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Dora Scilipoti |
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Wed, 27 Jan 2016 23:26:46 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Dora Scilipoti <dora> 16/01/27 23:26:46
Modified files:
server/staging : free-software-for-education.html
Log message:
Add links.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/server/staging/free-software-for-education.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.2&r2=1.3
Patches:
Index: free-software-for-education.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/server/staging/free-software-for-education.html,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -b -r1.2 -r1.3
--- free-software-for-education.html 25 Jan 2016 18:29:12 -0000 1.2
+++ free-software-for-education.html 27 Jan 2016 23:26:45 -0000 1.3
@@ -43,186 +43,201 @@
<p>[INTRODUCTION]</p>
<table>
-<thead>
-<tr>
-<th>Category</th>
-<th>Free/libre program</th>
-<th>Features</th>
-<th>Replacement for (Google)</th>
-<th>Replacement for (Microsoft)</th>
-</tr>
-</thead>
-
-<tbody>
-<tr>
-<td>Operating systems</td>
-<td>Trisquel GNU/Linux</td>
-<td>Composed exclusively of software that respects your freedom.</td>
-<td>ChromeOS</td>
-<td>Windows (any version)</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>Web browsers</td>
-<td>GNOME Web (also known as Epiphany), GNU IceCat</td>
-<td>These browsers do not track users.</td>
-<td>Chrome</td>
-<td>Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>Office</td>
-<td>LibreOffice, Collabora Online Development Edition (collaborative editing,
-browser-based)</td>
-<td>Documents are not uploaded to third-party servers by default.</td>
-<td>Google Docs, Sheets, Slides</td>
-<td>Microsoft Office, Office 365</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>E-learning platforms</td>
-<td>Moodle</td>
-<td>Entirely self-hosted. Manage classrooms and courses, give lessons and
-assignments, create groups, take tests, synchronize data and collaborate in
-forums, chats and wikis.</td>
-<td>Google Classroom</td>
-<td>----</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>File synchronization</td>
-<td>ownCloud</td>
-<td>Entirely self-hosted. Allows collaborative document editing and
-bookmark synchronization as well.</td>
-<td>Google Drive, Calendar, Contacts</td>
-<td>OneDrive, Outlook</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>Media sharing</td>
-<td>GNU MediaGoblin</td>
-<td>Entirely self-hosted. Can share all kinds of media in safety.</td>
-<td>Youtube, Google Photos, Picasa</td>
-<td>----</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>Email</td>
-<td>Kolab</td>
-<td>Entirely self-hosted. Complete groupware solution which includes email,
-calendar, address books, file synching and tasks. Clients are based on
-Roundcube (web interface) by default but any other email client can be used.
-This way, only the school can read the students' mail, and nobody else.</td>
-<td>Gmail, Google Calendar, Contacts, Google Drive</td>
-<td>Outlook, Live</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>Chat (audio,video, text)</td>
-<td>Jitsi, Jitsi Meet (browser-based)</td>
-<td>Entirely self-hosted
-(<a href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Prosody";>Prosody</a>
-is recommended as a XMPP server) and browser-based. Students can chat
-across many platforms without their faces being scanned by facial
-recognition algorithms and their voice and text being recorded.</td>
-<td>Google Hangouts</td>
-<td>Skype</td>
-</tr>
+ <thead>
+ <tr>
+ <th>Category</th>
+ <th>Free/libre program</th>
+ <th>Features</th>
+ <th>Replacement for (Google)</th>
+ <th>Replacement for (Microsoft)</th>
+ </tr>
+ </thead>
+
+ <tbody>
+ <tr>
+ <td>Operating systems</td>
+ <td><a href="https://trisquel.info/";>Trisquel GNU/Linux</td>
+ <td>Composed exclusively of software that respects your freedom.</td>
+ <td>ChromeOS, ChromiumOS</td>
+ <td>Windows (any version)</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>Web browsers</td>
+ <td><a href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Epiphany";>Web</a> <br /> <br
/>
+ <a href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/IceCat";>GNU IceCat</a></td>
+ <td>These browsers do not track users.</td>
+ <td>Chrome, Chromium</td>
+ <td>Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>Office</td>
+ <td><a href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/LibreOffice";>LibreOffice</a>
<br /><br />
+ <a href="https://www.collaboraoffice.com/code/";>
+ Collabora Online Development Edition</a> (collaborative editing,
+ browser-based)</td>
+ <td>Documents are not uploaded to third-party servers by default.</td>
+ <td>Google Docs, Sheets, Slides</td>
+ <td>Microsoft Office, Office 365</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>E-learning platforms</td>
+ <td><a href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Moodle";>Moodle</a></td>
+ <td>Entirely self-hosted. Manage classrooms and courses, give lessons
and
+ assignments, create groups, take tests, synchronize data and
+ collaborate in forums, chats and wikis.</td>
+ <td>Google Classroom</td>
+ <td>----</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>File synchronization</td>
+ <td><a href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Owncloud";>ownCloud</a></td>
+ <td>Entirely self-hosted. Allows collaborative document editing and
+ bookmark synchronization as well.</td>
+ <td>Google Drive, Calendar, Contacts</td>
+ <td>OneDrive, Outlook</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>Media sharing</td>
+ <td><a href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Mediagoblin";>GNU
MediaGoblin</a></td>
+ <td>Entirely self-hosted. Can share all kinds of media in safety.</td>
+ <td>Youtube, Google Photos, Picasa</td>
+ <td>----</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>Email</td>
+ <td><a href="https://kolab.org/";>Kolab</a></td>
+ <td>Entirely self-hosted. Complete groupware solution which includes
+ email, calendar, address books, file synching and tasks. Clients
+ are based on Roundcube (web interface) by default but any other
+ email client can be used. This way, only the school can read the
+ students' mail, and nobody else.</td>
+ <td>Gmail, Google Calendar, Contacts, Google Drive</td>
+ <td>Outlook, Live</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>Chat (audio,video, text)</td>
+ <td><a href="https://jitsi.org/";>Jitsi</a>,
+ <a href="https://jitsi.org/Projects/JitsiMeet";>Jitsi Meet</a>
+ (browser-based)</td>
+ <td>Entirely self-hosted
