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# Insert the USB drive into a USB port on your computer. Ports directly connected to the motherboard (usually on the back of the computer) are more likely to recognize the device at boot time.
# Insert the USB drive into a USB port on your computer. Ports directly connected to the motherboard (usually on the back of the computer) are more likely to recognize the device at boot time.
# Set the option to boot from USB in your machine's BIOS and then start up the computer.
# Set the option to boot from USB in your machine's BIOS and then start up the computer.
# You should see the Sugar logo if the drive is booting. Proceed to the Use it section.
# You should see the Sugar logo if the drive is booting. Proceed to the '''Use it''' section.
If your machine doesn't support booting from USB devices, then download and burn http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-boot.iso.
If your machine doesn't support booting from USB devices, then download and burn http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-boot.iso.
# Put both the boot-support CD and the USB flash drive in your computer and let it boot from the CD.
# Put both the boot-support CD and the USB flash drive in your computer and let it boot from the CD.
=== Use it! ===
=== Use it ===
* Once you have successfully launched Sugar on a Stick, you should explore the Sugar Learning Platform. There is a [http://en.flossmanuals.net/sugar guide to Sugar] with help pages dedicated to most activities.
* Once you have successfully launched Sugar on a Stick, you should explore the Sugar Learning Platform. There is a [http://en.flossmanuals.net/sugar guide to Sugar] with help pages dedicated to most activities.
* Sugar on a Stick uses by default the ''English (USA)'' keyboard layout.
* Sugar on a Stick uses by default the ''English (USA)'' keyboard layout.
*: If you need to change this, you need to use the Terminal activity.
*: If you need to change this, you need to use the Terminal activity.
*:: If Terminal is not in your Home View ring (Favorite activities), then
*:: Terminal is not in the default Home View ring (Favorite activities), to reach it,
*::# Switch to 'List view' (the far right switch button on the Home View toolbar),
*::# Switch to 'List view' (the far right switch button on the Home View toolbar),
*::# Find the Terminal Activity (more than half-way down in the list, or use the Search box on the left of the toolbar),
*::# Find the Terminal Activity (more than half-way down in the list, or use the Search box on the left of the toolbar),