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=How To Use Sugar=
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====The Sugar user manual====
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==How To Use Sugar==
====Where's the desktop?====
====Where's the desktop?====
Sugar is a different desktop environment to what is normally used in Windows, Apple's OS X or other Linux operating systems. The first thing that a child sees, therefore, is not a hard disk or a trash can — it’s the other children in the “neighborhood.” Sugar's closest desktop metaphor is the Home view: where the user can see what Activities they are currently using and access the Journal, which acts as a history of usage and allows the user to access files they viewed or applications they ran previously.
Sugar is a different desktop environment to what is normally used in Windows, Apple's OS X or other Linux operating systems. One of the first things that a child sees, therefore, is not a hard disk or a trash can—it’s the other children in the “neighborhood.” Sugar's closest desktop metaphor is the Home view: where the user can see what Activities they are currently using and access the Journal, which acts as a history of usage and allows the user to access files they viewed or applications they ran previously.
===Using Activities===
===Using Activities===
====What is an Activity?====
====What is an Activity?====
The program that you run using Sugar are called Activities. Why? Because Sugar, in its departure from the desktop metaphor for computing, is the first serious attempt to create a [[Documentation Team/Glossary|user interface]] that is based on both cognitive and social [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism_%28learning_theory%29 constructivism]: an environment where learners engage in authentic exploration and collaboration in the act of learning.
The program that you run using Sugar are called Activities. Why? Because Sugar, in its departure from the desktop metaphor for computing, is the first serious attempt to create a [[Documentation Team/Glossary|user interface]] that is based on both cognitive and social [[wikipedia:Constructivism_%28learning_theory%29| constructivism]]: an environment where learners engage in authentic exploration and collaboration in the act of learning.
====Starting an Activity====
====Starting an Activity====
====Sharing an Activity====
The interface (.85) doesn't show who is an activity until you join it. Apparently, once you join you can also destroy whatever work was there and the owner/starter of the activity would be none the wiser.
:versioning for the activity?
:control over who has access?
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVWDbmMke9s Here's a video showing the sharing activity in action].
====Installing and Deleting Activities====
====Installing and Deleting Activities====
*Installing/Removing Sugar Activities Using Terminal
*Installing/Removing Sugar Activities Using Terminal
*Installing/Removing Linux Applications
*Installing/Removing Linux Applications
*Installing an .xo file
*Installing Sugar Coated Linux Applications
*Installing Sugar Coated Linux Applications
*Windows Applications</ol>
*Windows Applications</ol>
===Customizing the Interface===
===Customizing the Interface===
====Changing an XO's Nickname and Color on Sugar Views====
====Changing an XO's Nickname and Color on Sugar Views====
<ol>Your XO's Nickname and other options can be changed using the [[Terminal Activity]]'s command line [[Sugar-Control-Panel]].
<ol>Your XO's Nickname and other options can be changed using the [[OLPC:Terminal Activity]]'s command line [[OLPC:Sugar Control Panel]].
</ol>
</ol>
<li> Press the Enter key after each. In response to the ntpdate command, if it successfully contacts this US government official time server, the system will output a line of data displaying the correct date and time.
<li> Press the Enter key after each. In response to the ntpdate command, if it successfully contacts this US government official time server, the system will output a line of data displaying the correct date and time.
<li> Click the "Stop" icon [[Image:Quit.gif|25px]] at the upper right corner of the screen to log out and close the Terminal Activity program.
<li> Click the "Stop" icon [[OLPC::Image:Quit.gif]] at the upper right corner of the screen to log out and close the Terminal Activity program.
</ol>
</ol>
====How to set the timezone on my laptop====
====How to set the timezone on my laptop====
You can set the timezone by typing the [[Sugar-Control-Panel]] command in the [[Terminal Activity]].
You can set the timezone by typing the [[OLPC:Sugar Control Panel]] command in the [[OLPC:Terminal Activity]].
===Sound Control===
===Sound Control===
To take a screen shot, typing Alt+1 at the same time will take one and store it in your journal.
To take a screen shot, typing Alt+1 at the same time will take one and store it in your journal.
=Networking & Communications=
==Networking & Communications==
===Connecting to Wireless Networks===
===Connecting to Wireless Networks===
<ol>
<ol>
On the XO-1 laptop, there are three ways to connect to the Internet:
On the XO-1 laptop, there are three ways to connect to the Internet:
*Wireless access point (WiFi hotspot);
*Wireless access point (Wi-Fi hotspot);
*“School Server” mesh network; or
*“School Server” mesh network; or
*“simple” mesh network, which lets you collaborate directly with other XOs.
