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5 Cool Linux Apps Packages for Kids to Make Fun Posted: 15 Jul 2011 10:19 AM PDT Computers have always been considered a great tools for teaching kids. Now there are many software available which were designed just for kids. So here is a list of the best Linux software apps for kids, from easy games for toddlers to programming puzzles for the older kids. 1. GCompris GCompris is a famous software for kids. It has over 100 games and activities for children aged between 2 to 10. There are many categories in which games/activities are devided like Math, Reading, and Amusement. The software is available in the standard repositories of most major Linux distributions. To install:
2. Sugar Desktop Sugar is a different and simple desktop system. It was first designed only for XO laptop series but now it can be run on a home PC too. If you install the full package (instructions here) you will also get some other included apps like a paint program, a few games, and some educational activities. 3. KDE Education Project The KDE team has designed some good educational softwares. This package is for an older crowd than GCompris and has some tools like Kbruch and Kturtle, the first for working learning fractions and latter a modern implementation of the Logo programming language for kids. To install it search for the kdeedu package in your distro's repositories To install:
4. Tux Paint Do you remember what MS Paint meant for us when we were younger? Now Tux Paint can be exactly like that for the kids! It has all the common drawing tools like pen, eraser, spraycan, etc but also has many additional shapes and patterns. This will mean alot to a to-be-artist-in-the-future. This is also a common package that is available in distro's standard repositories. To install:
5. Tux Typing Typing is not that easy for kids to learn as it take practice. But that's where Tux Typing will come in handy. Tux Typing is a famous fun typing tutor game. It lets kids practice typing by using many different modes like 'Fish Cascade' in which you have to spell the falling words before they fall off screen, 'Comet Zap' in which you have to quickly type the letter on the incoming comet and 'Lessons' in which you have to match what is on screen without looking at the keys. To install:
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