Best of breed list for HP

James Tremblay aka SLEducator <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.suse.schools.usa
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
We need to evaluate this list and create a best of breed sublist.
Please, if you have experience with one of these programs, even if bad,
speak up.
We need you help to determine which ones should be suggested to HP and
possible an SLE version of our
project. 
Please add comments underneath each title:


    3D

    * Art of illusion <http://www.artofillusion.org/> - a free, open
      source 3D modelling and rendering studio
    * *Blender <http://www.blender.org/> (blender
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Blender>)* - A powerful software program
      for 3D modeling, animation, rendering Official repo
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Suse-l.png> from 12 years
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk12.png>

[edit
<http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit&section=2>]


    Astro

    * *Celestia <http://celestia.sourceforge.net/> (celestia
      <http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Celestia&action=edit>)* -
      An OpenGL Space Simulator KDE-Application
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Kde-l.png> from 12 years
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk12.png>

[edit
<http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit&section=3>]


    Audio

    * *Audacity <http://audacity.sourceforge.net/> (audacity
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Audacity>)* - A powerful digital audio
      editor Gnome-Application
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Gnome-l.png> Official repo
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Suse-l.png> from 12 years
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk12.png>

[edit
<http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit&section=4>]


    BitTorrent

    * Azureus <http://azureus.sourceforge.net/> - Azureus implements the
      BitTorrent protocol using java language and comes bundled with
      many invaluable features

[edit
<http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit&section=5>]


    Editor

    * Abiword <http://www.abisource.com/> - an award winning, small,
      fast, featureful and crossplatform word processor

[edit
<http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit&section=6>]


    Edu-Admin

    * FET <http://www.lalescu.ro/liviu/fet/> - open source free software
      for automatically scheduling the timetable of a school,
      high-school or university
    * KeePass <http://keepass.info/> - KeePass is a free/open-source
      password manager or safe which helps you to manage your passwords
      in a secure way
    * Open Admin for Schools <http://richtech.ca/openadmin/> - a School
      Administration Program.
    * openSIS <http://www.opensis.com/> - a free student information
      system for public and non-public schools. 

[edit
<http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit&section=7>]


    Educational

    * *Little Wizard <http://littlewizard.sourceforge.net/>
      (littlewizard <http://en.opensuse.org/Littlewizard>)* -
      Development Environment for Children based on Pascal
      Gnome-Application <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Gnome-l.png> from
      6 years <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk6.png>
    * *Multiplication Station <http://www.asymptopia.org/>
      (MultiplicationStation
      <http://en.opensuse.org/MultiplicationStation>)* - Add, subtract
      and multiply exercises from 6 years
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk6.png>

[edit
<http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit&section=8>]


    Edu game

    * *Childsplay <http://childsplay.sourceforge.net/> (childsplay
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Childsplay>)* - An educational software
      suite for young children from 0 years
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk0.png>
    * *GCompris <http://gcompris.net/> (gcompris
      <http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Gcompris&action=edit>)* -
      An educational software suite for young children Gnome-Application
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Gnome-l.png> from 6 years
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk6.png>
    * *jMemorize <http://jmemorize.org/> (jMemorize
      <http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=JMemorize&action=edit>)* -
      A general purpose flash card program Java-Application
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Java-l.png> from 6 years
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk6.png>
    * *TuxType <http://tuxtype.sourceforge.net/> (tuxtype
      <http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Tuxtype&action=edit>)* -
      An educational typing tutor for children from 6 years
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk6.png>
    * *TuxMath <http://tux4kids.alioth.debian.org/> (tuxmath
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Tuxmath>)* - An educational math tutor
      game from 6 years <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk6.png>
    * *TuxMathScrabble <http://www.asymptopia.org/> (TuxMathScrabble
      <http://en.opensuse.org/TuxMathScrabble>)* - Add, subtract and
      multiply in a scrabble like game from 6 years
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk6.png>
    * *TuxWordSmith <http://www.asymptopia.org/> (TuxWordSmith
      <http://en.opensuse.org/TuxWordSmith>)* - Learn languages in a
      scrabble like game from 6 years
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk6.png>

[edit
<http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit&section=9>]


    File

    * Filezilla <http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/> -  fast and
      reliable FTP client and server
    * TrueCrypt <http://www.truecrypt.org/> - Free open-source disk
      encryption software

