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Educational Ubuntu. Choice for teaching older kids about Linux. Steeper learning curve. Educational software suites installed, like KDE Education Suite, GCompris, and Tux4kids. No parental control tools. Requires 512MB of RAM, a 1GHz processor and a 20GB drive. | Educational Ubuntu. Choice for teaching older kids about Linux. Steeper learning curve. Educational software suites installed, like KDE Education Suite, GCompris, and Tux4kids. No parental control tools. Requires 512MB of RAM, a 1GHz processor and a 20GB drive. | ||
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== Applications == | == Applications == | ||
Revision as of 16:28, 28 February 2014
Distributions
DoudouLinux
URL: http://www.doudoulinux.org/web/english/
For very young children, 2 - 12. Runs on older hardware. Children can run by themselves. Requires only 256MB of RAM and an 800MHz CPU. Parental controls.
DoudouLinux is designed primarily to run as a live CD. This is good so you can multipurpose your own PC for the kids.
Release, 2.1 (December 2013)
Edubuntu
- Ubuntu / Xfce Based
Educational Ubuntu. Choice for teaching older kids about Linux. Steeper learning curve. Educational software suites installed, like KDE Education Suite, GCompris, and Tux4kids. No parental control tools. Requires 512MB of RAM, a 1GHz processor and a 20GB drive.
Qimo
URL: http://www.qimo4kids.com/
- Ubuntu / Xfce based
Aimed at kids from 3 and up. Based on Ubuntu using the Xfce desktop. Firefox is the default browser
