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Summary
- The development of Mageia Educational (Mageia 3 Remastered Education DVD or Livecd), configured and with educational programs pre-installed, suitable for schools in general.
- The proposal to create a Mageia LTS (long term support) require much more structure, I do not know how make possible, so this aspect of my proposal is being excluded
Proposer
- Name: macxi
- Email: <terraagua at gmail dot com>
Resources
- Mageia packagers and testers interested in educational software, as well as long term support.
- (remark of marja:) packagers interested in such software do already exist, see Edu SIG
Current status
- Targeted release: Mageia 3
- Last updated: August 14, 2012
- Percentage of completion: <XX>%
Detailed Description
- This proposal aims to create a DVD "Mageia Education" version with tools to be useful for schools.
- This proposal of the "Mageia educational project", started on November 9, 2011, with the contribution of Marja, Andre999, Matteo, Obgr, Anaselli, Dieter, Malo.
- According to page Edu_Sig, the "Mageia educational project" aims to:
- This a proposal to improve educational programs in Mageia.
- The purpose of this page is to present a list of educational packages that can be imported in Mageia, or that are already in.
- The project could grow as follows:
- add missing educational programs
- group educational programs in specialized meta-packages (such as math, chemical, primary school, etc)
- build one (or more) live cd -or improve draklive specs to make it buildable- to give to schools.
- Another proposal was presented in the Forum Mageia (see Mageia 3 LTS to Educacional Linux 5.0 - Brasil/MEC/UFPR/C3SL, in Jun 16th, '12), which was modified to fit the available resources.
Why it would be good for Mageia to include it
- Educational Magea be implemented in schools
- It will strengthen the linux as an educational tool and Mageia, which is a community distro.
- It will help Mageia produce a LTS release. Since the actual additional support will start with Mageia 4, this gives us time to increase our packaging and QA resources to meet this demand. If it happens that we are short of resources, we could restrict LTS to packages in the Educational release.
- The educational focus, along with LTS, will help Mageia and Linux in the educational sphere, which will help Mageia in the longer term. Students familiar with Linux are much more likely to continue with Linux, and be future contributors.
Test case
Anything useful for QA and all testers to help debugging during all development cycle
Software / Packages Dependencies
- All the base packages and the repository should be Mageia. Other packages added:
Other
Comparison between "Brazilian Linux Education 4.0" and "Mageia 2"
- Below, a simple comparison between some software used in the "Brazilian Linux Education 4.0" (based on Kubuntu 10.04) and the software that already exist in the Mageia repository
| List of software used in "Brazilian Educational Linux 4.0" | Software in Mageia Repository * |
|---|---|
| Educational Programs | Educational Programs |
| Learning the Alphabet (KLettres) | ok |
| Graphing Calculator (Kalgebra) | ok |
| Drawing (Tux Paint) | ok |
| Design of mathematical functions (KmPlot) | ok |
| Exercises with fractions (KBruch) | ok |
| Tool Reference / Study of Japanese (Kiten) | ok |
| Dynamic Geometry (GeoGebra) | don't have (just in repository of Mageia Russian Community - see bug 1586 package request) |
| Interactive Geometry (Kig) | ok |
| Globe on your desktop (Marble) | ok |
| Hangman (KHangMan) | Ok |
| Sorting Game Lyrics (Kanagram) | Ok |
| Play Simon Says (Blinken) | Ok |
| Programming Language (Squeak) | don't have (just "Squeak VM") |
| Logo language (KTurtle) | Ok |
| Virtual Planetarium (Kstarts) | Ok |
| Interactive physical simulator (Step) | Ok |
| Mathematical software (Cantor) | Ok |
| Periodic Table of Elements (Kalzium) | Ok |
| Graph Theory of Rocs (Rocs) | Ok |
| Vocabulary Trainer (KWordQuiz) | Ok |
| Vocabulary Trainer (Parley) | Ok |
| Training in Geography (KGeography) | Ok |
| Productivity Tools | Productivity Tools |
| LibreOffice | Ok |
| Database (Base) | Ok |
| Presentation Editor (Impress) | Ok |
| Editor Drawing (Draw) | Ok |
| Editor Spreadsheet (Calc) | Ok |
| Text Editor (Writer) | Ok |
| Project Management Application (Planner) | Ok |
| Appeal for notes (Xournal) | Ok |
| PDF File Viewer (Okular) | Ok |
| Graphics | Graphics |
| Image Editor (GIMP) | Ok |
| Vector Image Editor (Inkscape) | Ok |
| PDF Editor (PDFEdit) | don't have |
| Photo Manager (digikam) | Ok |
| Animations Handler (Muan) | don't have |
| Screen Capture Program (KSnapshot) | Ok |
| Painting Program (KolourPaint) | Ok |
| Image Viewer (Gwenview) | Ok |
| Internet | Internet |
| MSN Messenger for Linux (AMSN) | Ok |
| Web Browser (Mozilla Firefox) | Ok |
| Web Browser (Konqueror) | Ok |
| Multimedia | Multimedia |
| Audio Editor (Audacity) | Ok |
| Video Editor (Avidemux) | Ok |
| Video Editor (Kdenlive) | Ok |
| Video Editor (Kino) | Ok |
| Extract DVD (DVD Ripper AcidRip) | Ok |
| CD / DVD Burning Application (K3b) | Ok |
