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=[[File:trisquel_logo.png]] Trisquel 11 Sugar Toast=
 
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Trisquel on a Sugar toast (TOAST from now on) is a live/installable iso image that can be run from a CD/DVD or be used to load a USB drive with data persistence. Some other advanced uses are described below.
 
:'''also see: [[Trisquel]]'''
 
 
==[[Ubuntu#Ubuntu_12.04.2_LTS_-_Dextrose_Sugar_Live|'''Dextrose-Sugar 0.98.7''']]==
 
:A newer version of Ubuntu based Sugar (Trisquel sugar TOAST is Ubuntu Based)
 
 
==Trisquel-Sugar==
 
*Note most of the links on this page are no longer available 07/24/2013
 
: Look at Dextrose-Sugar 0.98.7 as a replacement.
 
[[File:Toast_boot_menu.png|200px|thumb|right|TOAST boot menu]]
 
__TOC__
 
Look at:
 
* '''[[Introduction to the Sugar Interface]]'''
 
* [[Introduction_to_the_Sugar_Interface/lang-es|'''Introducción a la interfaz de Azúcar''']]
 
:3 linked wiki pages of Annotated Screen-shots on features of the Sugar-Desktop and how to use it.
 
::Booted Trisquel 5.0-Sugar CD was used for most of the screen-shots
 
===Trisquel-sugar 6.0===
 
Download:[http://devel.trisquel.info/makeiso/iso/
 
 
===(not available) Trisquel 5.0 Sugar===
 
:http://devel.trisquel.info/sugar/toast/iso/trisquel-sugar_5.0_i686-20111204.iso 03 Dec 2011
 
:http://devel.trisquel.info/sugar/toast/iso/ 25-Nov-2011
 
 
: Trisquel 5.0 is based on the previous Ubuntu release, 11.04 Natty Narwhal.
 
=====[[Emulator_image_files/Trisquel#File:Trisquel_icon.png_Trisquel-5.0-sugar|VirtualBox Appliance]]=====
 
*click ^ for more information
 
===[[Sugar_Creation_Kit#How_to_install_Ubuntu_from_a_USB-Stick|How to install Ubuntu/Trisquel from a USB-Stick]]===
 
  
===Full install to Hard Disk===
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'''T'''risquel '''o'''n '''a''' '''S'''ugar '''T'''oast (TOAST from now on) is a live/installable iso image that can be run from a CD/DVD or be used to load a USB drive with data persistence.
: Use startup boot splash of CD to select install to HD
 
===Install To 4 GB USB-stick===
 
::Formatted /boot 500 ext4 / ext4 3300
 
*Boot CD
 
:Install Trisquel
 
::Choose USB /dev/sdb;/dev/sdc;...etc
 
*Boot USB-stick and Customize it:
 
:(add and modify activities; .pdf files etc that you want to have loaded in the sugar-journal)
 
{{Note/note|
 
* '''When making a new USB-stick''', to clear the Sugar Journal of old entries and to avoid identity conflicts among copies of the USB, enter the command {{Code|rm&nbsp;~&nbsp;rf&nbsp;/.sugar}} in the Terminal activity. Then shutdown the USB-stick. This will clear all Learner information on the USB and let you start with a fresh install. Skipping this will result in collisions in the Neighborhood view of the Jabber network between separate copies of the appliance. Verify the presence of the '''.sugar''' directory by entering {{Code|ls&nbsp;-a}} in Terminal.
 
* '''When cloning a customized USB-stick''', in order to keep the Journal and installed .xo Activities, use {{Code|rm&nbsp;~/.sugar/default/owner.key*}} in the Sugar Terminal, and then shutdown the USB-stick. This leaves the Journal entries and removes only the previous Learner's identity key files.}}
 
*Sugar-terminal
 
sudo su
 
Changes to root terminal(#)
 
shutdown -h now
 
(USB-stick shuts down)
 
====Make .img file====
 
:insert 4 GB USB disk in PC
 
{{Note/note|
 
You must replace "(x)" with the appropriate small Latin letter ("a", "b", "c", ...), so the name corresponds to your USB stick.
 
