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=== Who is doing Sugar development? ===

Sugar is a community project. ~~Many~~ of the developers ~~are contracted by~~ OLPC~~, many~~ are volunteers. You can get an idea of the people involve from the [[Modules]] page.

Sugar is a community project. At present some of the Sugar developers under contract to OLPC; most of the Sugar developers are volunteers. You can get an idea of the people involve from the [[Modules]] page.

=~~== Does Sugar run on {GNU/Linux, Fedora, Ubuntu, Suse, MAS OS, Windows, etc.}? ===~~

=== What makes Sugar different from other educational software platforms? ===

~~Please refer to the [[Supported systems]] page for an up-to-date list of supported systems.~~

== What makes Sugar different from other educational software platforms? ===

The Sugar interface, in its departure from the desktop metaphor for computing, is the first serious attempt to create a user interface that is based on both cognitive and social constructivism: learners should engage in authentic exploration and collaboration. It is based on three very simple principles about what makes us human: (1) everyone is a teacher and a learner; (2) humans by their nature are social beings; and (3) humans by their nature are expressive. These are the pillars of a user experience for learning.

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==Using Sugar==

=== Does Sugar run on {GNU/Linux, Fedora, Ubuntu, Suse, MAC OS, Windows, etc.}? ===

Please refer to the [[Supported systems]] page for an up-to-date list of supported systems.

=== Is there an image of the OS that can be run on a PC? ===

You can download a LiveCD version of Sugar (Please see http://wiki.laptop.org/go/LiveCd) or run Sugar natively on a [[Supported systems|supported system]].

* You can download a LiveCD version of Sugar (~~Please see http://wiki.laptop.org/go/LiveCd~~).

=== Does Sugar run on an ASUS Eee PC (or other "ultra-mobile" or "mini" PCs)?===

* Also, if you are using Ubuntu Hardy, it is one of the included packages (Please see http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sugar_on_Ubuntu_Linux#Option_3_-_Hardy_included_packages).

There is a thread on the mailing list about success stories with the Eee: http://lists.lo-res.org/pipermail/its.an.education.project/2008-May/000282.html Another pointer is: ftp://rohrmoser-engineering.de/pub/XO-LiveCD/XO-LiveCD_080321.pdf Many manufacturers are beginning to take an interest in supporting Sugar.

~~=== Sugar on an ASUS Eee PC ===~~

~~Q: I have an ASUS Eee p.c. and i was wondering if sugar has been ported to it yet.~~

~~if so has an image of a boot-able USB key been produced?~~

~~and if so what is the URL of the image that i can drag and drop to a blank drive and reboot sugar from?~~

~~and if not.... how much longer?~~

A: There is a thread on the mailing list about success stories: http://lists.lo-res.org/pipermail/its.an.education.project/2008-May/000282.html Another pointer is: ftp://rohrmoser-engineering.de/pub/XO-LiveCD/XO-LiveCD_080321.pdf

==About Sugar Labs==

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Sugar was originally developed as the user interface (UI) for the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) XO-1 laptop. Sugar Labs was established as an independent entity in order to facilitate the growth of Sugar beyond any single hardware platform. While Sugar Labs has a cooperative working relationship with OLPC, it is by no means an exclusive or proprietary relationship. Sugar Labs is not bound to any specific hardware platform or Linux distribution (Please see [[Supported systems]]).

=== Is Sugar Labs upstream from OLPC (and other Sugar-supported platforms)? ===

Sugar Labs is the upstream for the Sugar project.

=== Who is Sugar Labs? ===

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 === Who is doing Sugar development? ===
-Sugar is a community project. Many of the developers are contracted by OLPC, many are volunteers. You can get an idea of the people involve from the [[Modules]] page.
+Sugar is a community project. At present some of the Sugar developers under contract to OLPC; most of the Sugar developers are volunteers. You can get an idea of the people involve from the [[Modules]] page.
-=== Does Sugar run on {GNU/Linux, Fedora, Ubuntu, Suse, MAS OS, Windows, etc.}? ===
+=== What makes Sugar different from other educational software platforms? ===
-Please refer to the [[Supported systems]] page for an up-to-date list of supported systems.
-== What makes Sugar different from other educational software platforms? ===
 The Sugar interface, in its departure from the desktop metaphor for computing, is the first serious attempt to create a user interface that is based on both cognitive and social constructivism: learners should engage in authentic exploration and collaboration. It is based on three very simple principles about what makes us human: (1) everyone is a teacher and a learner; (2) humans by their nature are social beings; and (3) humans by their nature are expressive. These are the pillars of a user experience for learning.
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 ==Using Sugar==
+=== Does Sugar run on {GNU/Linux, Fedora, Ubuntu, Suse, MAC OS, Windows, etc.}? ===
+Please refer to the [[Supported systems]] page for an up-to-date list of supported systems.
 === Is there an image of the OS that can be run on a PC? ===
+You can download a LiveCD version of Sugar (Please see http://wiki.laptop.org/go/LiveCd) or run Sugar natively on a [[Supported systems|supported system]].
-* You can download a LiveCD version of Sugar (Please see http://wiki.laptop.org/go/LiveCd).
+=== Does Sugar run on an ASUS Eee PC (or other "ultra-mobile" or "mini" PCs)?===
-* Also, if you are using Ubuntu Hardy, it is one of the included packages (Please see http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sugar_on_Ubuntu_Linux#Option_3_-_Hardy_included_packages).
+There is a thread on the mailing list about success stories with the Eee: http://lists.lo-res.org/pipermail/its.an.education.project/2008-May/000282.html Another pointer is: ftp://rohrmoser-engineering.de/pub/XO-LiveCD/XO-LiveCD_080321.pdf Many manufacturers are beginning to take an interest in supporting Sugar.
-=== Sugar on an ASUS Eee PC ===
-Q: I have an ASUS Eee p.c. and i was wondering if sugar has been ported to it yet.
-if so has an image of a boot-able USB key been produced?
-and if so what is the URL of the image that i can drag and drop to a blank drive and reboot sugar from?
-and if not.... how much longer?
-A: There is a thread on the mailing list about success stories: http://lists.lo-res.org/pipermail/its.an.education.project/2008-May/000282.html Another pointer is: ftp://rohrmoser-engineering.de/pub/XO-LiveCD/XO-LiveCD_080321.pdf
 ==About Sugar Labs==
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 Sugar was originally developed as the user interface (UI) for the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) XO-1 laptop. Sugar Labs was established as an independent entity in order to facilitate the growth of Sugar beyond any single hardware platform. While Sugar Labs has a cooperative working relationship with OLPC, it is by no means an exclusive or proprietary relationship. Sugar Labs is not bound to any specific hardware platform or Linux distribution (Please see [[Supported systems]]).
+=== Is Sugar Labs upstream from OLPC (and other Sugar-supported platforms)? ===
+Sugar Labs is the upstream for the Sugar project.
 === Who is Sugar Labs? ===