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Fedora For Kids
Fedora For Kids is a Remix as of now (might be a spin in future) which consists of tools and applications suitable for children of age group 8-15{class 2 to class 9}. We vision for a more suitable environment to encourage kids to understand Linux and Fedora in a better and easy way and to also aid teachers while doing the same.
Packages To Be Included
Please only add "Fedora For Kids" packages here!
This is a list of already packaged applications suitable for kids.
This is a list of already packaged applications suitable for kids.
| Package Name | Brief Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| tuxpaint | A simple drawing and colouring program for kids | |
| GCompris | got everything you’d want, from reading practice, to science, algebra, drawing, geography quiz and even chess | |
| TuxMath | game requiring quick thinking and a bit of math skill. | |
| Child's Play | Sound Association and several other activities |
Applications To Be Packaged
Please only add "Fedora For Kids" applications here!
This is the list of unpackaged applications suitable for kids. If you are a packager and have time to spare, please pick one of these to package.
This is the list of unpackaged applications suitable for kids. If you are a packager and have time to spare, please pick one of these to package.
Also look at FedoraForKids/Apps.
| Application Name | Brief Description | Status | Maintainer | Spec File |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| laby | laby is a small program to learn how to program with ants and spider webs. | In progress : post to ocaml ML | AnkurSinha | incomplete spec |
| OpenEuclide | A program for drawing out 2D figures. | Done | Arun SAG | COMPLETED |
| TuxWordSmith | A multi-lingual scrabble program. | In progress | Aditya Patawari |
Volunteers
| No. | Name | Comments |
| 1 | Aditya Patawari | Packaging, reviews and general coordination |
| 2 | Hiemanshu Sharma | |
| 3 | Arun SAG | Packaging new apps and creation service packs |
| 4 | Ankur Sinha | Packaging new apps and helping new packagers |
| 5 | Narendra Sisodiya | |
| 6 | Saurabh Sharma | |
| 7 | Suchakra | GUI Customization, Artwork, Testing |
Artwork
- We found some artwork related to an Education-SIG on taticas page here.
- The first wallpaper is here
- It uses education-sky.svg by Tatica and Cartoon Kids by Leogg
Useful Links
TODO
- Plan out meetings to be held at regular internals
- Choose a nice name for the spin
- Create a second disc with service packs with anything extra (cant be put into spins)
- Docs on how to use the second disc
- Look for ebooks in public domain. Create a few, if required, which should appeal the kids. Use animation/graphics to make it interesting. See this thread
- Talk to Design team to create a few wallpapers and themes more suitable for kids. See this thread
- Organize a packaging sprint, preferably before foss.in.
- look into XFCE, KDE, Gnome and Sugar to find a suitable environment.
- Look at
yum groupinfo "Educational Software"