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Contents 1 References 2 SoaS images 3 Problems

Purpose

Learn about Sugar on a Stick,

Discover something about Live USB technology and virtualization,

Propose solutions to any problems discovered and improvements to this laboratory exercise, documenting them in the wiki.

Problem questions

Will Sugar on a Stick boot successfully on your personal laptop or workstation? What about the classroom workstations?

Can Sugar-style collaboration occur with Sugar on a Stick in these environments? With XOs as well?

What additional features are available in Sugar on a Stick? How might they be useful to your projects?

What capabilities does a virtual machine provide? How might they be useful to your projects?

Collectively, report your investigation in a standard laboratory report format at this page. Organize your reporting as the page history will be used to evaluate your work.

Answer the #Problems section questions on your User:Learner/Assignment pages.

Report & Problems Due

Tuesday noon 13 October 2009

[edit] References

• http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick
• http://www.virtualbox.org/

[edit] SoaS images

1. A 1-GiB or larger capacity USB flash storage device is required.
2. Follow instructions at http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Strawberry for your operating system.
   • There will be some copies of the image and program files available on USB devices and CD ROMs. (Having copies available before class will save time.)
3. Load Sugar on a Stick Strawberry onto your USB device.
4. Boot your personal laptop and classroom workstation.
5. Install VirtualBox on your personal laptop or workstation and install and run a SoaS virtual machine [1]. (Pre-installing VirtualBox for your environment ahead of class is advised.)
6. Visit http://activities.sugarlabs.org and download and install updates to Browse and Physics to your USB device or virtual machine.

[edit] Problems

(Answers to problem questions in this section are due at the laboratory report due date and time. They are to be individually completed on a User:Learner/Assignment page.)

1. Identify the SoaS bugs recorded at the following sites:
   1. http://launchpad.net/soas
   2. http://bugs.sugarlabs.org
2. If you have any significant comments or observations to add to any of these bug reports or a new bug to report, do so and link your comments to your report.
   • See these references for bug reporting, triage guide,
   • Note: Duplicate reports will have negative consequences, while identifying duplicates and triaging have positive consequences.