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=== Who is doing Sugar development? ===
=== Who is doing Sugar development? ===
Sugar is a community project. Many of the developers are contracted by OLPC, many are volunteers. You can get an idea of the people involve from the [[Modules]] page.
Sugar is a community project. At present some of the Sugar developers under contract to OLPC; most of the Sugar developers are volunteers. You can get an idea of the people involve from the [[Modules]] page.
=== Does Sugar run on {GNU/Linux, Fedora, Ubuntu, Suse, MAS OS, Windows, etc.}? ===
=== What makes Sugar different from other educational software platforms? ===
== What makes Sugar different from other educational software platforms? ===
The Sugar interface, in its departure from the desktop metaphor for computing, is the first serious attempt to create a user interface that is based on both cognitive and social constructivism: learners should engage in authentic exploration and collaboration. It is based on three very simple principles about what makes us human: (1) everyone is a teacher and a learner; (2) humans by their nature are social beings; and (3) humans by their nature are expressive. These are the pillars of a user experience for learning.
The Sugar interface, in its departure from the desktop metaphor for computing, is the first serious attempt to create a user interface that is based on both cognitive and social constructivism: learners should engage in authentic exploration and collaboration. It is based on three very simple principles about what makes us human: (1) everyone is a teacher and a learner; (2) humans by their nature are social beings; and (3) humans by their nature are expressive. These are the pillars of a user experience for learning.
==Using Sugar==
==Using Sugar==
=== Does Sugar run on {GNU/Linux, Fedora, Ubuntu, Suse, MAC OS, Windows, etc.}? ===
Please refer to the [[Supported systems]] page for an up-to-date list of supported systems.
=== Is there an image of the OS that can be run on a PC? ===
=== Is there an image of the OS that can be run on a PC? ===
You can download a LiveCD version of Sugar (Please see http://wiki.laptop.org/go/LiveCd) or run Sugar natively on a [[Supported systems|supported system]].
=== Does Sugar run on an ASUS Eee PC (or other "ultra-mobile" or "mini" PCs)?===
There is a thread on the mailing list about success stories with the Eee: http://lists.lo-res.org/pipermail/its.an.education.project/2008-May/000282.html Another pointer is: ftp://rohrmoser-engineering.de/pub/XO-LiveCD/XO-LiveCD_080321.pdf Many manufacturers are beginning to take an interest in supporting Sugar.
==About Sugar Labs==
==About Sugar Labs==
Sugar was originally developed as the user interface (UI) for the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) XO-1 laptop. Sugar Labs was established as an independent entity in order to facilitate the growth of Sugar beyond any single hardware platform. While Sugar Labs has a cooperative working relationship with OLPC, it is by no means an exclusive or proprietary relationship. Sugar Labs is not bound to any specific hardware platform or Linux distribution (Please see [[Supported systems]]).
Sugar was originally developed as the user interface (UI) for the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) XO-1 laptop. Sugar Labs was established as an independent entity in order to facilitate the growth of Sugar beyond any single hardware platform. While Sugar Labs has a cooperative working relationship with OLPC, it is by no means an exclusive or proprietary relationship. Sugar Labs is not bound to any specific hardware platform or Linux distribution (Please see [[Supported systems]]).
=== Is Sugar Labs upstream from OLPC (and other Sugar-supported platforms)? ===
Sugar Labs is the upstream for the Sugar project.
=== Who is Sugar Labs? ===
=== Who is Sugar Labs? ===