The GNOME Desktop Environment

GNOME is the GNU Graphical Desktop, it's the default desktop environment on Ubuntu, as well as Edubuntu. It provides us with file managers, network browsers, menus, and system tools. GNOME also provides an application framework, and many of the applications available in Edubuntu has been created using the GNOME framework. Edubuntu also provides three different theme setups, 'young', for younger users, 'plain' for a clean desktop setup, and 'default', which is a general purpose theme setup.

GNOME project (Offsite link): http://www.gnome.org

The KDE Edutainment Suite

KDE is another graphical environment, and also serves as an application framework. The KDE project has a sub-project called the KDE Edutainment Suite, which is a collection of fun educational software that makes use of the KDE framework. KDE applications runs fine under GNOME. We have included the very latest versions of the KDE Edutainment software in Edubuntu.

KDE Edutainment Suite (Offsite link): http://edu.kde.org

GCompris: I Have Understood

Gcompris is huge collection of activities for the kindergarden. It gently introduces kids to basic computer use, then it builds on that by expanding to basic maths, reading activities, and more.

Tux4Kids

The Tux4kids project has produced software such as TuxPaint, TuxMaths and TuxTyping.

Schooltool Calendar

The Schooltool Calendar can be accessed from the Firefox web browser, by entering "localhost:7080" into the address bar.

Schooltool project (Offsite link): http://www.schooltool.org

OpenOffice.org Office Suite

Edubuntu includes OpenOffice.org version 2. OpenOffice.org 2 includes many enhancements and new features. The newest component is OpenOffice.org Base, which is a powerful database front-end. Other OpenOffice.org components include a word processor, spreadsheet, presentations, simple vector drawing and web authoring.

OpenOffice.org project (Offsite Link): http://www.openoffice.org

Off-site Screenshots

OSDir- Edubuntu 7.04: OSDir Screenshot tour

Coding Studio- Edubuntu 7.10: Edubuntu screenshots