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'''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:

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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

* a seamless way of installing your personalized environment onto your computer's hard disk;

* ~~that~~ saves any changes that you made to your Sugar on a Stick system

* it even saves any changes that you made to your Sugar on a Stick system;

* ~~without~~ even ~~requiring~~ a reboot!

* and the installation does not even require a reboot.

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[[Image:read-alice.png|left|200px]]

Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry ~~features a number of well-selected~~ e-books in the increasingly popular .epub file format. Historical classicals and interesting literature for young readers ~~have found their way onto this release~~.

Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry supports viewing e-books through '''Read''', even in 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.

~~A demonstration of Sugar's sharing features with e-books is available here: http://people.sugarlabs.org/sayamindu/shared_read.ogv~~

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Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry also includes ~~many new Sugar Activities as well as~~ updates to ~~old favorites like '''Physics'''~~ and ~~'''TurtleArt'''~~. ~~Activities shipping for the first time on Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry include~~ '''SocialCalc''', a spreadsheet activity that allows users to do complex mathematical calculations~~, and~~ '''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.

Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry also includes updates to the standard collection of activities 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.

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Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry is based on the latest version of the Fedora operating system.

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~~== For More Information ==~~

~~In case you encounter issues, please report them here ~~

~~https://launchpad.net/soas~~

~~Do not hesitate to e-mail us with any feedback at ~~

~~[mailto:feedback@sugarlabs.org feedback@sugarlabs.org]~~

~~For more information, please visit ~~

~~[http://www.sugarlabs.org www.sugarlabs.org]~~

~~== About This Document ==~~

A PDF layout of this file is available at http://people.sugarlabs.org/sdz/soas-v2-notes.pdf with SVG source at http://people.sugarlabs.org/sdz/soas-v2-notes.svg. Note that the wiki page version is likely to be more up-to-date.

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 '''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:
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 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
+* a seamless way of installing your personalized environment onto your computer's hard disk;
-* that saves any changes that you made to your Sugar on a Stick system
+* it even saves any changes that you made to your Sugar on a Stick system;
-* without even requiring a reboot!
+* and the installation does not even require a reboot.
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 [[Image:read-alice.png|left|200px]]
-Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry features a number of well-selected e-books in the increasingly popular .epub file format. Historical classicals and interesting literature for young readers have found their way onto this release.
+Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry supports viewing e-books through '''Read''', even in 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.
-A demonstration of Sugar's sharing features with e-books is available here: http://people.sugarlabs.org/sayamindu/shared_read.ogv
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 [[Image:social-calc-activity.png|right|200px]]
-Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry also includes many new Sugar Activities as well as updates to old favorites like '''Physics''' and '''TurtleArt'''. Activities shipping for the first time on Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry include '''SocialCalc''', a spreadsheet activity that allows users to do complex mathematical calculations, and '''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.
+Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry also includes updates to the standard collection of activities 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.
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 Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry is based on the latest version of the Fedora operating system.
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-== For More Information ==
-In case you encounter issues, please report them here<br/>
-https://launchpad.net/soas
-Do not hesitate to e-mail us with any feedback at<br/>
-[mailto:feedback@sugarlabs.org feedback@sugarlabs.org]
-For more information, please visit<br/>
-[http://www.sugarlabs.org www.sugarlabs.org]
-== About This Document ==
-A PDF layout of this file is available at http://people.sugarlabs.org/sdz/soas-v2-notes.pdf with SVG source at http://people.sugarlabs.org/sdz/soas-v2-notes.svg. Note that the wiki page version is likely to be more up-to-date.