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* '''Install Sugar'''

*: If you are running one of the currently supported distributions, you can install Sugar using your systems standard package manager, e.g., Synaptic, apt-get, or yum. See [[Fedora#Sugar_Learning_Environment|these instructions]].

*: The [[~~Platform Team/Harmonic Distribution|~~Harmonic Distribution]] of the Sugar Learning Platform may also appeal to you.

*: The [[Harmonic Distribution]] of the Sugar Learning Platform may also appeal to you.

* '''Install an emulator or virtualizer and launch a bootable Sugar disk image file'''

*: [[QEMU]], [[VirtualBox]], or [[VMware]] let you run Sugar in an emulator or by virtualization on your computer—you'll need to install an emulator from which you launch Sugar and one of the [[Emulator image files]].

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===[[/Technical considerations | Technical considerations]]===

: A discussion of '''technical considerations''' regarding supported systems.

===Sugar for various hardware systems===

* [[OLPC|OLPC XO laptops]]

~~MacBook Air~~

* [[Macintosh]]

~~OSX 10.6.6 (Virtualbox 4.0.2)~~[[~~Emulator_image_files~~#~~VirtualBox~~]] VirtualBox ~~runs~~ on ~~most hardware and~~ OS's

*: Intel processor

~~Works well in VirtualBox including wireless and magic mouse~~

*:* [[Sugar on a Stick/Macintosh]], [[Testing/Reports/Sugar on a Stick#MacBook_Persistent_SoaS_v5_and_SoaS_v6_EFI_Boot_USB|another example]]

~~Burned Soas.iso for Soas-v4 and Soas-v3 boot fine~~

*:* [[VirtualBox#on_Mac_OS_X|VirtualBox on Mac OS X]]

[[~~Downloads~~#~~Apple_Mac_OS_X Apple Mac OS X~~]]~~<br>~~[[~~Macintosh~~]]

*: PowerPC processor

*:* [[Fedora#PowerPC]]

*:* [[Ubuntu/PPC]]

== Getting the Sugar sources ==

Distributors can find the latest sources for the sucrose components [[Development Team/Release/Modules|here]]. Each [[{{Current Stable Release}}| release page]] has as links to the release pages of earlier releases.

==Updating Sugar to the ~~Latest Version~~==

==Updating Sugar to the latest version==

=== XO laptops ===

* [[OLPC:Releases]]

* [https://sugardextrose.org/ Dextrose development site] - [[Dextrose]]

==Looking at Sugar variants==

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 * '''Install Sugar'''
 *: If you are running one of the currently supported distributions, you can install Sugar using your systems standard package manager, e.g., Synaptic, apt-get, or yum. See [[Fedora#Sugar_Learning_Environment|these instructions]].
-*: The [[Platform Team/Harmonic Distribution|Harmonic Distribution]] of the Sugar Learning Platform may also appeal to you.
+*: The [[Harmonic Distribution]] of the Sugar Learning Platform may also appeal to you.
 * '''Install an emulator or virtualizer and launch a bootable Sugar disk image file'''
 *: [[QEMU]], [[VirtualBox]], or [[VMware]] let you run Sugar in an emulator or by virtualization on your computer&mdash;you'll need to install an emulator from which you launch Sugar and one of the [[Emulator image files]].
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 ===[[/Technical considerations | Technical considerations]]===
 : A discussion of '''technical considerations''' regarding supported systems.
 ===Sugar for various hardware systems===
+* [[OLPC|OLPC XO laptops]]
-MacBook Air
+* [[Macintosh]]
-OSX 10.6.6  (Virtualbox 4.0.2)[[Emulator_image_files#VirtualBox]] VirtualBox runs on most hardware and OS's
+*: Intel processor
-Works well in VirtualBox including wireless and magic mouse
+*:* [[Sugar on a Stick/Macintosh]], [[Testing/Reports/Sugar on a Stick#MacBook_Persistent_SoaS_v5_and_SoaS_v6_EFI_Boot_USB|another example]]
-Burned Soas.iso for Soas-v4 and Soas-v3 boot fine
+*:* [[VirtualBox#on_Mac_OS_X|VirtualBox on Mac OS X]]
-[[Downloads#Apple_Mac_OS_X Apple Mac OS X]]<br>[[Macintosh]]
+*: PowerPC processor
+*:* [[Fedora#PowerPC]]
+*:* [[Ubuntu/PPC]]
 == Getting the Sugar sources ==
 Distributors can find the latest sources for the sucrose components [[Development Team/Release/Modules|here]]. Each [[{{Current Stable Release}}| release page]] has as links to the release pages of earlier releases.
-==Updating Sugar to the Latest Version==
+==Updating Sugar to the latest version==
+=== XO laptops ===
+* [[OLPC:Releases]]
+* [https://sugardextrose.org/ Dextrose development site] - [[Dextrose]]
 ==Looking at Sugar variants==