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Ubuntu and ubuntu-based distributions

Ubuntu-small.jpgSugar Desktop 0.90 on Ubuntu 11.10

NOTE: This version uses previous Sugar release. Collaboration is broken

  • Install sucrose-0.90
sudo apt-get install sucrose-0.90

Only comes with pippy and turtleart. You can download more Activities from [activites.sugarlabs.org ] from outside of Sugar and install each .xo bundle individually in a terminal with:

sugar-install-bundle activity.xo

To run Sugar fullscreen:

  • Go to the menu Applications->Education->sugar
  • Drag and drop the Sugar icon to the desktop
  • Right-click on Sugar icon and choose Properties
  • Change the command to:
 sugar-emulator -f

If you need to turn off screensaver and power management:

xset s off
xset -dpms

Ubuntu Sugar Remix Team:https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Sugar

200px-Edubuntu.pngSugar Desktop 0.90 on edubuntu 11.10

Sugar 0.90 is NOT RECOMMENDED

Note: classic gnome fallback is available on install

  • Install sucrose-0.90
sudo apt-get install sucrose-0.90

Only comes with pippy and turtleart. To get more activities you can:

Download [the Surf activity ] and put it in a USB key. Within Sugar, copy the bundle to the Journal to install it. Start Surf and point it to [activites.sugarlabs.org ] to get other activities.

Or you can download from [activites.sugarlabs.org ] from outside Sugar and install each .xo bundle individually in a terminal with:

sugar-install-bundle activity.xo

To run Sugar fullscreen:

  • menu Applications->Education->sugar
  • drag and drop Sugar icon to desktop
  • right-click on Sugar icon->Properties
  • change command to:
 sugar-emulator -f

Sugar Desktop 0.90 with Trisquel

Trisquel is Ubuntu based and works well. (Trisquel 4.1 is based on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Trisquel 5, on Ubuntu 11.04.

= Linux Mint

[Mint webpage]

Sweets

Sweets works Advanced installation skills required. Has Dextrose features

Mint.png Sugar Desktop 0.94.1 on Mint 11 with sweets