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== Manuals ==
== Manuals ==
=== Active manuals ===
=== Active manuals ===
The OLPC Manual/Help activity is a combination of two manuals for 8.2.0 developed at [[FLOSSManuals]], including , and also


The OLPC [http://www.laptop.org/manual Manual] for our new [[Release_Notes/8.2.0|Release 8.2.0]]
is available in several formats:
* the online manual at http://www.laptop.org/manual
* the [[Help activity]] available for release 8.2.0.
* a 240-page [http://en.flossmanuals.net/publish/PDF/g1g1_2.pdf downloadable PDF] (4.7MB)
** which is [http://www.lulu.com/content/4439260 purchasable in book form for $17.54]

It was created by volunteers from a combination of two manuals for 8.2.0 developed at [[FLOSSManuals]]:
* http://en.flossmanuals.net/XO ([http://en.flossmanuals.net/XO/print single-page "print" version])
* http://en.flossmanuals.net/XO ([http://en.flossmanuals.net/XO/print single-page "print" version])
* http://en.flossmanuals.net/Sugar ([http://en.flossmanuals.net/Sugar/print single-page "print" version]
* http://en.flossmanuals.net/Sugar ([http://en.flossmanuals.net/Sugar/print single-page "print" version]

Revision as of 02:20, 30 November 2008

The OLPC Manual is available as the Help activity for 8.2 and is also online at http://www.laptop.org/manual/

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Manuals

Active manuals

The OLPC Manual for our new Release 8.2.0 is available in several formats:

It was created by volunteers from a combination of two manuals for 8.2.0 developed at FLOSSManuals:

Support FAQ
Text
Deployment Guide
A guide
Activity Handbook
A software developer's guide for creating software for Sugar
Sugar Almanac
A detailed guide for developers to the APIs in Sugar.

Manuals for earlier releases

OLPC/Sugar User's Guide at Flossmanuals
This is the main current Manual for the "ship.2" release (builds 650-653) that most G1G1 2007 users received on their XO laptops.

Inactive manuals

Getting Started Guide
Beautiful, information for "ship.2"
Nortel LearnIT Using the XO
History
The OLPC Wiki's Simplified user guide
Migration status and diff from FM?
XO Guide
History?
Demo notes