1FOSDEM 2009 | | Brussels Tomeu Vizoso Developer Sugar Labs Foundation The Sugar platform Why GNOME may care?
2FOSDEM 2009 | | Brussels Talk outline –Sugar the learning platform –Sugar Labs and its mission –Sugar architecture –Opportunities for GNOME
3FOSDEM 2009 | | Brussels This slides
4FOSDEM 2009 | | Brussels What is Sugar? A platform for learning learning Why a platform? What means learning learning? Supports young learners
5FOSDEM 2009 | | Brussels Main features Collaboration centric Work-flow based on activities (tasks) Clarity Low floor, no ceiling Every user can be contributor of content and code
6FOSDEM 2009 | | Brussels Sugar Labs Foundation Mission: Produce, distribute, and support the use of the Sugar learning platform A member project of the Software Freedom Conservancy Member of the GNOME Advisory Board
7FOSDEM 2009 | | Brussels Sugar Labs community Heterogeneous community: educators, hackers, activists, governments, businesses, parents, etc Local Labs: Self-replication is our way to scalability
8FOSDEM 2009 | | Brussels Sugar dependencies Python and PyGTK D-Bus, NetworkManager, HAL, Gconf Telepathy CSound Xulrunner, Abiword, Evince, Etoys,... Pygame Gnash
9FOSDEM 2009 | | Brussels Sugar components Frame (panel) Zoom levels (desktop window) Journal (file manager) Activities (applications) Extensions: control panels, device icons, global key handlers, etc
10FOSDEM 2009 | | Brussels Biggest issues Journal not yet what we wanted it to be Lots of opportunities to upstream stuff Slow startup of activities High general memory usage Evince buffering whole rendered pages in memory
11FOSDEM 2009 | | Brussels Opportunities for GNOME Experiment with changes to the user experience Put into use new components not yet in the GNOME platform Share most code between a number of Sugar activities and GNOME applications
12FOSDEM 2009 | | Brussels Thank you!
13FOSDEM 2009 | | Brussels Contact Tomeu Vizoso Developer Sugar Labs