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| You can download installation images (.iso files) for Linux distributions that support Sugar and create your own bootable images with Sugar installed. | | You can download installation images (.iso files) for Linux distributions that support Sugar and create your own bootable images with Sugar installed. |
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| See [[VirtualBox]], [[VMware]], or [[QEMU]] for more information on how to run an image, and [[Supported systems]] for more information on what is available. | | See [[VirtualBox]], [[VMware]], or [[QEMU]] for more information on how to run an image, and [[Supported systems]] for more information on which operating systems support Sugar. |
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| This page is meant to be a brief index to recommended, downloadable images--not a discussion page for their use or features. For experimental images, please refer readers to the appropriate software page elsewhere. | | This page is meant to be a brief index to recommended, downloadable images--not a discussion page for their use or features. For experimental images, please refer readers to the appropriate software page elsewhere. |
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| ==Other virtual machines==
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| :wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_platform_virtual_machines Comparison_of_platform_virtual_machines] Very nice comparison of features of various Virtual Machines Platforms
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| ==='''[[VirtualBox]]'''===
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| {{Admon/note|Note:|Use the latest version of Oracle VM [http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads VirtualBox] (3.2_3.2.8-64453 or later). <small>Some appliances have multiple hard disc controllers and the earlier Sun VirtualBox 3.1 version does not support them.</small>}}
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| * '''Appliance of Sugar on a Stick v3-Mirabelle'''
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| ::firstboot has not yet run; so a new user name and password will be set for the gdm login on startup for the first time
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| :How Built:
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| : '''root=sugarroot'''
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| : 8-GB VirtualBox hard disc
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| :English and English keyboard
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| :USA-Los Angeles (Pacific timezone)
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| :'''download and import 2 files:'''
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| http://download.sugarlabs.org/images/VirtualBox/Fedora-13-i686-Live-SoaS-sugaruser.vmdk 533M
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| http://download.sugarlabs.org/images/VirtualBox/Fedora-13-i686-Live-SoaS-sugaruser.ovf 12K
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| *Note1:Use the latest version of Oracle VM VirtualBox (3.2_10.8-64453 or later). Some appliances have multiple hard disc controllers and the earlier Sun VirtualBox 3.1 version does not support them.
| | ==[[File:VirtualBox.png|75px|link=VirtualBox]]'''[[VirtualBox]]'''== |
| *Note2: All appliances were built on a MacBook Air with Oracle VM VirtualBox (3.2.10-r66523) then tested on a Ubuntu installation on an Acer Aspire One Netbook imported into VirtualBox (3.2.10 r66523)
| | '''Download:''' http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/virtualbox/downloads/index.html |
| *Note3:Set ControlPanel/Frame "Edge" slider to far left for easier access to sugar-frame features
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| *'''Appliance of Sugar on a Stick v2''' [[Sugar on a Stick/Blueberry|Blueberry]]<br>[http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/soas-2-blueberry_ovf_README_FIRST.txt Read this first.] | | * VirtualBox-4.0 is OSE version until you add: [http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/virtualbox/downloads/index.html Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack] |
| :'''download and import 3 files''': [http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/soas-2-blueberry.ovf soas-2-blueberry.ovf] [http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/soas-2-blueberry.mf soas-2-blueberry.mf] [http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/soas-2-blueberry.vmdk soas-2-blueberry.vmdk]
| | * Support for Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris, and GNU/Linux |
| | * VMware Workstation xxx.vmdk hard disks will work as "existing disks" in VirtualBox. |
| | * [http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ VirtualBox Manual] |
| | * [http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html VBoxManage command line tool for VirtualBox] for advanced users |
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| * VirtualBox disc image of Sugar on a Stick v1 [[Sugar on a Stick/Strawberry|Strawberry]]<br>See [[VirtualBox#Sugar_on_a_Stick|SoaS on VirtualBox]] for more context. | | '''Importing VM:''' |
| : [http://www.sugarlabs.org/static/soas/soas-strawberry-vdi.zip soas-strawberry-vdi.zip] Sugar 0.84 (22 June 2009)
| | * Mac OS X: "File" -> "Import Apppliance..." + "open appliance"... + select the .ovf file. |
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| * '''Appliance of openSUSE-Sugar-11.3''' [http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Education/images/iso/openSUSE-Sugar-11.3.i686-1.0.0-Build6.3.iso] Uploaded 26 September 2010<br>
| | '''Pre-assembled virtual machines''' For the latest, see the following pages: |
| :'''download and import 3 files''':openSUSE_sugar.ovf [http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/openSUSE_sugar.ovf openSUSE_sugar.ovf] [http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/openSUSE_sugar.mf openSUSE_sugar.mf] [http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/openSUSE-Sugar-11.3.vmdk openSUSE-Sugar-11.3.vmdk]
| | * [[Sugar on a Stick/Virtual machines]]. |
| ::8-GB VirtualBox hard disc
| | * [[Trisquel On A Sugar Toast/Virtual machines]] |
| ::English and English keyboard
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| ::USA-Los Angeles (Pacific timezone)
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| ::Autologin- user=sugar password=sugaruser
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| :::Ready to auto-configure to your hardware on first booting.
