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+NOTE WELL: This is from a shallow clone of mainline [Sugarizer](https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer) with a couple of large activities (Abecedarium and Exerciser) removed. 
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+This is intended to allow students to explore Sugarizer development with less initial use of bandwidth and disk space.
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 # What is Sugarizer ?
 
 Sugarizer is a free/libre learning platform. The Sugarizer UI use ergonomic principles from The [Sugar platform](https://sugarlabs.org/), developed for the One Laptop per Child project and used every day by more than 2 million children around the world.