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==Sugar==

==Sugar==

=== What is Sugar? ===

=== What is Sugar? ===

:Sugar is an educational software platform built with the Python programming language and based on the principles of cognitive and social constructivism.  

:Sugar is an educational software platform built with the Python programming language and based on the principles of cognitive and social constructivism. See [[What is Sugar?]].

=== Who is doing Sugar development? ===

=== Who is doing Sugar development? ===

:Sugar is a community project where all work is done by volunteers. You can get an idea of the people involved from the [[Development Team/Release/Modules]] page.

:Sugar is a community project where all work is done by volunteers. You can get an idea of the people involved from the [[Development Team/Release/Modules]] page.

=== What makes Sugar different from other educational software platforms? ===

=== What makes Sugar different from other educational software platforms? ===

:The Sugar interface, in its departure from the desktop metaphor for computing, is the first serious attempt to create a user interface that is based on both cognitive and social constructivism: learners should engage in authentic exploration and collaboration. It is based on three very simple principles about what makes us human: (1) everyone is a teacher and a learner; (2) humans by their nature are social beings; and (3) humans by their nature are expressive. These are the pillars of a user experience for learning.  

:The Sugar interface, in its departure from the desktop metaphor for computing, is the first serious attempt to create a user interface that is based on both cognitive and social constructivism: learners should engage in authentic exploration and collaboration. It is based on three very simple principles about what makes us human: (1) everyone is a teacher and a learner; (2) humans by their nature are social beings; and (3) humans by their nature are expressive. These are the pillars of a user experience for learning.  

==Using Sugar==

==Using Sugar==

=== Who can use Sugar and how do they benefit? ===

=== Who can use Sugar and how do they benefit? ===

:Sugar is a free software project, freely available to anyone who wants to use it or improve upon it.

:Sugar is a free software project, freely available to anyone who wants to use it or improve upon it.

:There is a further summary of the Sugar benefits [[Deployment Team/Small_deployment_guide#Why_Sugar|here]].

:There is a further summary of the Sugar benefits [[Deployment Team/Small_deployment_guide#Why_Sugar|here]].

:The LiveUSB device must be inserted into a USB port on your computer, the LiveCD must be in your CD-ROM or DVD drive, when you start your computer, and your BIOS settings should be set to first look for an operating system there on the USB or CDROM device. If the settings are okay, the LiveUSB/CD will boot.

 

:The Live USB device must be inserted into a USB port on your computer, the Live CD must be in your CD-ROM or DVD drive, when you start your computer, and your BIOS settings should be set to first look for an operating system there on the USB or CD-ROM device. If the settings are okay, the Live USB/CD will boot.

:After a little while, you will be prompted for a name and you will get to choose the colour of your avatar. This is a small X, like the arms and legs of a human, with an O as the head above the X. This is "you".

:After a little while, you will be prompted for a name and you will get to choose the colour of your avatar. This is a small X, like the arms and legs of a human, with an O as the head above the X. This is "you".

:In the top left corner of the Frame is a circle of smaller circles. This is your Neighbourhood-circle. At the moment, only nearby wireless access points are visible as small coloured circles - more colour inside means better signal strength. Let your mouse pointer hover above a circle to see the name of the wireless network. A small padlock means you need to supply a username and password to access the network. Click the circle you would like to access. It should be a wireless network you know will grant you Internet access once you are connected. If the network is protected with a padlock, you will be prompted for a valid username and password at this point, so give these and click the OK-button. If everything is okay, you are now connected.

:In the top left corner of the Frame is a circle of smaller circles. This is your Neighbourhood-circle. At the moment, only nearby wireless access points are visible as small coloured circles - more colour inside means better signal strength. Let your mouse pointer hover above a circle to see the name of the wireless network. A small padlock means you need to supply a username and password to access the network. Click the circle you would like to access. It should be a wireless network you know will grant you Internet access once you are connected. If the network is protected with a padlock, you will be prompted for a valid username and password at this point, so give these and click the OK-button. If everything is okay, you are now connected.

:You should soon see many small avatars like your own in your neighbourhood. Hover your mouse pointer above them to see what they are called.

:You should soon see many small avatars like your own in your neighbourhood. Hover your mouse pointer above them to see their usernames.

:In the top left corner next to the Neighbourhood-circle, is your Friends-circle. You don't have any Sugar-friends at the moment, so this will be empty. Next to the Friends-circle is a circle with a single dot - that's right - it means you. Click the You-circle, and you will get back to you and your activities.

