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<karen>

Q: What's the deal with Linux?

A: Okay, I give up! Please talk Linux to me

Is this a new word for you?
THINK Operating System.
Start with the motherload

LINUX FAQ
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/Linux.html
Definition of Open Source
Schools change over to Linux, what they need to know.
Teaching teachers to make web pages.
Open Source Free Courseware Classroom Tools.
Security
Resources
Reference
Discussion Lists
Issues
Library Usage

LINUX FAQ
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/Linux.html
contains  at least 3x more than the following list:

Free Learning Applications and Tutorials
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/apps.html

Swiki* (http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/swiki/15)
A WikiWikiWeb written in Squeak. It turns any computer into a web
server for setting up wikis that can be used as collaborative webs.
Setting up virtual Wiki's takes less than two minutes. It runs on Mac,
Windows, Linux, etc.  and is a piece of cake to set up and get
running. While you wouldn't install this on every laptop, it's a
wonderful collaboration tool and, when installed on a machine with a
port to the Internet, allows students to log in and work in their
sites from anywhere. The new version, just released, has many new
features and better group and user management.

Rename*  http://www.1-4a.com/rename/ file renamer takes all of those
digital camera files with the same name and allows you to rename them
to something that makes sense. It also fits on a floppy and does not
need to be installed.

OpenOffice* (http://www.openoffice.org/)
This is an open source replacement for Microsoft Office. It includes a
word processor (to replace Word), spreadsheet (Excel), presentation
software (PowerPoint) and database (Access). It will open up Microsoft
Office files and save to Microsoft Office formats (except for the
database part, which is a bit more complicated than Access ... at
least for me!). It also has some cool features that Office doesn't
have, like saving Word documents as PDF files or saving PowerPoint
presentations as Flash files.

GIMP* (http://www.gimp.org/)
This is the only one of my list that I haven't used, but it comes to
me highly recommended, so I'll put it on here. From what I know, GIMP
is a powerful open source image-editing program that is comparable to
PhotoShop.

CmapTools (http://cmap.ihmc.us/)
Free software to create knowledge maps ... kind of like Inspiration. I
haven't played with this one a lot because my district purchased a
license for Inspiration, but I have been impressed the few times I
have used it. It doesn't look quite as easy to use as Inspiration, but
it has some unique sharing tools that Inspiration seems to lack. Even
though it's not open source, it is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Google Earth (http://earth.google.com/)
Many of you have probably seen or heard of this one. A GREAT tool for
viewing satellite images of the world. I have it on my laptop and will
show it to my students on the LCD projector once in a while ... they LOVE it.

Celestia* (http://www.shatters.net/celestia/)
Open source space simulation ("virtual planetarium") software. I've
only played with this one a little bit, but it looks amazing. Like
Google Earth, I think you have to have a pretty good computer to use it.

Mozilla Firefox* and Thunderbird* (http://www.mozilla.org/)
Web browser (Firefox) and e-mail client (Thunderbird) that are both
open source. Supposedly they are much more secure than Microsoft's
Internet Explorer and Outlook Express, although they both have their
own security issues. But they also have some neat features that
Microsoft's products don't. I use them all the time at home.

ZipGenius (http://www.zipgenius.it/)
Freeware ZIP file utility ... can archive files in ZIP format, and
expand ZIP files as well. VERY good user interface, and lots of
features. The suite version includes some other neat tools, too, like
FTP software and a password manager. I use this one all the time.

PrimoPDF (http://www.primopdf.com/)
Just found out about this one recently from a friend. It's a free PDF
converter. Basically it adds a printer to your system called PrimoPDF
... when you "print" to this printer, it actually creates a PDF file.
So in theory, it can be used with any program to create free PDF
files. I've only used it a little bit, but it seems to work very well so far.

The OpenCD http://www.theopencd.org/ project that creates a CD of open
source and freeware programs. In addition to the programs, the CD
includes a bootable version of the Linux operating system (which can
also be installed if you want to use Linux permanently). You can
download the entire CD image, which can then be burned easily onto a
CD, or you can download each program individually. Most of the
programs I've mentioned are on there, as are a few of the ones Alix
mentioned, too ... but they have many others that I haven't used
(including a few games!).

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