On 11/08/2013 03:28 AM, Daniel Narvaez wrote:
I don't think we should be suggestive of Sugar on a tablet until we
have a minimally realistic idea of how to get it done. There is enough
talk about this Sugar-on-Android which is not coming... :)
Though you are right that the Cubox-i might send the wrong message. I
was seeing it more like a vehicle for the software but, yeah, the
hardware won't be ignored. It would a better way to demo to developers
or possible hardware partners.
Another idea. Sugar in a web browser. It would be the easiest to get
running for the users and it's consistent with the current direction
of development. Lots of work left to have enough activities for it to
be a compelling experience... Maybe virtualized Sugar is the short
term goal,* Sugar in a web browser is the long term one.
*Many of these are already available here:
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Creation_Kit/sck/Sugar-in-Virtualization
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Virtual_machines
There are many distributions where sugar is supported:
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Creation_Kit#Linux_distributions_where_Sugar_is_available
Tom Gilliard
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On Friday, 8 November 2013, Yioryos Asprobounitis wrote:
>> The larger problem is the absence of a marketing strategy, we
need to know
>> where we are going to communicate effectively. In particular,
we need to
>> choose and implement how to offer Sugar tryout to teachers and
journalists.
>>
>
> I can think of a couple of approaches
>
> * Get Sugar running well on the CuBox-i. Find budget to buy a
few of those
> to distribute to chosen journalist and teachers. Try to partner with
> SolidRun to offer Sugar as an out-of-the-box installation option.
>
Although the hardware specs are a good target for Sugar3, I
believe that suggesting a really small box with 5 cables connected
to it to showcase a K-9 educational platform, may retract from the
feasibility and thoroughness of the project.
A decent rooted tablet (ie Nexus 7) running Sugar on top of Linux,
even if the performance is not the best, would be much more catchy
and maybe suggestive of a Sugar-on-Android to come.
You can still do the CuBox thing but not for journalists and teachers.
> * Make it easy to run Sugar inside VirtualBox on Windows and OS
X. Without
> having investigated too deeply it seems that a two step process
would be
> both realistically implementable and easy enough for the user
>
> 1 Install virtualbox
> 2 Install a Sugar application (which would take care of setting
up the
> appliance).
>
This is certainly a good idea but it must work as advertised ie in
1 click after the VM software is installed.
I would only add Parallels-VM/VMware appliances since may already
be present in these closed OSs and can really provide "a single
click to Sugar".
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