Software

From MTS-Wiki

Introduction

Mount Tamar School encourages the use of 'Open Source' Software. Below there is a list of the software used at Mount Tamar School along with some 'how to' information.

We use a Gentoo [1] based linux installation for all the curriculum computers. Staff laptops are supplied with Microsoft Windows XP and the 'Open Source' and free software is installed as required. Some staff have dual-booted with Linux distributions such as OpenSuse [2] and Kbuntu [3].

Different desktops are available to pupils; KDE [4], Gnome [5] and XfCE [6] are the most popular ones used.

The software is primarily 'Open Source' with some free software added in for good measure.

Software Categories

• Linux Operating Systems
  • Gentoo http://www.Gentoo.org
  • OpenSuse http://en.opensuse.org/Welcome_to_openSUSE.org
  • Kubuntu http://www.kubuntu.com/
• Non-Linux Operating Systems

NB: Other operating systems are available for a cost and will not be listed here!

• Development
  • Freemind - http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
  • Eclipse
  • nVu - http://www.nvu.com/
• Office
  • Kontact
  • Adobe Reader - http://www.adobe.com/
  • Evolution
  • KAddressBook
  • KOrganiser
  • OpenOffice Suite - http://www.openoffice.org/
  • Scribus - http://www.scribus.net
• Graphics
  • Blender - http://www.blender.org/
  • Inkscape - http://www.inkscape.org/
  • KolourPaint
  • POVRay
  • QCad
  • Krita
  • Kwickshow
  • OpenOffice Draw - http://www.openoffice.org/
  • The Gimp - http://www.gimp.org/
  • Wink - http://www.debugmode.com/wink/
  • DigiCam
• Internet
  • Ekiga - http://www.gnomemeeting.org/
  • Mozilla Firefox - http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
  • Mozilla Thunderbird - http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/
  • Skype - http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/helloagain.html
  • Qnext - http://www.qnext.com
• Multimedia
  • Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
  • Hydrogen - http://www.hydrogen-music.org/
  • Lives - video editing software - http://lives.sourceforge.net/
  • K3b - http://www.k3b.org/
  • KMix
  • Kaffeine - http://kaffeine.sourceforge.net/
  • Real Player - http://uk.real.com/realmusic/
  • Cinelerra - http://heroinewarrior.com/cinelerra.php3
• Educational
  • Stellarium - http://www.stellarium.org/
  • Celestia - http://www.shatters.net/celestia/
  • KTurtle - http://edu.kde.org/
• Other
  • Java - http://www.java.com/en/
  • Shockwave - http://www.adobe.com/
  • Flash - http://www.adobe.com/
  • Google Earth - http://earth.google.com/
  • AVG - antivirus software - http://www.grisoft.com/
  • MARY - Text to Speech software - http://mary.dfki.de/download
• Non Free software
  • ArtRage - http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html
• Server based software (so that everyone can access and share it)
  • Asterisk - VoIP telephony software - http://www.asterisk.org/
  • MediaWiki - Wiki Software - http://www.mediawiki.org
  • Moodle - VLE Software - http://moodle.org/
• Online software - a web browser is required to access this software
  • Ajax - online software - http://www.ajaxlaunch.com/
  • TiddlyWiki - http://www.tiddlywiki.com/
  • VirtualEarth - http://dev.live.com/virtualearth/sdk/
• Digital Learning Resources - a web browser is required to access this software
  • SWGfL DLR
  • Mount Tamar School DLR Links