[PLUG] Good education software for gnome

[Tim Slighter]

Thanks for reminding me, pretty much anything with Tux would be a good
choice,:

Tuxracer
Tuxtype
Tuxpaint
Supertux
Tuxart
Tuxpuck

On 7/20/06, Rogan Creswick <creswick at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/20/06, Tim Slighter <tcslighter at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Gcompris is a good one to start out with, plus all the education
> packages in
> > Ubuntu are worth looking into.  As for games, not a clue.
>
> I'll second Gcompris, and also suggest TuxTyping
> (http://www.happypenguin.org/show?TuxTyping) I used both when I
> switched from QWERTY to DVORAK, and found both to be pretty solid
> programs.  (Gcompris does much more than typing, btw.)
>
> --Rogan
>
> >
> > On 7/20/06, Dale F. Victor <dalefv at iinet.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello!
> > >
> > > I remember that most of the KDE stuff works on Gnome. I do not know if
> you
> > > have realized that in the Add/Remove Programs. once the Adept program
> > > starts
> > > up you can choose to download from a number of options. Add them all
> and
> > > see
> > > if the choice of programs changes. If it does not go to /etc/apt and
> un #
> > > all
> > > the lines that have what looks like a url after them. This will
> greatly
> > > increase the number of programs to choose from.
> > >
> > > Dale
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wednesday 19 July 2006 22:44, ryan wrote:
> > > > Okay here is my new deal.  My son has started to take an interest in
> the
> > > > computers in the house.  Probably because we read comics on the
> laptop
> > > > at bedtime (he loves him some Hulk).  I know that KDE has a bunch of
> > > > apps for education.  But what about Gnome?  I have switched to
> Dapper
> > > > from Mandriva, and I don't think I will ever look back.  I would
> like to
> > > > try and set him up with games that would help him learn some basics
> like
> > > > typing and some easy spelling.  He is only 4 so I don't want to set
> him
> > > > up and have him get frustrated because the games are too hard.  Any
> > > > suggestions?
> > > >
> > > > -ryan
> > > >
> > > > P.s.  Dapper freaking rocks!
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