For example, the name could be "/dev/sdc".
 
be careful to not mistake your USB stick with another device, because the commands above will delete everything on that device.
 
You can see which device your USB stick is by typing "mount" in terminal}}
 
  
$ sudo su
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* http://us.archive.trisquel.info/iso/trisquel_11.0.1_amd64.iso
[sudo] password for <USER>:  
 
# dd if=/dev/sd(x) of=Tris-5-i686.img bs=2M
 
1912+0 records in
 
1912+0 records out
 
4009754624 bytes (4.0 GB) copied, 174.034 s, 23.0 MB/s
 
  
====Write .img file to another 4 GB USB disk====
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Among other things,
:insert another 4GB USB in PC
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* It has lots of Activities
# dd if=Tris-5-i686.img of=/dev/sd(x) bs=2M
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* It autostarts if you just turn it on
1912+0 records in
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* It has a joyful splash screen
1912+0 records out
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* It uses any Linux swap partitions it finds
4009754624 bytes (4.0 GB) copied, 925.221 s, 4.3 MB/s
 
*This will be a NEW USB to boot which will have it's own ssh keys; color; and name; when booted. If you followed the commands in the blue note above.
 
:'''You can run this multiple times to mass duplicate new USB's'''
 
  
===USB_startup_disk_creator===
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Now for the bad news...
*Creates a Live USB with peristence from booted Trisquel 5 Sugar CD
 
  
terminal:
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* It only has English and Spanish as language options
'''usb-creator-gtk'''
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* it is missing the firmware to make some wireless chips work (Intel 3945, maybe others)
* '''Use 2nd USB-stick with Trisquel-5 sugar.iso file as source'''
 
::requires 2 USB-sticks
 
# Target USB-stick to write to
 
# 2nd USB-stick with Trisquel-5 sugar.iso
 
: Or any Ubuntu based .iso
 
  
==Main features of Trisquel-Sugar==
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and it shares a hardware-specific bug with the other Sugar Live systems:
===Trisquel 4.5-sugar===
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* With some nVidia video cards, Xorg's "nouveau" DRI driver bug which makes  github.com/login go all gray and affects other websites including gmail.com The simplest and least invasive fix is to delete /usr/lib/*-linux-gnu/dri/nouveau_dri.so<BR>Hot fix on Live System: CTRL-ALT-F2 trisquel [Enter] [Enter] sudo rm /usr/lib/*-linux-gnu/dri/nouveau_dri.so; sudo killall Xorg [Enter] then login as trisquel [Enter] [Enter])<BR>For gory details see [http://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-live-build/issues/20 sugar-live-build issue 20]
*Sugar 0.88.1 with the Fructose and Honey activities.
 
*Built on top of Trisquel 4.5 (based on Ubuntu 10.04), making it 100% free.
 
*395MB iso image for i386 PC's. An amd64 version is available, but not published as it might make distribution a little more complicated while providing almost no advantages.
 
*30 languages included (English as default):
 
**ar bn ca de el en es eu fa fr gl he hi it ja mg mn nb ne nl pt_PT ru si sl sq sv tr ur vi zh_CN
 
*Graphical boot splash with translated options menu
 
*Graphical USB-creator tool built in
 
*Sugar-style artwork
 
  
===(not available) Trisquel 4.0-sugar===
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==Bug Reports==
*Sugar 0.86.2 with the Fructose and Honey activities.
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Use '''https://gitlab.trisquel.org/trisquel/makeiso/-/issues''' to report bugs specific to the TOAST ISO image.
*Built on top of Trisquel 3.0 (based on Ubuntu 9.10), making it 100% free.
 
*395MB iso image for i386 PC's. An amd64 version is available, but not published as it might make distribution a little more complicated while providing almost no advantages.
 
*30 languages included (English as default):
 
**ar bn ca de el en es eu fa fr gl he hi it ja mg mn nb ne nl pt_PT ru si sl sq sv tr ur vi zh_CN
 
*Graphical boot splash with translated options menu
 
*Graphical USB-creator tool built in
 
*Sugar-style artwork
 
  
===(not available) Trisquel 3.0-sugar===
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Use '''http://trisquel.info/en/project/issues''' to report bugs generic to Trisquel, with tag "sugar" and milestone "etiona".
*Sugar 0.86.2 with the Fructose and Honey activities.
 
