Free education software for linux

Edubuntu is a version of the Ubuntu operating system suitable for classroom use. As an educator youll be able to set up a computer lab, or establish an online learning environment, in an hour or less -- then administer that environment without having to become a fully-fledged Linux geek.

Edubuntu is currently under development by the same development team that produces the wildly popular Ubuntu system. Edubuntu a customized version of Ubuntu.

Principal design goals of Edubuntu are centralized management of configuration, users, and processes, together with facilities for working collaboratively in a classroom setting. Equally important is the gathering together of the best available free software and digital materials for education.

OpenEuclide is a geometry software that can produce geometrical figures by adding preformed objects one at a time.

OpenEuclide is an opensource multi-platform 2D geometry software. Figures are defined dynamically by describing formal geometrical constraints. This project is a basic tool for educational or modeling purpose that aims to be extended as far as possible in response to user needs. May it involve users talents in C++ programming.

Supported languages are : English and French.

The goal is now to make a robust, easy to use, totally multiplatform software (no runtime environment needed), featured for education until high school (excluded).

Bodington is a free open source Virtual Learning Environment/Learning Management System in use at Universities and Colleges worldwide.

The Bodington project exists to provide an open source environment to support learning, teaching and research.

Bodington project is particularly suitable for complex, multi-disciplinary and large organisations and for inter institutional collaboration. It delivers controlled access using open standards.

Bodington can be used to support teaching and learning across the entire range of learning institutions in the UK and worldwide. Current installations include the Universities of Leeds, Oxford, Manchester; UHI Millennium Institute, Eton College, Yorkshire Coast College and St Andrews College Singapore.

Bodington enables users to upload lecture notes, host discussion fora, publish and manage external links, create interactive resources, e.g. customised logbooks, peer-reviewed reflective diaries/e-portfolios (for PDP), multiple choice tests (QTI), short-answer papers and online surveys. Students can also port work into secure pigeon-holes for marking.

Choose Bodington...

Put material on the web quickly and easily.
Control access to material quickly and easily.
Brand and customise for local look and feel.
Run servers on Microsoft, Linux, UNIX, or Mac OS X platforms.
Run a reliable and scalable service for end users.
Run services for tens of thousands of registered users.
Give access to users on any platform using standard browsers.
Be part of a growing, thriving development community.
Help shape future functionality.
Use software that is built specifically for Further and Higher Education.
Integrate access with partner organisations using built-in Shibboleth functionality.
Keep in line with the JISC e-learning framework.
Customise the source code to meet local needs.
Free up more funds to support staff development, customisation, help desk etc.

Choose other software...

Be tied down to a fixed pedagogy.
Fail in your obligation to support users with disabilities.
Pay an annual licence fee.
Pay for upgrades and support services.
Have little or no influence on future functionality

Edubuntu is a version of the Ubuntu operating system suitable for classroom use. As an educator youll be able to set up a computer lab, or establish an online learning environment, in an hour or less -- then administer that environment without having to become a fully-fledged Linux geek.

Edubuntu is currently under development by the same development team that produces the wildly popular Ubuntu system. Edubuntu a customized version of Ubuntu.

Principal design goals of Edubuntu are centralized management of configuration, users, and processes, together with facilities for working collaboratively in a classroom setting. Equally important is the gathering together of the best available free software and digital materials for education.

VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing.
The two computers dont even have to be the same type, so for example you can use VNC to view an office Linux machine on your Windows PC at home. VNC is freely and publicly available and is in widespread active use by millions throughout industry, academia and privately.
RealVNC is a UK company founded in 2002 by a team from the world-leading AT&T Laboratories in Cambridge. The company was established to commercially develop, enhance and promote VNC, the innovative remote access software with a widespread international user base.
VNC (Virtual Network Computing) software makes it possible to view and fully-interact with one computer from any other computer or mobile device anywhere on the Internet. VNC software is cross-platform, allowing remote control between different types of computer. For ultimate simplicity, there is even a Java viewer, so that any desktop can be controlled remotely from within a browser without having to install software.
VNC has a wide range of applications including system administration, IT support and helpdesks. It can also be used to support the mobile user, both for hot desking within the enterprise and also to provide remote access at home, or on the road. The system allows several connections to the same desktop, providing an invaluable tool for collaborative or shared working in the workplace or classroom. Computer support within the geographically spread family is an ever popular use.
The open source version of VNC has been freely available since 1998, and more than 50 million copies of the software have been downloaded. The software has also appeared on numerous magazine cover disks, and for several years all popular versions of Linux have included VNC. It is in active use by many millions in industry, commerce, education and at home. Virtually all Fortune 500 companies use VNC, and installations of VNC across thousands of workstations are commonplace.
Enhancements:
- FIXED: Security vulnerability.

Samizdat is a generic RDF-based engine for building collaboration and open publishing Web sites.
It provides users with the means to cooperate and coordinate on all kinds of activities, including media activism, resource sharing, education and research, advocacy, and so on. The project intends to promote values of freedom, openness, equality, and cooperation.
Enhancements:
- This version incorporates two years worth of real-world deployment.
- Apart from ubiquitous message translations management and RSS syndication, many old tools were made more flexible and easier to use.
- The focus management interface is simplified, and the front page packs more information into a better layout and allows you to include static headers and footers.
- Even more changes are under the hood: multi-layer caching, gzip and ETag, audio and video uploads, BitTorrent links, HTML and CSS filtering, flexible access control, new moderation features, new languages and themes, simplified installation, and more.

active acoustic vibration control tool is a set of basic tools for monitoring and modulating audio noise.

The tools aim toward a set of codes and algorithms for monitoring noise signal and modulation and reducing them using active noise control priciples.

Active noise control and soundproofing is a relativly recent development (first researched around 30 years ago), and has been in constant development for many and varied situations and applications.

The basic concept of active noise control is the aplication of equal and opposite force to cancel out vibration.

The project attempts to provide a starting point and library for experimentation into various methods of digital signal processing for active noise reduction and soundproofing.

Noise cancellation has been used in many environments currently active control is best used in constant vibrations with lower frequencys.

The principle is of controlling the noise level by adding an equal and opposite sound to the noise in the environment. The basic principle may be simple but the actual effectivness depends on many environmental factors.

Generally simplistic out of phase sound wave is used which works to some extent and requires little processing (a simple XOR with -1) this will tend to leave a large number of artifacts as the amplitude of higher frequency components (above i->o delay time) rises.

i->o processing delay
e transducer efficiency
p sound propagation characteristics
r reflections

The project aims to provide a framework for many dsp architectures, dac/adc chips, transducers and monitors.

Create tools for acoustic calibration and data logging hardware
To simplify implementation of active noise and vibration control systems.
To provide an open source standard for use within the industry and education.
To encourage hardware producers to distribute standard interface descriptions for their hardware
Enable low cost development of systems using COTS consumer hardware for noise and vibration control.