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<noinclude>{{Translations}}</noinclude>
 
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==Sweet: The abstract design of the experience==
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== The SUGAR stack: ==
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    | SWEET: The abstract design of the experience                  |
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    |                                                              |
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    +---------------------------------------------------------------+
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    | STARCH: A complete disk image for Sugar                      |
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    |                                                              |
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    |  +---------------------------------------------------------+  |
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    |  | SUCROSE:  The environment, plus a set                  |  |
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    |  |          of demonstration activities                  |  |
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    |  |                                                        |  |
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    |  | +------------------------------+ +--------------------+ |  |
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    |  | | FRUCTOSE: A set of demo      | |                    | |  |
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    |  | |          activities        | |                    | |  |
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    |  | |                              | |                    | |  |
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    |  | +------------------------------+ |                    | |  |
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    |  | +--------------------------------+                    | |  |
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    |  | | GLUCOSE: The base Sugar environment                | |  |
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    |  | |                                                    | |  |
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    |  | +-----------------------------------------------------+ |  |
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    |                                                              |
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    |  +--------------------------------------------------------+  |
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    |  | OPERATING SYSTEM              +-----------------+    |  |
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    |  |                                | RIBOSE          |    |  |
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    |  |                                |                |    |  |
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    |  |                                +-----------------+    |  |
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    |  +--------------------------------------------------------+  |
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    +---------------------------------------------------------------+
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    +---------------------------------------------------------------+
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    | HARDWARE                                                      |
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    |                                                              |
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[[Image:Sugar Taxonomy.png|400px]]
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*''Note: See discussion for details about the OS/Ribose stacking''
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*Current implementations of Sugar elements can be found at [[Supported systems]]
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==Stack Components==
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===Sweet: The abstract design of the experience===
    
''(the taste of sugar)''
 
''(the taste of sugar)''
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component's second major release, or perhaps 2.0-alpha.
 
component's second major release, or perhaps 2.0-alpha.
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==Glucose: The base Sugar environment==
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===Glucose: The base Sugar environment===
    
''(the fundamental, simple sugar used by all life forms)''
 
''(the fundamental, simple sugar used by all life forms)''
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except those like the Journal that are non-optional.
 
except those like the Journal that are non-optional.
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==Fructose: The set of demonstration activities==
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===Fructose: The set of demonstration activities===
    
''(the main sugar in fruit, which is how we're supposed to get our sugar)''
 
''(the main sugar in fruit, which is how we're supposed to get our sugar)''
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their own Activity sets.
 
their own Activity sets.
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==Sucrose: The interface, plus a set of demonstration activities==
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===Sucrose: The interface, plus a set of demonstration activities===
    
''("table sugar", the kind you buy in the store.  It consists of glucose and fructose, combined)''
 
''("table sugar", the kind you buy in the store.  It consists of glucose and fructose, combined)''
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"Wow! Look at all the cool capabilities that this system has!".
 
"Wow! Look at all the cool capabilities that this system has!".
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==Ribose: The operating system components developed for Sugar==
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===Ribose: The operating system components developed for Sugar===
    
''(the sugar used by all life forms to control their hardware, in the form of RNA.  It's important, but not sweet)''
 
''(the sugar used by all life forms to control their hardware, in the form of RNA.  It's important, but not sweet)''
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to install Glucose if it has not yet been installed.
 
to install Glucose if it has not yet been installed.
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==Galactose: a future Sugar base designed for alternate computing forms==
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===Starch(es): A complete disk image for Sugar===
 
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''(an [[wikipedia:epimer|epimer]] of Glucose, a component of lactose, milk sugar, for the Milky Way galaxy of  computing forms searching for something sweet)''
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Description: A hypothetical new Sugar variation that begins to support Learner collaboration with the super nova of new computing forms, especially the [[wikipedia:Template:Mobile_operating_systems|mobile operating systems]], such as, [[wikipedia:Android_(operating_system)#Linux_compatibility|Android]], [[wikipedia:WebOS#Platform|webOS]], [[wikipedia:MeeGo#Technical_foundations|MeeGo]], [[wikipedia:IOS_(Apple)#Development|iOS]], [[wikipedia:Windows_Phone_7#Development|Phone 7]], etc.  There is trend towards ubiquitous computing that inspires Learners to great expectations. It will require us to develop clever new [[wikipedia:Monosaccharide_nomenclature|aldoses]], like our XO's Ribose, to meet our children's demand for seamless collaboration without discrimination in their [[wikipedia:J._C._R._Licklider#Global_computer_network |Galactic Neighborhood]].
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: See these threads: [http://www.mail-archive.com/fonc@vpri.org/msg01775.html Fundamentals of New Computing] & [http://www.mail-archive.com/iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg10877.html It's An Education Project (For Sugar Everywhere, ...)]
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==Starch(es): A complete disk image for Sugar==
      
''(starch is composed of multiple sugars bonded together)''
 
''(starch is composed of multiple sugars bonded together)''
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* In July 2010, Paraguay Educa chose the name '''[[Dextrose|Dextrose]]''' (approximately acronymized from "DEployments' Xo OS") for their release of Sugar 0.88 on Fedora 11 for XO laptops ([http://www.mail-archive.com/marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg01213.html announcement]). The molecule [[wikipedia:Dextrose|Dextrose]] is the dextrorotatory form of glucose or D-glucose, the sugar in blood and other living systems. So, it represents a vital infusion for the project.
 
