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=How to Use VMPlayer to run Soas=
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*This is a guide to setup Sugar as a VM on your computer.
<span style="font-size: 1.6em;">How to Use VMware Player to run SoaS</span>
*This is a guide to set up Sugar as a virtual machine on your computer.
==Getting Started==
==Getting Started==
VMware Player ([https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/free#desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_player/5_0 here])
Download VMware Player:
Sugar LiveCD/USB (http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Downloads here)
:https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/free#desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_player/5_0
<br />VirtualBox Instructions (not yet complete).
Download Sugar Live CD/USB :
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:[[Sugar on a Stick/Downloads]]
 
==VMware Player==
==VMware Player==
===Running your VM for the first time===
===Running your VM for the first time===
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Click the "Browse" button to search for the .ISO file you downloaded in "Getting Started". Then, click the "Next >" button.
Click the "Browse" button to search for the .iso file you downloaded in "Getting Started". Then, click the "Next >" button.
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By default, VMware Player will try to make the disk size of the VM 8GB. If this seems to be too much for you, lower it and just make sure you have 4GB+ set for the disk size.
By default, VMware Player will try to make the disk size of the VM 8 GB. If this seems to be too much for you, lower it and just make sure you have 4 GB or more set for the disk size.
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Set the memory to 512MB+ (more than 512MB if your computer has memory to spare).
Set the memory to 512 MB (more than 512 MB if your computer has memory to spare).
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Congratulations, you now have to install the Operating System to the disk. You can do that by following the tutorial found [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Tutorials/Installation/Install_with_liveinst here].
Congratulations, if you wish, you may now perform a traditional installation of the Operating System to a disk. You can do that by following the tutorial found [[Tutorials/Installation/Install_with_liveinst|here]].
 
===[[Tutorials|Click for more tutorials]].===


==Credits==
==Credits==
*A Google Code-in 2012 Task  
*A Google Code-in 2012 Task [[GoogleCodeIn2012/VM]]
:http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Michael_Jin
:[[User:Michael_Jin]]
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