But once again, this was meant specifically for original equipment manufacturers. It is not intended to be a replacement for Anaconda on Sugar on a Stick.
-- Enviado desde mi iPod El dic 15, 2017, a las 17:56, Walter Bender <[email protected]> escribió: > Sounds like a solid approach to an easier path to installing Sugar. I'll try > testing it this weekend. Thx. > > On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 8:53 PM, Ryan Cunningham <[email protected]> wrote: >> Dear Sugar Labs, >> >> I am Ryan Cunningham, an active user of the Sugar Learning Platform >> (even now as I compose this message!). I have autism and seizure >> disorder and have contributed prior work to Sugar Labs, including >> changes to the "About My Computer" configuration panel to render the >> GNU GPL in a monospace font (because it is a plain text file with a >> 79-character margin). >> >> According to Red Hat's Brand Standards, Mohandas Gandhi said "First >> they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you >> win." (Though no evidence was found that Gandhi actually said this.) >> This quote inspired Red Hat's journey as a company, from the >> open-source outlier in a Windows 98 world to the provider of >> technology serving as the backbone of many of today's Web sites. >> >> What if we said the same thing about the journey of Sugar Labs? What >> if Sugar Labs broke through a world of American educational computing >> now dominated by Chrome OS? >> >> I believe the best way that Sugar Labs can do so is to market its >> software to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). By doing so, the >> Sugar Learning Platform can achieve a wider market share in >> more-developed countries and be accessible to more students, teachers, >> and parents. >> >> In order to aid with doing so, I am hereby releasing under the GNU >> General Public License, version 3 (or any later version), a script >> (called "Sugar Factory") which will install and configure the Sugar >> Learning Platform to run on any desktop, laptop, notebook, or tablet >> computer in the process of manufacturing or preparation for secondhand >> sale. This script uses a hard-coded partitioning scheme where all >> files reside in the root partition--except, for UEFI-compliant >> systems, a 512-megabyte EFI System Partition will be created at the >> beginning of the disk and mounted at /boot/efi. (GPT partitioning is >> not supported.) >> >> Original equipment manufacturers that use this script may either flash >> the operating system (which is a modified version of Sugar on a Stick) >> directly to each device, or create an intermediate image and flash >> that (which is a /lot/ faster). Also, they may make whatever >> modifications they desire (or none at all) to the finished operating >> system, and may choose to use the Sugar, Python Powered, and/or Fedora >> Remix logos on the packaging and/or other promotional materials of >> products that contain it. >> >> I have also attached the license and the output from my last test run >> of this script (which was successful). >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Ryan Cunningham >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SoaS mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas > > > > -- > Walter Bender > Sugar Labs > http://www.sugarlabs.org > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
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