Activities/All

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  For the general public

XO applications are called Activities. On this page you will find details about both Preinstalled activities and other activities that you can install yourself. There is detailed information about individual activities in this wiki—most of the activities listed below include a link to this detailed information. There is also general information about activities on the laptop.org website.

Note that this page lists all activities. Not all activities are yet usable, particularly the ones that do not ship with the laptop. Many are untranslated, buggy, or otherwise problematic. As this is a wiki, you are encouraged to create a page listing the activities which you have tested with local children or some other audience. Also, please contribute to the Activity guidelines page.

To install an activity:

1. start the Browse activity on your XO;
2. go to this page in the browser;
3. click on the .xo bundle next to the word Download:, e.g., click on Implode.xo to download Implode;
4. when it's finished, click OK.
5. press the Home key () (fifth from the upper left) to see the taskbar.
6. scroll the taskbar to the right (by clicking on the arrow ) until you see the icon for the activity; click on it to start.

To remove an activity you have previously installed:

1. remove the download entry in the Journal (from the detail view). It will be removed from the taskbar after you restart your XO.

Other ways to install and remove activities include xo-get and sugar-install-bundle. See Activities#Manual_installation

Some additional collections of activity and content are available; please see the library grid, the WorldWideWorkshop, and the GCompris collection. In addition, there are activities that can be loaded into Etoys available from The Software Architecture Group at HPI.

  For Developers

You can add new activities by following the instructions on the Creating an activity page (Please be sure to read our human interface guidelines). When adding your new activity to this page, please follow the template syntax as described on the Template:Activity page.

Activities for download

General Search and Discovery

Journal: Object and activity browser Preinstalled

Download: Journal.xo (v.74) Source: [1] Build: All

Mime types: Internationalization: xo core Tags: Development Status: ?

Browse: Web browser based on Mozilla Firefox Preinstalled

Download: Browse.xo (v.75) Source: [2] Build: All

Mime types: .ogg, .html Internationalization: xo core Tags: internet, browser Development Status: ?

Library: Overview of content activities Preinstalled

Download: (v.–) Source: Build: Update.1

Mime types: Internationalization: l10n resources Tags: Development Status: ?

xo-get: A GUI for installing and removing activities Beta version (Link fixed now)

Download: xoget.xo (v.–) Source: [3] Build: None

Mime types: xoget_cur_ver=1.2.3 Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Documents (Read, Write, and Share)

Read: Book/PDF reader Preinstalled Accessed by opening a PDF file from the Journal

Download: Read.xo (v.42) Source: [4] Build: All

Mime types: .pdf,.tiff,.djvu Internationalization: xo core Tags: Development Status: ?

Write: Word processor Preinstalled

Download: Write.xo (v.53) Source: [5] Build: All

Mime types: .doc, .abw, .txt, .rtf, .xhtml, .html, .odt Internationalization: xo core Tags: Development Status: ?

Collage: Collage and book maker Being worked on by Sop

Download: (v.–) Source: Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

MikMik: Distributed wiki editor '

Download: MikMik.xo (v.8) Source: sources Build: Joyride

Mime types: Internationalization: l10n resources Tags: Development Status: ?

Story Builder: Graphical story constructor with a variety of characters and backgrounds and simple word-processing capabilities Please test! Part of the MaMaMedia Creative Center.

Download: StoryBuilder.xo (v.12) Source: [6] Build: Joyride

Mime types: Internationalization: No POT found Tags: create, stories Development Status: ?

Read Etexts: Gutenberg ETexts reader Accessed by opening a text file or a Zip file containing one text file from the Journal. The encoding of the text can be ascii or iso-8859-1.

Download: ReadEtexts.xo (v.1) Source: [] Build: All

Mime types: .txt, .zip Internationalization: [] Tags: Development Status: ?

Feeds : News and more

News Reader: News reader Preinstalled

Download: NewsReader.xo (v.23) Source: Build: All

Mime types: Internationalization: l10n resources Tags: rss Development Status: ?

Chat, Mail, and Talk

Chat: Text chat Preinstalled Works through a Jabber server and through link-local on the mesh.

