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# Insert the USB drive into a USB port on your computer. Ports directly connected to the motherboard (usually on the back of the computer) are more likely to recognize the device at boot time. | # Insert the USB drive into a USB port on your computer. Ports directly connected to the motherboard (usually on the back of the computer) are more likely to recognize the device at boot time. | ||
# Set the option to boot from USB in your machine's BIOS and then start up the computer. | # Set the option to boot from USB in your machine's BIOS and then start up the computer. | ||
# You should see the Sugar logo if the drive is booting. Proceed to the Use it section. | # You should see the Sugar logo if the drive is booting. Proceed to the '''Use it''' section. | ||
If your machine doesn't support booting from USB devices, then download and burn http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-boot.iso. | If your machine doesn't support booting from USB devices, then download and burn http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-boot.iso. | ||
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# Put both the boot-support CD and the USB flash drive in your computer and let it boot from the CD. | # Put both the boot-support CD and the USB flash drive in your computer and let it boot from the CD. | ||
=== Use it | === Use it === | ||
* Once you have successfully launched Sugar on a Stick, you should explore the Sugar Learning Platform. There is a [http://en.flossmanuals.net/sugar guide to Sugar] with help pages dedicated to most activities. | * Once you have successfully launched Sugar on a Stick, you should explore the Sugar Learning Platform. There is a [http://en.flossmanuals.net/sugar guide to Sugar] with help pages dedicated to most activities. | ||
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* Sugar on a Stick uses by default the ''English (USA)'' keyboard layout. | * Sugar on a Stick uses by default the ''English (USA)'' keyboard layout. | ||
*: If you need to change this, you need to use the Terminal activity. | *: If you need to change this, you need to use the Terminal activity. | ||
*:: | *:: Terminal is not in the default Home View ring (Favorite activities), to reach it, | ||
*::# Switch to 'List view' (the far right switch button on the Home View toolbar), | *::# Switch to 'List view' (the far right switch button on the Home View toolbar), | ||
*::# Find the Terminal Activity (more than half-way down in the list, or use the Search box on the left of the toolbar), | *::# Find the Terminal Activity (more than half-way down in the list, or use the Search box on the left of the toolbar), | ||