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;[[Sugar Almanac]]
;[[Sugar Almanac]]
:A detailed guide for developers to the APIs in Sugar.
:A detailed guide for developers to the APIs in Sugar.

;[http://www.laptop.org/laptop Laptop overview]
: A short overview of the XO laptop's hardware and software features.


=== Manuals for earlier releases ===
=== Manuals for earlier releases ===
;[http://laptop.org/7.1.0/gettingstarted/ getting started] guide
:Beautiful, interactive pages that describe XO hardware and the [[Release notes/7.1.0|7.1.0]] or "ship.2" release. As of November 2008, http://laptop.org/start redirects to this


;[http://en.flossmanuals.net/OLPC_simple OLPC/Sugar simple user's guide at Flossmanuals]
;[http://en.flossmanuals.net/OLPC_simple OLPC/Sugar simple user's guide at Flossmanuals]
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=== Inactive manuals ===
=== Inactive manuals ===
;[http://laptop.org/7.1.0/gettingstarted/ getting started] guide
:Beautiful, interactive pages documenting the [[Release notes/7.1.0|7.1.0]] or "ship.2" release. As of November 2008, http://laptop.org/start redirects to this
;Nortel LearnIT [http://nortellearnit.org/LearniT/usingthexo Using the XO]
;Nortel LearnIT [http://nortellearnit.org/LearniT/usingthexo Using the XO]
:History
:History

Revision as of 04:01, 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/

Mailing List

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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 generalized guide to a large-scale deployment of one laptop per child.
Activity Handbook
A software developer's guide for creating software for Sugar
Sugar Almanac
A detailed guide for developers to the APIs in Sugar.
Laptop overview
A short overview of the XO laptop's hardware and software features.

Manuals for earlier releases

getting started guide
Beautiful, interactive pages that describe XO hardware and the 7.1.0 or "ship.2" release. As of November 2008, http://laptop.org/start redirects to this
OLPC/Sugar simple user's guide at Flossmanuals
This is the manual for the 7.1.0 or "ship.2" release (builds 650-653) that most G1G1 2007 users received on their XO laptops.

Inactive manuals

Nortel LearnIT Using the XO
History
The OLPC Wiki's Simplified user guide
Migration status and diff from FM?
XO Guide
History?
Demo notes