Download: Chat-35.xo (v.35) Source: [7] Build: All

Mime types: Internationalization: xo core Tags: Development Status: ?

Gmail: Google email client A version of Browse that opens gmail.com as the homepage

Download: Gmail.xo (v.2) Source: [8] Build: Update.1

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Video Chat: Video/voice chat Proof of concept, out of date. Does not work with current Sugar, requires extra codecs not distributable.

Download: Call.xo (v.2) Source: [9] Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

xoIRC: An activity version of the urk IRC client '

Download: (v.–) Source: [10] Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Drawing & Media creation/editing

Draw: Simple paint activity Preinstalled

Download: Paint.xo (v.13) Source: [11] Build: All

Mime types: produces .png, but reads all image formats available in GTK, such as .jpg, .png, .svg and .gif Internationalization: xo core Tags: Development Status: ?

Record: Still, video, and audio capture Preinstalled

Download: Record.xo (v.40) Source: Build: All

Mime types: Mime types: .jpg, .ogg Internationalization: xo core Tags: webcam Development Status: ?

TamTam: Music composition and synthesis Preinstalled Four music activities for jamming, composing, and synthesizing

Download: (v.44) Source: [12] Build: All

Mime types: .ogg, .midi Internationalization: xo bundled Tags: Development Status: ?

Interview (Our_Stories): Interviewing/OurStories activity under development; John Huang & team @ Google

Download: OurStories.xo (v.1-beta) Source: [13] Build: None

Mime types: Mime types: produces .ogg, .mp3, .jpg Internationalization: No POT found Tags: Development Status: ?

Flipsticks: Using keyframes, program a stick figure to twist, turn, tumble and dance Please test! Part of the MaMaMedia Creative Center.

Download: FlipSticks.xo (v.1.4) Source: [14] Build: Joyride

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: create, figure, animation Development Status: ?

Cartoon Builder: Animate a cartoon character by creating a sequence of poses inside a filmstrip Please test! Part of the MaMaMedia Creative Center.

Download: CartoonBuilder.xo (v.1.7) Source: [15] Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: create, animation Development Status: ?

Joke Machine: Start a multimedia jokebook and invite your friends to add jokes to it via the mesh '

Download: JokeMachine.xo (v.8) Source: [16] Build: Joyride

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Tux Paint: Paint program for young children stamps included, localized to 70 languages, stereo sound

Download: [17] (v.1) Source: [18] Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: [19] Tags: draw Development Status: ?

Programming

Pippy: Python Programming language/environment Preinstalled

Download: (v.10) Source: [20] Build: All

Mime types: Internationalization: xo bundled Tags: code, examples, learn Development Status: ?

Etoys: Learning / programming / authoring environment Preinstalled See also [21]

Download: (v.69) Source: Build: All

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: create, media, 3d, games Development Status: ?

Logo: Logo programming language '

Download: (v.–) Source: Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Turtle Art: Pseudo-Logo graphical programming language Preinstalled

Download: (v.4) Source: [22] Build: All

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Turtle Art with Sensors: Turtle Art with sensor support (intensity and pitch of sound, resistive and voltage sensors). Spanish is now supported in the current release {{}}

Download: v3 (v.3) Source: [23] Build: All

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Scratch: An easy-to-learn, multimedia programming language. Snap together colorful command blocks to create interactive animations, stories, and games, then share your creatiions on the Scratch website. very preliminary XO port

Download: Scratch-1.xo (v.1) Source: Build: 653

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

EduKT: Multimedia Content Creator under development

Download: (v.0.29) Source: [24] Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Guido van Robot: Educational programming language, IDE and lessons Stable with 18 lessons included.

Download: [[25]] (v.3.3) Source: Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Developer Console: Developer's console Formerly accessed with Alt+= from sugar, includes diagnostics and terminal. Removed from builds in favor of separate activities for terminal, logs, and analyze.

Download: (v.–) Source: Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Develop: Development IDE/tool Second incarnation. Previous (broken) incarnation discussed at old Develop activity.

