[Inschool] [Fwd: [Fwd: [KLUG Members] New LINUX products]]

[Wesley Leonard]

Hehe... well, Tony beat me to it and my answer is pretty much identical to his.

I did manage to dig up interesting links to software packages... see below!

> - Student learning (Reader Rabbit, Math Blaster, Kid Pix, Mavis Beacon,
>     Jumpstart, NovaNET, and many others)

Not sure.  Some of these actual packages might run under Wine.

Check these out:

Blue Linux - http://www.bluelinux.org - a Linux distribution specifically for
education
Cinderella - http://www.cinderella.de - Geometry software
GCompris   - http://ofset.sourceforge.net/gcompris/about.html  -  a  suite of
over 30 educational activities for 3 to 10 year olds.

Free Physics - http://freephysics.sourceforge.net - a physical similator for
teachers.

Don't be afraid to go to http://www.freshmeat.net (where I found these) or
http://www.sourceforge.net and search for these things.  I think there are A 
LOT of software packages for linux out there but people don't always know where
to look.

> - Writing notes to parents (MS Word, MS Works)

StarOffice, OpenOffice, Abiword, Koffice...

> - Creating presentations (MS Powerpoint, MS Excel, MS Works)

StarOffice, OpenOffice

> - Developing newsletters (MS Publisher, MS Works, and others)

Not sure....  StarOffice and/or OpenOffice can probably do this.

> - Recording grades and scores (I think this SW is provided by KRESA)

Depends on how the grades need to be recorded.  Spreadsheets and database
programs can do stuff like that.

> - Writing and reading e-mail (MS Outlook, AOL, and others)

Mozilla, Evolution, Kmail

> -Surfing the web (Internet Explorer, Netscape)

Mozilla, Netscape, Konqueror, Galeon, Opra...


Good luck!
-- 
Wesley Leonard

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