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Freeduc-primary, a live-cd for primary school

Until now — and probably for a while in most heads — the GNU/Linux system at school has been perceived as a good replacement of other proprietary servers. However the server is probably the least important things in term of freedom in a school network. It doesn't allow a teacher to share a workstation software with students. Supporting GNU/Linux in the workstation side can grant higher freedom and liberty between users in a school.. Therefore, OFSET has setup Freeduc, a tool to help to list, to evaluate and to package only free — non GPL exclusive - edu soft.

Informations

You are reading the Freeduc-cd 1.5 page, a primary school version.

This version had been produced thanks to the support of the Computer Center of the National Taiwan Universitity (NTU). NTU has provided a server and its hosting for the colloborative development of Freeduc-cd. We thank them for this support for free software development.

You can also read the Freeduc-cd 1.4 page, a version produced with the help of UNESCO: Freeduc-cd, a live-cd for education

Some information relative to Freeduc-cd: This documentation is also present in the Freeduc-cd in interactive form.

The Freeduc CD

Freeduc pochette

What is it?

We have built a live Freeduc system on CD-ROM which doesn't need any installation to be used. From the user point of view the system use XFCE and the applications are available from various drawers.

The idea of the live Freeduc system on CD-ROM is to let the end user — mainly teacher — to easily access the free education application.

From a technical point of view, it is based on KNOPPIX/Debian, this gives us the possibility to easily add and to package additional software.

The list of installed packages in Freeduc-cd 1.5.

Latest update

The last version is 1.5, it a special version for primary school. It has been produced on collaboration with the CRDP d'Aquitaine/CDDP des Landes and the teacher volunteer group of AbulEdu.

How to get Freeduc-cd?

You have two options to get the Freeduc-cd. You can download it or you can get it in the form of a cute packaging with written instructions (only French for now but the CD is international) by becoming an OFSET member.

Download

We provide on the net the ISO images of the auto executable and source CD-ROM. The auto executable CD-ROM is hosted at Source Forge, the source CD-ROM are hosted by ourselves.

Packaged freeduc-cd

We want to encourage people to join the OFSET to support the development of free software in education. Therefore we annually offer a packaged version of the freeduc-cd to the OFSET members. To know how to become an OFSET member look at our members page.

Additionally, the CD-ROM of the source codes can be provided in exchange of a fee covering the charge. We keep copy of those CD and we are be able to provide them as long as it is necessary.

If you distribute the Freeduc executable CD, you must also distribute the Freeduc source CD or you must make an offer to get the physical CD, in order to comply with section 3 of the GNU GPL .

How to participate?

Screen shots

The following are screen shots taken from a live Freeduc session:

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Freeduc-cd 1.5 for primary school - welcome screen.

Freeduc 1.5, mathématiques
Mathematics applications: DrGeo, calculus, abacus.
Freeduc 1.5, multimédia
Multimedia and constructivism with Squeak.
Freeduc 1.5, logiciels pour les petits
GCompris and Mulot, discover the computer.
Freeduc 1.5, lecture et dictionnaire
Reading and writting with Aller, bilingual dictionary English-French.
Freeduc 1.5, l'aide intégrée
The cd-rom integrates an introductive documentation of the shipped software.
Freeduc 1.5, le gestionnaire de fichiers
ROX, the file manager, full featured and simple to use. Here a drag'n drop operation to a floppy disk.

They talk of Freeduc-cd in various languages

Other ressources and source code