Download: Develop-22.xo (v.22) Source: [26] Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Inferno: Inferno Programming language/environment Documentation Bundle

Download: inferno-012808.xo (v.012808) Source: Google Code Project Build: All

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: code, examples, learn Development Status: ?

Maths & Science

Calculate: Basic calculator Preinstalled

Download: (v.13) Source: [27] Build: All

Mime types: Internationalization: xo bundled Tags: Development Status: ?

E-Paati: Math and English Lessons from OLE Nepal This is a large activity, with numerous sub-activities. It is a 53 MB download

Download: XO file (v.8) Source: [28] Build: version 8

Mime types: .xo Internationalization: Tags: math, english, Nepal Development Status: ?

DrGeo II: Euclidean Geometry Install from Browse (>= update.1).

Download: XO file (v.104) Source: [29] Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: [30] Tags: euclidean geometry, interactivity, programmed sketch Development Status: ?

Calculadora: Basic calculator with visualization of calculations '

Download: (v.–) Source: Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Spreadsheet: Basic spreadsheet '

Download: (v.–) Source: Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Ruler: Graphical cm/mm ruler and grids to take measurements of lengths and angles of objects the size of XO laptop screen '

Download: Ruler.xo (v.2) Source: Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Ruler/Localization Tags: measure Development Status: ?

Stopwatch: Sharable stopwatch activity '

Download: Stopwatch.xo (v.1) Source: Build:

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Poll Builder: Create a poll, collect votes and analyze community opinions Please test! Part of the MaMaMedia Creative Center Beta.

Download: Poll-17.xo (v.17) Source: [31] Build:

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: polls Development Status: ?

Measure: Oscilloscope and Data Logging Preinstalled

Download: Measure-15.xo (v.15) Source: [32] Build: All

Mime types: Internationalization: xo bundled Tags: Development Status: ?

Distance: Measure distance between two laptops Preinstalled requires two laptops

Download: AcousticMeasure.xo (v.6) Source: [33] Build: Update.1

Mime types: Internationalization: xo bundled Tags: Development Status: ?

Schoolsplay: Collection of small arithmetic and reading/writing activities Not yet fully functional but is stable

Download: schoolsplay.xo (v.0.4) Source: svn browse Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Math-xo: Collection of small arithmetic and reading/writing activities Not released and not integrated into Sugar

Download: [] (v.) Source: [] Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

XaoS: An old-skool fractal zoomer, this is the raddest program ever!!!!! A fast Mandelbrot generator with lots of cool features

Download: XaoS.xo (v.1) Source: [34] Build: all

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Moon: Moon phase and information viewer, include phase information, Lunar eclipse data and various display options. '

Download: Moon.xo (v.3) Source: Build:

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

StarChart: Plots constellations, stars, planets, sun and moon for anywhere on Earth at any time. '

Download: [35] (v.0.27 - beta 2) Source: in the bundle Build:

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Media, Audio & Video Players

DJ: unknown quantity Not in current build

Download: (v.–) Source: No SOURCE found Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Watch and Listen: Media player Helix media player (non-FOSS codecs must be downloaded separately)

Download: Watch&Listen.xo (v.10) Source: Build: Joyride

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Sonata music player: Play music from local/external storage Musicpd backend and frontend (reported as currently only working with build 653)

Download: [36] (v.–) Source: Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Fun Games

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SimCity: Construct and maintain your own city '

Download: Simcity.xo (v.4) Source: [37] Build: Joyride

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Block Party: Tetris-inspired game '

Download: BlockParty.xo (v.7) Source: [38] Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Block Game: Tetris-like game too old to work in modern Sugar GUI

Download: BlockGame.xo (v.1) Source: svn Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Connect: Connect-4 game requires two laptops

Download: Connect-21.xo (v.21) Source: [39] Build: All

Mime types: Internationalization: xo bundled Tags: Development Status: ?

Deducto: Logic game Running well in Sugar. Development going on to make it compatible with the UI guidelines.

Download: (v.–) Source: [40] Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Kuku: Educational tutorial game '

Download: kuku.xo (v.–) Source: [41] Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: l10n resources Tags: Development Status: ?

