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== About Sugar ==
Sugar is a desktop environment that is an alternative to the ones typically used in Microsoft Windows, Apple's OS X or other GNU/Linux operating systems. It is conceived as a platform upon which children learn with Sugar [[Activities]]. The platform provides mechanisms for [[Collaboration|collaboration]], [[Activities/Portfolio|reflection]], and [[View Source|exploration]]. Sugar Activities cover a broad range of applications: browsing, drawing, composing, writing, programming, etc.
The Sugar desktop has multiple full-screen views: a Home view from which Activities are launched; a Neighborhood view where learners can connect to each other through a [[olpc:Community Jabber Servers | Jabber network]]; a Journal view, which can be used as a ''lab notebook''; and the Activity view, where Sugar Activities are run.
Sugar Activities have no Save menu: everything is saved automatically. While the interface uses very little text, additional information is revealed when the user hovers over icons.
Sugar is Free Software. It is developed in [[wikipedia:Python_%28programming_language%29|Python]] and runs on a [[wikipedia:Linux|GNU/Linux]] [[wikipedia:Kernel_%28computer_science%29|Kernel]], originally from the [http://fedoraproject.org/ Fedora Project], and now from a [[Supported systems|variety]] of GNU/Linux distributions.
For an overview of the components composing a Sugar system see the [[Sugar System Stack]].
==Getting Sugar==
For installing Sugar on your computer or a flash drive, see [[Downloads]]. For purchase information for Sugar pre-installed on a bootable USB flash drive, see [[Sugar on a Stick]].
For more technical information, please see the [[Supported systems]] page for a list of the different ways that Sugar may be run on a computer.
== [[Video_Using_Sugar | Sugar in action]] ==
The page [[Video_Using_Sugar | Video Using Sugar]] shows a selection of clips of Sugar in action.
The following statement requires verification/correction.
This page seems to require a modern browser similar to Firefox 4 to display correctly.
This page will not display correctly in a default new install of Sugar on a Stick.
=== Presentation Tutorials. ===
Ideas for [[How to present Sugar]].
Tech Coordinator Guide and other [http://olpcnyc.wordpress.com/training-materials/ training materials] prepared by Teaching Matters(R) for OLPC in NYC
===Release notes===
Release notes for '''Sugar {{Current Stable Release}}''' are available [[{{Current Stable Release}}/Notes|here]].
{{Template:Platform Cycle Linkbar}}
===Other resources===
What is required here is a 3 line paragraph helping to orientate a new user to the wiki,
and link to the areas he/she might most need.
Other resources are listed on the [[Deployment Team/Resources]] page. Is this the most useful link?
: The Sugar Lab teams are listed on the wiki sidebar.
'''[[Getting Started(1)|Next Page - Temporary link]]'''
[[Category:Help]]
[[Category:HowTo]]
[[Category:Getting started]]
{{Under construction|[[User:Inkyfingers|Inkyfingers]] 05:59, 31 October 2011 (EDT)}}
== About Sugar ==
Sugar is a desktop environment that is an alternative to the ones typically used in Microsoft Windows, Apple's OS X or other GNU/Linux operating systems. It is conceived as a platform upon which children learn with Sugar [[Activities]]. The platform provides mechanisms for [[Collaboration|collaboration]], [[Activities/Portfolio|reflection]], and [[View Source|exploration]]. Sugar Activities cover a broad range of applications: browsing, drawing, composing, writing, programming, etc.
The Sugar desktop has multiple full-screen views: a Home view from which Activities are launched; a Neighborhood view where learners can connect to each other through a [[olpc:Community Jabber Servers | Jabber network]]; a Journal view, which can be used as a ''lab notebook''; and the Activity view, where Sugar Activities are run.
Sugar Activities have no Save menu: everything is saved automatically. While the interface uses very little text, additional information is revealed when the user hovers over icons.
Sugar is Free Software. It is developed in [[wikipedia:Python_%28programming_language%29|Python]] and runs on a [[wikipedia:Linux|GNU/Linux]] [[wikipedia:Kernel_%28computer_science%29|Kernel]], originally from the [http://fedoraproject.org/ Fedora Project], and now from a [[Supported systems|variety]] of GNU/Linux distributions.
For an overview of the components composing a Sugar system see the [[Sugar System Stack]].
==Getting Sugar==
For installing Sugar on your computer or a flash drive, see [[Downloads]]. For purchase information for Sugar pre-installed on a bootable USB flash drive, see [[Sugar on a Stick]].
For more technical information, please see the [[Supported systems]] page for a list of the different ways that Sugar may be run on a computer.
== [[Video_Using_Sugar | Sugar in action]] ==
The page [[Video_Using_Sugar | Video Using Sugar]] shows a selection of clips of Sugar in action.
The following statement requires verification/correction.
This page seems to require a modern browser similar to Firefox 4 to display correctly.
This page will not display correctly in a default new install of Sugar on a Stick.
=== Presentation Tutorials. ===
Ideas for [[How to present Sugar]].
Tech Coordinator Guide and other [http://olpcnyc.wordpress.com/training-materials/ training materials] prepared by Teaching Matters(R) for OLPC in NYC
===Release notes===
Release notes for '''Sugar {{Current Stable Release}}''' are available [[{{Current Stable Release}}/Notes|here]].
{{Template:Platform Cycle Linkbar}}
===Other resources===
What is required here is a 3 line paragraph helping to orientate a new user to the wiki,
and link to the areas he/she might most need.
Other resources are listed on the [[Deployment Team/Resources]] page. Is this the most useful link?
: The Sugar Lab teams are listed on the wiki sidebar.
'''[[Getting Started(1)|Next Page - Temporary link]]'''
[[Category:Help]]
[[Category:HowTo]]
[[Category:Getting started]]