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== About Sugar ==

== About Sugar ==

Sugar is a different desktop environment to what is normally used in Microsoft Windows, Apple's OS X or other Linux operating systems. It is conceived as a tool to allow kids to learn interactively. The first thing that a child sees, therefore, is not a hard disk or a trash can — it’s the other kids in the “neighborhood.” Programs and Applications are called Activities, many of which allow for collaboration between users who are connected to each other by Wifi or through a [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/SugarLabs:Community_Portal#Jabber_Networks Jabber network]. Sugar developers are encouraged to write activities with collaborative elements that are automatically enabled.

Sugar is a different desktop environment to what is normally used in Microsoft Windows, Apple's OS X or other Linux operating systems. It is conceived as a tool to allow kids to learn interactively. The first thing that a child sees, therefore, is not a hard disk or a trash can — it’s the other kids in the “neighborhood.” Programs and Applications are called Activities, many of which allow for collaboration between users who are connected to each other by Wifi or through a [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community#Jabber_Networks Jabber network]. Sugar developers are encouraged to write activities with collaborative elements that are automatically enabled.

Sugar is developed in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_%28programming_language%29 Python] and runs on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux Linux] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_%28computer_science%29 Kernel] 2.6.22 and the [http://fedoraproject.org/ Fedora 7] base environment.  

Sugar is developed in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_%28programming_language%29 Python] and runs on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux Linux] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_%28computer_science%29 Kernel] 2.6.22 and the [http://fedoraproject.org/ Fedora 7] base environment.  

*“simple” mesh network, which lets you collaborate directly with other XOs running Sugar.

*“simple” mesh network, which lets you collaborate directly with other XOs running Sugar.

From a conventional laptop running Sugar, connecting through an access point works. (Mesh support is becoming available on more machines.) Depending upon which [[SugarLabs:Community_Portal#Jabber_Networks|Jabber server]] you are connected to, you'll see different collections of "neighbors" in the Neighborhood View.

From a conventional laptop running Sugar, connecting through an access point works. (Mesh support is becoming available on more machines.) Depending upon which [[Community#Jabber_Networks|Jabber server]] you are connected to, you'll see different collections of "neighbors" in the Neighborhood View.

Read the [[Connecting To The Internet|Connecting to the Internet page]] for detailed instructions.

Read the [[Connecting To The Internet|Connecting to the Internet page]] for detailed instructions.