Implode: Logic game '

Download: Implode.xo (v.2) Source: Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Memorize: Memory game Preinstalled

Download: (v.22) Source: [42] Build: All

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Math game: math game for making a number as a function of 4 others '

Download: (v.–) Source: Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Maze: Maze game '

Download: Maze.xo (v.5) Source: Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: labyrinth game Development Status: ?

ABC Flower: A more appropriate version of the hangman game '

Download: (v.–) Source: Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Reversi: Reversi board game '

Download: (v.–) Source: [43] Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Jigsaw Puzzle: Classic picture-constructing game Please test! Part of the MaMaMedia Creative Center.

Download: JigsawPuzzle.xo (v.3) Source: [44] Build: Joyride

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Slider Puzzle: Slider Puzzle to improve on puzzle solving skills Please test! Part of the MaMaMedia Creative Center.

Download: SliderPuzzle.xo (v.5) Source: [45] Build: Joyride

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Spray Play: two- or more? player shape-pushing physics game '

Download: (v.36) Source: [46] Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

ThreeDPong: 3D Pong game '

Download: 3dpong.xo (v.–) Source: [47] Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Typewriter: Phonics, Vocabulary and Typing game '

Download: (v.–) Source: [48] Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

SpaceWars: Classic space game Ported by the Silverman brothers.

Download: (v.–) Source: No SOURCE found Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

DazzleDarts: Classic physics game Ported by the Silverman brothers and Vadim Gerasimov (network enabled, but not integrated into Sugar)

Download: (v.–) Source: No SOURCE found Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

GCompris: Collection of games. Ported by the GCompris team, now integrated into Sugar. All of the 100 activities are also packaged in a single bundle, available on the detailed page.

Download: indvidual packages (v.–) Source: [49] Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Sudoku: Sudoku from the GCompris collection of games. '

Download: [50] (v.–) Source: [51] Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Domino: Math domino game Doesn't support mesh yet, you can play with your xo;

Download: (v.–) Source: [52] Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Ecomundo: Life simulation game '

Download: (v.–) Source: [53] Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Jump: A Marble-Jumping Solitaire Game Works in Sugar; Created by a Team at Carnegie Mellon University; For Feedback please go to [54].

Download: Jump-1.xo (v.1) Source: Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Mimic: A sequence memorization game Works in Sugar; Created by a Team at Carnegie Mellon University; For Feedback please go to [55].

Download: Mimic-1.xo (v.1) Source: Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Image Quiz: Image Quiz Game Currently working on Single Player

Download: ImageQuiz.xo (v.–) Source: [56] Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: images Development Status: ?

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PlayGo: Play the ancient game of Go either locally or across two XO's '

Download: PlayGo.xo (v.1) Source: [57] Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Doom: 3-D adventure with shooting, optionally multi-player '

Download: Doom-1.xo (v.1) Source: Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: 3D, R:M Development Status: ?

Speak: An animated face that speaks whatever you type '

Download: Speak-4.xo (v.4) Source: Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: speech synthesizer Development Status: ?

HorseGame: Feed apples to the horse A simple game for small children

Download: HorseGame.xo (v.2) Source: [58] Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: na Tags: pets Development Status: ?

Teacher and New User Tools

ePals: The ePals activity allows teachers and students to communicate with the ePals Global Community of learners from around the world -

Download: ePals.xo (v.3) Source: [59] Build: Joyride

Mime types: - Internationalization: - Tags: Development Status: ?

MaMaMedia Creative Center: A static suite of MaMaMedia Creative activities, but will become a user-customizable "Make Your Own Favorites" activity. Please test! Part of the MaMaMedia Creative Center Beta 1.4.

Download: MaMaMediaMenu.xo (v.3) Source: [60] Build: Joyride

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

MaMaMedia Learning Center: Resources for students/teachers exploring the XO and MaMaMedia Creative Center in-class and independently. Please test! Part of the MaMaMedia Creative Center Beta 1.4.

