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''Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries.''

''The Sugar Labs wiki is an independent publication and is not affiliated with, nor has it been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation.''

==Sugar on Windows==

No one has ported Sugar to Windows (that we know of) but you can run Sugar on GNU/Linux in an emulator on top of a Windows ~~System~~.

No one has ported Sugar to [[wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Microsoft Windows]] (that we know of), but you can run Sugar on GNU/Linux in an emulator on top of a Windows operating system.

'''Note:''' Alternatively, you can boot your ~~Windows machine~~ with a Sugar ~~LiveCD~~ or ~~LiveUSB—this~~ will enable you to run Sugar without making any modifications to your Windows ~~machine~~. See [[~~Supported_systems#Starch~~]].)

'''Note:''' Alternatively, you can boot your computer with a Sugar Live CD or Live USB—this will enable you to run Sugar without making any modifications to your Windows installation. See [[Sugar on a Stick/Boot]].

'''Note:''' The Wine Activity lets you run many Windows applications from within Sugar.

'''Note:''' The Wine Activity lets you run many Windows-based applications from within Sugar.

=== A Sugar installer for Windows ===

Wade Brainerd wrote a simple Sugar installer for Windows:

* [http://dev.laptop.org/~wadeb/OLPC-XO-Software-8.2.0-Setup.exe OLPC-XO-Software-8.2.0-Setup.exe] 07-Nov-2008

It installs/uninstalls a working Sugar environment (based on Ton van Overbeek's QEMU—See below) with just a few clicks.

It installs/uninstalls a working Sugar environment (based on Ton van Overbeek's QEMU—See below) with just a few clicks. (Unfortunately, it does not install any Activities to use in that environment.)

The installer was built using the open source installer creator NSIS (nsis.sourceforge.net). The installer script can be found here:

[http://dev.laptop.org/git/users/wadeb/wininstall/.git wininstall/.git]

'''Note to build administrators:''' NSIS exists for GNU/Linux, so this process of creating Windows installers for Sugar could be automated.

'''Note to build administrators:''' NSIS exists for GNU/Linux, so this process of creating Windows-based installers for Sugar could be automated.

=== Running Sugar in an emulator ===

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* [http://www.nongnu.org/qemu/user-doc.html General information on using QEMU]

=== See also ===

== See also ==

* http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Windows

* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sugar_on_Windows OLPC Sugar on Windows]

[[Category:Supported systems]]

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+{|
+|<span class="weblink">[[File:Windows.gif|link=http://www.microsoft.com/]]</span>
+|valign="bottom"|®
+|}
+''Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries.''
+''The Sugar Labs wiki is an independent publication and is not affiliated with, nor has it been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation.''
 ==Sugar on Windows==
-No one has ported Sugar to Windows (that we know of) but you can run Sugar on GNU/Linux in an emulator on top of a Windows System.
+No one has ported Sugar to [[wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Microsoft Windows]] (that we know of), but you can run Sugar on GNU/Linux in an emulator on top of a Windows operating system.
-'''Note:''' Alternatively, you can boot your Windows machine with a Sugar LiveCD or LiveUSB—this will enable you to run Sugar without making any modifications to your Windows machine. See [[Supported_systems#Starch]].)
+'''Note:''' Alternatively, you can boot your computer with a Sugar Live CD or Live USB—this will enable you to run Sugar without making any modifications to your Windows installation. See [[Sugar on a Stick/Boot]].
-'''Note:''' The Wine Activity lets you run many Windows applications from within Sugar.
+'''Note:''' The Wine Activity lets you run many Windows-based applications from within Sugar.
 === A Sugar installer for Windows ===
 Wade Brainerd wrote a simple Sugar installer for Windows:
 * [http://dev.laptop.org/~wadeb/OLPC-XO-Software-8.2.0-Setup.exe OLPC-XO-Software-8.2.0-Setup.exe] 07-Nov-2008
-It installs/uninstalls a working Sugar environment (based on Ton van Overbeek's QEMU—See below) with just a few clicks.
+It installs/uninstalls a working Sugar environment (based on Ton van Overbeek's QEMU—See below) with just a few clicks.  (Unfortunately, it does not install any Activities to use in that environment.)
 The installer was built using the open source installer creator NSIS (nsis.sourceforge.net). The installer script can be found here:
 [http://dev.laptop.org/git/users/wadeb/wininstall/.git wininstall/.git]
-'''Note to build administrators:''' NSIS exists for GNU/Linux, so this process of creating Windows installers for Sugar could be automated.
+'''Note to build administrators:''' NSIS exists for GNU/Linux, so this process of creating Windows-based installers for Sugar could be automated.
 === Running Sugar in an emulator ===
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 * [http://www.nongnu.org/qemu/user-doc.html General information on using QEMU]
-=== See also ===
+== See also ==
+* http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Windows
 * [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sugar_on_Windows OLPC Sugar on Windows]
 [[Category:Supported systems]]