Projects

Marble

claimed by KDE

Marble is a Virtual Globe and World Atlas that you can use to learn more about Earth: You can pan and zoom around and you can look up places and roads. A mouse click on a place label will provide the respective Wikipedia article. Marble is also a light weight generic geographical map component ... [More] for use in your own Qt 4.x / C++ application. It is provided as a library, a QWidget and a KDE 4 KPart and hence can easily get integrated with KDE 4 or Qt 4 applications. By default MarbleWidget shows the earth as a sphere but doesn't make use of any hardware acceleration. [Less]

KStars

claimed by KDE

KStars is a graphical desktop planetarium for KDE. It provides an accurate simulation of the night sky, as seen from any location on Earth, on any date. It has a host of tools for every astronomer and astronomy enthusiast!

Kalzium

claimed by KDE

Kalzium is an application which will show you some information about the periodic system of the elements. Therefore you could use it as an information database. It also includes an equation solver and 3D viewer for molecules.

Schooltool

SchoolTool is a project to develop a common global school administration infrastructure that is freely available under an Open Source licence. SchoolTool will provide educators a robust and reliable means of managing their school or classroom, saving time on routine tasks like managing class ... [More] rosters, tracking student attendance, assessment and demographic information, helping teachers coordinate their schedules and reserve resources like projectors and computer labs. The system will be accessible through a web interface or specialized desktop applications. SchoolTool's interface will be easily translated for use around the world and accessible to people with disabilities. [Less]

AbulEdu LeTerrier

“Le Terrier d'AbulÉdu” covers a series of free software meant for schools and colleges : they have been created one by one, for the last past ten years, by teachers for other teachers. Since they were iniatilly meant to fit the AbulEdu networks, they are basically compatible with Debian ... [More] and Ubuntu, nearly always with GNU/Linux as well as Microsoft Windows, and partly with MacOS. Their specificity lies in the way they have been developped : instead of being a one-way work, each of them is the result of numerous exchanges, often for months, between teachers and developpers. Here is the reason why the abuledu-fr association has been created, in order to keep in touch with users and to maintain a strong link between both communities. [Less]

Kig

claimed by KDE

Kig is a program for exploring geometric constructions. It is meant as a better replacement for such free programs as KGeo, KSeg and Dr. Geo and commercial programs like Cabri. Kig is meant as a useful and powerful utility for high school students and teachers.

Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP)

Linux is an excellent environment for deploying diskless thin clients. Whether you are installing a 2nd workstation at home, 50 workstations in a CyberCafe or 500 workstations in a major university or corporation, the LTSP can help you be successful.

KmPlot

claimed by KDE

KmPlot is a mathematical function plotter. It has a powerful parser built in. You can plot different functions simultaneously and combine their function terms to build new functions. KmPlot supports functions with parameters and functions in polar coordinates. Several grid modes are possible. Plots ... [More] may be printed with high precision in correct scale. Features * powerful mathematical parser * precise metric printing * different plot types (functions, parametric, polar) * highly configurable visual settings (plot line, axes, grid) * export to bitmap format (BMP and PNG) and scalable vector graphics (SVG) * save/load complete session in readable xml format * trace mode: cross hair following plot, coordinates shown in the status bar support zooming and more. [Less]

Parley

claimed by KDE

Parley is a program to help you memorize things. Parley supports many language specific features but can be used for other learning tasks just as well. It uses the spaced repetition learning method, also known as flash cards. Features: * Different test types * Fast test setup with all options in ... [More] one dialog * More than two languages (for example English, Chinese Traditional and Chinese Simplified) * Find words (also by word type) quickly * Easy lesson management * Premade vocabulary files ready to use * Share and download vocabulary using Get Hot New Stuff * Open XML file format (shared with KWordQuiz, Kanagram and KHangMan) that can be edited by hand and is easily usable with scripts [Less]

RubyCampus

RubyCampus is a relationship management system for admissions, strategic enrollment management and alumni development. It has been designed for higher education to organize an institutions mission and its priorities; to assist it in student recruitment, increasing enrollment yields while refining ... [More] communications and improving overall campus diversity and student retention rates. It can also be used in conjunction with one or more e-Learning platforms such as Moodle and Sakai with built in synchronization features and tools. It is written in Ruby and is easy to install and use on Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, SunOS and BSD and offers a free and fully transparent open source alternative to commercial software. [Less]