*Built on top of Trisquel 3.0 (based on Ubuntu 9.04), making it 100% free.
 
*395MB iso image for i386 PC's. An amd64 version is available, but not published as it might make distribution a little more complicated while providing almost no advantages.
 
*30 languages included (English as default):
 
**ar bn ca de el en es eu fa fr gl he hi it ja mg mn nb ne nl pt_PT ru si sl sq sv tr ur vi zh_CN
 
*Graphical boot splash with translated options menu
 
*Graphical USB-creator tool built in
 
*Sugar-style artwork
 
More info and screenshots can be found here: http://trisquel.info/en/trisquel-sugar
 
 
 
==[[File:trisquel_logo.png]] Download==
 
 
 
====(not available) Trisquel-sugar_5.0-i686====
 
*Testing: http:http://devel.trisquel.info/dagda/iso/
 
 
 
 
 
====Trisquel-sugar_4.5.1_i686====
 
 
 
::http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/trisquel-sugar_4.5.1_i686.iso
 
:: (not available) http://devel.trisquel.info/sugar/trisquel-sugar_4.5.1_i686.iso
 
 
 
 
 
: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Community/Distributions/Trisquel#trisquel-sugar_4.5.1_i686
 
:: NEW 05/22/2011
 
 
 
====(not available) trisquel-sugar_4.1====
 
 
 
*'''Download:[http://devel.trisquel.info/sugar/ trisquel-sugar_4.1]'''
 
:http://devel.trisquel.info/sugar/
 
 
 
 
 
====(not available) trisquel-sugar_3.0====
 
*'''Download:[http://devel.trisquel.info/sugar/ trisquel-sugar_3.0]'''
 
:http://devel.trisquel.info/sugar/
 
:
 
====Bug Reports====
 
:  '''Use http://trisquel.info/en/project/issues''' to report bugs
 
  
 
==Install to disk==
 
==Install to disk==
 
 
You can use TOAST live from a removable media, or perform a permanent install as you do with any GNU/Linux distro. You can select "Install Triquel" in the main boot menu to do so. If you already started a live session, you can manually launch the installer by running "ubiquity" in the terminal activity.
 
You can use TOAST live from a removable media, or perform a permanent install as you do with any GNU/Linux distro. You can select "Install Triquel" in the main boot menu to do so. If you already started a live session, you can manually launch the installer by running "ubiquity" in the terminal activity.
  
==[[File:Usb1.png]] dd writable 2GB USB .img==
 
:"TOAST" '''T'''risquel '''O'''n '''A''' '''S'''ugar '''T'''oast
 
===Image of a Full Install to a 2 GB USB ===
 
 
::file structure:  fat 32/ boot,lba / 1.72GiB -1.62GiB used
 
::::''' note use gparted to expand the USB if using a larger USB'''
 
::Persistent (just like a Hard Disk Install)
 
: sweets sugar 0.88.1
 
:Easy Duplication- about 5 minutes to write from the image.
 
:Ready to start by registering new user's name and color
 
====Download====
 
:'''http://download.sugarlabs.org/images/Trisquel_4-5-1a-sugar.img''' 1.9G
 
:Compressed:  http://download.sugarlabs.org/images/Trisquel_4-5-1a-sugar.img.tar.bz2  397M
 
 
====dd write====
 
#(root terminal)
 
dd if=Trisquel_4-5-1a-sugar.img of=/dev/sd(x) bs=4k [1]
 
489472+0 records in
 
489472+0 records out
 
2004877312 bytes (2.0 GB) copied, 296.656 s, 6.8 MB/s
 
 
:[1] (x)=your device name.  type "mount" in terminal to see it
 
::'''CAUTION Do not use /dev/sda'''
 
 
* Disregard this message if it appears:
 
:''' dd: writing to /dev/sd(x)': No space left on device'''
 
: The .img file is actually smaller than 2.0 GB (1.9GB) so it will work.
 
