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m Make it work to both boot and to run on the computers' current operating systems.: Export the VirtualBox .vdi hard drive to a 2nd USB and create a new machine that uses the .vdi to run
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*We need a Mac and Linux VirtualBox or other VM Solution.
*We need a Mac and Linux VirtualBox or other VM Solution.
* We need a simple, elegant, Sugar specific UI that is presented to the user when they insert a stick into a running Windows machine.
* We need a simple, elegant, Sugar specific UI that is presented to the user when they insert a stick into a running Windows machine.
*Suggestion-1:
*Suggestion-1: (not for XO-1)
:Put 2 files for VirtualBox import/export on a 2nd USB stick
:Put 2 files for VirtualBox import/export on a 2nd USB stick
:On insertion; the contents of the USB stick pop up
:On insertion; the contents of the USB stick pop up
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   f16-live-RC4-Desktop-sugaruser.ovf '''<==click on this file and it immediately imports into VirtualBox (less than 2 Minutes)'''  
   f16-live-RC4-Desktop-sugaruser.ovf '''<==click on this file and it immediately imports into VirtualBox (less than 2 Minutes)'''  
   (Only the .ovf file icon is highlighted in the USB stick contents)
   (Only the .ovf file icon is highlighted in the USB stick contents)
*Suggestion-2:
*Suggestion-2: (not for XO-1)
:Export the VirtualBox .vdi hard drive to a 2nd USB and create a new machine that uses the .vdi to run
:Export the VirtualBox .vdi hard drive to a 2nd USB and create a new machine that uses the .vdi to run
:/home/(user)/VirtualBox VMs/ (copy all three files to USB-stick)
:/home/(user)/VirtualBox VMs/ (copy all three files to USB-stick)
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:use pre-existing hard disk
:use pre-existing hard disk
:Look for .vdi (on USB-stick)
:Look for .vdi (on USB-stick)
[[File:Trisquel_running_from_Ext_USB-stick.png|500px]]
[[File:Trisquel_running_from_Ext_USB-stick.png|200px]]
*This is OS agnostic for a system with an installed VirtualBox 4.1
*Suggestion-3 (works for XO-1 and PC's)
*Use "Sneakernet" Downloadable CD/DVD.isos
:http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Creation_Kit#introduction_to_the_sugar_interface_CD.iso  7.4M
::A CD/USB-stick with .html files that will open with a click in the XO-1 or PC's Browser
*Contents:
: Introduction_to_Sugar_Interface.html
: Connecting_to_the_Internet.html
: Drag-Drop.html
: How_to_use_IRC.html
: How_to_use_Chat.html
: Terminal.html
:: Downloaded .html from: [http://en.flossmanuals.net/terminal/Floss Manuals]
--[[User:Satellit|Satellit]] 18:49, 24 December 2011 (EST)
:http://download.sugarlabs.org/images/SugarCreationKit-123.iso
::a 3.2 GB DVD.iso with most of the tools needed to install and use sugar  '''Needs updating''' only goes to Mirabelle SoaS-v3


===Make it work with Macs.===
===Make it work with Macs.===