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− | ==10/23/2011 announcement==
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− | :sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org
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− | :The Sweets Distribution is already mentioned on SL wiki, but it wasn't publicly announced. So, that's it
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− | == Summary ==
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− | :The major purposes for this distribution:
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− | * If [[Platform_Team/Guide/Sweets_Usage#Sugar_via_Sweets|Sweets]] is
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− | more appropriate for personal usage, Sweets Distribution might be
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− | useful for Sugar distributors, e.g., special GNU/Linux distributions
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− | targeted on Sugar usage;
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− | ** Some times, it is mostly impossible to have recent Sugar release in
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− | not recent GNU/Linux distributions, e.g., LTS releases, and Sweets
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− | Distribution will be helpful in that case;
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− | * Sweets Distribution is only about packaging
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− | [[Platform_Team/Guide/Sweets_Usage#Sugar_via_Sweets|Sugar sweets]],
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− | thus, it is zero-cost effort; the downside, it is impossible to add
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− | Sweets Distribution's packages to official repositories of GNU/Linux
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− | distributions.
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− | :This is a special, only Sugar, distribution. The key points that make Sweets Distribution different to the rest of [[Community/Distributions|Distributions]] are:
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− | * Sweets Distribution is formed as a 3rd party repository, i.e., it is not regular GNU/Linux distribution;
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− | * It [[#Releases|supports]] several GNU/Linux distributions at the same time;
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− | * Packages from these repositories do not interfere with the rest of the system, e.g., it is possible to use Sugar from Sweets Distribution and
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− | :Sugar from official repositories at the same time.
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− | == Content ==
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− | Sweets Distribution contains only Glucose, Fructose and Sugar Platform
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− | dependencies. The reason to not include more activities:
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− | * people can install activities at any time,
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− | * it is easy to support Sweets Distribution based Sugar distribution with including activities that are more appropriate for the current use case.
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− | == Releases ==
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− | :All releases are based on {{Code|dextrose/sugar}} sweet and contain pristine Glucose and [[Dextrose]] patches.
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− | :The following list is a list of Sweets Distribution releases and
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− | :GNU/Linux repositories they support. The list of supported GNU/Linux
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− | :distributions is populated entirely on purpose, e.g., Ubuntu packages
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− | :are being used in [[Community/Distributions/Trisquel|Trisquel]]. Please,
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− | :[[Platform_Team/Sweets/Feedback|submit]] a request if you need more.
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− | === Sweets Distribution 0.88 ===
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− | :Stable [[Dextrose/2|Dextrose 2]] based releases:
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− | * [http://download.sugarlabs.org/packages/SweetsDistribution:/0.88/Ubuntu-10.04/ Ubuntu-10.04]
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− | * [http://download.sugarlabs.org/packages/SweetsDistribution:/0.88/Ubuntu-10.10/ Ubuntu-10.10]
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− | === Sweets Distribution 0.94 ===
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− | :Testing [[Dextrose/2|Dextrose 3]] based releases:
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− | * [http://download.sugarlabs.org/packages/SweetsDistribution:/0.94/Ubuntu-11.04/ Ubuntu-11.04]
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− | == Installation ==
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− | === Ubuntu ===
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− | :Import repository gpg key. For example for
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− | :[http://download.sugarlabs.org/packages/SweetsDistribution:/0.94/Ubuntu-11.04/ Ubuntu-11.04]
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− | :repository, type in a terminal:
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− | curl http://download.sugarlabs.org/packages/SweetsDistribution:/0.94/Ubuntu-11.04/Release.key | sudo apt-key add -
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− | :Refresh information about repositories:
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− | sudo apt-get update
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− | :Install full Sweets Distribution, i.e., Sugar Shell and Fructose
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− | :activities:
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− | sudo apt-get install sweets-distribution
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− | Install only Sugar Shell:
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− | sudo apt-get install sweets-sugar
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− | == Usage ==
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− | :To run Sugar in emulator mode, select ''Education/Sugar''
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− | :application menu item or type in a terminal:
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− | sweets-sugar-emulator
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− | To login into Sugar session, choose ''Sweets Distribution'' session
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− | type.
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− | == Feedback ==
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− | * [http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/newticket?component=sweets Submit] your bug report or feature request.
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