar ready to ship on [[Community/Distributions/Ubuntu]]. | |
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| We are a few weeks away from Fedora based liveCDs and liveUSBs. Ubuntu will follow when some Abiword version issues are resolved. | | We are a few weeks away from Fedora based liveCDs and liveUSBs. Ubuntu will follow when some Abiword version issues are resolved. |
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| We have still have a way to go before Sugar is available on all desktops. Our next step in the packaging phase is to work on the server side | | We have still have a way to go before Sugar is available on all desktops. Our next step in the packaging phase is to work on the server side |
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| + | ==Phase 3. Partnering== |
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− | | + | The third phase is partnering. Sugar Labs needs to partner with existing open source in education projects. Some of the most successful projects are [www.skolelinux.org SkoleLinux], a Debian based project that has had good penetration in Northern Europe. In the next few months they will be join [www.linex.org LinEx], a distribution which originated in the Extremadura region of Spain. [k12linux.org K12Linux], formally know as k12LTSP, is base on the Linux Terminal Server Project. [edubuntu.org Edubuntu] is Ubuntu's education projects. |
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− | The third phase is partnering. Sugar Labs needs to partner with existing open source in education projects. Some of the most successful projects are SkoleLinux, a Debian based project that has had good penetration in Northern Europe. In the next few months they will be join Linex, a distribution which originated in the Extremadura region of Spain. K12Linux, formally know as k12LTSP, is base on the Linux Terminal Server Project. Edubuntu is Ubuntu's education projects. | |
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| There are many other project that are either regionally based, distribution based, or hardware based. | | There are many other project that are either regionally based, distribution based, or hardware based. |
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| The biggest advantage of partnering is our ability to leverage their existing marketing, customer support, and feedback processes. | | The biggest advantage of partnering is our ability to leverage their existing marketing, customer support, and feedback processes. |
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| The end goal is placing Sugar in front of students. Realistically, we are six-months away (as of October 2008) from non-OLPC turn-key deployments. In the meantime, we need to start developing a network of early adopters and technically proficient teachers to pull us forward. | | The end goal is placing Sugar in front of students. Realistically, we are six-months away (as of October 2008) from non-OLPC turn-key deployments. In the meantime, we need to start developing a network of early adopters and technically proficient teachers to pull us forward. |