[IAEP] Announcing Sugar on a Stick v.3 (Mirabelle)

[Tomeu Vizoso]

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 04:01, Sebastian Dziallas <sebastian at when.com> wrote:
> Mirabelles have arrived! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/enil/3892066169/)

Congratulations to all involved!

Tomeu

> I am proud to announce the availability of Sugar on a Stick v.3,
> code-named Mirabelle. More information about Sugar on a Stick,
> including download and installation details, are available at
> http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas/.
>
> Changes in Sugar on a Stick since the last release (v.2 Blueberry):
>
> Sugar version 0.88. The most recent release of the Sugar Learning
> Platform features support for 3G connections, increased accessibility,
> and better integration with our Activity Portal
> (http://activities.sugarlabs.org) allowing students and teachers to
> update their sticks with additional Activities. More information about
> the 0.88 release of Sugar is available at
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/0.88/Notes.
>
> Customize your own remix of Sugar on a Stick. You'll notice that v.3
> Mirabelle has a smaller Activity selection than its predecessors,
> Blueberry and Strawberry. We realized we'll never be able to create an
> Activity selection suitable for all deployments - instead, we've
> chosen to include and support a core set of basic, teacher-tested
> Activities in the default image, and invite deployments to use this as
> a base on which to build a customized Activity selection for their
> classrooms. Instructions on how to do this are available at
> http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/docs/customization-guide/.
>
> Sugar on a Stick is now a Fedora Spin. After two prior releases of
> being based on the Fedora distribution, Sugar on a Stick has
> recognized by the Fedora Project as an official Spin. This ties us
> more closely to Fedora's release cycle and gives us resources from
> their engineering and marketing teams, which extends the reach of
> Sugar on a Stick and makes the project itself more sustainable. In
> exchange, users of Fedora have access to an easily deployable
> implementation of the Sugar Platform; it's a great example of a
> mutually beneficial upstream - downstream relationship.
>
> The biggest difference in v.3 of Sugar on a Stick has been in its
> release processes and engineering sustainability; it's now much easier
> for new contributors to get involved. We continue to move towards our
> long-term vision of bringing stability and deployability to Sugar's
> personalized learning environment, and invite all interested parties
> to join us.
>
> If you'd like to contribute to the next version, due for release in
> early November, join us at our Contributors Portal at
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick. All types of
> contributions are welcome, from the technical to the pedagogical, and
> we're happy to teach what we know and learn what you have to share.
>
> Thank you especially to the Sugar on a Stick team and all the people
> involved for their awesome work on this release!
>
> Sebastian Dziallas
> Sugar on a Stick Project Lead
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