OpenHatch - Projects - Sugar on a Stick

Q: I'd like to participate. How do I begin?
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  Join the Sugar on a Stick mailing list, http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas, and introduce yourself - who are you and what are you interested in doing/learning? You don't need prior experience or technical expertise; in fact, we love diverse contributors of all kinds, from testers to pedagogical designers to deployment supporters to designers, writers, packagers - and of all ages. All we ask is that you be willing to learn, and to share what you learn along the way with us.
  
  — Mel Chua (mchua) · 7 years ago
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  — oyfuscoscott · 4 years ago
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  Talk about diverse kinds of contributions. Include URLs if relevant (we'll automatically linkify them).
  
  Examples:
  
  Here's how to download and patch our codes…
  
  Read about our death-defying mailing list and momentous IRC channel at http://lobstermag.net.
Q: Other than writing code, how can I contribute?
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  Packaging for Fedora
  
  If you're a Fedora package maintainer (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers) or interested in becoming one and helping us "adopt" Sugar Activities for deployment via Sugar on a Stick, we could always use help packaging Sugar Activities. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Sugar_Activities for the list.
  
  — Mel Chua (mchua) · 7 years ago
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  Run a deployment pilot
  
  If you're an adventurous K-8 teacher, or know someone who is, consider being one of our pilot classrooms. Working closely with the SoaS development team, you'll try out experimental software and engage in a dialogue with the community about how to improve things for our next release. The software you try out may work, or it may crash spectacularly, or anywhere in between - it's all part of the fun and the learning experience of how to be a QA engineer and part of an open source community.
  
  — Mel Chua (mchua) · 7 years ago
- [X] Describe a task
  Further info
  Tip:
  
  Discuss documentation, testing, webmastering, and/or publicity.
  
  Include URLs if relevant (we'll automatically linkify them).
  
  Example:
  
  We need people to download version 0.4.5 and make sure the frobulator still frobulates correctly.
Q: What's a good bug for a newcomer to tackle?
- [X] Describe an issue
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  Tip:
  
  Many projects have good small tasks that can teach newcomers how the project works. Now's your chance to share one of them!
  
  Include URLs if relevant (we'll automatically linkify them).
  
  Example:
  
  Someone could improve the photo upload dialog box so that it lets you resize the photo before sending it to the web.
Q: What is a bug or issue with Sugar on a Stick that you've been putting off, neglecting, or just plain avoiding?
- [X] Describe an issue
  What makes the situation sub-optimal?
  Examples:
  
  I don't know how to get started with internationalizing my app.
  
  Bug 392 about printing was filed five years ago, and I don't even know if printing still works.
  
  I want help from a C coder writing a Maildir patch for Alpine.
  
  Note:
  
  If this issue was formally filed on the web, be sure to include the URL.

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Sugar on a Stick is a Fedora-based operating system featuring the award-winning Sugar Learning Environment and designed to fit on a USB thumbdrive ("stick"). This makes the Sugar Learning Environment deployable for the cost of a stick rather than a laptop; students can take their Sugar on a Stick thumbdrive to any machine - at school, at home, at a library or community center - and boot their customized computing environment without touching the host machine’s hard disk at all.

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