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$100 Laptop Platform Moves On

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the things-are-sweeter-with-sugar dept.

The BBC is reporting that Sugar Labs is planning on taking "Sugar," the XO laptop's innovative interface, to the next level and distribute to a broader audience. "Sugar is a user interface that allows children to collaborate even when working on different machines. For example, they can write documents or make music together. The open source software also contains a journal and automatically saves and backs up all data. [...] Sugar Labs will work closely with developers from the open source community to develop the user interface for other computers and operating systems. It has already been bundled with the most recent releases of the Ubuntu and Fedora Linux operating systems."

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  1. Loose translation: by jd · · Score: 3, Funny

    "We've royally buggered things up, software porting to Sugar is limited, quality of code is limited, and developers are leaving, so we'll outsource management of the project to someone who can handle it. Besides, it'll be easier to keep Microsoft happy, if we can deny all responsibility for Sugar working and Windows not."

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    1. Re:Loose translation: by BadHaggis · · Score: 3, Funny

      2009 will be the year of the Suger desktop.

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    2. Re:Loose translation: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Is it a good idea to give kids lots of Sugar?

    3. Re:Loose translation: by Locutus · · Score: 3, Funny

      It is the best thing for them and you've got to know, just a spoon full of Sugar will make the Windows go down in the most delightful way.

      LoB

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    4. Re:Loose translation: by ozmanjusri · · Score: 4, Funny
      just a spoon full of Sugar will make the Windows go down

      You don't need Sugar for that.

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    5. Re:Loose translation: by RiotingPacifist · · Score: 4, Funny

      Sugar only helps when the medication is oral, windows is much more like a large placebo suppository, it hurts to use and it doesn't do actually anything.

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  2. The next level. by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 4, Funny
    Sugar Labs is planning on taking "Sugar" to the next level and distribute to a broader audience

    It will also be renamed HFCS to increase marketability. :-)

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  3. Re:The next level. But, will it be... by davidsyes · · Score: 3, Funny

    -Equal
    -Neutral(trasweet), or
    -(Aser)Tame?

    If they add Sugar CRM, will it be SCHWEET?

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  4. attention racist slashdot posters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    For the last time, the man's name is Nicholas Africanamericanponte. I've learned to expect a little racism in Slashdot articles, but when even the story submitters are doing it, things have gone too far.

    And whatever you do, don't respond to this post with your favorite humorous variation of Mr. Africanamericanponte's name. That would be truly depraved.

    P.S. My "captcha" word is "enemas". No joke. This place is sick.

    1. Re:attention racist slashdot posters by Toe,+The · · Score: 4, Funny

      by Anonymous Coward

      It really should say "by courage-challenged person of an alternative identifier."