I resisted the temptation to title this post "Sugar on a Stick is Sweet" because that title might not have been descriptive enough. Sugar on Stick is a new release from Sugar Labs that will allow you to download to a USB drive and run from it the Sugar Linux environment. The Sugar Linux environment is best known for its use on the OLPC XO laptop. Although I haven't tried Linux on a Stick yet, (Iplan to as soon as I get another USB drive), but I have used and have had students use an OLPC XO with the Sugar Linux environment. My students who tried it found it easy to use and particuraly liked the user interface. To see screenshots and read more about Sugar on a Stick, check out the Ars Technica review.
Applications for Education
Sugar on a Stick could be a good, fairly easy way to bring the Linux environment to your school's computers. If you're in a school that is not ready to take the full plunge into Linux, you could use Sugar on a Stick to have students and faculty try it out.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Sugar on a Stick - Run Linux from USB
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I get putting the iso on a cd - does it work the same putting it on a stick?
I hope you post a follow up article after you try this out on your netbook. Let us know the exact steps you used to get this goign.
I went to the page, and they are super mysterious, simply saying a child can do this, and a child with experience can do even more.
Whatever all that means. So, I'm interested, but want to hear some reality before trying to figure it all out on my lonesome. Thanks!
I'm going to get a USB drive today and will try it on my netbook. I'll let you know how it goes.
If you get a chance, talk to the Revolution Linux guy (I think it's the same guy who pitches the Sugar on a Stick) about thin clients.
Fascinating stuff. It's where I think educational computing may be moving to save money. Apparently Microsoft is even working on a client that can run numerous monitors and accounts at once to eliminate the need for a server.
Not sure if all that tech-y stuff interests you!
Mshertz, the funny thing about that client is that it will do the same thing a server will do, but be cheaper. But knowing Micro$oft, it may be cheaper to build/buy a server with a UNIX variant.
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