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Revision as of 12:18, 25 February 2015
, 12:18, 25 February 2015A tutorial with instructions to write Sugar to a USB stick.
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== Summary ==
A tutorial with instructions to write Sugar to a USB stick.
== Owner ==
* Name: [[User:inkyfingers| Iain Brown Douglas]]
* Email: iain at browndouglas dot plus dot com
== Current status ==
Working Title: SoaS Writer
:: or Sugar Stick Builder / Writer
Deciding the title is critical to finishing the screenshots, before the project is uploaded to Github
(because the title appears in many screenshots, and consistent shots are required).
Working demonstration built.
* Targeted release: (SUGAR_VERSION)
* Introduced: February 2015
* Last updated: February 2015
* Percentage of completion:
: Working model, 90%
: Github, 0%
== Detailed Description ==
The method involves `livecd-iso-to-disk` as this [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Testing/Reports/Sugar_on_a_Stick_Persistence page].
Construction is copied from Help Activity, which uses Sphinx, http://sphinx-doc.org/.
A {{code|liveinst}} method is under consideration.
Pro, makes nice 4 or 8 GB sticks.
Con, instructions are more difficult to write for novices.
: '''If''' the tutorial is to be available to all users, they should not easily be able to delete the host OS as could happen with anaconda.
: Fairly detailed instructions are necessary to explain how to set up a ''satisfactory for children'' boot record.
=== Future versions ===
'''Might''' include a script which would probe the capacity of an inserted USB stick,and deliver the livecd-iso-to-disk command on confirmation by the user.
'''Might''' include liveinst instructions under the heading `How to install Sugar on an expired Windows XP machine`.
== Benefit to Sugar ==
Allow new users to adopt Sugar more easily.
== Summary ==
A tutorial with instructions to write Sugar to a USB stick.
== Owner ==
* Name: [[User:inkyfingers| Iain Brown Douglas]]
* Email: iain at browndouglas dot plus dot com
== Current status ==
Working Title: SoaS Writer
:: or Sugar Stick Builder / Writer
Deciding the title is critical to finishing the screenshots, before the project is uploaded to Github
(because the title appears in many screenshots, and consistent shots are required).
Working demonstration built.
* Targeted release: (SUGAR_VERSION)
* Introduced: February 2015
* Last updated: February 2015
* Percentage of completion:
: Working model, 90%
: Github, 0%
== Detailed Description ==
The method involves `livecd-iso-to-disk` as this [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Testing/Reports/Sugar_on_a_Stick_Persistence page].
Construction is copied from Help Activity, which uses Sphinx, http://sphinx-doc.org/.
A {{code|liveinst}} method is under consideration.
Pro, makes nice 4 or 8 GB sticks.
Con, instructions are more difficult to write for novices.
: '''If''' the tutorial is to be available to all users, they should not easily be able to delete the host OS as could happen with anaconda.
: Fairly detailed instructions are necessary to explain how to set up a ''satisfactory for children'' boot record.
=== Future versions ===
'''Might''' include a script which would probe the capacity of an inserted USB stick,and deliver the livecd-iso-to-disk command on confirmation by the user.
'''Might''' include liveinst instructions under the heading `How to install Sugar on an expired Windows XP machine`.
== Benefit to Sugar ==
Allow new users to adopt Sugar more easily.