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The Sugar Learning Environment is packaged in Fedora 13. | The Sugar Learning Environment is packaged in Fedora 13. | ||
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* From the System -> Administration -> Add/Remove Software menu, search for Sugar. | * From the System -> Administration -> Add/Remove Software menu, search for Sugar. | ||
* Among all the packaged Activities select, | * Among all the packaged Activities select, | ||
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: and any or all of the Activities. | : and any or all of the Activities. | ||
: Sugar will be available in your Applications -> Education menu. | : Sugar will be available in your Applications -> Education menu. | ||
| + | == Fedora 14 and 15 == | ||
| + | * In root terminal: | ||
| + | yum groupinstall sugar* | ||
| + | yum install sugar-emulator | ||
| − | Sugar will run in a [[wikipedia:Xephyr|Xephyr]] window within your current environment. You will have full access to the Sugar features, and may even run multiple instances to simulate a local collaboration group. | + | Sugar will run in a [[wikipedia:Xephyr|Xephyr]] window within your current environment. You will have full access to the Sugar features, and may even run multiple instances to simulate a local collaboration group. Later versions of Sugar require one emulator per logged in user (there can be more than one user running) '''Check this''' |
: Adjust the default window size for Sugar by editing the menu item for Sugar to<br>{{Code|/usr/bin/sugar-emulator -i 1200x900}} | : Adjust the default window size for Sugar by editing the menu item for Sugar to<br>{{Code|/usr/bin/sugar-emulator -i 1200x900}} | ||
:: to match the XO reflective screen resolution | :: to match the XO reflective screen resolution | ||
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:: fits the screen for a 10-inch netbook | :: fits the screen for a 10-inch netbook | ||
: {{Code|/usr/bin/sugar-emulator -f}} | : {{Code|/usr/bin/sugar-emulator -f}} | ||
| − | :: full screen on netbook | + | :: '''full screen on netbook''' |
You may also collaborate with others in the jabber.sugarlabs.org server Neighborhood (Press <F1> to see the Neighborhood view.) | You may also collaborate with others in the jabber.sugarlabs.org server Neighborhood (Press <F1> to see the Neighborhood view.) | ||
Revision as of 04:07, 6 March 2011
Fedora 13
The Sugar Learning Environment is packaged in Fedora 13.
- From the System -> Administration -> Add/Remove Software menu, search for Sugar.
- Among all the packaged Activities select,
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The emulator for the Sugar Learning Environment sugar-emulator-0.88.1-1.fc13 (no arch) |
- and any or all of the Activities.
- Sugar will be available in your Applications -> Education menu.
Fedora 14 and 15
- In root terminal:
yum groupinstall sugar* yum install sugar-emulator
Sugar will run in a Xephyr window within your current environment. You will have full access to the Sugar features, and may even run multiple instances to simulate a local collaboration group. Later versions of Sugar require one emulator per logged in user (there can be more than one user running) Check this
- Adjust the default window size for Sugar by editing the menu item for Sugar to
/usr/bin/sugar-emulator -i 1200x900- to match the XO reflective screen resolution
/usr/bin/sugar-emulator -i 832x624- approximates the display proportions of the XO laptops, closely matching the toolbar, for example.
/usr/bin/sugar-emulator -i 600x500- fits the screen for a 10-inch netbook
/usr/bin/sugar-emulator -f- full screen on netbook
You may also collaborate with others in the jabber.sugarlabs.org server Neighborhood (Press <F1> to see the Neighborhood view.)
Sugar on a Stick
With this spin, you'll be able to run Sugar, which is developed by Sugar Labs and is the desktop environment used on the OLPC, directly from a Live CD or Live USB!
- See our Sugar on a Stick page.
, v4 alpha with Sugar 0.88.1 and Fedora 14 (Rawhide)
Make a custom Fedora image
Fedora OLPC
The Fedora OLPC SIG, http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OLPC, will be importing further activities into Fedora, which might later be installed using
yum install sugar-*
- Here's a video of the process http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKmrtlyyCFo
- CJB suggests: as root, run: yum -y groupinstall "Sugar Desktop Environment"
The command to run Sugar is as root otherwise you may get this behavior.
sugar-emulator
For more information on the new release, please refer to the announcement here: