Ubuntu based distributions

Sugar Desktop 0.90.1 on Ubuntu 11.10

NOTE: This version uses the old Sugar 0.90. Collaboration is broken

Install package 'sucrose-0.90' with apt or Ubuntu Software Center.
Only comes with pippy and turtleart
You'll need to install the remaining individual activities by downloading them from http://activities.sugarlabs.org/ and installing each within a terminal:

sugar-install-bundle activity.xo

To turn off screensaver and power management:

terminal:
xset s off
xset -dpms

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

Sugar Desktop 0.90 on edubuntu 11.10

Sugar 0.90 is NOT RECOMMENDED

Updated: 10/20/2011

Note classic gnome fallback is available on install

http://edubuntu.org/download

To install Sugar

Ubuntu Software Center/Education (All Software)

Search: sugar

sugar 0.90 [x] use this one

Hints:

Do updates right away

System Settings/Network to configure wireless AP

Applications/Education/sugar drag sugar XO icon to desktop

Properties (right click) change command to sugar-emulator -f (full screen)

Sugar only comes with turtlear and pippy

[[

http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Surf-115.xo%7CSurf-115]] can be drag dropped to the journal from a USB key or by going to a terminal and doing:

sugar-install-bundle activity.xo

This allows installation of many activities from ASLO (surf start new screen/activities) including the following:

physics 8
terminal 31
edit 8
surf 115
irc 10
chat 72

You can also install activities from a terminal with:

sugar-install-bundle activity.xo

Sugar Desktop 0.94.1 on Mint 11

Click on link ^ for detailed install instructions

Download: http://linuxfreedom.com/linuxmint/linuxmint.com/stable/11/linuxmint-11-gnome-dvd-32bit.iso

RECOMMENDED

Sweets_Distribution works

Advanced installation skills required

Not normal sugar but sweets distribution sugar

Like Trisquel 5.0-sugar (TOAST)

Has Dextrose features

ONLY WORKS if wireless is disconnected prior to starting sugar this is known bug in sugar 0.90.x

Trisquel

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

Sweets Distribution

NEW 02/03/2011 alsroot and satellit

This is Dextrose 2, thus more than just Sugar 0.88, it contains several features that still are not committed to the trunk + bug fixes from 0.90+.

Install sweets sugar 0.88.1 in Ubuntu-10.04/Trisquel-4.1 and Ubuntu-10.10/Trisquel-4.5

sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org 07/03/2011

Alexy:

(Edited by satellit while installing on Ubuntu 10.10 HD install)

Hi all,
If someone is using sweet packages for Ubuntu 10.04/10.10 and Trisquel
4.1/4.5 (thanks satellit for creating instructions of wiki),
its download location was changed from http://bazaar-download.sugarlabs.org/ to the links shown below:

Installation

Terminal:

sudo su

Repository uses new gpg key, to import it:

   gpg --keyserver keys.sugarlabs.org --recv 3182B17D
   gpg --armor --export 3182B17D | sudo apt-key add -

Look for 'OK

Start Synaptic Package Manager

Settings/Repositories/Other Software/Add..

For Ubuntu-10.04/Trisquel-4.1:

   deb http://download.sugarlabs.org/packages/SweetsDistribution:/0.88/Ubuntu-10.04/ ./
   deb-src http://download.sugarlabs.org/packages/SweetsDistribution:/0.88/Ubuntu-10.04/ ./

For Ubuntu-10.10/Trisquel-4.5:

   deb http://download.sugarlabs.org/packages/SweetsDistribution:/0.88/Ubuntu-10.10/ ./
   deb-src http://download.sugarlabs.org/packages/SweetsDistribution:/0.88/Ubuntu-10.10/ ./

Synaptic Package Manager/

Reload

Quick Search (sweets)

check sweets-distribution/apply

exit

Applications/Education/Sugar

right click: Add this launcher to the desktop

Open (right click)/Properties/Command: sweets-sugar-emulator -f

add -f to command (full screen)

Close

Click on Sugar Icon

My Settings

About my Computer:

Ubuntu 10.10

0.88.1

Frame/slide bottom slider full left

restart

Sugar Desktop starts
Tested on install 04/05/2011 satellit

UbuntuSugar (Inactive)

from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Sugar web page :

Sugar Team

Sugar on Ubuntu is packaged and maintained by the Ubuntu Sugar team [1], who welcome new contributors to test, document, triage, and make packages.

Sugar bug reporting Ubuntu.