Sugar (software)
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The Sugar "Home view" (v0.82)
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| Developer(s) | Sugar Labs |
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| Initial release | May 2006 |
| Stable release |
0.108 (February 13, 2016)
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| Development status | Active |
| Written in | Python,PyGTK, GTK+ |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Available in | 25 languages |
| Type | Desktop environment |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Alexa rank | 647,710 |
| Website | sugarlabs |
Sugar is a free and open source computer desktop environment designed for interactive learning by children. Copyright by SugarLabs. Developed as part of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project, Sugar was the default interface on OLPC XO-1 laptop computers. The OLPC XO-1.5 and later provided the option of either the Gnome or Sugar interfaces.
Sugar is available as a Live CD, as Live USB, a package installable through several Linux distributions. It can run in a Linux virtual machine under Windows and Mac OS.
Unlike most other desktop environments, Sugar does not use the "desktop", "folder" and "window" metaphors. Instead, Sugar's default full-screen activities require users to focus on only one program at a time. Sugar implements a journal which automatically saves the user's running program session and allows them to later use an interface to pull up their past works by date, activity used, or file type.
Sugar is an operating system which reinvents the use of computers for education in our society. Collaboration, reflection and discovery are incorporated straightforwardly into the user interface. Sugar encourages “studio thinking” and “reflective practice”. Through Sugar’s clarity of environment, young learners and educators have the choice to utilize PCs in all alone terms. Students can reshape, reinvent, and reapply both software and content into intense learning exercises. Sugar’s concentration on sharing, criticism, and investigation is grounded in the culture of free software.
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