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→Change default Mesh settings for greater security
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== Change default Mesh settings for greater security ==
We were very excited to try Sugar on a Stick (Mirabelle). However, I was very surprised to find lots of users with whom I could "make friends," some of whom seemed to have included their real names (given name and surname!).
It took some digging in this Wiki to find out that I just had to delete the Mesh entry (i.e., the reference to jabber.sugarlabs.org) so that only Sugar users on our Wi-Fi would show up.
There may be a genuine security concern here. We simply have no way of knowing who the other users are with whom a child can "make friends." All it would take is for one bad thing to happen for the Sugar project to suffer.
While we love the idea of children from all over the world collaborating on-line, perhaps pragmatic concerns about the security of all children should lead us, at the very least, to have the default setting on the Mesh entry as a blank. Parents and teachers will then be responsible for enabling this feature, if they so wish.
: This request has been posted to the Sugar developers mailing list at http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2010-May/024190.html. You may want to watch or participate in the discussion there. --[[User:FGrose|FGrose]] 14:09, 26 May 2010 (EDT)
:: This has been fixed in Sugar 0.110, please upgrade. --[[User:Quozl|Quozl]] ([[User talk:Quozl|talk]]) 00:07, 14 August 2017 (EDT).
== Maintain applications throughout updates ==
== Maintain applications throughout updates ==
I am running Joyride updates and really am liking the newest versions. However, it drives me crazy that some user data is maintained (ie, friends) but other data, such as applications I install, are obliterated. This is a really serious issue in terms of the viability of this OS. Can something be done? -- [[User:Graham|Graham]]
I am running Joyride updates and really am liking the newest versions. However, it drives me crazy that some user data is maintained (ie, friends) but other data, such as applications I install, are obliterated. This is a really serious issue in terms of the viability of this OS. Can something be done? -- [[User:Graham|Graham]]
I have read the [[Activities/Screencast| Activity Screencast page]].
I have read the [[Activities/Screencast| Activity Screencast page]].
===training for Soas/ Sugar===
===training for Soas/ Sugar===
As a teacher with a little technical background, I can say that SoaS will have a lot of trouble getting traction into the schools without a lot more training. That training could easily be generated with Screencasts by volunteers IF screencasting was _better supported_ in SoaS. If screencasting was better implemented students could show, maybe even STREAM their videos, to their teachers, parents, friends and show how SMART they are by letting them make their own movies of same...
As a teacher with a little technical background, I can say that SoaS will have a lot of trouble getting traction into the schools without a lot more training. That training could easily be generated with Screencasts by volunteers IF screencasting was _better supported_ in SoaS. If screencasting was better implemented students could show, maybe even STREAM their videos, to their teachers, parents, friends and show how SMART they are by letting them make their own movies of same...
Look at these tutorials on the wiki:--[[User:Satellit|Satellit]] 12:08, 5 March 2012 (EST)
====How to use Sugar====
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Creation_Kit/sck/Introduction_to_Sugar_Interface
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Creation_Kit/sck/Connecting_to_the_Internet
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Creation_Kit/sck/Drag-Drop
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Creation_Kit/sck/How_to_use_IRC
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Creation_Kit/sck/Backup-restore
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Creation_Kit/sck/Send_to_a_friend#Send_file_from_sugar-journal
====Installation====
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Creation_Kit/sck/liveinst
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Creation_Kit/sck/netinstall
===better bug reports===
===better bug reports===
Furthermore, bug reports become much clearer when recorded _and_ the users knows to pull up the logs too. And the whole process of making a good bug report could be demonstrated in its entirety with a screencast... the vast numbers of users don't know a zillionth of what the devs know or need to know about the bug a user is experiencing... and as most of the users don't speak English, and most devs do, you've got a serious disconnect between what your users need to tell you... enter the 'screencast' and most of the big problem description becomes evident.
Furthermore, bug reports become much clearer when recorded _and_ the users knows to pull up the logs too. And the whole process of making a good bug report could be demonstrated in its entirety with a screencast... the vast numbers of users don't know a zillionth of what the devs know or need to know about the bug a user is experiencing... and as most of the users don't speak English, and most devs do, you've got a serious disconnect between what your users need to tell you... enter the 'screencast' and most of the big problem description becomes evident.
With more 'evidence' of the coolness of Sugar, people will get excited about SoaS perhaps like what happened around the Phun Physics package... [http://www.phunland.com/wiki/Home Phun] became one of the physics games of choice, for those without money, because of the tremendous number of naive users/kids producing Phun demonstrations on [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=phun&search_type=&aq=f Youtube]. --[[User:Dennis Daniels|dgd]] 3Aug9
With more 'evidence' of the coolness of Sugar, people will get excited about SoaS perhaps like what happened around the Phun Physics package... [http://www.phunland.com/wiki/Home Phun] became one of the physics games of choice, for those without money, because of the tremendous number of naive users/kids producing Phun demonstrations on [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=phun&search_type=&aq=f Youtube]. --[[User:Dennis Daniels|dgd]] 3Aug9
[[Category:General public]]
==Embedded Predictive text==
[[Category:Idea]]
Despite the emphasis on a non text environment there are numerous areas of education that rely on learners writing text.
[[Category:Feature]]
The integration of a predictive text system similar to that used in the windows 'Typing Assistant' and the Co:Writer software used on the specialist hardware text editor the Alpasmart 3000, Alphasmart Neo, and Neo2.
Such an integration would provide sugar with an environment that would support those with learning difficulties e.g dyslexia and additionally extend the learners vocabulary as such systems give several numbered options to choose from as you type a given word, when the writer sees the word, selecting with the cursor or typing the number or word then utilises the selected word within the text entry dialog or document.A simple Function key combination switches the system on and off for free typing. --[[User:R Draycott|dgd]] 20Nov2009
:Erikos's recent work on a system-wide spell-checker might be a reasonable model to base such an intervention on. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 14:06, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
==sugar-emulator==
*satellit 03/15/2011
#install sugar-emulator with command "sugar-emulator -f" as default
:This would allow sugar emulator to match screen size of hardware it is running on and always be full screen
: alternately provide a modal button on top frame of emulator window to switch to full screen and back at will.
:[[Emulator/Full Screen|how to configure full screen]].
==Chatbot Terminal==
I think it would be very valuable for children to have a terminal emulator that they could have a conversation with, but also one that can teach some useful linux commands.
Some examples:
$Hello
#Hi, how are you
$what is the weather like?
#inside a computer it can be as hot as 150 degrees, but it's only a mild 110 degrees today. How about where you are?
$how do I find a file on my computer?
#well, there is a command called 'find' which you can use to find a file by name. try find / test.txt
etc.
The challenge that I face is that the terminal is intimidating in comparison to IOS. I think a specialized conversation bot could do wonders for making children more comfortable in the CLI
--[[User:Micheal Breathnach|MPB]] 10Dec2012