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Line 3: + − + − + − |-+ − | rowspan="3" style="border: 0; border-width: 0; width: 350px;" | [[File:SugaronastickPineapple.png|320px|left|link=http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas/#downloads]]+ − | colspan="2" style="border: 0; border-width: 0;" | '''[[Sugar on a Stick]]''' is a [http://fedoraproject.org Fedora<sup>®</sup>] [http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas Spin] [[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.)--> Version 6, our most recent, is named '''[[Sugar on a Stick/Pineapple|Pineapple]]''' and was released on '''08 November 2011.'''+ − |- style="border: 0; border-width: 0; text-align: center"+ − |+ − <span class="linkgroup">[[File:Download Mirabell.png|link=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/spins/linux/releases/16/Spins/x86_64/Fedora-16-x86_64-Live-SoaS.iso]]</span> − x86_64 − | − <span class="linkgroup">[[File:Download Mirabell.png|link=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/spins/linux/releases/16/Spins/i686/Fedora-16-i686-Live-SoaS.iso]]</span> − i686 − |- − | colspan="2" style="border: 0; border-width: 0; text-align: center" |[[Sugar on a Stick/Pineapple/hashes | hashes to verify downloads]] − '''See these [[Sugar on a Stick/Installation|installation instructions]].'''+ − |}+ − BitTorrent links are available at the [http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas/#downloads Spins download page].+ − {{Highlight|'''Note''':For a commercial source of USB flash drives and SDHC cards loaded with Sugar on a Stick, [[Sugar_Creation_Kit#Commercial_source_of_SoaS-loaded_media | see this section]].}} − − ''Fedora and the Infinity design logo are trademarks of Red Hat, Inc.'' − + + Line 43:
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Line 96: + − + + − We have weekly meetings on IRC - see [[Sugar on a Stick meetings]] for more information, including logs from past meetings. Attending a meeting is a great way for newcomers to get started.+ − === Release schedule ===+ − Our release schedule is based on the [[fedora:Releases/Schedule | Fedora release schedule]].+ − === Contributor stories ===+ − + − 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]]. Line 121:
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== What is Sugar on a Stick? ==
==What is Sugar on a Stick?==
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=== What's new in Sugar on a Stick? ===
* '''Sugar version 0.110.0'''
*: More information about this version at [[0.110/Notes]].
* The current release comes with [[Fedora 27]], though Sugar on a Stick does not package all the software of other desktops.
*: See : [https://docs.fedoraproject.org/f27/release-notes/index.html Fedora 27 Release Notes].
==== Known bugs ====
* (pending input from users)
* See [[fedora:Common_F27_bugs|Common Fedora 27 bugs]]
=== 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.
|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? ==
===[[Sugar on a Stick/Beta]]===
=== Meetings ===
===[[Sugar_on_a_Stick/Virtual_machines| Sugar Virtual Box Appliances]]===
* Import into VirtualBox
=== Contributor stories ===
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]].
=== <s>Meetings</s> ===
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!)
* For deployments lacking easy Internet access, one can turn a computer into a '''Sugar on a Stick Creation Station'''. The [[Sugar Creation Kit]] is a downloadable DVD which includes the materials you need to create Pineapple sticks and to install additional Activities, along with documentation and previous versions of Sugar on a Stick.
* 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.
* Older [[:Category:Live USB|portable Sugar distributions]] based on other Linux distributions .
* Older [[:Category:Live USB|portable Sugar distributions]] 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 other subpages index ==
== Previous versions and other subpages index ==
{{Show|Earlier versions of Sugar on a Stick and other project pages can be reviewed at these pages: |{{Special:PrefixIndex/Sugar on a Stick}}}}
{{Show|Earlier versions of Sugar on a Stick and other project pages can be reviewed at these pages: |{{Special:PrefixIndex/Sugar on a Stick/}}}}