| Sound Mix (kmix) | Ok |
| Multimedia Converter | (?) |
| Audio Player (Amarok) | Ok |
| Multimedia Player (VLC media player) | Ok |
| Wecam (xawtv) | Ok |
| Utilities | Utilities |
| Screen magnifier (kmag) | Ok |
| Notepad (Kate) | Ok |
| Calculator (SpeedCrunch) | Ok |
| Archive Manager (Ark) | Ok |
| Document Scanning (Xsane) | Ok |
| Clipboard History (Klipper) | Ok |
| Search for files or folders | Ok |
| Typing Tutor (Klavaro) | now in cauldron, but customizing the keyboard layout in KDE or LXDE is hard (see Bug 2682) the same package works well in Mageia 2 KDE |
| Typing Tutor (KTouch) | Ok |
| System | System |
| Add and Remove Programs (Adept) | don't have (use an other software: rpmdrake) |
| Kbluetooth | don't have - seems to be lib(64)qtbluetooth5 in cauldron |
| Partition Editor (GParted) | Ok |
| Backup Tool (APTonCD) | don't have |
| File Manager (Super User Mode) | Ok |
| Print Manager (Print jobs) | Ok |
| User Manager (Kuser) | Ok |
| Manage Processes (KSysGuard) | Ok (in "kdebase4-workspace" package) |
| System Log Viewer (KSystemLog) | Ok |
| Userful-multiplier (Multiseat Linux Desktop Virtualization Software) | don't have (see Bug 6960) |
- * Note: there are many other educational software in the Mageia repository, which are listed in Mageia Educational Project - Edu SIG
Comparison between "Seminarix" and "Mageia 2"
- Below, a simple comparison between some software used in the Seminarix (a german linux distribution based on distro AptOsid, formerly Sidux). See list of educational software of Seminarix (automatic translation) and the software that already exist in the Mageia repository:
| List of software used in "Seminarix" | Software in Mageia Repository * |
|---|---|
| General Programs | General Programs |
| LibreOffice | Ok |
| Miro | Ok |
| Scribus | Ok |
| BlueGriffon | Don't have |
| iTALC | Ok |
| Kile (Latex for KDE4) | Ok |
| KImageMapEditor | Ok |
| Vym | Ok |
| Zim | Ok |
| Okular | ok |
| Krusader | Ok |
| VLC - Media Player | Ok |
| Audacity | Ok |
| Avidemux | Ok |
| Kdenlive | Ok |
| BigBlueButton | Don't have |
| Gobby | Ok |
| Dolphin | Ok |
| Ksociograma | Don't have |
| XSane | Ok |
| Chemistry | Chemistry |
| Avogadro | ok |
| Chemtool | ok (Cauldron - Mageia 3) |
| Gperiodic | Don't have |
| KAtomic | ok |
| Calcium | Don't have |
| Rasmol | ok |
| Geography | Geography |
| Marble | Ok |
| Lincity | ok |
| Qgis | Ok |
| Sunclock | Don't have |
| Computer science | Computer science |
| Dia (Diagram) | Ok |
| Eclipse | ok |
| Monkey Studio | ok (Cauldron - Mageia 3) |
| KTurtle | Ok |
| Quanta | Don't have |
| Prologue | Don't have |
| Squeak | (just "Squeak VM) ok |
| Art | Art |
| Blender | Ok |
| Digikam | Ok |
| Gimp | Ok |
| Gwenview | Ok |
| Inkscape | Ok |
| Kino | Ok |
| KSnapshot | Ok |
| LiVES (Video Editing) | Ok |
| RecordMyDesktop | Ok |
| Stop Motion | Ok |
| TuxPaint | Ok |
| Learning Games | Learning Games |
| BlinKen (Simon Says Game) | Ok |
| Squeak (he Squeak virtual machine) | (just "Squeak VM) ok |
| Childsplay (Games for children) | ok |
| GCompris | Ok |
| Ktuberling ("potato editor" game) | Ok |
| KHangman (Classical hangman game) | Ok |
| KTouch (learning touch typing) | Ok |
| Tipptrainer | Don't have |
| Qgo (SGF editor) | Don't have |
| Jigsaw puzzle game | Ok |
| knights chess board | Ok |
| lletters | Don't have |
| Mnemosyne | Don't have |
| LMemory | Don't have |
| Pingus (A free Lemmings clone) | Ok |
| Tuxtype (Educational typing tutor) | Ok |
| Tuxmath (Math game for kids with Tux) | ok |
| Mathematics | Mathematics |
| CARmetal | Ok |
| DrGeo | Don't have |
| Music | Music |
| Amarok | Ok |
| Audacity | Ok |
| Hydrogen | Ok |
| Juk | Ok |
| Physics | Physics |
| Celestia | Ok |
| KStars | Ok |
| Stellarium | Ok |
| Religion | Religion |
| BibleTime | Ok |
| hebcal | Don't have |
| itools | Don't have |
| Languages | Languages |
| Anki | Ok |
| KWordQuiz | Ok |
| Lincity | Ok |
| Miro | Ok |
| Technology | Technology |
| KLogic | Don't have |
| KSimus | Don't have |
| PCB | Ok |
- * Note: there are many other educational software in the Mageia repository, which are listed in Mageia Educational Project - Edu SIG
- * Note: This topic was discussed in the Mageia Forum in English and German.
What could disrupt development of this new feature
- the missing, in the official repositories, of educational software packages.
Planning
- Add software packages educational in the official repository Mageia:
- Mageia Educational Project - Edu SIG
- Add in the repository Mageia, all educational software needed, like Klavaro (Touch Typing Tutor), Userful-multiplier (see Bug 6960 - it is a useful package, to be a low cost solution for educational projects), etc.
- Develop an distro Educational Mageia (Mageia 3 Remastered Education DVD or Livecd), configured and with educational programs pre-installed, suitable for schools in general.
- The version "Mageia Education" will be based on Mageia 3 (preferably, in Mageia LTS version, when it has been created, in the future).
Contingency
Release Notes
Documentation
- Include here any needed information or link to documentation