:In the top left corner next to the Neighbourhood-circle, is your Friends-circle. You don't have any Sugar-friends at the moment, so this will be empty. Next to the Friends-circle is a circle with a single dot - that's right - it means you. Click the You-circle, and you will get back to you and your activities.

:Click the Neighbourhood-circle again, and you will notice that the activity is now visible to everyone in your neighbourhood. If you hover your mouse button over an activity in your neighbourhood, a small menu will unfold where you may choose to join the activity by selecting "Join" from the activity's menu. Remember, your neighbourhood is the entire world! People in other parts of the world may be working or sleeping when you start sharing your activities, so be patient - it might be many hours before anyone is available for a chat. Enjoy! :-)

:Click the Neighbourhood-circle again, and you will notice that the activity is now visible to everyone in your neighbourhood. If you hover your mouse button over an activity in your neighbourhood, a small menu will unfold where you may choose to join the activity by selecting "Join" from the activity's menu. Remember, your neighbourhood is the entire world! People in other parts of the world may be working or sleeping when you start sharing your activities, so be patient - it might be many hours before anyone is available for a chat. Enjoy! :-)

=== Does Sugar run on {GNU/Linux, Fedora, Ubuntu, Suse, MAC OS, Windows, etc.}? ===

=== Does Sugar run on {GNU/Linux, Fedora, Ubuntu, SUSE, MAC OS, Windows, etc.}? ===

:Please refer to the [[Supported systems]] page for an up-to-date list of supported systems.

:Please refer to the [[Supported systems]] page for an up-to-date list of supported systems.

=== Is there an image of the OS that can be run on a PC? ===

=== Is there an image of the OS that can be run on a PC? ===

:You can download a LiveUSB image at [[Sugar on a Stick]] and a LiveCD version of Sugar at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/LiveCd, or run Sugar natively on a [[Supported systems|supported system]]. (The language can be set from the Sugar-control-panel or My Settings link on the avatar panel.)

:You can download a Live USB image at [[Sugar on a Stick]] and a Live CD version of Sugar at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/LiveCd, or run Sugar natively on a [[Supported systems|supported system]]. (The language can be set from the Sugar-control-panel or My Settings link on the avatar panel.)

=== Does Sugar run on an ASUS Eee PC (or other "ultra-mobile" or "mini" PCs)?===

=== Does Sugar run on an ASUS Eee PC (or other "ultra-mobile" or "mini" PCs)?===

:There is a thread on the mailing list about success stories with the Eee: http://lists.lo-res.org/pipermail/its.an.education.project/2008-May/000282.html Another pointer is: ftp://rohrmoser-engineering.de/pub/XO-LiveCD/XO-LiveCD_080321.pdf Many manufacturers are beginning to take an interest in supporting Sugar.

Yes. If it can run GNU/Linux and GNOME, it can run Sugar. Try [[Sugar on a Stick]] as a way to get started, but you should be able install it natively as well.

=== Is it possible to have mesh support with the LiveUSB/CD ? ===

=== Is it possible to have mesh support with the Live USB/CD ? ===

Q: If I understand this correctly, mesh support means your wireless card functions as both an access point/router and a network node. In short, your wireless computer can pass along packages from nearby wireless computers and the other way round. Do you need special wireless cards for this, or is this a driver/software issue that could be fixed in the LiveCD, so that more people can experience mesh networks?

Q: If I understand this correctly, mesh support means your wireless card functions as both an access point/router and a network node. In short, your wireless computer can pass along packages from nearby wireless computers and the other way round. Do you need special wireless cards for this, or is this a driver/software issue that could be fixed in the Live CD, so that more people can experience mesh networks?

:A: Yes, it will be possible to have [http://www.open80211s.org/trac/wiki/HOWTO-0.2.1 mesh support] with the LiveCD shortly, provided you have a suitable wireless card.

:A: Yes, it will be possible to have [http://www.open80211s.org/trac/wiki/HOWTO-0.2.1 mesh support] with the Live CD shortly, provided you have a suitable wireless card.

:[http://www.o11s.org/ open80211s] is an open-source implementation of the emerging IEEE 802.11s wireless mesh standard. It has been accepted in the mainline Linux kernel and is included in release 2.6.26. The resulting software will run on GNU/Linux on commodity PC hardware.  

