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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