: the critical parts of the USB image are written prior to this message appearing
 
:::(THE USB was resized in gparted. before writing to an .img)
 
:some 2Gb USB's are smaller than the 2 GB Lexar I used.
 
 
* tested on
 
:2 Gb Lexar Firefly USB
 
:2 GB Verbatum Sliding cover USB  (smaller)
 
:2 GB Sandisk Cruzer micro ('''after removing U3 hidden partition''') (smaller)
 
::How to remove u3 partition: [[Sugar_Creation_Kit#Cautions_with_u3_USB_sticks]]
 
 
==[[File:Usb1.png]]How to make a Startup Disk Creator-Persistent USB-stick==
 
:Using a trisquel 4.5.1 HD (gnome) install
 
===Required===
 
# 2 GB USB formatted fat16
 
# Trisquel 4.5.1-sugar.iso
 
 
==Make Persistent USB==
 
Open Startup Disk Creator
 
select "other" and  and find  Trisquel 4.5.1-sugar.iso
 
insert 2 GB USB formatted fat 16
 
select this USB from Drop-down box
 
set persistence file size with slider
 
  (Do not set persistence slider greater than 1.8GB) this is fat 16
 
You will get 3 pop-ups requesting password as it writes USB
 
==Browse Does not Start/Use surf-115.xo==
 
;download to a 2nd USB and drag drop to journal
 
http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Surf-115.xo
 
:This is required for a browser.
 
 
==Password==
 
==Password==
; if you do a restart you will be returned to the gdm login screen:
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if you do a restart you will be returned to the gdm login screen:
 
  user=trisquel
 
  user=trisquel
  password= none; hit return
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  password= none; hit [Enter]
 
 
==Configure a Sugar-ltsp-server==
 
  
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==Advanced topics==
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===Configure a Sugar-ltsp-server===
 
:you just have to install sugar on the central server
 
:you just have to install sugar on the central server
 
  sudo apt-get install trisquel-sugar
 
  sudo apt-get install trisquel-sugar
 
*LINK: https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/configure-ltsp-server
 
*LINK: https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/configure-ltsp-server
 
==Create a USB thumb drive==
 
A Live USB thumb drive runs faster and allows the user to keep the data and settings for the next run. To get that, download the iso and burn it on a blank CD. Start a Live session with it, plug your flash drive and open the terminal activity. Run the command usb-creator and follow the instructions to configure your USB drive. If it is FAT formated (the most usual format for these units), the data on it will not be erased, and will remain accessible.
 
  
 
===Live CD persistence===
 
===Live CD persistence===
 
 
You can achieve user data persistence by loading TOAST from a handy USB drive, but you can also use a regular Live CD for that, and it will work in systems with no USB-boot capabilities. You just need to pass the "persistent" parameter to the Live CD kernel (pressing F4 in the boot menu) and have a ext2 (ext3 and 4 will work too) partition labeled "live-rw" available in any disk. It can be a USB flash drive too.
 
You can achieve user data persistence by loading TOAST from a handy USB drive, but you can also use a regular Live CD for that, and it will work in systems with no USB-boot capabilities. You just need to pass the "persistent" parameter to the Live CD kernel (pressing F4 in the boot menu) and have a ext2 (ext3 and 4 will work too) partition labeled "live-rw" available in any disk. It can be a USB flash drive too.
  
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===USB load helper===
 
===USB load helper===
 
 
Some computers -like Apple's- cannot boot an operating system from a thumb drive, and in some cases the computer is not configured to do so and the user doesn't have the privileges or knowledge to do that, and a CD is the only method for booting a system. As USB images run faster and can provide integrated persistence, you might want to use the Live CD to load just the kernel and run the live session from the faster flash drive instead. You just need to create a Live USB drive using the method described above, and boot the computer with both the CD and the USB drive inserted. Set the computer to boot from the CD, and it will load the kernel and search for USB drives to continue booting from them.
 
