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SugarLabs
Sugar Labs is a community-run software project whose mission is to produce, distribute, and support the use of Sugar, an open source desktop environment and learning platform. Sugar Labs was initially established as a member project of the Software Freedom Conservancy, an umbrella organization for free software projects., but in 2021, it became an independent 501(c)(3) organization. About every six months, the Sugar Labs community releases a new version of the Sugar software. The most recent stable release is available as a Fedora Linux spin. Through on-going support from Nexcopy'RecycleUSBprogram, Sugar Labs provideSugar on a Stickto elementary schools. The Sugar Labs community participates in events for teachers, students, and software developers interested in the Sugar software, such as the Montevideo Youth Summit and Turtle Art Day. Sugar Labs had participated in Google Code-in, which served as an outlet for young programmers. Sugar Labs is a long-time participant in Google ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Sugar (software)
Sugar is a free and open-source desktop environment designed for interactive learning by children. It was developed by SugarLabs. Developed as part of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project, Sugar was the default interface on OLPC XO-1 laptop computers. The OLPC XO-1.5 and later provided the option of either the GNOME or Sugar interfaces. Sugar is available as a Live CD, as Live USB, and a package installable through several Linux distributions. Unlike most other desktop environments, Sugar does not use the "desktop", " folder" and "window" metaphors. Instead, Sugar's default full-screen activities require users to focus on only one program at a time. Sugar implements a journal which automatically saves the user's running program session and allows them to later use an interface to pull up their past works by date, an activity used, or file type. Design principles Sugar has the objective of being suitable for even inexperienced users but provides more advanced facilities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |