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'''Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry''' contains a number of new features that improve the overall user and learning experience. Here is an overview of the most notable ones: | '''Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry''' contains a number of new features that improve the overall user and learning experience. Here is an overview of the most notable ones: | ||
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We teamed up with the '''zyx-liveinstaller''' developer in order to provide: | We teamed up with the '''zyx-liveinstaller''' developer in order to provide: | ||
| − | * a seamless way of installing your personalized environment onto your computer's hard disk | + | * a seamless way of installing your personalized environment onto your computer's hard disk; |
| − | * | + | * it even saves any changes that you made to your Sugar on a Stick system; |
| − | * | + | * and the installation does not even require a reboot. |
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| − | Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry | + | Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry supports viewing e-books through '''Read''', even in the increasingly popular .epub file format. Historical classicals and interesting literature for young readers are provided through an additional [[Sugar_on_a_Stick/E-Books|page]]. |
Thousands of additional e-books can even be easily accessed through the included '''Get Internet Archive Books''' Activity. | Thousands of additional e-books can even be easily accessed through the included '''Get Internet Archive Books''' Activity. | ||
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| − | Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry also includes | + | Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry also includes updates to the standard collection of activities and many new ones. An example is '''SocialCalc''', a spreadsheet activity that allows users to do complex mathematical calculations. Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry also ships the '''TamTam''' activity suite, which takes the learner on a journey through sound and music, beginning with a simple musical toy and progressing up to a sophisticated sound synthesizer. Other activities, such as the very popular '''Physics''' and '''TurtleArt''', have been updated. |
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Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry is based on the latest version of the Fedora operating system. | Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry is based on the latest version of the Fedora operating system. | ||
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Revision as of 08:30, 3 December 2009
Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry contains a number of new features that improve the overall user and learning experience. Here is an overview of the most notable ones:
Sugar 0.86
Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry ships the latest Sugar release, 0.86.3. It features:
- a redesigned toolbar;
- support for tabbed browsing (Browse);
- epub file support for ebooks (Read);
- and an easy way to update to the latest activities (Control Panel).
ZYX-Liveinstaller
A frequent request we received concerned a means of installing Sugar to a hard disk. We teamed up with the zyx-liveinstaller developer in order to provide:
- a seamless way of installing your personalized environment onto your computer's hard disk;
- it even saves any changes that you made to your Sugar on a Stick system;
- and the installation does not even require a reboot.
E-Books
Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry supports viewing e-books through Read, even in the increasingly popular .epub file format. Historical classicals and interesting literature for young readers are provided through an additional page. Thousands of additional e-books can even be easily accessed through the included Get Internet Archive Books Activity.
Activities
Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry also includes updates to the standard collection of activities and many new ones. An example is SocialCalc, a spreadsheet activity that allows users to do complex mathematical calculations. Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry also ships the TamTam activity suite, which takes the learner on a journey through sound and music, beginning with a simple musical toy and progressing up to a sophisticated sound synthesizer. Other activities, such as the very popular Physics and TurtleArt, have been updated.
Based On Fedora
Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry is based on the latest version of the Fedora operating system.