Applications

Edubuntu builds to be a complete and ready to use educational environment. As such, Edubuntu comes pre-installed with a complete office suite, teaching and learning programs, pre-school resources and much more across a range of categories. Here is a brief summary and some screenshots for the most popular Edubuntu packages, and if you need more, Edubuntu has thousands of additional applications ready for you to install.

Office Suite

OpenOffice.org is a complete office suite similar to the Microsoft Office suite. It features a word processor, as well as spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, database, and mathematical formula applications. OpenOffice.org can open and convert most Microsoft Office documents and has support for many different languages.

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Web Browser

Firefox is the incredible successor to the hugely popular Mozilla browser. Amongst its many features are tabbed browsing, which makes viewing multiple sites a breeze, pop-up blocking, live bookmarks and great accessibility support. Combine these with its fantastic customisation engine and you have the most powerful web browsing at your fingertips. Email, IM and VoIP

Moving beyond the simple web browser, Edubuntu also comes with an email client and personal information manager, Evolution. Video conferencing with Ekiga as well as instant messaging and chat with Gaim provide communications tools that teachers and students need in an Internet age.

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Graphics

In the graphics deparment, diagrams and flowcharts are a breeze with Dia. Xsane provides an easy to use scanner interface. 3D modeling and animation are Blender's specialty. Image editing similar to Adobe Photoshop is done using the GIMP. Scribus provides layout and publishing capabilites similar to Adobe Illustrator.

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Sound and Video

For all your video and audio play and editing needs, Edubuntu provides several programs including Rhythmbox for music playing and Serpentine for burning audio CDs. Sound Juicer rips audio CD tracks to your computer. Totem is an excelent video and movie player and you can use Kino to edit video clips. Sound Recorder can be used to record audio clips to your computer.

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Science

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Mathematics

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Drawing

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Language

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Basic Skills

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