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Sugar is a different desktop environment to what is normally used in Windows, Apple's OS X or other Linux operating systems. The first thing that a child sees, therefore, is not a hard disk or a trash can — it’s the other children in the “neighborhood.” Sugar's closest desktop metaphor is the Home view: where the user can see what Activities they are currently using and access the Journal, which acts as a history of usage and allows the user to access files they viewed or applications they ran previously. | Sugar is a different desktop environment to what is normally used in Windows, Apple's OS X or other Linux operating systems. The first thing that a child sees, therefore, is not a hard disk or a trash can — it’s the other children in the “neighborhood.” Sugar's closest desktop metaphor is the Home view: where the user can see what Activities they are currently using and access the Journal, which acts as a history of usage and allows the user to access files they viewed or applications they ran previously. | ||
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====Changing the "XO Guy"==== | |||
To change the XO Guy, the symbol in the middle of the Home view (with applications opening around him/her), you have to follow a few steps. | |||
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You fist have to make an icon image and save it as an SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) file with the name computer-xo.svg. Probably on your Mac or MS machine. There are instructions on how to do this on the OLPC wiki. | |||
Next you copy computer-xo.svg to a USB or SD card. | |||
Then you open the terminal and type the commands in to back-up the original icon and copy your new icon into the correct location. | |||
1. You fist have to make an icon image and save it as an SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) file with the name computer-xo.svg. Probably on your Mac or MS machine. There are instructions on how to do this on the OLPC wiki. | |||
Next you copy computer-xo.svg to a USB or SD card. | |||
Then you open the terminal and type the commands in to back-up the original icon and copy your new icon into the correct location. | |||
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===Using Activities=== | ===Using Activities=== | ||
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Turn the volume down while the laptop is booting (i.e. before getting into Sugar). | Turn the volume down while the laptop is booting (i.e. before getting into Sugar). | ||
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=Networking & Communications= | =Networking & Communications= | ||