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| For an overview of the components composing a Sugar system see the [[Sugar System Stack]]. | | For an overview of the components composing a Sugar system see the [[Sugar System Stack]]. |
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| + | '''Developers''': Those interested in developing Sugar software should visit our [http://developer.sugarlabs.org/ developer documentation website]. |
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| ==Getting Sugar== | | ==Getting Sugar== |
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| Produce your LiveCD by downloading the Sugar on a Stick .iso image from [[Sugar on a Stick/Downloads]] and burning it onto a blank CD. | | Produce your LiveCD by downloading the Sugar on a Stick .iso image from [[Sugar on a Stick/Downloads]] and burning it onto a blank CD. |
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− | Many computers have built in software which will convert and copy, "burn", an .iso image to a blank CD. Windows 7 contains a built-in Disk Image Burner http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/2009/04/13/burn-iso-images-natively-in-windows-7.aspx or use a free utility, like [http://www.imgburn.com/ ImgBurn]. | + | Many computers have built in software which will convert and copy, "burn", an .iso image to a blank CD. In Windows 8 from the File Manager, right click the .iso file and select 'Burn disc image' from the context menu, or use a free utility, like [http://www.imgburn.com/ ImgBurn]. |
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| To run Sugar, insert your LiveCD into your computer and reboot into Sugar. | | To run Sugar, insert your LiveCD into your computer and reboot into Sugar. |
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| ===Sugar on a Stick=== | | ===Sugar on a Stick=== |
| ====Use Fedora Live USB Creator==== | | ====Use Fedora Live USB Creator==== |
− | The page [[Sugar on a Stick/Installation]] describes a number of methods of installing Sugar on a Stick. Here we walk through the first and most simple method. | + | The page [[Sugar on a Stick/Installation]] describes a number of methods of installing Sugar on a Stick. Here we walk through a simple [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface Graphical User Interface] (GUI) method, suitable for use with a Windows computer. (Fedora Live USB Creator also works on any Fedora system.) |
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− | Only the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface Graphical User Interface] is used. The method is suitable for use with a Windows computer. (Fedora Live USB Creator also works on any Fedora system too.)
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| Have a look at the Fedora program you will use: https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/ | | Have a look at the Fedora program you will use: https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/ |
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− | If you are happy you have covered the above, you are ready to follow the instructions on [[Sugar on a Stick/Installation]]
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− | | + | :'''2. Use Fedora Live USB Creator''' |
− | If all has worked, you will shutdown your PC. With the newly written USB stick in a USB port, restart the PC. See [[Sugar on a Stick/Boot]] for extra information.
| + | On completion you will shutdown your PC. Restart the PC with the newly written USB stick in a USB port. See [[Sugar on a Stick/Boot]] for extra information. |
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| This method is covered in this screenshot tutorial: [[Tutorials/Installation/Create a SoaS v7 Live USB in Windows]] and in this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieIj4aECk88 video] of an earlier version of this process. | | This method is covered in this screenshot tutorial: [[Tutorials/Installation/Create a SoaS v7 Live USB in Windows]] and in this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieIj4aECk88 video] of an earlier version of this process. |
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| ==== livecd-iso-to-disk ==== | | ==== livecd-iso-to-disk ==== |
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− | This is the second method described on the page [[Sugar on a Stick/Installation#with Microsoft Windows]] | + | This is the first method described on the page [[Sugar on a Stick/Installation#with Microsoft Windows]] |
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| This is a robust method of making a Sugar on a Stick because you are making your LiveUSB from within Sugar, with a LiveCD you have already tested, and all tools are already on the CD. | | This is a robust method of making a Sugar on a Stick because you are making your LiveUSB from within Sugar, with a LiveCD you have already tested, and all tools are already on the CD. |
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− | You do not have to be a paid up member of the Windows community. If you already run a Linux distribution, but are not sure to what extent it supports Sugar, the livecd-iso-to-disk tool will work on any PC which will launch the LiveCD. | + | You do not have to be a paid up member of the Windows community. If you are running a Linux distribution, the ''livecd-iso-to-disk'' tool will work from the CD, on any PC which will launch the LiveCD. |
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| + | You may need to spend a bit of time to become familiar with the Sugar environment using your LiveCD, see [[Getting Started/Explore]]. You need to become familiar with the Terminal Activity and how to gain administrative permissions, that is become root. The Help Activity has a chapter on the Terminal. |
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| + | Futher background reading: |
| + | http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_and_use_Live_USB#Command_line_method:_Using_the_livecd-iso-to-disk_tool_.28Fedora_only.2C_non-graphical.2C_both_non-destructive_and_destructive_methods_available.29 |
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| + | For expert users, from a running LiveCD, Ctrl+Alt+F2 takes you to a console which could be used to run ''livecd-iso-to-disk''. |
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| + | To proceed with ''livecd-iso-to-disk'', full instructions are here, [[Sugar on a Stick/Installation#with Microsoft Windows]], in the method headed: |
| + | ::'''1. Burn a CD-ROM disc, boot from it, then run the script, ''livecd-iso-to-disk''''' |
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− | You may need to spend a bit of time to become familiar with the Sugar environment using your LiveCD, see [[Getting Started/Explore]]. You need to become familiar with the Terminal Activity and how to gain administrative permissions, that is become root.
| + | ====with UNetbootin==== |
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− | For futher background reading, this paragraph from the Fedora wiki describes the livecd-iso-to-disk tools in some detail. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_and_use_Live_USB#Command_line_method:_Using_the_livecd-iso-to-disk_tool_.28Fedora_only.29
| + | It is possible to install Sugar on a Stick with UNetbootin. |
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| + | There is no persistent storage with this installation method. Software updates, Activities, and documents are not saved between boots, it is recommended mainly for a quick demo of the Sugar Learning Environment. |
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− | To proceed with livecd-iso-to-disk, full instructions are here, [[Sugar on a Stick/Installation#with Microsoft Windows]], in Method 2, Burn a CD-ROM disc, boot from it, then run the script, livecd-iso-to-disk
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| ===Sugar on a Virtual Machine=== | | ===Sugar on a Virtual Machine=== |
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| ===Sugar on Fedora=== | | ===Sugar on Fedora=== |
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− | If you have, [http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora or create,] a computer running the Fedora operating system, Sugar can be installed and launched described [[Fedora#Sugar Learning Environment |here.]] | + | If you have, [http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora or create,] a computer running the Fedora operating system, Sugar can be installed and launched as described [[Fedora#Sugar Learning Environment |here.]] |
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| == Please Explore Sugar == | | == Please Explore Sugar == |
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| == I need more information == | | == I need more information == |
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− | For help, see [[Find help]].
| + | See https://help.sugarlabs.org, the Activity Help provided online. |
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− | The Sugar Labs wiki is a collaboration site for [[Sugar Labs]] teams, the [[Sugar on a Stick]] project alone comprises over 75 pages or sub-pages. For additional information, you might look at [[Sugar on a Stick/Project sitemap]] | + | The Sugar Labs wiki is a collaboration site for [[Sugar Labs]] teams, the [[Sugar on a Stick]] project alone comprises over 75 pages or sub-pages. For an overview of the developing SoaS see [[Sugar on a Stick/Project sitemap]]. |
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− | There is an introductory overview of The Sugar Learning Platform at http://www.sugarlabs.org/. You can also reach this site from the navigation bar along the top of this page, by clicking the tab labeled "web" at the far left end.
| + | Find The Sugar Learning Platform Homepage at http://www.sugarlabs.org/. |
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| ==Release notes== | | ==Release notes== |