<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Carlos Rabassa wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:8DB84099-9B6E-4BE9-8729-23E8F998812B@mac.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Frederick, I am not familiar with WIndows. I switched to Macintosh in 1993. Last May a few nice knowledgeable guys tried to put SoaS in my Mac but it wouldn´t work. They concluded SoaS was not yet ready for MacOS. Does SoaS work now in Macs? Has anyone tried it successfully? </pre> </blockquote> Tested today: 04/08/2011 Macbook Pro i7: Intel Core i7-2620 CPU@ 2.70 z x4 Intel Sandybridge Mobile GEM 20100330 DEVELOPMENT 1-) VirtualBox 4.0.4 OSX Emulation seems to be best: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Emulator_image_files">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Emulator_image_files</a> ( a list of ready to go Importable Virtual Machines with sugar.) Trisquel-4.1-sugar works very well as a SoaS and is Recommended for Intel Macs <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Emulator_image_files/Trisquel#Trisquel-4.1-sugar">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Emulator_image_files/Trisquel#Trisquel-4.1-sugar</a> 2-) These CD's boot on the MAC (hold "C" key during power on on Mac about 10+ sec) Ethernet (wired) and usb mouse work (No wireless) <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://serverbeach1.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/15-Beta.RC2/Live/i686/Fedora-15-Beta-i686-Live-Desktop.iso">http://serverbeach1.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/15-Beta.RC2/Live/i686/Fedora-15-Beta-i686-Live-Desktop.iso</a> Gnome3-shell 2.91.93 Desktop <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/getfile?taskID=2983261&name=Fedora-15-Nightly-20110407.23-i686-Live-soas.iso">http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/getfile?taskID=2983261&name=Fedora-15-Nightly-20110407.23-i686-Live-soas.iso</a> SoaS f15 there are still some problems with Soas: on first login to Live User it tries to go to start openbox log out then type in live user in the login bar "other" select sugar as gdm dropdown it will fail next log in live user (no password) and sugar will start If Ethernet (wired) is connected the f1 neigborhood works on jabber Control Panel/ About My Computer: Sugar on a stick 5 sugar 0.92.0 3-)Notes: 04/06/2011 10:15 AM Re: [Sugar-devel] [SoaS] SoaS v5 status pbrobinson had these alternate instructions: <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Those impatient people can boot up the current release and when it </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">>> > boots to the login screen do a "Ctrl + Alt + F2" login as root, run >> > "rpm -e openbox", do a "Ctrl + Alt + F8" and then login and you should >> > get a lovely sweet Sugar :-D </pre> </blockquote> </blockquote> I still think Virtualization is the Best way to run sugar on a Mac Tom Gilliard satellit on IRC freenode #sugar <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/desktop/">http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/desktop/</a> (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/getfile?taskID=2983251&name=Fedora-15-Nightly-20110407.23-i686-Live-desktop.iso">http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/getfile?taskID=2983251&name=Fedora-15-Nightly-20110407.23-i686-Live-desktop.iso</a>) <blockquote cite="mid:8DB84099-9B6E-4BE9-8729-23E8F998812B@mac.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Carlos Rabassa Volunteer Plan Ceibal Support Network Montevideo, Uruguay On Apr 8, 2011, at 7:36 PM, Frederick Grose wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On 4/8/11, Carlos Rabassa <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:carnen@mac.com"><carnen@mac.com></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">S050 - Informática para Tontos <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1FVJC2Ij4Vsub_3RJBu9HIhf6qRqdQVbq1WZrvebm7-c">https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1FVJC2Ij4Vsub_3RJBu9HIhf6qRqdQVbq1WZrvebm7-c</a> E050 - Computer Science for Dummies <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=131-kPidBmlTFE14DvSkYFGzNWlWD1KjY0lsAW673vag">https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=131-kPidBmlTFE14DvSkYFGzNWlWD1KjY0lsAW673vag</a> Carlos Rabassa Voluntario Red de Apoyo al Plan Ceibal Montevideo, Uruguay </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">See <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Boot">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Boot</a> Clarifications and other improvements are welcome. --Fred </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>