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| === What's new in Quandong === | | === What's new in Quandong === |
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− | '''Sugar version 0.94.1''' The most recent release of the Sugar Learning Platform features more activities with new toolbars, activity duplication features, view source for the Sugar toolkit, and improved support for booting on Intel-based Apple computers. | + | '''Sugar version 0.96.1''' The most recent release of the Sugar Learning Platform features more activities with new toolbars, activity duplication features, view source for the Sugar toolkit, and improved support for booting on Intel-based Apple computers. |
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− | More information about the 0.94 release of Sugar is available at [[0.94/Notes]]. | + | More information about the 0.96.1 release of Sugar is available at [[0.96/Notes]]. |
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| '''Customize your own remix of Sugar on a Stick.''' Pineapple has a slightly larger Activity selection than its predecessor and has continued the trend of providing a few, better-tested Activities. We've realized that we'll never be able to create an Activity selection suitable for all deployments—instead, we've chosen to include and support a core set of basic, teacher-tested Activities in the default image, and invite deployments to use this as a base on which to build a customized Activity selection for their classrooms. See: | | '''Customize your own remix of Sugar on a Stick.''' Pineapple has a slightly larger Activity selection than its predecessor and has continued the trend of providing a few, better-tested Activities. We've realized that we'll never be able to create an Activity selection suitable for all deployments—instead, we've chosen to include and support a core set of basic, teacher-tested Activities in the default image, and invite deployments to use this as a base on which to build a customized Activity selection for their classrooms. See: |
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| '''Sugar on a Stick is a Fedora Spin.''' Since SoaS v3 Mirabelle, Sugar on a Stick has been recognized by the [http://fedoraproject.org Fedora Project] as an official [http://spins.fedoraproject.org Spin]. For the first time, SoaS Pineapple is going to be shipped on the Fedora Multi Spin DVD. This means we'll be shipping on the front a | | '''Sugar on a Stick is a Fedora Spin.''' Since SoaS v3 Mirabelle, Sugar on a Stick has been recognized by the [http://fedoraproject.org Fedora Project] as an official [http://spins.fedoraproject.org Spin]. For the first time, SoaS Pineapple is going to be shipped on the Fedora Multi Spin DVD. This means we'll be shipping on the front a |
− | number of computer magazines across Europe and likely elsewhere in the coming months. These close ties with Fedora's release cycle and resources from their engineering and marketing teams extends the reach of Sugar on a Stick and makes the project itself more sustainable. In exchange, users of Fedora have access to an easily deployable implementation of the Sugar Platform; it's a great example of a mutually beneficial upstream–downstream relationship. | + | number of computer magazines across Europe and likely elsewhere in the coming months. These close ties with Fedora's release cycle and resources from their engineering and marketing teams extends the reach of Sugar on a Stick and makes the project itself more sustainable. In exchange, users of Fedora have access to an easily deployable implementation of the Sugar Platform; it's a great example of a mutually beneficial upstream–downstream relationship. |
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| === Contributing to Sugar on a Stick === | | === Contributing to Sugar on a Stick === |