We need to evaluate this list and create a best of breed sublist. Please, if you have experience with one of these programs, even if bad, speak up. We need you help to determine which ones should be suggested to HP and possible an SLE version of our project. Please add comments underneath each title: 3D * Art of illusion http://www.artofillusion.org/ - a free, open source 3D modelling and rendering studio * *Blender http://www.blender.org/ (blender http://en.opensuse.org/Blender)* - A powerful software program for 3D modeling, animation, rendering Official repo http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Suse-l.png from 12 years http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk12.png ---- My son and his schoolmates loved this one , it is used by many schools [edit http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit§ion=2] Astro * *Celestia http://celestia.sourceforge.net/ (celestia http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Celestia&action=edit)* - An OpenGL Space Simulator KDE-Application http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Kde-l.png from 12 years http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk12.png ----this one too [edit http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit§ion=3] Audio * *Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ (audacity http://en.opensuse.org/Audacity)* - A powerful digital audio editor Gnome-Application http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Gnome-l.png Official repo http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Suse-l.png from 12 years http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk12.png [edit http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit§ion=4] BitTorrent * Azureus http://azureus.sourceforge.net/ - Azureus implements the BitTorrent protocol using java language and comes bundled with many invaluable features ---- I use this one everyday! lots of good media in their service not likely to be a good fit in a "filtered" environment. [edit http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit§ion=5] Editor * Abiword http://www.abisource.com/ - an award winning, small, fast, featureful and crossplatform word processor ---- I have heard alot about this one. never used it. My text editing needs never exceed what I get from OpenOffice [edit http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit§ion=6] Edu-Admin * FET http://www.lalescu.ro/liviu/fet/ - open source free software for automatically scheduling the timetable of a school, high-school or university * KeePass http://keepass.info/ - KeePass is a free/open-source password manager or safe which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way * Open Admin for Schools http://richtech.ca/openadmin/ - a School Administration Program. * openSIS http://www.opensis.com/ - a free student information system for public and non-public schools. ----- seeing as I support and help develop openSIS I ma biased in this catagory [edit http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit§ion=7] Educational * *Little Wizard http://littlewizard.sourceforge.net/ (littlewizard http://en.opensuse.org/Littlewizard)* - Development Environment for Children based on Pascal Gnome-Application http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Gnome-l.png from 6 years http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk6.png * *Multiplication Station http://www.asymptopia.org/ (MultiplicationStation http://en.opensuse.org/MultiplicationStation)* - Add, subtract and multiply exercises from 6 years http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk6.png [edit http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit§ion=8] Edu game * *Childsplay http://childsplay.sourceforge.net/ (childsplay http://en.opensuse.org/Childsplay)* - An educational software suite for young children from 0 years http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk0.png * *GCompris http://gcompris.net/ (gcompris http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Gcompris&action=edit)* - An educational software suite for young children Gnome-Application http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Gnome-l.png from 6 years http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk6.png ---- very well liked in my schools * *jMemorize http://jmemorize.org/ (jMemorize http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=JMemorize&action=edit)* - A general purpose flash card program Java-Application http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Java-l.png from 6 years http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk6.png * *TuxType http://tuxtype.sourceforge.net/ (tuxtype http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Tuxtype&action=edit)* - An educational typing tutor for children from 6 years http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk6.png ---- very well liked in my schools * *TuxMath http://tux4kids.alioth.debian.org/ (tuxmath http://en.opensuse.org/Tuxmath)* - An educational math tutor game from 6 years http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk6.png ---- very well liked in my schools * *TuxMathScrabble http://www.asymptopia.org/ (TuxMathScrabble http://en.opensuse.org/TuxMathScrabble)* - Add, subtract and multiply in a scrabble like game from 6 years http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk6.png ---- no experience with * *TuxWordSmith http://www.asymptopia.org/ (TuxWordSmith http://en.opensuse.org/TuxWordSmith)* - Learn languages in a scrabble like game from 6 years http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk6.png ---- no experience with [edit http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit§ion=9] File * Filezilla http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/ - fast and reliable FTP client and server ---- I have used this professionally, but not as an educational tool. I like it * TrueCrypt http://www.truecrypt.org/ - Free open-source disk encryption software ---- I don't suggest encrypting