FLOSS/FLOSS for Education
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(Redirected from FLOSS for Education)The types of software which may used in education is extremely broad. The most commonly used FLOSS in education is listed below.
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Administration and Office Productivity
[edit | edit source]- OpenOffice.org/Libreoffice
- OpenOffice.org Writer – WYSIWYG text editor
- OpenOffice.org Calc – spreadsheet
- OpenOffice.org Impress – presentation
- OpenOffice.org Math – equation editor
- OpenOffice.org Base – database
- Abiword
- KOffice
- KChart
- Kexi - an integrated environment for creating databases and database applications.
- KFormula - formula editor for KOffice
- Kivio - diagramming and flowcharting
- KPlato - project management
- KPresenter
- KSpread
- KWord
- OpenProj
Graphics
[edit | edit source]3D-modelling
[edit | edit source]- Blender 3D – heavy and powerful 3D-modelling software, there are Wikibooks, too
- POV Ray – Raytracing
raster graphics
[edit | edit source]vector graphics
[edit | edit source]- Inkscape – simple vector graphics editor
- Karbon14
- OpenOffice.org Draw
- QCAD
- Xara Xtreme – a bit tricky
Desktop Publishing
[edit | edit source]- Scribus – semi-professional layout program, needs some training
- Lyx – easy to use LaTeX (& other) editor without troubles about markup-syntax
Multimedia
[edit | edit source]Audio/Music
[edit | edit source]- Audacity – audio recording/editing with easy access to a bunch of filters/generators/etcpp
- Rosegarden – MIDI, and note editor
- Note Editor
Video
[edit | edit source]- Cinelara
- CinePaint
- Jahshaka
- Kino
- Kdenlive – non-linear video editor
- MythTV
- MPlayer
- VLC
Book and Library collections
[edit | edit source]- Alexandria
- Greenstone
- Koha