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Line 1: − <noinclude>{{Translations − | [[Getting Started|english]] | [[Getting Started/lang-es|español]] | [[Getting Started/lang-pt|português]] | [[Getting Started/lang-fr|français]]}}</noinclude>{{TOCright}} − == About Sugar == − − Sugar is a different desktop environment to what is normally used in Microsoft Windows, Apple's OS X or other GNU/Linux operating systems. It is conceived as a tool to allow kids to learn interactively. One of the first things that a child sees, therefore, is not a hard disk or a trash can—it’s the other kids in the “neighborhood.” Programs and applications are called Activities, many of which allow for [[Collaboration|collaboration]] between learners who are connected to each other by [[wikipedia:Wi-Fi|Wi-Fi]] or through a [[olpc:Community Jabber Servers | Jabber network]]. Sugar developers are encouraged to write activities with collaborative elements that are automatically enabled. − − Sugar is developed in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_%28programming_language%29 Python] and runs on a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux GNU/Linux] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_%28computer_science%29 Kernel], originally from the [http://fedoraproject.org/ Fedora Project], and now from a [[Supported systems|variety]] of GNU/Linux distributions. − − − For an overview of the components composing a Sugar system see the [[:Sugar Application Stack]]. − − ==Getting Sugar== − − See [[Downloads]]. − − For more technical information, please see the [[Supported systems]] page for a list of the different ways that Sugar may be run on a computer. − − ==Getting started== − ====The Sugar Learners' manual==== − {| class=wikitable − |- − |<span class="plainlinks"> [http://flossmanuals.net/Sugar http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/images/4/40/Sugarlabs_mainpage_07.png]</span> − |available as: <span class="plainlinks">[http://en.flossmanuals.net/Sugar HTML] or [{{FlossmanualPDF}} .pdf] 128 pages, 8.3 MBytes (for saving or printing).</span> − |} − {{:Tutorials}} − − ===Connecting to the Internet=== − − Connecting to the Internet is something that somewhat falls between the cracks of Sugar and the computer it's running on. − − On the XO laptop, there are three ways to connect to the Internet: − *Wireless access point (Wi-Fi hotspot); − *“School Server” mesh network; or − *“simple” mesh network, which lets you collaborate directly with other XOs running Sugar. − − From a conventional laptop running Sugar, connecting through an access point works. (Mesh support is becoming available on more machines.) Depending upon which [[olpc:Community Jabber Servers|Jabber server]] you are connected to, you'll see different collections of "neighbors" in the Neighborhood View. − − Read the [[Documentation Team/User Manual/Connecting to the Internet|Connecting to the Internet page]] for detailed instructions. − − ===Release notes=== − − * Release notes for '''Sugar {{Current Stable Release}}''' are available [[{{Current Stable Release}}/Notes|here]]. − See [[Development Team#Release Notes| Development Team Release Notes]] for other releases. − [[Category:General public]] − [[Category:Documentation]] − − ===Other resources=== − − Other resources are listed on the [[Deployment Team/Resources]] page.
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