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== What is Sugar on a Stick? ==

==What is Sugar on a Stick?==

==== Known bugs ====

* (pending input from users)

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* See [[fedora:Common_F26_bugs|Common Fedora 26 bugs]]

| style="border: 0; border-width: 0;" | '''[[Sugar on a Stick]]''' is a [http://fedoraproject.org Fedora-based] [[wikipedia:Live USB|Live USB]] operating system featuring the award-winning [[What is Sugar?|Sugar Learning Platform]] and designed to fit on an ordinary USB thumbdrive ("stick").<!-- Learn more about [http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas/#home the project] and the [http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas/#about principles] behind it at our [http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas Spin webpage]. (Fedora pages need updating, please open them to more Team members.)--> The most recent version is version 5, named '''[[Sugar on a Stick/Coconut|Coconut]]''' and was released on '''09 October 2011.'''

{{Highlight|Download links: SoaS v5 Coconut:}} [http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/images/livecd/164/164/Fedora-15-i686-Live-SoaS.iso i686], [http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/images/livecd/163/163/Fedora-15-x86_64-Live-SoaS.iso x86_64]

 

'''Turn your computer into a Sugar on a Stick Creation Station:''' A related project is the [[Sugar Creation Kit]], a downloadable DVD which includes the materials you need to create Mango Lassi sticks and install additional Activities on it, along with documentation and previous versions of Sugar on a Stick.

 

 

 

 

=== Want to use Sugar on a Stick? ===

=== Want to use Sugar on a Stick? ===

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After you've tried out Sugar on a Stick, we hope you'll come back here and join our community of contributors to help us make the next release even better.

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=== Want to contribute to Sugar on a Stick? ===

=== Want to contribute to Sugar on a Stick? ===

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== New contributors start here! ==

== New contributors start here! ==

Welcome! We're excited that you want to help us bring the Sugar Learning Platform to children around the world. No prior experience with computers or educational technology is required - in fact, we actively encourage a diversity of backgrounds, ages, and perspectives. See the [[Joining Sugar on a Stick]] page for instructions on how to get started. You may also want to check out the [http://openhatch.org/+projects/Sugar%20on%20a%20Stick Sugar on a Stick project page] on [http://openhatch.org OpenHatch], or attend one of our [[Sugar on a Stick meetings]].

Welcome! We're excited that you want to help us bring the Sugar Learning Platform to children around the world. No prior experience with computers or educational technology is required - in fact, we actively encourage a diversity of backgrounds, ages, and perspectives. See the [[Joining Sugar on a Stick]] page for instructions on how to get started.

== What can you do? ==

== What can you do? ==

* [http://bugs.sugarlabs.org Fix a bug or add a feature] to an existing Activity, to [[Development Team|sugar-core itself]], or to [http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&component=SoaS&order=priority&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone&col=component Sugar on a Stick]. See [[How to fix an Activity bug]] and [[How to fix a sugar-core bug]] to get started. ''Basic Python programming skills - or the desire to learn - are all that's needed.''

* [http://bugs.sugarlabs.org Fix a bug or add a feature] to an existing Activity, to [[Development Team|sugar-core itself]], or to [http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&component=SoaS&order=priority&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone&col=component Sugar on a Stick]. See [[How to fix an Activity bug]] and [[How to fix a sugar-core bug]] to get started. ''Basic Python programming skills - or the desire to learn - are all that's needed.''

* [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Sugar_Activities Package Sugar Activities for Fedora]. ''If you're a [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/Join Fedora Packager] or want to become one, help in this area is something we desperately need - it's a trickier thing to learn, but rewarding once you get the hang of it.''

* [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Sugar_Activities Package Sugar Activities for Fedora]. ''If you're a [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/Join Fedora Packager] or want to become one, help in this area is something we desperately need - it's a trickier thing to learn, but rewarding once you get the hang of it.''

* [[Sugar on a Stick release process#Review|Review Activities for inclusion in the build]] - check submitted Activities against our [[Sugar on a Stick/Activity Criteria]] and help us choose what gets included in the next release! ''No prior experience needed - we do reviews during our [[Sugar on a Stick meetings|weekly meetings]] and will teach you how.''

* [[Sugar on a Stick release process#Review|Review Activities for inclusion in the build]] - check submitted Activities against our [[Sugar on a Stick/Activity Criteria]] and help us choose what gets included in the next release! ''No prior experience needed.''

* Have an idea for a technical feature that isn't an Activity? Check out our [[Sugar on a Stick release process#Feature process|feature process]].

* Have an idea for a technical feature that isn't an Activity? Check out our [[Sugar on a Stick release process#Feature process|feature process]].

== What's happening? ==

== What's happening? ==

=== Meetings ===

===[[Sugar_on_a_Stick/Virtual_machines| Sugar Virtual Box Appliances]]===

To find out what other contributors are doing, check out [http://planet.sugarlabs.org Planet Sugar Labs], where contributors to Sugar Labs and the Sugar on a Stick project aggregate their blogs. You can also [[Sysadmin/Planet syndication request|add your own blog to the Planet]].

 

Our release schedule is based on the [[fedora:Releases/Schedule | Fedora release schedule]]. The most recent release was v.4, code-named '''[[Sugar on a Stick/Mango Lassi|Mango Lassi]]''', shipped on '''November 2, 2010''' and based on the Fedora 14 release schedule. The next Sugar on a Stick version will be based on the [[fedora:Releases/15/Schedule | Fedora 15 release schedule]].

 

=== Contributor stories ===

=== <s>Meetings</s> ===

To find out what other contributors are doing, check out [http://planet.sugarlabs.org Planet Sugar Labs], where contributors to Sugar Labs and the Sugar on a Stick project aggregate their blogs. You can also [[Sysadmin/Planet syndication request|add your own blog to the Planet]].

Communication through the [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas Sugar on a Stick mailing list] has replaced regular meetings.  

:We once had weekly meetings on IRC - see [[Sugar on a Stick meetings]] for more information, including logs from past meetings.

== Related work ==

== Related work ==

While the projects listed below are not part of Sugar on a Stick, we watch them closely and try to work with them when possible (or at least we're trying to learn!)

While the projects listed below are not part of Sugar on a Stick, we watch them closely and try to work with them when possible (or at least we're trying to learn!)

* [[Talk:Sugar_Creation_Kit#Introduction_to_Soas-v3_Mirabelle|Introduction to SoaS]]

* For deployments lacking easy Internet access, one can turn a computer into a '''Sugar on a Stick Creation Station'''. The [[Sugar Creation Kit]] includes the materials you need to create Live USB sticks sticks and to install additional Activities, along with documentation and previous versions of Sugar on a Stick.

* [[Sugar_on_a_Stick/Installation/Variations#SugarCreationKit_DVD|SugarCreationKit DVD]] - Complete DVD containing all the resources required to create all 3 versions of Sugar-on-a-Stick without requiring Internet access

* Older [[:Category:Live USB|portable Sugar distributions]] based on other Linux distributions .

* Other [[:Category:Live USB|portable Sugar distributions]] - Live USB work based on other Linux distributions.

* [[The undiscoverable]] is an unofficial FAQ for tips, tricks, and solutions to common problems that may otherwise be tricky to find. These are being considered for inclusion in the official SoaS documentation.

* [[The undiscoverable]] is an unofficial FAQ for tips, tricks, and solutions to common problems that may otherwise be tricky to find. These are being considered for inclusion in the official SoaS documentation.

== Previous versions and subpage index ==

== Previous versions and other subpages index ==

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