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Introduction
openSUSE Education team is proud to present openSUSE-Edu Li-f-e(Linux for Education) based on openSUSE 11.2. We are for the first time using "hybrid" iso image, single iso can be used to create live DVD or USB stick.
The iso image is created using the same KIWI imaging technology that is used to create official openSUSE medias.
This release includes carefully selected softwares for students, educators as well as parents. The software selection encompasses everything required to make computers productive for either home or educational use.
The Live DVD contains KIWI-LTSP server that can be enabled even by non-technical user, with tons of applications from openSUSE Education repository. With the KIWI-LTSP server you can PXE(network) boot other PCs to use this live DVD without installing or modifying anything on them. Booting from hard disk again will leave those PCs as they were.(Please note that running LTSP from Live DVD/USB is meant for demo/testing purpose only, install on the hard disk to use it in production).
This distribution includes LAMP (LAMP stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) that is needed for developing or hosting PHP websites and all other major development tools. An award-winning Sugar desktop for children is also included in this media.
The aim of this DVD is to provide complete education and development resources for parents, students, teachers as well as IT admins running labs at educational institutes, if you think there is something missing that you absolutely must have on the DVD, drop us a line in Education/Talk:Live or on the bugzilla.
Screenshots
Check out full image gallery and complete list of applications that you can expect to see on the DVD.
Software
Note: Some packages may be removed due to major bugs.
Educational
To learn more, click on the link's below:
- Avogadro (avogadro) - A molecular design tool
- Brain Workshop (brainworkshop) - A Dual N-Back mental exercise
- Chemtool (chemtool) - A program for Drawing 2D Organic Molecules
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- Childsplay (childsplay) - An educational software suite for young children
- Dr. Geo (drgeo) - An interactive geometry software program
- Euler (euler) - An interactive mathematical programming environment
- GCompris (gcompris) - An educational software suite for young children
- gElemental (gelemental) - A periodic Table Viewer
- iGNUit (ignuit) - A general purpose flash card program
- iTalc (italc) - A powerful software for Linux-networks and for teachers using the computer as didactical tool in their lessons
- jMemorize (jMemorize) - A general purpose flash card program
- K3DSurf (k3dsurf) - A program to visualize and manipulate multidimensional surfaces
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- Klavaro (klavaro) - Typing tutor for young children
- KLogic (klogic) - A digital circuit simulation
- KSEG (kseg) - A Simulator of Euclidean Geometry
- KSimus (ksimus) - A Simulation, Automation, and Visualization of Electrical Circuits
- KTechlab (ktechlab) - A development and simulation environment for microcontrollers
- Little Wizard (littlewizard) - Development Environment for Children based on Pascal
- Multiplication Puzzle (gmult) - A math game to solve a multiplication problem
- Multiplication Station (MultiplicationStation) - Add, subtract and multiply exercises
- Plutimikation (plutimikation) - A math learning game for children
- QCAD (qcad) - An Open-source 2D CAD System
- Score Reading Trainer (score-reading-trainer) - A program to improve your musical score reading skills
- Stellarium (stellarium) - An astronomical Sky Simulator
- TkGate (tkgate) - An Event driven digital circuit simulator with a tcl/tk interface
- TuxMath (tuxmath) - An educational math tutor game
- TuxMathScrabble (TuxMathScrabble) - Add, subtract and multiply in a scrabble like game
- TuxPaint (tuxpaint) - A Drawing Program for Young Children
- TuxType (tuxtype) - An educational typing tutor for children
- wxMaxima (wxMaxima) - A cross platform GUI for the computer algebra system maxima
- XaoS (xaos) - A powerful fractal generator
- XDrawChem (xdrawchem) - A 2D molecule drawing program
- XLogo (xlogo) - A Logo interpreter
- YACAS (yacas) - A computer algebra system and programming language
Educational Server
- openSIS - openSIS is a web-based, open source, student management product
- Moodle - Moodle is a course management system (CMS)
- OpenBiblio - OpenBiblio is an easy to use, automated library system written in PHP containing OPAC, circulation, cataloging, and staff administration functionality
- ATutor - ATutor is an Open Source Web-based Learning Content Management System (LCMS/LMS) designed with accessibility and adaptability in mind
- FreeSMS - Web application for managing an educational facility
Graphics and Publishing
- Inkscape - Vector Graphics programme to replace CorelDraw
- Blender - 3D Animation and modeling software
- XaraLX - Vector Graphics programme to replace CorelDraw
- Scribus - Desktop Publisher
- GIMP - Image manipulation Prorgamme
KIWI-LTSP
This Live DVD includes KIWI-LTSP server. To Test the KIWI-LTSP Server follow the Quick start guide. Up to 5 users can be logged in to the live LTSP server (You will need minimum 512MB RAM+200M per additional user). More users can be added after installing on hard disk.