Some computers -like Apple's- cannot boot an operating system from a thumb drive, and in some cases the computer is not configured to do so and the user doesn't have the privileges or knowledge to do that, and a CD is the only method for booting a system. As USB images run faster and can provide integrated persistence, you might want to use the Live CD to load just the kernel and run the live session from the faster flash drive instead. You just need to create a Live USB drive using the method described above, and boot the computer with both the CD and the USB drive inserted. Set the computer to boot from the CD, and it will load the kernel and search for USB drives to continue booting from them.
  
 
===Easy virtualized images===
 
===Easy virtualized images===
 
 
The above methods can also be used in a virtualization application like VirtualBox or KVM. You just need to start a live session using the TOAST iso, format the virtual disk with ext3, label it "live-rw" and reboot. Since then, the virtual disk will store the persistent data. If a new TOAST iso is released, you just need to replace the image attached to your virtualization system.
 
The above methods can also be used in a virtualization application like VirtualBox or KVM. You just need to start a live session using the TOAST iso, format the virtual disk with ext3, label it "live-rw" and reboot. Since then, the virtual disk will store the persistent data. If a new TOAST iso is released, you just need to replace the image attached to your virtualization system.
 
  
 
===SD cards support===
 
===SD cards support===
 
 
Using a USB SD card reader you should be able to use the usb-creator tool to load the live image into a SD card. That will allow you to boot the persistent live system in a XO or netbook, or install TOAST in its hard drive. It should also work with other card formats, as long as the computer is able to boot from them.
 
Using a USB SD card reader you should be able to use the usb-creator tool to load the live image into a SD card. That will allow you to boot the persistent live system in a XO or netbook, or install TOAST in its hard drive. It should also work with other card formats, as long as the computer is able to boot from them.
  
==Updating==
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===Updating===
 
 
 
To get the latest version of the Sugar activities, just open the updater in the user settings window. To update the Trisquel system underneath, open a terminal and run this commands:
 
To get the latest version of the Sugar activities, just open the updater in the user settings window. To update the Trisquel system underneath, open a terminal and run this commands:
  
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  sudo apt-get upgrade
 
  sudo apt-get upgrade
  
This procedure will also update the Fructose activities, and it will no interfere with the Sugar updater in any way.
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This procedure will also update the Fructose activities, and it will not interfere with the Sugar updater.
 
 
==Changelog==
 
*20091021
 
** New partition layout, XO compatibility improved
 
** USB-creator activity added
 
** Fixes #1497
 
** 35MB lighter (395MB)
 
*20091020
 
** Several Sugar bugfixes and updates: sugar-imageviewer v14, sugar-pippy #1058, sugar-read v76, sugar-terminal v28, sugar-toolkit #1507, sugar-turtleart v75, sugar #1373 #1476 #1506
 
*20091009
 
**Sugar updated to 0.86.2
 
*20091002
 
**Sugar updated to 0.86.1
 
**olpc.fth patch included: http://trisquel.info/en/issues/please-include-bootolpcfth-ext2-bootable-parition
 
 
 
 
 
==='''Suggestions'''===
 
*[[Emulator/Full Screen|configure full screen]],
 
* '''To download and install more applications from ASLO'''
 
: Open browse application- click on "Applications" (top Right)
 
::download and install applications from ASLO
 
*''' Sugar Desktop Full Screen'''
 
: Log out and log in with "Sugar" selected on bottom gdm bar.
 
 
 
===Cautions===
 
: '''Do NOT upgrade sugar-browse from sugar-browse- to sugar-browse-120''' via the CP/upgrade. It will not start.
 
::Fix: Remove browse-120 from journal then restart sugar
 
 
 
===References===
 
:http://trisquel.info/en/wiki/customizing-trisquel-iso
 
::Scripts to make USB: http://devel.trisquel.info/live-usb/
 
  
==Subpages index==
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===Customizing Trisquel===
{{Special:PrefixIndex/{{PAGENAMEE}}/}}
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See '''http://trisquel.info/en/wiki/customizing-trisquel-iso'''

Latest revision as of 15:04, 21 October 2024


Trisquel logo.png Trisquel 11 Sugar Toast

Trisquel on a Sugar Toast (TOAST from now on) is a live/installable iso image that can be run from a CD/DVD or be used to load a USB drive with data persistence.

