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December 5, 2008
We met with Caroline. (e-mail:caroline@solutiongrove.com)

How to enter bugs:
dev.sugarlabs.org
(Trac)

Where to talk about it (instead of a mailing list)
schools.sugarlabs.org
Soas-1 - Moodle
Towards bottom of the page, Sugar on a Stick

Where to document it
sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick
Wiki

Collaboration server
schoolserver.media.mit.edu
schoolserver.solutiongrove.com - temporarily broken

Why Sugar on a Stick?
=================
Great for conferences, publicity.
Benefits of booting from flash drive.
School computers had viruses, were broken.
Sugar seemed more exciting to people than something looking like Windows
Fill need of software focused for k-5 grades.

Mel's Offers
==================
Bug advocacy workshop
iff you pay it forward.
Need: 2.5 hr, 24 hour notice, ride from Eliot

Sugar hacking mentorship
over winter break

Expo something
(Eventually it'd be cool to have a curriculum)

More notes
============================================
School server is critical for sugar on a stick
need to be able to restore data if the kid loses stick
sugar-on-a-stick uses a newer version of Fedora than xo.

middle/high schoolers, getting them excited
middle/high schoolers, getting them excited


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hr 200 start writing code
hr 200 start writing code


Fudcon coming up.
engineering small skills

Tasks
================
================
View source
View source
"view source" does not work. Needs someone to make it work.
"view source" doesn't work. Needs someone to make it work.
Someone who knows Python, 2-5 days?
Someone who knows Python, 2-5 days?


Add collaboration to activities.
Activities don't have collaboration.
1week.
Change over time. Make collaboration.
Change over time. Make collaboration.
Identify an activity and incorporate. Get on the neighborhood.
Identify an activity and incorporate. Get on the neighborhood.
Someone who knows Python, 3+4 days/ 1week.
Someone who knows Python, 3+4 days + 1week.


Teach a local group
Teach a local group
Help at Fudcon

Fudcon
Sugar roadmap helping/hacking list
Sugar roadmap helping/hacking list


Running a local test team. Testing is really fun.
Running a local test team. Testing is really fun.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology


"sugarizing" Linux apps. A hard process still.
"sugarizing" Linux apps. A hard process still.

ethnography/classroom observations
ethnography/classroom observations


Eventual goal:
can you step away? can you explain it to a non-technical audience?
a curriculum for students in the area.
after you've been working on it 3 days straight, can you describe it well?

To run on Olin laptops
===========
Press F12 when booting, to choose to boot from USB/removable

To set your computer to always check for USB, do the following:


Restart your computer. When you see the Dell logo, hit F2 to go
Eventual goal::::
into the BIOS settings. Under the System menu (left hand side of
Turn this knowledge into a curriculum for high school students in the area.
the screen), use the arrow keys to navigate down to Boot Sequence
Future workshop.
and hit enter. Highlight "USB Storage Device" and use the U (move
up) and D keys (move down) to move that device to be first in the
list. Then press ESC and exit the BIOS. Restart your computer and
it should boot from USB first.




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Sugar-on-a-stick. runs on a more recent fedora

Latest revision as of 14:22, 7 December 2008

December 5, 2008
We met with Caroline. (e-mail:caroline@solutiongrove.com)

How to enter bugs: 
dev.sugarlabs.org 
(Trac)

Where to talk about it (instead of a mailing list)
schools.sugarlabs.org
Soas-1 - Moodle
Towards bottom of the page, Sugar on a Stick

Where to document it
sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick
Wiki

Collaboration server
schoolserver.media.mit.edu
schoolserver.solutiongrove.com - temporarily broken

Why Sugar on a Stick?
=================
Great for conferences, publicity.
Benefits of booting from flash drive.
School computers had viruses, were broken.
Sugar seemed more exciting to people than something looking like Windows
Fill need of software focused for k-5 grades.

Mel's Offers
==================
Bug advocacy workshop
  iff you pay it forward.
  Need: 2.5 hr, 24 hour notice, ride from Eliot

Sugar hacking mentorship
  over winter break

Expo something
(Eventually it'd be cool to have a curriculum)

More notes
============================================
School server is critical for sugar on a stick
   need to be able to restore data if the kid loses stick
sugar-on-a-stick uses a newer version of Fedora than xo.

middle/high schoolers, getting them excited

hr 4 start doing something to help developers
hr 40 
hr 200 start writing code

Fudcon coming up.

Tasks
================
View source
"view source" doesn't work. Needs someone to make it work.
Someone who knows Python, 2-5 days?

Add collaboration to activities.
Change over time. Make collaboration. 
Identify an activity and incorporate. Get on the neighborhood. 
Someone who knows Python, 3+4 days + 1week.

Teach a local group
Help at Fudcon
Sugar roadmap helping/hacking list

Running a local test team. Testing is really fun. 

"sugarizing" Linux apps. A hard process still. 

ethnography/classroom observations

Eventual goal:
a curriculum for students in the area. 

To run on Olin laptops
===========
Press F12 when booting, to choose to boot from USB/removable

To set your computer to always check for USB, do the following:

Restart your computer. When you see the Dell logo, hit F2 to go 
into the BIOS settings. Under the System menu (left hand side of 
the screen), use the arrow keys to navigate down to Boot Sequence 
and hit enter. Highlight "USB Storage Device" and use the U (move 
up) and D keys (move down) to move that device to be first in the 
list. Then press ESC and exit the BIOS. Restart your computer and 
it should boot from USB first.