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== About Sugar ==

Sugar is a desktop environment that is an alternative to the ones typically used in Microsoft Windows, Apple's OS X or ~~other~~ GNU/Linux operating systems. It is conceived as a platform upon which children learn with Sugar [[Activities]]. The platform provides mechanisms for [[Collaboration|collaboration]], [[Activities/Portfolio|reflection]], and [[View Source|exploration]]. Sugar Activities cover a broad range of applications: browsing, drawing, composing, writing, programming, etc.

Sugar is a desktop environment that is an alternative to the ones typically used in Microsoft Windows, Apple's OS X, or GNU/Linux operating systems. It is conceived as a platform upon which children learn with Sugar [[Activities]]. The platform provides mechanisms for [[Collaboration|collaboration]], [[Activities/Portfolio|reflection]], and [[View Source|exploration]]. Sugar Activities cover a broad range of applications: browsing, drawing, composing, writing, programming, etc.

The Sugar desktop has multiple full-screen views: a Home view from which Activities are launched; a Neighborhood view where learners can connect to each other through a [[olpc:Community Jabber Servers | Jabber network]]; a Journal view, which can be used as a ''lab notebook''; and the Activity view, where Sugar Activities are run.

Sugar Activities have no Save menu: everything is saved automatically. ~~While~~ the interface uses very little text, additional information is revealed when the user hovers over icons.

Sugar Activities have no Save menu: everything is saved automatically. Sugar support self discovery: while the interface uses very little text, additional information is revealed when the user hovers over icons.

Sugar is Free Software. It is developed in [[wikipedia:Python_%28programming_language%29|Python]] and runs on a [[wikipedia:Linux|GNU/Linux]] [[wikipedia:Kernel_%28computer_science%29|Kernel]], originally from the [http://fedoraproject.org/ Fedora Project], and now from a [[Supported systems|variety]] of GNU/Linux distributions.

For an overview of the components composing a Sugar system see the [[Sugar System Stack]].

For an overview of the technical components composing a Sugar system see the [[Sugar System Stack]].

==Getting Sugar==

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 == About Sugar ==
-Sugar is a desktop environment that is an alternative to the ones typically used in Microsoft Windows, Apple's OS X or other GNU/Linux operating systems. It is conceived as a platform upon which children learn with Sugar [[Activities]]. The platform provides mechanisms for [[Collaboration|collaboration]], [[Activities/Portfolio|reflection]], and [[View Source|exploration]]. Sugar Activities cover a broad range of applications: browsing, drawing, composing, writing, programming, etc.
+Sugar is a desktop environment that is an alternative to the ones typically used in Microsoft Windows, Apple's OS X, or GNU/Linux operating systems. It is conceived as a platform upon which children learn with Sugar [[Activities]]. The platform provides mechanisms for [[Collaboration|collaboration]], [[Activities/Portfolio|reflection]], and [[View Source|exploration]]. Sugar Activities cover a broad range of applications: browsing, drawing, composing, writing, programming, etc.
 The Sugar desktop has multiple full-screen views: a Home view from which Activities are launched; a Neighborhood view where learners can connect to each other through a [[olpc:Community Jabber Servers | Jabber network]]; a Journal view, which can be used as a ''lab notebook''; and the Activity view, where Sugar Activities are run.
-Sugar Activities have no Save menu: everything is saved automatically. While the interface uses very little text, additional information is revealed when the user hovers over icons.
+Sugar Activities have no Save menu: everything is saved automatically. Sugar support self discovery: while the interface uses very little text, additional information is revealed when the user hovers over icons.
 Sugar is Free Software. It is developed in [[wikipedia:Python_%28programming_language%29|Python]] and runs on a [[wikipedia:Linux|GNU/Linux]] [[wikipedia:Kernel_%28computer_science%29|Kernel]], originally from the [http://fedoraproject.org/ Fedora Project], and now from a [[Supported systems|variety]] of GNU/Linux distributions.
-For an overview of the components composing a Sugar system see the [[Sugar System Stack]].
+For an overview of the technical components composing a Sugar system see the [[Sugar System Stack]].
 ==Getting Sugar==