*“simple” mesh network, which lets you collaborate directly with other XOs.
</ol>
</ol>
Read [[Documentation Team/User Manual/Connecting to the Internet]] for detailed instructions.
Read [[Documentation Team/User Manual/Connecting to the Internet|Connecting to the Internet]] for detailed instructions.
===Connecting to Jabber Servers===
===Connecting to Jabber Servers===
*'''Connecting to Jabber Networks''' - [[How to connect Sugar to a Jabber network]]
*'''Connecting to Jabber Networks''' - [[How to connect Sugar to a Jabber network]]
*'''List of Jabber Networks''' - [[Community/A list of Jabber networks around the world]]
*'''List of Jabber Networks''' - [[Community Jabber servers]]
*'''Creating a Jabber Server''' - To host a Jabber server for your city, region, country or interest read [[How to Create a Jabber Server]]
*'''Creating a Jabber Server''' - To host a Jabber server for your city, region, country or interest read [[How to Create a Jabber Server]]
=== IRC Chat ===
=== IRC Chat ===
[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XoIRC Install the XoIRC activity] and connect with other Sugar/OLPC users and enthusiasts on the internet and chat with them in real time. XoIRC uses a system called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat IRC].
[[olpc:XoIRC | Install the XoIRC activity]] and connect with other Sugar/OLPC users and enthusiasts on the internet and chat with them in real time. XoIRC uses a system called [[wikipedia:Internet_Relay_Chat| IRC]].
It defaults to a "room" called #olpc-help, but you can also enter other rooms by typing '''/join #room''' where '''room''' is the name of the room you wish to join.
It defaults to a "room" called #olpc-help, but you can also enter other rooms by typing '''/join #room''' where '''room''' is the name of the room you wish to join.
Some other Sugar/OLPC IRC chatrooms are listed [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/IRC#irc.freenode.net_channels here.]
Some other Sugar/OLPC IRC chatrooms are listed [[OLPC:IRC#irc.freenode.net_channels|here]].
=== OLPC/Sugar as Webserver ===
=== OLPC/Sugar as Webserver ===
*Go to another machine on your LAN and type your Sugar Computer/XO's IP Address into your browser. There's your Sugar computer serving up a web page!
*Go to another machine on your LAN and type your Sugar Computer/XO's IP Address into your browser. There's your Sugar computer serving up a web page!
=Installing Sugar=
==Installing Sugar==
*[[:Category:Installing Sugar|Installing Sugar]] (on various platforms)
*[[:Category:Installing Sugar|Installing Sugar]] (on various platforms)
*[[Sugar Instructions]], booting and getting started with Sugar
*[[OLPC:Sugar Instructions]], booting and getting started with Sugar
=Developing For Sugar=
==Developing For Sugar==
* [http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/02/23/building-the-xo-introducing-sugar/ Building the XO: Introducing Sugar - Red Hat Magazine 2007-02-23]
* [http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/02/23/building-the-xo-introducing-sugar/ Building the XO: Introducing Sugar - Red Hat Magazine 2007-02-23]
* [[Sugar_with_sugar-jhbuild|Build]] from sources, and [[Sugar Instructions|get started]].
* [[Development Team/Jhbuild|Build]] from sources, and [[OLPC:Getting started]].
* Read the human interaction [[HIG|guidelines]]
* Read the human interaction [[Human_Interface_Guidelines|guidelines]]
* Get an overview of the [[Sugar Architecture|architecture]]
* Get an overview of the [[OLPC:Sugar Architecture|architecture]]
* [[Sugar_Activity_Tutorial|Write]] your own activity
* [[OLPC:Activity tutorial|Write]] your own activity
* Check out the [[Sugar_Code_Snippets|code snippets]] library
* Check out the [[Development Team/Almanac/Code Snippets|code snippets]] library
* [[Development Team/Understanding the Code]] organization.
* [[Development Team/Understanding the Code]] organization.
* See a list of Sugar [[Activities|activities]] and specifications.
* See a list of Sugar [[Activities|activities]] and specifications.
* [http://dev.laptop.org/roadmap Roadmap]
* [http://dev.laptop.org/roadmap Roadmap]
=See also=
==See also==
* [[Documentation Team/Glossary]] of Sugar terms
* [[Documentation Team/Glossary]] of Sugar terms
[[Category:Documentation]]
[[Category:Documentation]]