On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 04:01, Sebastian Dziallas <[email protected]> wrote: > Mirabelles have arrived! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/enil/3892066169/)
Congratulations to all involved! Tomeu > I am proud to announce the availability of Sugar on a Stick v.3, > code-named Mirabelle. More information about Sugar on a Stick, > including download and installation details, are available at > http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas/. > > Changes in Sugar on a Stick since the last release (v.2 Blueberry): > > Sugar version 0.88. The most recent release of the Sugar Learning > Platform features support for 3G connections, increased accessibility, > and better integration with our Activity Portal > (http://activities.sugarlabs.org) allowing students and teachers to > update their sticks with additional Activities. More information about > the 0.88 release of Sugar is available at > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/0.88/Notes. > > Customize your own remix of Sugar on a Stick. You'll notice that v.3 > Mirabelle has a smaller Activity selection than its predecessors, > Blueberry and Strawberry. We realized we'll never be able to create an > Activity selection suitable for all deployments - instead, we've > chosen to include and support a core set of basic, teacher-tested > Activities in the default image, and invite deployments to use this as > a base on which to build a customized Activity selection for their > classrooms. Instructions on how to do this are available at > http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/docs/customization-guide/. > > Sugar on a Stick is now a Fedora Spin. After two prior releases of > being based on the Fedora distribution, Sugar on a Stick has > recognized by the Fedora Project as an official Spin. This ties us > more closely to Fedora's release cycle and gives us resources from > their engineering and marketing teams, which extends the reach of > Sugar on a Stick and makes the project itself more sustainable. In > exchange, users of Fedora have access to an easily deployable > implementation of the Sugar Platform; it's a great example of a > mutually beneficial upstream - downstream relationship. > > The biggest difference in v.3 of Sugar on a Stick has been in its > release processes and engineering sustainability; it's now much easier > for new contributors to get involved. We continue to move towards our > long-term vision of bringing stability and deployability to Sugar's > personalized learning environment, and invite all interested parties > to join us. > > If you'd like to contribute to the next version, due for release in > early November, join us at our Contributors Portal at > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick. All types of > contributions are welcome, from the technical to the pedagogical, and > we're happy to teach what we know and learn what you have to share. > > Thank you especially to the Sugar on a Stick team and all the people > involved for their awesome work on this release! > > Sebastian Dziallas > Sugar on a Stick Project Lead > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
