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== Getting Sugar on a Stick (beta) ==
== Getting Sugar on a Stick (beta) ==
Follow the instructions below to download a copy.
* Windows users: See [[Sugar on a Stick/Windows]].
* Others: Save this file, http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-beta.iso


'''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
'''Notes:'''
: The first SoaS beta is now available! Please check the [[/Beta|release notes]] and download it, unless you're a


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.
: 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.


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


=== Create Your Stick ===
=== Create Your Stick ===
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Let us know how it goes! Send e-mail to [mailto:iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org]. This is our [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep "It's an Education Project" mailing list].
Let us know how it goes!  


== Help the project ==
== Help the project ==
 
See [[Sugar on a Stick/Getting Involved | our '''Getting Involved''' page]] for ways to contribute ideas and report bugs to the project.
Please keep notes on which version of Sugar on a Stick you have downloaded when reporting issues.
 
* When booting SoaS, you'll see for a short time a screen showing a kind of solar system.
* Press the "Escape" button here and you'll get to the boot menu.
* There, you should find the images name in the following structure: ''Soas{version number}-{date of creation}''
 
Alternatively, you can also refer to the name of the .iso file, if you still have it around.
 
To find out which version of Sugar you are using you can look it up in the 'About my Computer' Section in 'My Settings'.
 
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 ===
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