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=How To Use Sugar=
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==How To Use Sugar==
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====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.
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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 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.
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===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.
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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====
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===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]].
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<ol>Your XO's Nickname and other options can be changed using the [[OLPC:Terminal Activity]]'s command line [[OLPC:Sugar Control Panel]].
 
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<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.
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<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.
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<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.
    
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====How to set the timezone on my laptop====
 
====How to set the timezone on my laptop====
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You can set the timezone by typing the [[Sugar-Control-Panel]] command in the [[Terminal Activity]].
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You can set the timezone by typing the [[OLPC:Sugar Control Panel]] command in the [[OLPC:Terminal Activity]].
    
===Sound Control===
 
===Sound Control===
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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.
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=Networking & Communications=
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==Networking & Communications==
    
===Connecting to Wireless Networks===
 
===Connecting to Wireless Networks===
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<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);
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*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>
 
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Read [[Documentation Team/User Manual/Connecting to the Internet]] for detailed instructions.
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Read [[Documentation Team/User Manual/Connecting to the Internet|Connecting to the Internet]] for detailed instructions.
    
===Connecting to Jabber Servers===
 
===Connecting to Jabber Servers===
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=== 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].   
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[[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.
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Some other Sugar/OLPC IRC chatrooms are listed [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/IRC#irc.freenode.net_channels here.]
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Some other Sugar/OLPC IRC chatrooms are listed [[OLPC:IRC#irc.freenode.net_channels|here]].
    
=== OLPC/Sugar as Webserver ===
 
=== OLPC/Sugar as Webserver ===
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*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!
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=Installing Sugar=
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==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
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*[[OLPC:Sugar Instructions]], booting and getting started with Sugar
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=Developing For Sugar=
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==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]
* [[Development Team/Jhbuild|Build]] from sources, and [[Sugar Instructions|get started]].
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* [[Development Team/Jhbuild|Build]] from sources, and [[OLPC:Getting started]].
 
* Read the human interaction [[Design_Team/Human_Interface_Guidelines|guidelines]]
 
* Read the human interaction [[Design_Team/Human_Interface_Guidelines|guidelines]]
* Get an overview of the [[Sugar Architecture|architecture]]
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* Get an overview of the [[OLPC:Sugar Architecture|architecture]]
* [[Sugar_Activity_Tutorial|Write]] your own activity
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* [[OLPC:Activity tutorial|Write]] your own activity
 
* Check out the [[Development Team/Almanac/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.
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* [http://dev.laptop.org/roadmap Roadmap]
 
* [http://dev.laptop.org/roadmap Roadmap]
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=See also=
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==See also==
 
* [[Documentation Team/Glossary]] of Sugar terms
 
* [[Documentation Team/Glossary]] of Sugar terms