Free ministry of education software for linux

Secret of Eternia project is a 2D RPG using ClanLib.
The eaisest way to get started is to use an example map from the game itself. Open up (File-Open) the first map in the maps/ folder (maps/1.fmp). You will notice that the map looks exactly like the first screen of the game demo!
You will notice the screen is divided into 2 main sections. The larger section is the preview of the map you are working on. The left side menu is a listing of all avaliable blocks that you currently have in the map. You can click on a block to set it as your current brush. This is similar to choosing a paint color in a paint program. Once you select a block, you can then edit the map by clicking in the map area. This is the generic way to edit the map.
Play around with this map to create some different landscapes and such using many blocks. You can even save the map and start up SoE to see your changes! (Make sure you have a backup of the original map, or you will have to download the game again).
Enhancements:
- Bug fixes! See the forum for detailed information.
- Lua support is added in. (see docs/ for how to use this)
- Lighting effects are here!
- Fully Working Windows Support

MINIX 3 is a new open-source operating system designed to be highly reliable and secure. This project is based somewhat on previous versions of MINIX, but is fundamentally different in many key ways.
MINIX 1 and 2 were intended as teaching tools; MINIX 3 adds the new goal of being usable as a serious system on resource-limited and embedded computers and for applications requiring high reliability.
This new OS is extremely small, with the part that runs in kernel mode under 4000 lines of executable code. The parts that run in user mode are divided into small modules, well insulated from one another.
For example, each device driver runs as a separate user-mode process so a bug in a driver (by far the biggest source of bugs in any operating system), cannot bring down the entire OS.
In fact, most of the time when a driver crashes it is automatically replaced without requiring any user intervention, without requiring rebooting, and without affecting running programs. These features, the tiny amount of kernel code, and other aspects greatly enhance system reliability.
MINIX 3 is initially targeted at the following areas:
- Applications where very high reliability is required
- Single-chip, small-RAM, low-power, $100 laptop for Third-World children
- Embedded systems (e.g., cameras, DVD recorders, cell phones)
- Applications where the GPL is too restrictive (MINIX 3 uses a BSD-type license)
- Education (e.g., operating systems courses at universities)
Main features:
- POSIX compliant
- Networking with TCP/IP
- Two ANSI C compilers (ACK and gcc)
- Over 300 UNIX programs
- Many improvements since V2
- Full multiuser and multiprogramming
- Support for memory up to 4 GB
- Device drivers run as user processes
- Full C source code supplied
- Runs on 386, 486, Pentium, etc.
To run MINIX 3, you need a PC driven by a 386, 486, or Pentium CPU or compatible. The standard configuration requires 16 MB of RAM. An 8-MB version is also available, but it is slower due to a smaller buffer cache. Since the distribution comes on a live CD, you can test it without allocating any hard disk space, but for a hard disk installation, 200 MB is needed as a minimum, 400 MB minimum if you want all the sources.

Mobile Device Information project is a Java Swing application that provides desktop interface access to the WURFL (Wireless Universal Resource FiLe).
The WURFL contains information about the capabilities of a huge number of wireless devices.
The project has been created by me (Jim McLachlan), a software consultant specialising in Java projects for mobile devices (primarily J2METM clients with J2EETM back-ends).
Part of my consultancy work has been the "education" of clients to the limitations of the cross-platform nature of Java on mobile devices. I have regularly had to field questions like "Is the < mobile device > MIDP-1.0 or MIDP-2.0 compliant?" and "How many different MIDP-2.0 devices are there?".
As part of my recent web site development, where I intend to sell my J2ME applications, I found myself in need of some "rich content" that would be useful to consumers and not just developers. Hopefully, this tool will be useful to people wanting to know more about their devices.
Enhancements:
- This release finally resolves problems with the id pseudo-capability.
- Version 1.2 caused make/model data to be hidden; 1.2.1 fixed this, but added a bug which used the fallback instead of the current "id".

Linux-EduCD is a Polish live DVD based on KANOTIX, with focus on education, graphics, office, multimedia and software development.
Main features:
- addition of the Compiz desktop;
- integration of GParted into the hard disk installer;
- new boot options;
- Linux kernel 2.6.18 with extra drivers and modules;
- KDE 3.5.5;
- OpenOffice.org 2.0.4;
- a range of educational software (Celestia, OpenDX, PyMOL, Rasmol, DrGeo, Yacas); multimedia applications (GIMP 2.2.13, Blender 2.42, Amarok, Audacity, Xine); network and system administration software (Wireshark, Nessus, Iptraf, EtherApe, Cheops);
- new development packages (DrScheme, Ruby, VisualPython, GPS, GNAT, Glade)