[edit
<http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit&section=10>]


    Image

    * *GIMP <http://www.gimp.org/> (gimp <http://en.opensuse.org/Gimp>)*
      - A powerful raster graphics editor Gnome-Application
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Gnome-l.png> Official repo
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Suse-l.png> from 12 years
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk12.png>
    * *Inkscape <http://www.inkscape.org/> (inkscape
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Inkscape>)* - A powerful vector graphics
      editor Gnome-Application
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Gnome-l.png> Official repo
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Suse-l.png> from 12 years
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk12.png>

[edit
<http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit&section=11>]


    Project Management

    * GanttProject <http://www.ganttproject.biz/> - a free and easy to
      use Gantt chart based project scheduling and management tool

[edit
<http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit&section=12>]


    RSS

    * RSSOwl <http://www.rssowl.org/> - RSS reader that collects data
      from RSS-compliant sites

[edit
<http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit&section=13>]


    Score

    * *MuseScore <http://mscore.sourceforge.net/> (musescore
      <http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Musescore&action=edit>)* -
      A WYSIWYG music score typesetter KDE-Application
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Kde-l.png> from 12 years
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk12.png>

[edit
<http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit&section=14>]


    Special

    * AMANDA <http://www.amanda.org/> - the Advanced Maryland Automatic
      Network Disk Archiver, is a backup system

[edit
<http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit&section=15>]


    Video

    * Avidemux <http://avidemux.org/> - a free video editor designed for
      simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks
    * CamStudio <http://camstudio.org/> - record all screen and audio
      activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video
      files
    * Cinerella <http://cinelerra.org/> - Cinelerra does primarily 3
      things: capturing, compositing, and editing audio and video with
      sample level accuracy. It's a movie studio in a box.
    * DVDStyler <http://www.dvdstyler.de/> - a cross-platform DVD
      authoring application
    * VLC Media Player <http://www.videolan.org/vlc/> - a highly
      portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats 

[edit
<http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit&section=16>]


    Vizualize

    * *Dia <http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/> (dia
      <http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Dia&action=edit>)* - A
      diagram creation program Gnome-Application
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Gnome-l.png> Official repo
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Suse-l.png> from 12 years
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk12.png>

[edit
<http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit&section=17>]


    VPN

    * openVPN <http://openvpn.net/> - a full-featured SSL VPN solution
      which can accomodate a wide range of configurations, including
      remote access, site-to-site VPNs, WiFi security, and
      enterprise-scale remote access solutions 

[edit
<http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit&section=18>]


    Web Publish

    * *eXe eLearning <http://exelearning.org/> (exelearning
      <http://en.opensuse.org/Exelearning>)* - An eLearning XHTML editor
      Gnome-Application <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Gnome-l.png> from
      12 years <http://en.opensuse.org/Image:Fsk12.png>

[edit
<http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=Education/Applications/Best_Of&action=edit&section=19>]


    Web-Based

    * Asymptopia Crossword Builder
      <http://www.asymptopia.org/staticpages/index.php?page=MathCrosswordBuilder>
      - a JavaScript education application that runs in any modern
      internet browser
    * Claroline <http://www.claroline.net/> - a Web Based Course
      Management System. It allows teachers (professors, lecturers...)
      to create and administer course websites through a browser
    * ClaSS <http://www.laex.org/class/> - A complete student tracking,
      reporting and information management system
    * Koha <http://koha.org/> - Koha Classic sets the standard in
      open-source library automation.
    * Sakai <http://sakaiproject.org/portal> -  includes many of the
      features common to course management systems, including document
      distribution, a gradebook, discussion, live chat, assignment
      uploads, and online testing.
    * School Tool <http://www.schooltool.org/> - will eventually take
      care of all aspects of school administration


-- 
James A. Tremblay
openSIS Product Specialist
http://www.os4ed.com
http://www.opensis.com
e-mail james "at" os4ed.com
Phone (678)392-4031
Registered Linux user #440182
openSUSE-Education founder
http://en.opensuse.org/education
e-mail sleducator "at" opensuse.org
lmpx.com only provides a reader for public news (NNTP) servers. It is not affiliated with the servers or forums shown here and is not responsible for the content of articles, which is written by their respective authors.