To test iTalc with LTSP, double-click iTalc icon after booting clients.
Network booting(PXE) clients directly from the PC running this live DVD will give access to all of the applications on the DVD as well as all Desktop Environments.
User accounts and passwords
To test the Live KIWI-LTSP users can login from terminals as linux1-linux5, password is linux. For root there is no password.
To Learn more about KIWI-LTSP click the link below:
Development Tools
To learn more about Development Tool's click the link's below:
- LAMP (lamp) - An open-source Web development platform.Live DVD Contains the following components: Apache-2 version 2.2.10, MySQL version 5.0.67, PHP version 5.2.9.
- Bluej (bluej) - An easy-to-use teaching environment for the Java language
- Bwbasic (bwbasic) - It is an ideal language for beginners
- Eclipse (eclipse) - An open source community, whose projects are focused on building an open development platform comprised of extensible frameworks, tools and runtimes for building, deploying and managing software across the lifecycle
- NetBeans (netbeans) - Rock solid software development product
- Monodevelop (Mono) - MonoDevelop is an Integrated Development Environment for C#, Boo, IronPython and Visual Basic developers that want to move their development environment to Linux
- Anjuta (Anjuta) - Anjuta is a versatile Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for C and C++ on GNU/Linux.
- Subversion is an open source version control system
- Git is an open source version control system designed to handle very large projects with speed and efficiency
- CVS is an open source version control system on it's way out
- OSC is openSUSE Build Service CLI
Sugar
The award-winning Sugar Learning Platform promotes collaborative learning through Sugar Activities that encourage critical thinking, the heart of a quality education. Designed from the ground up especially for children, Sugar offers an alternative to traditional “office-desktop” software.
To learn more about sugar click the link below:
And a lot more
- Moonshine to play Windows Media out of box(To get full multimedia see this page)
- Empathy messaging platform
- Nomad for unmatched remote desktop experience on Linux platform
- VYM mind map application
- Latest Wine to run windows applications on Linux
- Dosbox for dos applications
- Gwibber, a twitter and identi.ca client
- Gobby is a free collaborative editor supporting multiple documents in one session and a multi-user chat
- Abiword with collaboration feature for word processing
- Openoffice.Org Novell Edition with improved interoperability
- Compiz 0.8.4 The latest stable release including "unsupported" plugins for the adventurous
- Compcache enabled to give extra RAM by using part of RAM as compressed swap device
Documentation
Check out /usr/share/doc for complete course presentation of Gujarat State Education Board curriculum, openSUSE Manual and Course wares for 6200 and 6201
Download
Use download manager or metalink client such as aria2c for most efficient way to download.
Image with multimedia packs
Hosted at opensuse-education.org
Direct Download|metalink|torrent|md5sum
Hosted on sourceforge.net
Free/Libre image without multimedia codecs
Creating live USB stick
See Live_USB_stick for instructions on creating live USB stick out of openSUSE-Edu-Li-f-e and openSUSE-Sugar iso images.
Minimum System Requirement
Any PC or a Virtual Machine with 512M RAM. PC should have a DVD drive or should be USB boot capable.
Installation Guide
Here is a guide to get the li-f-e DVD installed
Known issues
- When partitioning disk keep / partition minimum 10G otherwise install will fail.
- If compiz(Desktop Effects) is enabled on unsupported hardware the system may lock up or get white screen, so do not enable it or if you did it by mistake, remove the compiz-manager script by running the following after loging in as root from tty2 (Ctrl+Alt+F2):
rm /usr/bin/compiz-manager

