“One Laptop Per Child” (OLPC) – now on USB sticks

Want to run a study in a school setting?
Tired of hearing that software can’t be installed, permissions loosened, configuration changed?
Boot into an operating system on USB sticks (about $5.00 each), then store data on the stick, or a server!

Just announced as of today: June 24, 2009

Sugar Labs™, nonprofit provider of the software that runs the “One Laptop Per Child” (OLPC) computers (over one-million children worldwide got one thus far), is giving away a version that runs on a USB Stick (works with standard flash memory USB drive) = “Sugar on a Stick” (version 1, aka, ‘Strawberry’)

“Sugar on a Stick” can be loaded onto an ordinary 1GB USB flash drive and used to reboot any PC or netbook directly into the operating system on the USB stick. It can (if desired) also work with a School Server in order to provide content distribution, homework collection, backup services, Moodle integration, and filtered access to the Internet. Today’s Strawberry release is meant for classroom testing

Sugar on a Stick is a great way to try Sugar without touching your computer’s hard disk. It is also well suited to slower, older PCs and low-powered netbooks.