:[http://www.o11s.org/ open80211s] is an open-source implementation of the emerging IEEE 802.11s wireless mesh standard. It has been accepted in the mainline Linux kernel and is included in release 2.6.26. The resulting software will run on GNU/Linux on commodity PC hardware.  

:Open80211s is based on the mac80211 wireless stack and should run on any of the wireless cards that mac80211 supports. At present, September 2008, four families of drivers are supported or partially supported. The ath5k driver supports Atheros WLAN based chipsets, the b43 driver supports the 802.11 B/G family of wireless chips Broadcom produces, libertas_tf supports the Marvell 88W83886 USB device as found in the OLPC XO-1 laptop, and the zd1211rw driver covers a large proportion of USB-wireless devices on the consumer market as these are based on the ZyDAS ZD1211. Several months after the acquisition, Atheros rebranded the ZyDAS ZD1211 chip to AR5007UG.

:Open80211s is based on the mac80211 wireless stack and should run on any of the wireless cards that mac80211 supports. At present, September 2008, four families of drivers are supported or partially supported. The ath5k driver supports Atheros WLAN based chipsets, the b43 driver supports the 802.11 B/G family of wireless chips Broadcom produces, libertas_tf supports the Marvell 88W83886 USB device as found in the OLPC XO-1 laptop, and the zd1211rw driver covers a large proportion of USB-wireless devices on the consumer market as these are based on the ZyDAS ZD1211. Several months after the acquisition, Atheros rebranded the ZyDAS ZD1211 chip to AR5007UG.

== Sugar Labs ==

== Sugar Labs ==

=== What is Sugar Labs? ===

=== What is Sugar Labs? ===

:Sugar Labs, a non-profit foundation, serves as a support base and gathering place for the community of educators and software developers who want to extend the Sugar platform and who have been creating Sugar-compatible applications.

:Sugar Labs, a non-profit foundation, serves as a support base and gathering place for the community of educators and software developers who want to extend the Sugar platform and who have been creating Sugar-compatible applications.

:OLPC and Sugar Labs are not diverging, we are on the same page; we are both hoping to fund and support Sugar so that we can continue to provide the best learning experience for children. The Sugar Labs initiative is consistent with taking Sugar to the next level; this is not inconsistent with what OLPC is doing. Any help from outside or inside OLPC should help establish Sugar as a more stable and better product.

:OLPC and Sugar Labs are not diverging, we are on the same page; we are both hoping to fund and support Sugar so that we can continue to provide the best learning experience for children. The Sugar Labs initiative is consistent with taking Sugar to the next level; this is not inconsistent with what OLPC is doing. Any help from outside or inside OLPC should help establish Sugar as a more stable and better product.

=== Who is upstream for Sugar? ===

=== Who is upstream for Sugar? ===

=== How do I learn more about Sugar Labs? ===

=== How do I learn more about Sugar Labs? ===

:Please add new questions to the [[Talk:Sugar Labs/FAQ|discussion]] page or send email to press at sugarlabs.org.

:Check out the following additional FAQs, and join the IAEP mailing list and ask us about anything related to the project that isn't related to code.  

==[[Activity Team/FAQ|Activities]]==

 

* [[Activity Team/FAQ|Activities]]

==[[Deployment Team/FAQ|Deployment]]==

* [[Deployment Team/FAQ|Deployment]]

* [[Design Team/FAQ|Design]]

* [[Development Team/FAQ|Development]]

==[[Design Team/FAQ|Design]]==

* [[Documentation Team/FAQ|Documentation]]

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==[[Development Team/FAQ|Development]]==

* [[Infrastructure Team/FAQ|Infrastructure]]

* [[Local Labs/FAQ|Local Labs]]

==[[Documentation Team/FAQ|Documentation]]==

* [[Marketing Team/FAQ|Marketing]]

* [[Math4Team/FAQ|Math4 Project]]

==[[Education Team/FAQ|Education]]==

* [[Oversight Board|Oversight Board]]

* [[Sugar on a Stick/FAQ|Sugar on a Stick]]

==[[Infrastructure Team/FAQ|Infrastructure]]==

* [[BugSquad/FAQ|Testing]]

* [[Translation Team/FAQ|Translation]]

==[[Local Labs/FAQ|Local Labs]]==

* [[Wiki Team/FAQ| Wiki]]

 

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==[[BugSquad/FAQ|Testing]]==

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