Sugar on a Stick OS goes to 2.0, gets Blueberry coating and creamy Fedora 12 center (video)

It didn't take long for Sugar on a Stick, the OLPC-free version of the Sugar OS, to go from concept to bootable, and it's only taken a few further months to go from that first version, called "Strawberry," to this twice as fruity "Blueberry" flavor. Updates are evolutionary here, with a core built on Fedora 12 and Sugar .86, adding in Gnash for Flash support as well as a suite of new apps. Most notable is the recently released Open Office 4 Kids, a streamlined version of the suite that probably won't be great for squeezing every character of your resume onto one page but should be good enough to spread a 500(ish) word book report over two. There is a number of other updates included, some demonstrated after the break, all available for your download now. You're just 589MB away from sweet OS simplicity.

[Jamesy Posted Dec 8th 2009 8:21AM]

Yeah, I'm running this OS right now, it's great; really easy to use and dumbed down enough to understand.

Sorta like iPhone OS but for a laptop.

[00shitz Posted Dec 8th 2009 1:51PM]

@Jamesy

"iPhone OS.......The OS for Dummies!"

should be apples new external slogan - not just the internal one

[Hazdaz Posted Dec 8th 2009 9:25AM]

So would anyone recommend this for someone like my parents that don't know the first thing about computer (like AT ALL), let alone the internets??

I was thinking of reformatting an old laptop (old Celery processor and like 1/2 GB of RAM) that I have and installing just an OS and a browser and let them have it. I was hoping to move away from WinXP, but I was hoping for something even more simple and idiot-proof.

[Peytral Posted Dec 8th 2009 9:39AM]

@Hazdaz
Chrome OS?

[Hazdaz Posted Dec 8th 2009 9:53AM]

@Peytral

I was under the impression that Chrome OS was only available for certain platforms currently - like not released for just anyone yet. Or am I mistaken?

I think Chrome OS would be perfect if I could get it to actually run on this ancient machine (worried about drivers and such - hell, I reinstalled WinXP and even on that, it wouldn't recognize the video chipset - it's using some generic VGA drivers).

[cgarrad Posted Dec 8th 2009 1:04PM]

@Hazdaz You can download everest, it will tell you the name of all your hardware. Then google the driver

[Keni Posted Dec 8th 2009 5:51PM]

@Traqqer7777 I think I'll finally give this Chrome OS a try

[lfaraone Posted Dec 9th 2009 9:02AM]

@Traqqer7777 Well, it also offers applications that can run locally, has a datastore, and built-in collaboration. It also supports the above sans a internet connection.