Among other things,

  • It has lots of Activities
  • It autostarts if you just turn it on
  • It has a joyful splash screen
  • It uses any Linux swap partitions it finds

Now for the bad news...

  • It only has English and Spanish as language options
  • it is missing the firmware to make some wireless chips work (Intel 3945, maybe others)

and it shares a hardware-specific bug with the other Sugar Live systems:

  • With some nVidia video cards, Xorg's "nouveau" DRI driver bug which makes github.com/login go all gray and affects other websites including gmail.com The simplest and least invasive fix is to delete /usr/lib/*-linux-gnu/dri/nouveau_dri.so
    Hot fix on Live System: CTRL-ALT-F2 trisquel [Enter] [Enter] sudo rm /usr/lib/*-linux-gnu/dri/nouveau_dri.so; sudo killall Xorg [Enter] then login as trisquel [Enter] [Enter])
    For gory details see sugar-live-build issue 20

Bug Reports

Use https://gitlab.trisquel.org/trisquel/makeiso/-/issues to report bugs specific to the TOAST ISO image.

Use http://trisquel.info/en/project/issues to report bugs generic to Trisquel, with tag "sugar" and milestone "etiona".

Install to disk

You can use TOAST live from a removable media, or perform a permanent install as you do with any GNU/Linux distro. You can select "Install Triquel" in the main boot menu to do so. If you already started a live session, you can manually launch the installer by running "ubiquity" in the terminal activity.

Password

if you do a restart you will be returned to the gdm login screen:

user=trisquel
password= none; hit [Enter]

Advanced topics

Configure a Sugar-ltsp-server

you just have to install sugar on the central server
sudo apt-get install trisquel-sugar

Live CD persistence

You can achieve user data persistence by loading TOAST from a handy USB drive, but you can also use a regular Live CD for that, and it will work in systems with no USB-boot capabilities. You just need to pass the "persistent" parameter to the Live CD kernel (pressing F4 in the boot menu) and have a ext2 (ext3 and 4 will work too) partition labeled "live-rw" available in any disk. It can be a USB flash drive too.

Any data in the /home directory will be stored in the live-rw partition; if you need to install a persistent file outside /home, as a config file or a program, or even install some deb packages, you just need to label the partition "casper-rw" instead. For normal Sugar, use "live-rw".

This method is useful to save space in the thumb drive for persistence data, and also because the persistence partition can be mounted and accessed from other computers. It can be used to have live persistent sessions in systems that cannot boot from USB, but this will work faster if you use the method described next.

USB load helper

Some computers -like Apple's- cannot boot an operating system from a thumb drive, and in some cases the computer is not configured to do so and the user doesn't have the privileges or knowledge to do that, and a CD is the only method for booting a system. As USB images run faster and can provide integrated persistence, you might want to use the Live CD to load just the kernel and run the live session from the faster flash drive instead. You just need to create a Live USB drive using the method described above, and boot the computer with both the CD and the USB drive inserted. Set the computer to boot from the CD, and it will load the kernel and search for USB drives to continue booting from them.

Easy virtualized images

The above methods can also be used in a virtualization application like VirtualBox or KVM. You just need to start a live session using the TOAST iso, format the virtual disk with ext3, label it "live-rw" and reboot. Since then, the virtual disk will store the persistent data. If a new TOAST iso is released, you just need to replace the image attached to your virtualization system.

SD cards support

Using a USB SD card reader you should be able to use the usb-creator tool to load the live image into a SD card. That will allow you to boot the persistent live system in a XO or netbook, or install TOAST in its hard drive. It should also work with other card formats, as long as the computer is able to boot from them.

Updating

To get the latest version of the Sugar activities, just open the updater in the user settings window. To update the Trisquel system underneath, open a terminal and run this commands:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

This procedure will also update the Fructose activities, and it will not interfere with the Sugar updater.

Customizing Trisquel

See http://trisquel.info/en/wiki/customizing-trisquel-iso