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We just released our latest issue of The Sweet Spot, our newsletter for Sugar Labs news and events.

Read the updates from Sugar Labs! Participate in our Fall board elections, help shape our future by completing our contributor survey. Also read about how we added dark mode to our (new!) homepage and a summary of exploring gen-AI in education through live conversations.

Read more about these developments and others in the latest newsletter: https://www.sugarlabs.org/news/community-news/2025-12-16-sweet-spot-004

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The Sweet Spot – Issue 004 The Sweet Spot – Issue 004 Recent news for December 16, 2025 Welcome to the fourth issue of The Sweet Spot, a newsletter for Sugar Labs-related news in...

One of our rising contributors recently shared his work at this year's GNOME Asia Summit. Please join us in congratulating Krish Pandya on his successful presentation, showing the power of open-source collaboration and innovation! Krish Pandya's work on GTK4 and Sugar Desktop is a shining example of the impact that Sugar Labs can have on the world.

We're thrilled to see our community members pushing boundaries and bringing their work to the world stage. Join us in celebrating this achievement and stay tuned for more exciting updates from the Sugar Labs team!

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 https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf40-foundation-panel

We're wrapping up this summer's projects for Google Summer of Code (GSoC), Dedicated Mentorship Project (DMP), and Sugar Summer of Code (SSoC).

Our students will be presenting their projects live, and you can watch via the following link: https://youtube.com/live/qhQdiGJDHrg?feature=share

Part two presenters are:

* Bishoy Wadea
* Mebin J Thattil
* Aman Naik
* Harsh*t Verma
* Anvita Prasad
* Aman Chadha
* Justin Charles
* Krish

The presentations will be starting in a few hours at 13:00 EDT (17:00 UTC / 22:30 IST).

GSoC, DMP, and SSoC Final Presentations: Part 2 We're wrapping up this summer's projects for Google Summer of Code (GSoC), Dedicated Mentorship Project (DMP), and Sugar Summer of Code (SSoC).Our students w...

Part 1 of GSoC/DMP/SSoC final presentations starting now.

Watch it now at https://youtube.com/live/krvzLreJ4lo?feature=share

We're wrapping up this summer's projects for Google Summer of Code (GSoC), Dedicated Mentorship Project (DMP), and Sugar Summer of Code (SSoC).

Our students will be presenting their projects.

Come attend to learn more about their work this summer!

GSoC, DMP, and SSoC Final Presentations: Part 1 We're wrapping up this summer's projects for Google Summer of Code (GSoC), Dedicated Mentorship Project (DMP), and Sugar Summer of Code (SSoC).Our students w...

In celebration of starting our second year of mentoring for DMP (Code for GovTech (C4GT)), Shubham Singh and Devin Ulibarri created this: https://youtu.be/b9uZ8ZKWO-A 🎇 🎇 🎇

Everything you see in the video is code in Music Blocks, run in real time. The animation frames were designed and created in Figma by Shubham. Enjoy!

Sugar Labs and DMP 2025: Let's do this! Sugar Labs is participating in 's Dedicated Mentor Program (DMP) for the second year in a row.In honor of this milestone, Sugar Labs contribu...

Today, Sugar Labs is hosting a Generative AI development showcase, where we're demoing audio-ti-midi musical transcription, a lesson plan generator, a playful "persona" app, and more. Make sure to attend it today at 1pm EDT (17:00 UTC): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKyf_awMK4w

Generative AI development showcase We've made a few tools over the past couple years that utilize open-source large language models and neural networks. This event will present some of the wor...

We're excited to be hosting "The role of AI in education" with special guest Ken Kahn, PhD.

Join us today at 1:00pm EDT (17:00 UTC) online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn1jeQgKTOA

We'll be exploring these topics and more:
* Role of gen-AI in education;
* Ethical implications of gen-AI in education; and
* Open (free/libre) source vs. closed

We hope to see you there. If you have a question for us or Ken, please drop it in a comment, either here or on YouTube.

Role of generative AI in education Together with special guest Ken Kahn, Phd, we'll take some time to focus specifically on the role generative AI has in education.

Every financial contribution helps us create innovative new software for learning. Make a donation and help us reach the next fundraiser milestone: https://www.every.org/sugar-labs

We are live now!!

New website: Launch party! The Sugar Labs community has come together to create a revamped version of our website. Please join us to check out how it looks, as well as hear from some o...

Today's the day! Sugar Labs launches its new website. Built from the ground up by a group of skilled and passionate programmers, the new site uses modern practices to tell the story of Sugar Labs today. Tune in today at 13:00 EDT (17:00 UTC/10:30 IST) to see the new website, hear from the people who made it possible, and learn more about what's next. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v76Mw9wqO6E

New website: Launch party! The Sugar Labs community has come together to create a revamped version of our website. Please join us to check out how it looks, as well as hear from some o...

Sugar Labs was recently featured in LPI Africa. Check it out!

From turning students into young developers to creating innovative projects like Sugarizer and Music Blocks, Sugar Labs is shaping the future of education through .

Learn more in this interview with Executive Director Devin Ulibarri: https://lpi.org/trwm

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