Ubuntu

• It is Recommended to look also at Trisquel for another Ubuntu Build

Trisquel is Ubuntu based and works well. (Trisquel 4 and 4.1 is based on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Trisquel 4.5; Ubuntu 10.10; and Trisquel 5.0 on Ubuntu 11.04)

• Toast (Trisquel Sugar-Desktop Only)

Based on Ubuntu 11.04

Sugar on Ubuntu wiki:https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Sugar old link

• NOTE: Sugar 0.90 is NOT RECOMMENDED as Collaboration with Jabber is Buggy.

Sugar Desktop 0.94.1 on Mint 11

Download: http://linuxfreedom.com/linuxmint/linuxmint.com/stable/11/linuxmint-11-gnome-dvd-32bit.iso

• RECOMMENDED

Sweets_Distribution works

• Advanced installation skills required

Not normal sugar but sweets distribution sugar

Like Trisquel 5.0-sugar (TOAST)

Has Dextrose features

VirtualBox 4.1

• Installs VirtualBox for Ubuntu 11.04 and extensions

Sugar Desktop 0.90 on Mint 11

Sugar 0.90 is NOT RECOMMENDED

Software Manager

Search "sugar"

Select sugar-emulator 0.90

Sugar only comes with turtle art 98 and pippy 37

Install applications in Activities from surf

• Surf-115 can be drag dropped to the journal from a 2nd USB

Download to USB: http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Surf-115.xo

This allows installation of many activities from ASLO (surf start new screen/activities) including the following:

edit 8
physics 8
terminal 31
edit 8
surf 115
irc 10
chat 72
backup 5
restore 3
moon 11

Control Panel

About my Computer

Build:  linux Mint 11 Katya
Sugar:  0.90.1

software Update

does NOT work

Jabber

ONLY WORKS if wireless is disconnected prior to starting sugar this is known bug in sugar 0.90.x

Sugar Desktop 0.90 on edubuntu 11.10

Sugar 0.90 is NOT RECOMMENDED

Updated: 10/20/2011

Note classic gnome fallback is available on install

http://edubuntu.org/download

To install Sugar

Ubuntu Software Center/Education (All Software)

Search: sugar

sugar 0.90 [x] use this one   bugs: 1-) cp/software update does not work 2-) Central f1 Avitar disappears after several minutes
sugar 0.84
sugar 0.88
sugar 0.86

• Control Panel:

ubuntu 10.10

Sugar 0.90.1

Hints:

Do updates right away

System Settings/Network to configure wireless AP

Applications/Education/sugar drag sugar XO icon to desktop

Properties (right click) change command to sugar-emulator -f (full screen)

Sugar only comes with turtle art 98 and pippy 37

• Surf-115 can be drag dropped to the journal from a 2nd USB

Download to USB: http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Surf-115.xo

This allows installation of many activities from ASLO (surf start new screen/activities) including the following:

physics 8
terminal 31
edit 8
surf 115
irc 10
chat 72

Sugar Desktop 0.88.1 on Ubuntu 11.04

11.04 has replaced Gnome with the Unity interface plus sugar 0.88.1

Talk:Community/Distributions/Trisquel#Install_Sugar_0.88.1x_on_Trisquel_5.0

Works fine if you drag-drop surf-115.xo to journal from 2nd usb.

Sugar_Creation_Kit#surf_browser

You then can install the applications you need from ASLO: http://activities.sugarlabs.org/

• Works fine. Tested on a new install 07/31/2011

suggestion choose "Ubuntu classic" from gdm log-in switcher. (This gives Classic Gnome Desktop)

Tested on an ACER ASPIRE ONE N450 10" Netbook

Everything works on all of these options, including wireless.

• To turn off screensaver and power management:

HINT:CAPS lock does not always work in sugar-terminal so use shift key to get lower case.

terminal:
xset s off
xset -dpms

Ubuntu on MacBookPro

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro

Ubuntu 10.10 for PowerPC

• See /PPC.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/YabootConfigurationForMacintoshPowerPCsDualBoot

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