Hi Nancy,

The main difference of the two versions is the target audience. The
Squeakland.org plugin image is aimed at educators, people who work mostly in
the eToys domain. The Squeak.org image is aimed at Smalltalk system
developers. The major differences between the two are that the Squeakland
plugin image is much smaller (since it does not include a number of things
which are in the Squeak developers image, such as the VM source code and
similar) and that the UI has been set to what we think is more user friendly
for someone who hasn't compiled her own Linux kernel ;-)

Other than that the two are equivalent.

Cheers,
  - Andreas

> -----Original Message-----
> From: squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org 
> [mailto:squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On 
> Behalf Of Nancy Head
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 10:48 PM
> To: Alan Kay
> Cc: Squeakland; general-purpose Squeak developers list
> Subject: RE: squeak tutorials, etc.
> 
> 
> 
> This week I'm filling out a request to have squeak loaded on 
> computers. I
> need better clarification of the differences between the 
> "full" squeak vs.
> the "plugin" squeak so that I can be sure I have what I need, 
> even though
> I'm only just beginning to become familiar with the tools myself.
> 
> Can I get clarification on the capabilities of the plugin 
> squeakland vs.
> development squeak versions?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Nancy
> 
> 
> >I had a roomful of middle school boys in a computer club 
> last year who
> >wanted to create a game. Squeak may be an appropriate tool 
> for them to use.
> 
> It should be. Many 4-8th graders all over the world have made their
> own games in Squeak etoys.
> 
>