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| :::'''note choose /dev/sda2 when prompted to do so on first run'''
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| * '''Appliance''' of '''U'''buntu'''S'''ugar'''''R'''emix'' | | ====[[Fedora_21#Installing_VirtualBox_in_F21 |Installing VirtualBox in F21]]==== |
| : Reference links: [[Community/Distributions/Ubuntu]], https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Sugar | | *files to download |
| | :[[Fedora_21_VirtualBox | Details of the install]] |
| | ====Some Suggestions on Using VirtualBox==== |
| | * Export your appliances to an external USB hard disk |
| | *: This functions like the Mac Application "Time Machine" |
| | *: Save each exported Appliance in a folder marked with the name and date of export. |
| | *::You can then import this Appliance to restore the state of the Appliance on that date. |
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| :'''download and import 3 files''': [http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/USR-922-IRC-Remix.ovf USR-922-IRC-Remix.ovf] [http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/USR-922-IRC-Remix.mf USR-922-IRC-Remix.mf] [http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/USR-i386-20100922.vmdk USR-i386-20100922.vmdk] | | *Run an Existing VirtualBox Appliance from an external USB Hard Drive |
| ::TZ=LA USA USA Keyboard 8-GB HD fully updated on 22 September 2010 with
| | *::Portable, Individual Copy for Student, Move between separate Computers. |
| ::apt-get Updates
| | *# copy-paste the xxxx.vmdk file from /(User)/Virtualbox/HardDisks/xxxx.vmdk to a Folder on an external USB HD |
| ::apt-get Upgrade
| | *# Menu: Machine>New>continue>Name>Operating System>Version/Memory/Continue>Use existing hard disk>[chose xxxx.vmdk on an External USB HD]> Start. |
| ::Remixed to add
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| :::Surf-115.xo browser
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| :::IRC.xo -(edited to log in to #sugar and #ubuntu-sugarteam)
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| :::Analyze.xo
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| :::'''Import the 3 files into Oracle Virtualbox'''
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| ::: User=sugar autologin
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| ::: Password=sugaruser
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| *'''install the virtualbox guest additions'''
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| ::Integrates a Running Virtualbox Appliance with the desktop
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| :install the virtualbox guest additions with ''sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-guest-utils''
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| ==='''[[VMware]] Player'''===
| | * Note Running from a USB Memory Stick Crawls, VERY slowly - '''not practical'''. |
| '''NOTE: VMPlayer will open Virtualbox3.2 appliance xxxx.vmdk files listed above''' | |
| * VMware Player appliance of one of the [[Sugar on a Stick/Beta |nightly composes of Sugar on a Stick]] (soas-i386-20100818.16.iso)
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| :[http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/soas-i386-20100818-Vmplayer-ReadMe.txt Read this first.]
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| :[http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/soas-i386-20100818-Vmplayer.tar.bz2 download]
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| * VMware Player of Sugar on a Stick v2 (Blueberry)
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| :[http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Blueberry-vmx.txt Read this first.]
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| :[http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Blueberry-vmx.tar.gz download]
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| * Open-suse-education
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| :[[VMware#openSUSE |Read this first.]]
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| :[http://sourceforge.net/projects/opensuse-edu/files/Sugar/openSUSE-Sugar-vmware-vmx.tar.bz2/download download]
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| :[[Talk:VMware#change_networking|networking help]]
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| :[http://old-en.opensuse.org/How_to_use_downloaded_SUSE_Studio_appliances how to use]
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| ==='''[[QEMU]]'''===
| | *'''Testing of appliance running from an external USB Hard Disk |
| :[[Sugar_Creation_Kit#QEMU_Virtualization|instructions, downloads]] | | :: Appears to depend on the Speed of the Host Machine: (needs farther testing) |
| | # Very Slow - Fedora-13-Soas/VB 3.2.12 on Windows XP SP2/ EeePC 1000HE 12/26/2010 satellit |
| | # Very Slow - Trisquel-3-sugar/VB 3.2.12 on Windows XP SP2/ EeePC 1000HE 12/26/2010 satellit |
| | # Acceptable- Fedora-13-Soas/VB 4.0 on Ubuntu 10.10 /hp Pavillion Turion 64x2 laptop 12/26/2010 satellit |
| | # Acceptable- Trisquel-3-sugar/VB 4.0 on Ubuntu 10.10 /hp Pavillion Turion 64x2 laptop 12/26/2010 satellit |
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| ===See [[Talk:Emulator image files|here]] for other experiments=== | | ====Join IRC for Help==== |
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| == Image installation tools == | | * '''[http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=sugar&prompt=1 Join Sugar chat room for Help in English]''' |
| ==='''[[Sugar_on_a_Stick/ZyX-LiveInstaller|ZyX-LiveInstaller]]'''===
| | *'''[http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=sugar-es&prompt=1 Sugar chat room in Español]''' (with translations to English) |
| : ZyX-LiveInstaller allows you to install Sugar from either a booted Live USB device or Live CD media to a system or external disk. It creates a traditional operating system installation on disk (or removable media such as SD or USB storage devices).
