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:''a Sugar environment you can carry in your pocket''
:''a Sugar environment you can carry in your pocket''
 
{{Message|Sugar on a Stick v7 '''Quandong''' has been superseded by the '''[[Sugar on a Stick/ʻŌhelo ʻai|ʻŌhelo ʻai]]''' release as of '''15 January 2013'''. See [[Sugar on a Stick/Downloads]] for the most current version.}}


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| colspan="2" style="border: 0; border-width: 0;" |'''Quandong''' is the 7th version of '''[[Sugar on a Stick]]'''   Quandong is the name of a native [[wikipedia:Santalum_acuminatum|Australian fruit]].
| colspan="2" style="border: 0; border-width: 0;" |'''Quandong''' is the 7th version of '''[[Sugar on a Stick]]''' released '''29 May 2012'''.
 
Quandong is the name of a native [[wikipedia:Santalum_acuminatum|Australian fruit]].




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* Fedora 17 Release Announcement: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test-announce/2012-May/000460.html
=== What's new in Quandong ===
=== What's new in Quandong ===


'''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.
'''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.


More information about the 0.96.1 release of Sugar is available at [[0.96/Notes]] and  [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/17/html/Release_Notes/ f17 Release Notes]
More information about the 0.96.1 release of Sugar is available at [[0.96/Notes]] and  [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/17/html/Release_Notes/ Fedora 17 Release Notes].
*If Installing to Hard Disk or USB with [[Sugar_Creation_Kit/sck/liveinst|liveinst]] Look at: [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F17_bugs f17 Common Bugs]
* If installing to hard disk or USB drive with [[Tutorials/Installation/Install with liveinst|liveinst]], look at [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F17_bugs Fedora 17 Common Bugs].
=====SoaS Release Announcement:06/05/2012=====
=====SoaS Release Announcement: 05 June 2012=====
Peter Robinson:
[http://www.mail-archive.com/soas@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg02429.html Release Announcement by Peter Robinson]:


There's been a lot of work go into this release from a lot of
There's been a lot of work go into this release from a lot of
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:- An increase in default Activities by nearly 50%
:- An increase in default Activities by nearly 50%


*Almost all of the previous Activities have seen updated releases
Almost all of the previous Activities have seen updated releases including but not limited to:
including but not limited to:
- Abacus 35 (GTK3)
- Abacus 35 (GTK3)
- Record 95
- Record 95
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- TurtleArt 138
- TurtleArt 138


*Newly added Activities include:
Newly added Activities include:
- Browse 137 (GTK3)
- Browse 137 (GTK3)
- Countries 33
- Countries 33
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There are many more Activities available through the usual Fedora repositories.
There are many more Activities available through the usual Fedora repositories.


*The release name, Quandong, continues the tradition of naming releases
The release name, Quandong, continues the tradition of naming releases
by types of fruit. The Quandong [4] or Native Peach is a native
by types of fruit. The Quandong [4] or Native Peach is a native
Australian bushfood.
Australian bushfood.
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:[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/17/FeatureList
:[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/17/FeatureList
:[2] http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/12037.html
:[2] http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/12037.html
:[3] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/0.96/Notes
:[3] [[0.96/Notes]]
:[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santalum_acuminatum
:[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santalum_acuminatum


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The team recognizes the need to continue to improve its release processes and engineering sustainability. New contributors are urged to get involved and help us move towards our long-term vision of bringing stability and deployability to Sugar's personalized learning environment.
The team recognizes the need to continue to improve its release processes and engineering sustainability. New contributors are urged to get involved and help us move towards our long-term vision of bringing stability and deployability to Sugar's personalized learning environment.


If you'd like to contribute to the next version, due for release in November of 2012, please join our [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas mailing list] and visit '''[[Sugar on a Stick]]'''. All types of contributions are welcome, from the technical to the pedagogical, and we're happy to teach what we know and learn what you have to share.
If you'd like to contribute to the next version, due for [[fedora:Releases/18/Schedule|release]] in December of 2012, please join our [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas mailing list], review '''[[Sugar on a Stick]]''', and visit '''[[Sugar on a Stick/Beta]]'''. All types of contributions are welcome, from the technical to the pedagogical, and we're happy to teach what we know and learn what you have to share.


Thank you to all the people involved for their awesome work!
Thank you to all the people involved for their awesome work!
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:Much help was also provided by the team at #fedora-qa; freenode IRC
:Much help was also provided by the team at #fedora-qa; freenode IRC


== [[Sugar on a Stick/Quandong/Virtual machines|Virtual machines]] ==
{{:Sugar on a Stick/Quandong/Virtual machines}}
== Documentation ==
== Documentation ==


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A new release of documentation should come out with each new release of SoaS (although resources have prevented this).
A new release of documentation should come out with each new release of SoaS (although resources have prevented this).


<!-- The Fedora-site documentation may not be an improvement over our Sugar Labs, ad hoc wiki documentation methods, as the tools needed to participate are more complicated, and the Spin page documentation is not open to editing.  The Fedora Sugar on a Stick pages have not been edited since Mirabelle was released in May 2010. -->
The Fedora-site documentation may not be an improvement over our Sugar Labs, ad hoc wiki documentation methods, as the tools needed to participate are more complicated, and the Spin page documentation is not open to editing.  The Fedora Sugar on a Stick pages have not been edited since Mirabelle was released in May 2010.


The attempt to better support a small number of known, working, "how to set up SoaS", instructions has not yet been fulfilled.
The attempt to better support a small number of known, working, "how to set up SoaS", instructions has not yet been fulfilled.