Download: LearningCenter.xo (v.4) Source: [61] Build: Joyride

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Wikiosity: Customized reading list generation from link structure of Wikipedia '

Download: (v.–) Source: Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Other

Mini vMac: Mac Plus emulator Press Ctrl-F for fullscreen (needs to be recompiled for better default options)

Download: Media:minivmac-1.xo (v.1) Source: Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: emulator Development Status: ?

Colingo: Sponsored video editor allowing children to construct video dialogs with short video clips, for constructivist language-learning needs interested developers to turn mock-up and description into code.

Download: Colingo.xol (v.1) Source: [62] Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Example: Example demo how-to Demo/example of Sugar API usage. '

Download: (v.1) Source: [63] Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Mesh Board: peer-to-peer "Craig's list" '

Download: (v.1) Source: Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

DOS Emulator: Run DOS-based programs. '

Download: (v.1) Source: Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

WikiBrowse: browser and sync tool for wikipedia and other online wikis '

Download: (v.–) Source: [64] Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

VisualAcuityDemo: Play with visual acuity measurements. '

Download: (v.–) Source: [65] Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Terminal: An activity version of the Sugar terminal Preinstalled

Download: Terminal-9.xo (v.9) Source: [66] Build: Joyride

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Log: An activity version of the Sugar logging tool Preinstalled

Download: Log-6.xo (v.6) Source: [67] Build: Joyride

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Analyze: An activity version of the Sugar analyze tool Preinstalled

Download: Analyze-5.xo (v.5) Source: [68] Build: Joyride

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

CC Licensing Activity: Cartoons to explain Creative Commons licensing and provide a license chooser '

Download: License.xo (v.0.1) Source: [69] Build: None

Mime types: Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

JNLP Handler: Java Web Start launcher for Browse activity A proof-of-concept effort for java support

Download: (v.–) Source: [70] Build: None

Mime types: .jnlp Internationalization: Tags: Development Status: ?

Clock: A simple clock to learn how to read the time or to know the time it is. Even Windows 2.0 had a clock accessory!

Download: Clock-1.xo (v.1) Source: In the bundle Build: -

Mime types: - Internationalization: en, fr, es Tags: clock, time, clock face, hour, minutes, seconds Development Status: ?

Alarm Clock: Full-screen digital clock plays random WAV or MP3 for alarm. Wake up to random sound effect or music.

Download: (v.0.1) Source: http://blazer.kirenet.com/~inglem/wake.py Build: -

Mime types: - Internationalization: en Tags: clock, time, wake, snooze, alarm clock Development Status: ?

ExecCommand: A very simple utility. On launch, this activity either launches a predefined Unix command, or starts an graphical dialog and queries the user for what command to run. Useful for starting vncviewer or xmms. To see an example of this activity modified to just start XMMS, check out Xmms.xo. All that was modified was bin/exec-script.sh, activity/activity.info (for the name), and activity/icon.svg. Of course, this requires XMMS

Download: ExecCommand.xo (v.1) Source: Build: all

Mime types: Internationalization: en Tags: exec,sugarizing,unix,commands Development Status: ?

Localization

Please note the l10n (aka Localization) elements of the activity (ie: the POT file/directory link — [http:link POT] or [[PO page]]. You should also link to the activity/l10n subpage with po files and status if it exists.

Manual installation

xo-get

• GUI
• find activities with ./xo-get.py list or ./xo-get.py search ...
• install with ./xo-get.py install ...
• list installed activities: ./xo-get.py status
• remove with ./xo-get.py remove ...

sugar-install-bundle

• sugar-install-bundle /media/<USB stick name>

from a USB stick

with the Browse-Activity

1. open the Browse Activity
2. point it to file:///media/
3. install like described at the very top by browsing to and clicking on activities to install

with xo-get

1. open the Terminal activity;
2. ./xo-get.py install /media/<USB stick name>/MyActivity.xo

with sugar-install-bundle

1. open the Terminal activity;
2. type sugar-install-bundle /media/<USB stick name>/<Activity name.xo>

You can also install an activity from the Journal by dragging the .xo bundle from the USB device.

See also

• See the (deprecated) Activities page on redhat.com's olpc download site
• See also : Activity bundle, Library grid, Software ideas
• User help at http://laptop.org/gettingstarted , including activities.