disks in schools, educators are expected to help and supervise children in the dozens per year. if some student should fall ill and the staff be asked to retrieve the students work, Not having the password could make life difficult. In my networks relying on Novell's server level file security has always been enough. [edit http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit§ion=10] Image * *GIMP http://www.gimp.org/ (gimp http://en.opensuse.org/Gimp)* - A powerful raster graphics editor Gnome-Application http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Gnome-l.png Official repo http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Suse-l.png from 12 years http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk12.png ---- this is the default Photoshop replacement and the children seem to grasp it very well. * *Inkscape http://www.inkscape.org/ (inkscape http://en.opensuse.org/Inkscape)* - A powerful vector graphics editor Gnome-Application http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Gnome-l.png Official repo http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Suse-l.png from 12 years http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk12.png ---- no experience with this one. I know some of the teachers have used it and like it . so has my son [edit http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit§ion=11] Project Management * GanttProject http://www.ganttproject.biz/ - a free and easy to use Gantt chart based project scheduling and management tool ---- I use the tool called "Planner" in the default set up. if this is it's origin I like it very much. [edit http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit§ion=12] RSS * RSSOwl http://www.rssowl.org/ - RSS reader that collects data from RSS-compliant sites --- too many rss readers available in FireFox for me to care about loading another one. No experience with this one [edit http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit§ion=13] Score * *MuseScore http://mscore.sourceforge.net/ (musescore http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Musescore&action=edit)* - A WYSIWYG music score typesetter KDE-Application http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Kde-l.png from 12 years http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk12.png ---- my Music teacher used this and he is very capable so I never have to support it. [edit http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit§ion=14] Special * AMANDA http://www.amanda.org/ - the Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver, is a backup system ---- when I tried this four years ago it was very CLI \ batch file oriented. I already had a gui tool that would read linux disks. but it wasn't open source. [edit http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit§ion=15] Video * Avidemux http://avidemux.org/ - a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks ---- No experience * CamStudio http://camstudio.org/ - record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files ---- used and loved * Cinerella http://cinelerra.org/ - Cinelerra does primarily 3 things: capturing, compositing, and editing audio and video with sample level accuracy. It's a movie studio in a box. ---- no experience * DVDStyler http://www.dvdstyler.de/ - a cross-platform DVD authoring application ---- no experience * VLC Media Player http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ - a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats ---- used and loved both as a client and as a network streaming server. [edit http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit§ion=16] Vizualize * *Dia http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/ (dia http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Dia&action=edit)* - A diagram creation program Gnome-Application http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Gnome-l.png Official repo http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Suse-l.png from 12 years http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk12.png ---- No experience [edit http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit§ion=17] VPN * openVPN http://openvpn.net/ - a full-featured SSL VPN solution which can accomodate a wide range of configurations, including remote access, site-to-site VPNs, WiFi security, and enterprise-scale remote access solutions ---- no experience, no really a public HS tool. [edit http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit§ion=18] Web Publish * *eXe eLearning http://exelearning.org/ (exelearning http://en.opensuse.org/Exelearning)* - An eLearning XHTML editor Gnome-Application http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Gnome-l.png from 12 years http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk12.png ---- No experience [edit http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit§ion=19] Web-Based * Asymptopia Crossword Builder http://www.asymptopia.org/staticpages/index.php?page=MathCrosswordBuilder - a JavaScript education application that runs in any modern internet browser ---- no experience * Claroline http://www.claroline.net/ - a Web Based Course Management System. It allows teachers (professors, lecturers...) to create and administer course websites through a browser ---- no experience * ClaSS http://www.laex.org/class/ - A complete student tracking, reporting and information management system ---- No experience * Koha http://koha.org/ - Koha Classic sets the standard in open-source library automation. ---- installed setup evaluated and liked . no real world experience. * Sakai http://sakaiproject.org/portal - includes many of the features common to course management systems, including document distribution, a gradebook, discussion, live chat, assignment uploads, and online testing. ---- No experience * School Tool http://www.schooltool.org/ - will eventually take care of all aspects of school administration ---- way to beta -- James A. 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