Music Appreciation teaching program ??

[William Case]

Hi Aaron;

On Sun, 2009-09-20 at 09:04 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-09-20 at 09:01 -0400, William Case wrote: 

> If you want a way out solution install "Sugar Development Environment"
> using yum group install. 

It is not that 'way out'.  I have been an interested bystander watching
the OLPC project for a few years.  What you have recommended gives me a
very good excuse to get my hands dirty, as it were.  Ever since I first
tried Linux I have been looking for at least one development branch that
is trying a radically new user interface.  Starting with what innocent
children find intuitive, seems radical enough for me.

I checked 'sugar' through yumex and
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sugar_development

I have read the documentation there.  I have a couple of naive questions
before I download.

1) I was thinking of creating a new user on my Fedora 11 and downloading
'sugar' from there.  Would this make any difference?  It would avoid the
Gnome/KDE conflict with 'sugar' wouldn't it?
2) Is this enough of a separation between my Fedora system and the Sugar
system or will I need the XO on a separate partition?  I would think a
new partition and an addition to grub would not be necessary.  But
better to ask and be safe rather than sorry.
3) 'Sugar' runs on top of Linux rather than replacing it -- doesn't it?

> The use the TamTam applications after you
> switch from Gnome (or KDE, etc) to the Sugar window manager.
> 
Ah!  Just read your post more closely.  Sugar is not part of an OS but a
window manager -- right?

How are window managers switched?  Is it the same as or similar to the
Medacity/Compiz switch in Gnome?  I.e If I create a new user and open it
in Gnome for the first time, how do I get 'sugar' running?

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/TamTam

> You will have to Google TamTam and Sugar to find out how the system
> works or if you decide to try it e-mail me and I will help yur find the
> appropriate helpful document. This works only for F10 and F11.

How do I download and install TamTam?  Does one have to be registered to
view the downloads?  I don't mind registering really, I just wanted to
get a look at what I might be getting into. 
-- 
Regards Bill
Fedora 11, Gnome 2.26.3
Evo.2.26.3, Emacs 23.1.1