+ (<a href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Prosody";>Prosody</a>
+ is recommended as a XMPP server) and browser-based. Students can
+ chat across many platforms without their faces being scanned by
+ facial recognition algorithms and their voice and text being
+ recorded.</td>
+ <td>Google Hangouts</td>
+ <td>Skype</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>Games</td>
+ <td><a href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Minetest";>Minetest</a></td>
+ <td></td>
+ <td>----</td>
+ <td>Minecraft</td>
+ </tr>
-</tbody>
+ </tbody>
</table>
<p>Here's some additional free software which does not necessarily replace
a proprietary counterpart but can be very useful to students and teachers:</p>
<table>
-<thead>
-<tr>
-<th>Category</th>
-<th>Free/libre program</th>
-<th>Description</th>
-</tr>
-</thead>
-
-<tbody>
-<tr>
-<td rowspan="5">Art, graphics and design</td>
-<td>Blender</td>
-<td>3D suite which includes a video editor and a game engine
-that can be used without programming (via logic blocks.)</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>FreeCAD</td>
-<td>High-quality parametric 3D CAD modeler.</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>GIMP</td>
-<td>Graphics editor suitable for image retouching, editing and drawing
-(<a href="/education/edu-software-gimp.html">case study</a>.)</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>Krita</td>
-<td>Fully featured, easy to use digital painting program, suitable for
-students and professionals alike.</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>Tux Paint</td>
-<td>Graphics editor aimed at young children
-(<a href="/education/edu-software-tuxpaint.html">case study</a>.)</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td rowspan="1">Games and educational activities</td>
-<td>GCompris</td>
-<td>Educational software suite comprising of numerous activities for
-children aged 2 to 10
-(<a href="/education/edu-software-gcompris.html">case study</a>.)</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td rowspan="1">Maths</td>
-<td>GNU Octave</td>
-<td>High-level interpreted language similar to proprietary MATLAB,
-primarily intended for numerical computations.</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td rowspan="3">Music</td>
-<td>GNU Solfege</td>
-<td>Ear and music training program.</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>LMMS</td>
-<td>Professional-grade (but easy to use) music creation software and
-digital audio workstation.</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>MuseScore</td>
-<td>Fully featured scorewriter, with support for MIDI playback.</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td rowspan="2">Programming</td>
-<td>GDevelop</td>
-<td>Codeless game development tool based on drag and drop.
-Ideal to teach students programming concepts while having fun.</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>Racket</td>
-<td>Battery-included programming language and environment
-suitable for both students and Lisp/Scheme wizards.
-Despite it being a fully-featured functional programming language,
-it was designed to be educational.</td>
-</tr>
+ <thead>
+ <tr>
+ <th>Category</th>
+ <th>Free/libre program</th>
+ <th>Description</th>
+ </tr>
+ </thead>
+
+ <tbody>
+ <tr>
+ <td rowspan="5">Art, graphics and design</td>
+ <td><a href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Blender";>Blender</a></td>
+ <td>3D suite which includes a video editor and a game engine
+ that can be used without programming (via logic blocks.)</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/FreeCAD";>FreeCAD</a></td>
+ <td>High-quality parametric 3D CAD modeler.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/GIMP";>GIMP</a></td>
+ <td>Graphics editor suitable for image retouching, editing and drawing
+ (<a href="/education/edu-software-gimp.html">case study</a>.)</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Krita";>Krita</a></td>
+ <td>Fully featured, easy to use digital painting program, suitable for
+ students and professionals alike.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/TuxPaint";>Tux Paint</a></td>
+ <td>Graphics editor aimed at young children
+ (<a href="/education/edu-software-tuxpaint.html">case
study</a>.)</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td rowspan="1">Games and educational activities</td>
+ <td><a href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Gcompris";>GCompris</a></td>
+ <td>Educational software suite comprising of numerous activities for
+ children aged 2 to 10
+ (<a href="/education/edu-software-gcompris.html">case
study</a>.)</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td rowspan="1">Maths</td>
+ <td><a href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Octave";>GNU Octave</a></td>
+ <td>High-level interpreted language similar to proprietary MATLAB,
+ primarily intended for numerical computations.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td rowspan="3">Music</td>
+ <td><a href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Solfege";>GNU Solfege</a></td>
+ <td>Ear and music training program.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a
href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Linux_Multimedia_studio";>LMMS</a></td>
+ <td>Professional-grade (but easy to use) music creation software and
+ digital audio workstation.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/MuseScore";>MuseScore</a></td>
+ <td>Fully featured scorewriter, with support for MIDI playback.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td rowspan="2">Programming</td>
+ <td><a href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/GDevelop";>GDevelop</a></td>
+ <td>Codeless game development tool based on drag and drop.
+ Ideal to teach students programming concepts while having fun.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Racket";>Racket</a></td>
+ <td>Battery-included programming language and environment
+ suitable for both students and Lisp/Scheme wizards.
+ Despite it being a fully-featured functional programming language,
+ it was designed to be educational.</td>
+ </tr>
-</tbody>
+ </tbody>
</table>
<p>Do you know more free programs suited for students? If so, please
@@ -287,7 +302,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
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-$Date: 2016/01/25 18:29:12 $
+$Date: 2016/01/27 23:26:45 $
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</p>
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