Background contest
In April and May of 2014, SugarLabs organized the first contest to create background images, to be included with the next release of Sugar. Was a opportunity to stimulate kids to be artists, to explore and share, being part of a project used by million of kids in the world.
Results
The contest jury, integrated by Artemis Papert, Gary Martin and Manuel Quiñones, selected the following images:
Aros que flotan - Micaela Quinteros
Fondo6 - Patricio Ezequiel Pérez Zinola
Capas - Anastasia Nahir Bravo Méndez
ScreenPaperVectorXO3 - Andrés Collares
En llamas - Geraldine Borche
para todos xo - joel maximiliano
Los colores de mi país - Caroline Tamara Villar Risotto
Tranquility - Sai Vineet
fio:) - Fiorella de los santos
Circuloss - Olivia Agustina Romero Pintos
Figuras este es mi 2º Fondo que mando :) - Shakira Stephanie Sisto Fernandez
Fondo1 - Patricio Ezequiel Pérez Zinola
pintitas - Cristy Melanie Bula Garcia
tin - María Jorgelina Sena OLIvera
Fondo3 - Patricio Ezequiel Pérez Zinola
Fondo5 - Patricio Ezequiel Pérez Zinola
Fondo7 - Patricio Ezequiel Pérez Zinola
How to use the background images
You need Sugar 0.100 or better to set the background. You can download any of the images and copy them to your "Documents" folder. Then you can go to "My Settings" and select the Background section.
A file containing all the images is available File:Contest.tar.gz
To install it, copy the file in your Documents folder and in the Terminal do:
cd Documents tar xzvf Contest.tar.gz
These images will be available by default in new versions of Sugar.