| | *: Pida ayuda a través de este canal #sugar-es Por favor, sea cortés y hacer sus preguntas.<br>Los voluntarios no pueden estar en línea todo el tiempo.<br>Sea paciente y permanecer conectado durante varios minutos para ver su respuest.<br>(Utilizar la función de meeting para la traducción de estos artículos.) |
| : This program can be useful for installing to a virtualized hard disk. It is not included in builds after soas-v2 Blueberry, so it must be downloaded and installed to use. | |
| : In a running SoaS Terminal session or console, execute the following commands:
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| : {{Code|su}}
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| : {{Code|yum install zyx-liveinstaller gparted}}
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| ===EasyVMX!===
| | : Ask for help on either of these channels. |
| :'''Make a VMware Player appliance with-out needing a copy of VMware Workstation''' | | :: Please be courteous and ask your questions. |
| *web site that builds a vmx file to your specifications (free)
| | :: Volunteers may not be on line all of the time. Be patient and stay connected for several minutes to see their answer. |
| ::'''http://www.easyvmx.com/''' | | * Read the [[Sugar_Creation_Kit#Floss_Manuals| Floss Manuals]] first! |
| : Works fine, runs on most platforms, and has persistence | |
| : VMware Player download (free): http://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/
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| :EXAMPLE: soas-i386-20100926.17.iso burned to a CD | | ====References==== |
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| | :http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html#id2727661 [Configuring virtual machines] |
| ::specified a 8 GB Hard Drive and other parameters | | :http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html#id321700 [USB Support] |
| ::downloaded, in browse, the Custom vmx file as a .zip file | | :[http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ Oracle VM VirtualBox online Manual] |
| ::Decompressed the .zip file | | :[http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/UserManual.pdf UserManual.pdf] |
| ::Put soas-i386-20100926.17 CD in your CD Drive | | : See also [[Sugar_Creation_Kit/sck/Sugar-in-Virtualization|Sugar-in-Virtualization]]. |
| ::Open VMPlayer and point it to this vmx file
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| ::CD boots in VMplayer application
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| ::Sugar Starts
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| *To install to VMplayer Hard Disk:
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| :Open Sugar-terminal:
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| su
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| liveinst
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| Anaconda installer opens
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| Initialize all disks
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| Install procedes normally
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| reboot
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| firstboot
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| Log in to user you specified
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| '''HINT: put the VMplayer Hard Disk Files on a 2 GB USB stick.'''
| | ====Extension Pack==== |
| ::'''(note runs about 10x slower on a USB stick)''' | | :[http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/virtualbox/downloads/index.html Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack] '''Personal Use License''' |
| ::Example above created a 1.4 GB set of files' | | ::All Platforms (Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris and Linux) |
| :Copy-Paste all files
| | * '''Personal Use Licensed not OSE''' |
| : Sugar on a Stick in VM Player form with persistence
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| ::Portable (Student can take home and run on home Computer)
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| ::Run it on different Platforms
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| | =='''[[VMware]] Player'''== |
| | [https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/?p=player&lp=default Download VMware Player (free)] |
| | *VMplayer can now import VirtualBox files |
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| | =='''[[QEMU]]'''== |
| | :[[Sugar_Creation_Kit#QEMU_Virtualization|instructions, downloads]] |
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| ==See also== | | ==References== |
| | | * [[Mac OS X-Boot USB with VirtualBox]] |
| * [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-September/019643.html Tom van Overbeek describes how to run Sugar using QEMU] | | * [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-September/019643.html Tom van Overbeek describes how to run Sugar using QEMU] |
| | * [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/BoxGrinder BoxGrinder: a set of tools used for building appliances (virtual machines)] |
| | * [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing Licensing-License types and info for exported Appliances-] |
| | * wikipedia: [[wikipedia:Comparison_of_platform_virtual_machines|Comparison of platform virtual machines]] - an extensive comparison of features of virtual machines platforms |