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Sugar Labs executive director Devin Ulibarri will be joining the Free Software Foundation for a panel presentation on October 4. Learn more about the event and register via www.fsf.org/news/fsf40-f...

#FreeSoftware #SoftwareLibre #FSF #OpenSource #EdTech #SoftwareDevelopment #SoftwareInEducation
On a light blue background, the left side reads 'panel presentation on nonprofit leadership and defending your user rights in the digital age' and 'Devin Ulibarri Sugar Labs executive director, Greg Farough Free Software Foundation campaigns manager, Marc Prud'hommeaux App Fair Project founder and F-Droid board member, and Paige Collings Electronic Frontier Foundation senior speech and privacy activist'. On the right are head shots of the four panel members, from top left to bottom right: Devin Ulibarri, Greg Farough, Marc Prud'hommeaux, and Paige Collings
September 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Every financial contribution helps us create innovative new software for learning. Make a donation and help us reach the next fundraiser milestone: www.every.org/sugar-labs

#SugarLabs #EdTech #NonProfit #Development #Learning #Teaching #OLPC #Programming #Fun #MusicBlocks #TurtleBlocks #Sugarizer
Image of three kids with computers, each one has a few words. All together, it says "Please donate to Sugar Labs."
April 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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The Linux Professional Institute (@lpi.org) just published an interview by Sugar Labs executive director Devin Ulibarri.

Check it out: www.lpi.org/blog/2025/03...

#SugarLabs #OLPC #MusicBlocks #Sugarizer #GoogleSummerOfCode #Education #Software #STEM #Constructionism
Child, together with his dad at a laptop, with thought bubble thinking about Music Blocks.
March 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Did you know that Music Blocks has a feature to generated visual code from text-based ABC notation?
An image of a widget accepting a prompt of "simple canon". It generates text-based ABC notation and, from there, creates visual code for Music Blocks. A gif demonstrating a drag-and-drop from text-based ABC code in Music Blocks, resulting in visual code.
March 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Sugar Labs executive director Devin Ulibarri participated this morning in the hackathon workshop for the Reimagine Africa Conference, hosted in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Colorful squares with visual code; at right you can see the presenters Devin Ulibarri and Reimagine Africa. Visual code for "Sol, Mi, Sol". At right, you can see the presenters, Devin Ulibarri and Reimagine Africa. Presenters Devin Ulibarri and Reimagine Africa. You can see a student with a laptop showing their website.
March 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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It's official! Sugar Labs is a mentoring org for Google Summer of Code 2025.

#GSoC #GSoC2025 #Programming #Coding #Summer2025 #Education #SugarLabs #Constructionism #MusicBlocks #Sugarizer #AI #Learning #Teaching #Fun #EdTech #SugarLearningPlatform
Screenshot of our org page on GSoC site.
February 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Does we at Sugar Labs LOVE free software? Of course we do!

We have:
* Been developing free software since 2008;
* Created over 350 repositories;
* Introduced free software, including GNU/Linux, to over three million kids all over the world;
* Collectively written millions of lines of code;

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An image of an ecstatic child using Turtle Blocks on a laptop. In the background another child is looking towards the camera with headphones on. Text says: I love free software ...because I can: - use it for teaching and learning - study how it works - share it with others - remix and redistribute it ...because it's awesome!!!
February 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Sugar Labs has submitted its application to this year's Google Summer of Code (GSoC) program!

We're encouraged by all the activity we've seen from interested GSoC candidates in our chat, our weekly video meetings, and contributions to our code repositories.

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A screenshot of a table of contents that says: Git backend for Turtle Blocks and Music Blocks Color sensor for Music Blocks for photos and real-time video Interactive AI-powered Chatbot and Debugger for Music Blocks Improve synth and sample features in Music Blocks Generative AI Instrument Sample Generation for Music Blocks AI Code generation for lesson plans and model abstraction layer Music Blocks 4 Program Engine Music Blocks 4 Masonry Module Add AI-assistant to the Write Activity Refactor the Infoslicer Activity to generate plain-language summaries Refactor the chatbot in the Speak Activity to use gen-AI GTK4 exploration JS internationalization Sugarizer Human Activity pack Pippy Debugger
February 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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We've got some great news!!! 🥳

You can now purchase Sugar Labs branded USB sticks with Sugar on a Stick (SoaS) pre-installed! We created this option in response to folks that were contacting us to "buy Sugar".

Read more: www.sugarlabs.org/community/20...

#SugarLabs #SugarOnAStick #Linux #GNU
Two USB drives on a laptop. The Sugar Labs logo is prominent, and the drives are shiny.
January 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Here's to the wonderful memories made in 2024, as well as the ones we'll create together in 2025.

If you're able to give a financial donation, please do so via: www.paypal.com/donate?campa...

#SugarLabs #Sugar #Programming #Software #OLPC #OutOfSchoolTime #Fun #Learning #Education #STEM
Three images of kids at computers. There is text that says "Joyful, Learning, Sharing".
December 30, 2024 at 5:43 PM
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New issue of "The Sweet Spot", the Sugar Labs newsletter, is now published.

Check it out: www.sugarlabs.org/community/20...

Read about our fundraiser, recent Board election and results, and insightful stories from our community.
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December 29, 2024 at 7:24 PM
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The swag is coming in!

We received these photos of Sugar Labs merch, purchased from our Bonfire store.

All proceeds go toward our mission in education, creating software and community for learning.

www.bonfire.com/sugar-labs-e... #education #STEM #Constructionism #OpenSource #nonprofit #Learning
Sugar Labs logo on a blue tee shirt. Sugar Labs logo on a Yellow hoodie.
December 20, 2024 at 2:19 AM
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We've got some SWEET stocking stuffers for you! Check out our new Sugar Labs store at www.bonfire.com/store/sugar-... and find some threads for you and your loved ones, all while supporting the #SugarLabs community and software development for learning! #education 🔖 #nonprofit #holidays ❄️ #threads 🧵
A screenshot of the Sugar Labs merchandise store. A tee shirt is visible with the Sugar Labs logo on it.
December 11, 2024 at 2:58 PM