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== Getting Sugar on a Stick (beta) ==

'''Note:''' The first SoaS beta is now available!

'''Note:''' The first SoaS beta is now available! Please check the [[/Beta|release notes]] and download it, unless you're a Windows user (in which case you'll be able to download it directly when creating your stick), from here: http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-beta.iso

We had a SoaS pre-release on April 10th, 2009 at [http://www.ncose.org/node/47 FOSSVT], where we premiered and distributed SoaS. We are testing the beta image again this week (the week of April 13) and ~~will do another pre-~~release ~~on the weekend~~.

We had a SoaS pre-release on April 10th, 2009 at [http://www.ncose.org/node/47 FOSSVT], where we premiered and distributed SoaS. We are testing the beta image again this week (the week of April 13) and are ready for the final release now.

~~This means that we've now various solutions available, which are listed below. Some of those might still be unstable and in testing, which means that ''they might not work yet.''~~

Please download, test (see [[Smoke test]]), and give feedback (on sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org and [[Sugar on a Stick/Getting Involved]]) – please follow the instructions below to download a copy!

Please download, test (see [[Smoke test]]), and give feedback (on sugar-devel@lists.~~sugarlab~~.org and [[Sugar on a Stick/Getting Involved]]) – please follow the instructions below to download a copy!

'''Requirement:''' You'll need a USB key, with a size of at least 1 GB!

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~~If you've downloaded~~ the ''virtual appliance'' ~~or want~~ to run SoaS in a virtual machine, please follow the instructions [[/VirtualBox|here]].

You can also download the ''virtual appliance'' below to run SoaS in a virtual machine. If you've done so, please follow the instructions [[/VirtualBox|here]].

=== Boot ===

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For a guide on how to use Sugar, see the [http://en.flossmanuals.net/sugar FLOSSmanuals Sugar Users Guide]. [[olpc:Keyboard_shortcuts]] lists some of the Sugar keyboard shortcuts on a PC keyboard.

Let us know how it goes! Send ~~email~~ to iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org. This is our "Its an Education Project" mailing list.

Let us know how it goes! Send e-mail to iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org. This is our "Its an Education Project" mailing list.

== Help the project ==

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Report bugs to http://dev.sugarlabs.org/. Use the "SoaS" component when entering new bugs.

=== For Developers: Downloading alternative images ===

~~=== For Developers: Downloading alternative images ===~~

We've now various solutions available, which are listed below. Some of those might still be unstable and in testing, which means that ''they might not work yet.''

* The SoaS beta release is currently based on ''{{SoaS-2 beta}}''. It's the most stable solution we've available right now and is recommended for usage.

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===[[/Subpages]]===

[[Category:Project]]

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 == Getting Sugar on a Stick (beta) ==
-'''Note:''' The first SoaS beta is now available!
+'''Note:''' The first SoaS beta is now available! Please check the [[/Beta|release notes]] and download it, unless you're a Windows user (in which case you'll be able to download it directly when creating your stick), from here: http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-beta.iso
-We had a SoaS pre-release on April 10th, 2009 at [http://www.ncose.org/node/47 FOSSVT], where we premiered and distributed SoaS. We are testing the beta image again this week (the week of April 13) and will do another pre-release on the weekend.
+We had a SoaS pre-release on April 10th, 2009 at [http://www.ncose.org/node/47 FOSSVT], where we premiered and distributed SoaS. We are testing the beta image again this week (the week of April 13) and are ready for the final release now.
-This means that we've now various solutions available, which are listed below. Some of those might still be unstable and in testing, which means that ''they might not work yet.''
+Please download, test (see [[Smoke test]]), and give feedback (on sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org and [[Sugar on a Stick/Getting Involved]]) – please follow the instructions below to download a copy!
-Please download, test (see [[Smoke test]]), and give feedback (on sugar-devel@lists.sugarlab.org and [[Sugar on a Stick/Getting Involved]]) – please follow the instructions below to download a copy!
 '''Requirement:''' You'll need a USB key, with a size of at least 1 GB!
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 </span>
-If you've downloaded the ''virtual appliance'' or want to run SoaS in a virtual machine, please follow the instructions [[/VirtualBox|here]].
+You can also download the ''virtual appliance'' below to run SoaS in a virtual machine. If you've done so, please follow the instructions [[/VirtualBox|here]].
 === Boot ===
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 For a guide on how to use Sugar, see the [http://en.flossmanuals.net/sugar FLOSSmanuals Sugar Users Guide].  [[olpc:Keyboard_shortcuts]] lists some of the Sugar keyboard shortcuts on a PC keyboard.
-Let us know how it goes! Send email to iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org. This is our "Its an Education Project" mailing list.
+Let us know how it goes! Send e-mail to iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org. This is our "Its an Education Project" mailing list.
 == Help the project ==
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 Report bugs to http://dev.sugarlabs.org/. Use the "SoaS" component when entering new bugs.
+=== For Developers: Downloading alternative images ===
-=== For Developers: Downloading alternative images ===
+We've now various solutions available, which are listed below. Some of those might still be unstable and in testing, which means that ''they might not work yet.''
 * The SoaS beta release is currently based on ''{{SoaS-2 beta}}''. It's the most stable solution we've available right now and is recommended for usage.
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 ===[[/Subpages]]===
 [[Category:Project]]