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  This needs to be done so copies will have different identities.
  This needs to be done so copies will have different identities.
===Comments===
===Comments===
*Run on FREE VMPlayer loaded on any SchoolPC with 512 Memory (requires 256 for VMplayer) [updated satellit 05/06/2009]
*Run on FREE VMPlayer loaded on any PC with 512 Memory (requires 256 for VMplayer)  
*ADVANTAGE: No Need to boot USB Stick on problem machines  
*ADVANTAGE: No Need to boot USB Stick on problem machines  
*Same machine can be used by a succession of students with their own copy of sugar
*Same machine can be used by a succession of students with their own copy of sugar
*Students can take USB/SD home and run on their own PC's
*Students can take USB/SD home and run on their own PC's
*Disadvantage: Have to install VMPlayer on PC's
*Disadvantage: Have to install VMPlayer on PC's
  2 emulations on different PC's each running NAT on same network seem to cause "collisions" in jabber (Neighborhood View gets depopulated on both ???) [satellit 05/05/2009]
  2 emulations on different PC's each running NAT on same network seem to cause "collisions" in jabber (Neighborhood View gets depopulated on both ???)  
   
   
  (#) Fix From davb [[VirtualBox/Preparing_a_disk_image]]
  (#) Fix From davb [[VirtualBox/Preparing_a_disk_image]]
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  4. su -
  4. su -
  5. shutdown -h now  
  5. shutdown -h now  
  [satellit 05/05/2009]
   


  Logon screen allows user to  switch session types:
  Logon screen allows user to  switch session types:
  *Default *Custom *KDE KDE(failsafe session) *Metacity(previous) *Sugar *Failsafe
  *KDE *Sugar *Failsafe
(It is Fedora 0.93 on startup bar) Applications in KDE  include:*Firefox 3.5 beta*Groupware Suite (evolution mail and calendar)
and a lot of other applications and Utilities...[satellit 05/06/2009]


==Running VMPlayer and an Appliance using a Single 8 GB USB Boot Stick==
==Running VMPlayer and an Appliance using a Single 8 GB USB Boot Stick==