Molecular Workbench project is a piece of free, open-source modeling software specifically designed for use in education. Powered by a set of real-time molecular simulation engines that compute and visualize the motion of particles interacting through force fields, in both 2D and 3D, it provides a simulation platform for teaching and learning science.
Many abstract concepts in physics, chemistry and biology can be dynamically visualized, and virtual experiments based on molecular simulations can be designed, limited only to your imagination.
The MW software consists of:
- a set of model builders, simulators and their associated scripting environments.
- a word processor for creating hypertext.
- an authoring system for constructing your own graphical user interfaces for your own simulations.
- an embedded-assessment system that allows you to design your own questions and collects student data.
- a special browser for you to deliver and for the users to access stuff created using the above sub-systems.
- Web services for collaboration among authors, students and teachers.
All these sub-systems are seamlessly integrated behind an easy-to-use graphical user interface. The customizability of models through the authoring system allows you to design user interfaces appropriate to your audience, without having to get them involved in the complexity of the modeling engines.

Battles of Antargis is a realtime strategy game. Battles of Antargiss main purpose lies on conquering not on building.
Battles Of Antargis is an open-source game with GPL license. You have one or more heroes that you can control. They can recruit troops and conquer the world. While doing this they have to gather food and weapons. All around are people and animals which populate the world.
Unlike the typical Warcraft-like games, you have to get by with the existing population and resources.
This is a first tech-demo, so please be patient. Apart from this we are searching for new artists and developers.
Main features:
Visuals:
- animated milkshape models (MilkShape ASCII-importer)
- static models (Wavefront obj-importer)
- shadowmap based shadows (PSMs work in progress)
- fustrum culling
- shader support
Game
- the whole gamelogic is done in ruby, so it should be fairly easy to modify this game.
- the whole layout is done in xml
- basic dialogs and intro-screens implemented, but nice graphics still missing
- loading/saving
Editor
- edit heightmap
- place entities on map

CAVEZ of PHEAR is a boulder dash / digger like game for console / terminals using ncurses. The goal of CAVEZ of PHEAR is to escape through the caves by collecting diamonds and avoid falling stones.

GCompris is an educational software which propose different activities to kids from 2 to 10. Some activities are game oriented, but always educational. You will find some activities in the following topics:
- computer discovery: keyboard, mouse, different mouse gesture, ...
- algebra: table memory, enumeration, double entry table, mirror image, ...
- science: the canal lock, the water cycle, the submarine, ...
- geography: place the country on the map
- games: chess, memory, ...
- reading: reading practice
- other: learn to tell time, puzzle of famous paintings, vector drawing, ...
GCompris project proposes more than 60 activities and it continues to evolves. GCompris is a free software, you have the possibility to adapt it to your needs or to improve it, and, why not, to share your work with the kids of all the world.
GCompris intent is to provide a central location where a user can find different kind of small educational content called boards.
Today there is already a lot of free software that provides a small education content. Unfortunatly, it is difficult to track, intall and use them because they do not evolve at the same speed and offer their own user interface.
GCompris aims to provide a unique user interface that gives access to different boards.
GCompris is part of the GNU project.
Once started, GCompris presents a graphical view that includes from top to bottom:
1. Boards icon list Each icon represent a board. When you move the mouse over them, they are highlighted and the name and description of the board is displayed in the board description area.
2. Boards description area Display a small description of what the highlited board icon is about. Note that the descriptions are internationalized which means translated in a target language (See section Internationalization Issues for more information on Internationalization).
3. Control bar: The control bar is always present in GCompris. This icons are contextual which means that when an icon is not meaningfull in a specific context, it is simply not displayed. The control bar contains the icons from left to right:
1. Help: In some case, a board can be too complex to be described in the Board description area. In this case this will provide access to the additionnal instructions.
2. Level: Some boards provide different level. The number of levels is board dependant.
3. OK: Some boards do not automatically detect that the child has finish the given task. Clicking here is similar to entering RET on the keyboard and thus the RET key is a shortcut.
4. End: End the current board if any, otherwise Exit GCompris. When entered at the board menu level, it will create a dialog window to confirm the Exit of GCompris.
5. About: Display the about box for gcompris with the version number, the author, the licence and links to online resources.
6. Configure: Display the configuration box for gcompris. Configuration can be done at gcompris level when no boards is selected. If a board is selected, it can provides configuration options. Configuration is persistent and saved in the gnome file in the user home directory under .gnome/gcompris.
Whats New in 8.3.3 Stable Release:
- GCompris was asserting when you clicked on the target image in the missingletter activity.
- GCompris was unstable in Spanish and in any locale where there are no spoken congratulation.
- Even if they were present, audio congratulations were not played on Windows.
- All of these problems were fixed.