In this brief article we shall perform the installation of Install Sugar Desktop Environment on Fedora 40/39/38/37 Linux system. Sugar Desktop is an open source and free to use environment designed by SugarLabs. Originally created for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project but can now be downloaded and installed on various linux dis such as Fedora.
Sugar Desktop comes with a simplistic and clean user interface. It is now cluttered and is easy to to use for everyone. It also facilitates collaborative learning among its users. On Fedora, Sugar is not the default desktop environment, but we can install it using dnf package manager. The only requirements are internet and sudo user account.
Login to your Fedora system and install Sugar Desktop from a group package.
sudo dnf group install "Sugar Desktop Environment"Or the commands:
sudo dnf groupinstall sugar-desktopAgree for the installation process to begin by hitting the y key in your keyboard.
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Installing Environment Groups:
Sugar Desktop Environment
Installing Groups:
Sugar Desktop Environment
base-x
Core
Dial-up Networking Support
Fonts
Guest Desktop Agents
Hardware Support
Input Methods
Multimedia
Common NetworkManager Submodules
Standard
Transaction Summary
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Install 840 Packages
Upgrade 1 Package
Total download size: 660 M
Is this ok [y/N]: yAfter Sugar Desktop is installed in your Fedora, We recommend you reboot the system.
sudo rebootOn the login
It’s also possible to use Sugar with another Desktop Environment. For this to work, you will select your preferred Desktop Environment, GNOME on Xorg or GNOME Classic desktop, then launch terminal and run the commands below.
sudo dnf groupinstall sugar-desktop
sudo dnf install sugar-runner
sugar-runnerSugar will then start. You need to logout from Sugar to get back to the desktop environment previously selected. Sugar is also available from Activities search in GNOME.
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