* In July 2010, Paraguay Educa chose the name '''[[Dextrose|Dextrose]]''' (approximately acronymized from "DEployments' Xo OS") for their release of Sugar 0.88 on Fedora 11 for XO laptops ([http://www.mail-archive.com/marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg01213.html announcement]). The molecule [[wikipedia:Dextrose|Dextrose]] is the dextrorotatory form of glucose or D-glucose, the sugar in blood and other living systems. So, it represents a vital infusion for the project.
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== The SUGAR stack: ==
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===Honey: activities developed by 'in the wild' vendors===
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''a sweet fluid made by bees, mostly Fructose''
    | SWEET: The abstract design of the experience                  |
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    | STARCH: A complete disk image for Sugar                      |
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    |                                                              |
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    |  +---------------------------------------------------------+  |
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    |  | SUCROSE:  The environment, plus a set                  |  |
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    |  |          of demonstration activities                  |  |
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    |  | +------------------------------+ +--------------------+ |  |
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    |  | | FRUCTOSE: A set of demo      | |                    | |  |
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    |  | |          activities        | |                    | |  |
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    |  | |                              | |                    | |  |
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    |  | +------------------------------+ |                    | |  |
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    |  | +--------------------------------+                    | |  |
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    |  | | GLUCOSE: The base Sugar environment                | |  |
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    |  | |                                                    | |  |
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    |  | +-----------------------------------------------------+ |  |
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    |  +---------------------------------------------------------+  |
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    |                                                              |
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    |  | OPERATING SYSTEM              +-----------------+    |  |
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    |  |                                | RIBOSE          |    |  |
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    |  |                                |                |    |  |
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    |  |                                +-----------------+    |  |
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    |  +--------------------------------------------------------+  |
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    | HARDWARE                                                      |
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[[Image:Sugar Taxonomy.png|400px]]
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Description: Activities that are packaged by outside developers, sometimes ports of activities to Sugar from other OS.  It might enhance Sugar and the Sweet experience, but "honey frequently contains dormant endospores of the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, which can be dangerous to infants" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey Wikipedia].
*''Note: See discussion for details about the OS/Ribose stacking''
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~ For example, Skype, printer capability, IM software
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: as a former beekeeper I can tell you that not all honey is organic, though we all wish it were so (antibiotics taint a lot of it, especially in developing countries) [[User:Yamaplos|Yamaplos]] 15:04, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
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*Current implementations of Sugar elements can be found at [[Supported systems]]
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==Future components==
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==Deepening the concept==
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===Galactose: a future Sugar base designed for alternate computing forms===
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===Honey: activities developed by 'in the wild' vendors===
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''(an [[wikipedia:epimer|epimer]] of Glucose, a component of lactose, milk sugar, for the Milky Way galaxy of  computing forms searching for something sweet)''
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''a sweet fluid made by bees, mostly Fructose''
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Description: A hypothetical new Sugar variation that begins to support Learner collaboration with the super nova of new computing forms, especially the [[wikipedia:Template:Mobile_operating_systems|mobile operating systems]], such as, [[wikipedia:Android_(operating_system)#Linux_compatibility|Android]], [[wikipedia:WebOS#Platform|webOS]], [[wikipedia:MeeGo#Technical_foundations|MeeGo]], [[wikipedia:IOS_(Apple)#Development|iOS]], [[wikipedia:Windows_Phone_7#Development|Phone 7]], etc.  There is trend towards ubiquitous computing that inspires Learners to great expectations. It will require us to develop clever new [[wikipedia:Monosaccharide_nomenclature|aldoses]], like our XO's Ribose, to meet our children's demand for seamless collaboration without discrimination in their [[wikipedia:J._C._R._Licklider#Global_computer_network |Galactic Neighborhood]].
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Description: Activities that are packaged by outside developers, sometimes ports of activities to Sugar from other OS. It might enhance Sugar and the Sweet experience, but "honey frequently contains dormant endospores of the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, which can be dangerous to infants" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey Wikipedia].
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: See these threads: [http://www.mail-archive.com/fonc@vpri.org/msg01775.html Fundamentals of New Computing] & [http://www.mail-archive.com/iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg10877.html It's An Education Project (For Sugar Everywhere, ...)]
~ For example, Skype, printer capability, IM software
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: as a former beekeeper I can tell you that not all honey is organic, though we all wish it were so (antibiotics taint a lot of it, especially in developing countries) [[User:Yamaplos|Yamaplos]] 15:04, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
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==One-liners==
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==Humour / One-liners==
    
* Lead acetate: An implementation of Sweet on Windows. Sweeter than sugar, but [http://www.healthychildrenproject.org/pdf/PPLEAD.pdf toxic to young brains].
 
* Lead acetate: An implementation of Sweet on Windows. Sweeter than sugar, but [http://www.healthychildrenproject.org/pdf/PPLEAD.pdf toxic to young brains].
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