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== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==
Sugar Labs offers ubiquitous access to Sugar in a USB (Universal Serial Bus) flash memory drive (stick). The Sugar on a Stick project (''still in Beta'') gives children access to ''their'' Sugar on any computer in their environment with just a USB memory stick. Taking advantage of the Fedora LiveUSB, it's possible to store everything you need to run Sugar on a single USB memory stick (minimum size 1GB). This small USB device can boot into the Sugar learning platform on different computers at home, at school, or at an after school program, bypassing the software on the those computers. In fact, Sugar on a Stick will work even if the computer does not have a hard-drive. With Sugar on a Stick, the learning experience is the same on any computer: at school, at home, at the library, or an after-school center.
Sugar Labs offers ubiquitous access to Sugar in a USB (Universal Serial Bus) flash memory drive (stick). The Sugar on a Stick project (''still in Beta'') gives children access to ''their'' Sugar on any computer in their environment with just a USB memory stick. Taking advantage of the Fedora LiveUSB, it's possible to store everything you need to run Sugar on a single USB memory stick (minimum size 1GB). This small USB device can boot into the Sugar learning platform on different computers at home, at school, or at an after-school program, bypassing the software on the those computers. In fact, Sugar on a Stick will work even if the computer does not have a hard-drive. With Sugar on a Stick, the learning experience is the same on any computer: at school, at home, at the library, or an after-school center.
You can learn more from [http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/02/05/sugar-beyond-the-xo-laptop-walter-bender-on-olpc-sucrose-084-and-sugar-on-a-stick/ Walter Bender's interview with Xconomy], [http://www.olpcnews.com/software/sugar/sugar_on_a_stick_netbooks.html Wayan Vota's video] and [http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157613785006745/ Mike Lee's pictures].
You can learn more from [http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/02/05/sugar-beyond-the-xo-laptop-walter-bender-on-olpc-sucrose-084-and-sugar-on-a-stick/ Walter Bender's interview with Xconomy], [http://www.olpcnews.com/software/sugar/sugar_on_a_stick_netbooks.html Wayan Vota's video] and [http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157613785006745/ Mike Lee's pictures].
'''What's exactly on the Stick''': The Fedora version contains a compressed copy of Fedora 11 that will boot, run in memory and maintain changes on a USB flash drive with a standard FAT16 or FAT32 partition. The files coexist with other files the user may have or put on the disk. Different types of configurations are being designed to offer the options to run virtualizations or emulations and to use virtual machines on existing computers saving the Sugar Home folder (user's work) on the Stick for use at another workstation. See our [[Sugar on a Stick/Resources| resources]] for more information.
'''What's exactly on the Stick''': The Fedora version contains a compressed copy of Fedora 11 that will boot, run in memory, and maintain changes on a USB flash drive with a standard FAT16 or FAT32 partition. The files coexist with other files the user may have or put on the disk. Different types of configurations are being designed to offer the options to run virtualizations or emulations and to use virtual machines on existing computers, saving the Sugar Home folder (the user's work) on the Stick for use at another workstation. See our [[Sugar on a Stick/Resources| resources page]] for more information.
== Project Goals ==
== Project Goals ==
* Sugar on a Stick as 1-to-1 computing in an elementary school
* Sugar on a Stick as 1-to-1 computing in an elementary school
* Sugar on a Stick to empower middle- and high-school students to help test
* Sugar on a Stick to empower middle- and high-school students to help test, and learn computing platforms as learning tools
* Sugar on a Stick for conferences to let people try Sugar and collaborate with other conference participants
* Sugar on a Stick for learning conferences to let people try Sugar and collaborate with other conference participants
''Would you like to help?'' Sugar Labs is entirely volunteer run. Please [[/Getting Involved| get involved]]
'''''Would you like to help?'''''... Sugar Labs is entirely volunteer run. Please '''[[/Getting Involved| get involved]]'''.
== Getting Sugar on a Stick (beta) ==
== Getting Sugar on a Stick (beta) ==
We had a SoaS pre-release on April 10th, 2009 at [http://www.ncose.org/node/47 FOSSVT], where we premiered and distributed SoaS. We are testing the beta image again this week (the week of April 13) and are ready for the final release now.
We had a SoaS pre-release on April 10th, 2009 at [http://www.ncose.org/node/47 FOSSVT], where we premiered and distributed SoaS. We are testing the beta image again this week (the week of April 13) and are ready for the final release now.
Please download, test (see [[Smoke test]]), and give feedback (on sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org and [[Sugar on a Stick/Getting Involved]]) – please follow the instructions below to download a copy!
Please download, test (see [[Smoke test]]), and give feedback (on sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org and [[Sugar on a Stick/Getting Involved]])—please follow the instructions below to download a copy!
'''Requirement:''' You'll need a USB key, with a size of at least 1 GB!
'''Requirement:''' You'll need a USB flash drive, with a size of at least 1 GB!
=== Create Your Stick ===
=== Create Your Stick ===
Once your stick boots, you'll find yourself in your own Sugar environment, ready to play and learn.
Once your stick boots, you'll find yourself in your own Sugar environment, ready to play and learn.
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[[olpc:Keyboard_shortcuts|Keyboard shortcuts]] also lists some of the Sugar keyboard shortcuts on a PC keyboard.
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Let us know how it goes! Send e-mail to [mailto:iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org]. This is our [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep "It's an Education Project" mailing list].
Let us know how it goes! Send e-mail to iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org. This is our "Its an Education Project" mailing list.
== Help the project ==
== Help the project ==
Alternatively, you can also refer to the name of the .iso file, if you still have it around.
Alternatively, you can also refer to the name of the .iso file, if you still have it around.
To find out which version of Sugar you are using you can look it up in the 'About my Computer' Section in the Control Panel.
To find out which version of Sugar you are using you can look it up in the 'About my Computer' Section in 'My Settings'.
Report bugs to http://dev.sugarlabs.org/. Use the "SoaS" component when entering new bugs.
Report bugs to http://dev.sugarlabs.org/. Use the "SoaS" component when entering new bugs.
* The SoaS beta release is currently based on ''{{SoaS-2 beta}}''. It's the most stable solution we've available right now and is recommended for usage.
* The SoaS beta release is currently based on ''{{SoaS-2 beta}}''. It's the most stable solution we've available right now and is recommended for usage.
* On the other hand, you can also grab the a snapshot, which includes the latest bits, but might contain some issues. We really need your help on testing those to move forward!
* On the other hand, you can also grab a current snapshot, which includes the latest bits, but might contain some issues. We really need your help on testing those to move forward!
* The virtual appliance is ''not ready'' for general use and under heavy development. Any help with testing it is appreciated, though.
* The virtual appliance is ''not ready'' for general use and is under heavy development. Any help with testing it is appreciated, though.
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