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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]].

==Getting Sugar==

==Getting Sugar==

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.

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].

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.

===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.)

 

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.)

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/

If you are happy you have covered the above, you are ready to follow the instructions on [[Sugar on a Stick/Installation]]

Follow the instructions on [[Sugar on a Stick/Installation]] under the heading

 

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.

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.

==== livecd-iso-to-disk ====

==== livecd-iso-to-disk ====

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]]

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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''.

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''.

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

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'''''

 

 

 

 

===Sugar on a Virtual Machine===

===Sugar on a Virtual Machine===

===Sugar on Fedora===

===Sugar on Fedora===

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.]]

== Please Explore Sugar ==

== Please Explore Sugar ==

== I need more information ==

== I need more information ==

For help, see [[Find help]].

See https://help.sugarlabs.org, the Activity Help provided online.

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]].

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/.

Notice this set of pages also includes an overview sitemap.

==Release notes==

==Release notes==