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| − | Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry supports viewing e-books through '''Read''', | + | Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry supports viewing e-books through '''Read''', including the increasingly popular .epub file format. Historical classicals and interesting literature for young readers are provided through an additional [[Sugar_on_a_Stick/E-Books|page]]. |
Thousands of additional e-books can even be easily accessed through the included '''Get Internet Archive Books''' Activity. | Thousands of additional e-books can even be easily accessed through the included '''Get Internet Archive Books''' Activity. | ||
A [http://people.sugarlabs.org/sayamindu/shared_read.ogv screencast] of the e-book sharing process is also available. | A [http://people.sugarlabs.org/sayamindu/shared_read.ogv screencast] of the e-book sharing process is also available. | ||
Revision as of 06:01, 7 December 2009
Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry contains a number of new features that improve the overall user and learning experience. Here is an overview of the most notable ones:
Sugar 0.86
Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry ships the latest Sugar release, 0.86.3. It features:
- a redesigned toolbar;
- support for tabbed browsing (Browse);
- epub file support for ebooks (Read);
- and an easy way to update to the latest activities (Control Panel).
Detailed release notes for Sugar 0.86 are available here.
ZYX-Liveinstaller
A frequent request we received concerned a means of installing Sugar to a hard disk. We teamed up with the zyx-liveinstaller developer in order to provide:
- a seamless way of installing your personalized environment onto your computer's hard disk;
- it even saves any changes that you made to your Sugar on a Stick system;
- and the installation does not even require a reboot.
- Link [1]
E-Books
Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry supports viewing e-books through Read, including the increasingly popular .epub file format. Historical classicals and interesting literature for young readers are provided through an additional page. Thousands of additional e-books can even be easily accessed through the included Get Internet Archive Books Activity. A screencast of the e-book sharing process is also available.
Activities
Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry also includes updates to the standard collection of Activities for children and many new ones. An example is SocialCalc, a spreadsheet activity that allows users to do complex mathematical calculations. Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry also ships the TamTam activity suite, which takes the learner on a journey through sound and music, beginning with a simple musical toy and progressing up to a sophisticated sound synthesizer. Other activities, such as the very popular Physics and TurtleArt, have been updated.
Based On Fedora
Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry is based on the latest version (F12) of the Fedora operating system, a GNU/Linux distribution which showcases the latest in free and open source software.