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===What is it?===
 
===What is it?===
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: [[Sugar on a Stick/Essence|Sugar on a Stick is, in essence]], a project to design, distribute, and deploy the Sugar Learning Platform ''software'' on inexpensive USB and SD flash storage devices, which people can easily ''carry from home to school to library to clubhouse to boot or run on any computing device'' for seamless continuation of their learning Activities and collaborations.
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: [[Sugar on a Stick/Essence|Sugar on a Stick is, in essence]], a [[Sugar Labs]] project to design, distribute, and deploy the [[What is Sugar?|Sugar Learning Platform]] ''software'' on inexpensive USB and SD flash storage devices, which people can easily ''carry from home to school to library to clubhouse to boot or run on any computing device'' for seamless continuation of their learning Activities and collaborations.
    
===Is it - learning games, homework help, search engines?===
 
===Is it - learning games, homework help, search engines?===
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===Can I try some of it out?===
 
===Can I try some of it out?===
: The full software package can be downloaded from [[Sugar on a Stick/Pineapple]]. You can use this download to install Sugar on a Stick onto a USB flash memory drive and test it out.
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: The full software package can be downloaded from [[Sugar on a Stick/Downloads]]. You can use this download to install Sugar on a Stick onto a USB flash memory drive and test it out.
    
===Is it the whole Sugar Learning Platform?===
 
===Is it the whole Sugar Learning Platform?===
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:Please add your results to the table above.
 
:Please add your results to the table above.
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===Have the resolution issues, which used to be a major issue w/ running Sugar on a non-XO, been solved?===
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:While not every activity has been modified, most now accommodate variable screen sizes. All of the activities at http://activities.sugarlabs.org work at variable sizes and resolutions, as far as I know.
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====What about font sizes?====
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:This is also fixed since Sucrose 0.84, Sugar on a Stick Strawberry.
      
===Do all the activities (including collaboration) work reliably on SoaS these days?===
 
===Do all the activities (including collaboration) work reliably on SoaS these days?===
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===How do I set the keyboard map for a non-US keyboard?===
 
===How do I set the keyboard map for a non-US keyboard?===
:Open the Terminal activity and run the <code>setxkbmap</code> program, specifying the code for your keyboard.
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: Hover the pointer or right click the Learner icon[[File:learner.svg|link=|bottom]]in the Home view, and then click on the [[olpc:Sugar_Control_Panel#Access_the_interface|'My Settings' item on the pop-up menu]].
:For Spanish:
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:* Sugar on a Stick uses by default the ''English (USA)'' keyboard layout.
setxkbmap es
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:*: From the My Settings control panel you will see a 'Keyboard' control tool that will allow you to change the default keyboard layout.
:For Portuguese:
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setxkbmap pt
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:To make the change permanent, add the command to the end of your .Xclients file found in the home directory.
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/home/liveuser/.Xclients
 

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