Educational Software

The My sCool Server houses a comprehensive software tool-set with an emphasis on conceptual learning. All tools are developed as open source projects by their respective communities. They are the best educational software available on Linux. Their usage promotes creativity and helps build a productive mindset.

The tools have been carefully curated by researching and validating their purpose and adoption in the school curriculum in several schools globally. These also form an integral part of the instruction medium in books by leading publishers in India.

Accessories

Byobu Terminal

Advanced command line and text window manager

Disks

Manage Drives and Media

Engrampa Archive Manager

Create and modify an archive

eXe

The extremely easy to use eLearning authoring tool

Galculator

Perform simple and scientific calculations

Gedit

Edit text files

Plank

Stupidly simple

Pluma Text Editor

Edit text files

Synapse

Search everything you do

Vim

Edit text files

Education

Avogadro

Advanced molecular editor

BASIC-256

Learn BASIC in an environment designed for young children

Blockly Games

A series of educational games that teach programming

Educational suite GCompris

Educational game for ages 2 to 10

GeoGebra

Create interactive mathematical constructions and applets

GNS3

GNS3 Graphical Network Simulator

GNU PSPP

Analyze statistical data with a free alternative to SPSS

KTurtle

Educational Programming Environment

OpenBoard

An interactive white board application

Periodic Table

View the periodic table of elements

Scilab

Scientific software package for numerical computations

Sugarizer

The leading learning platform. Find here a set of activities to create, play, learn and share.

Stellarium

Planetarium

Tux Math

Tux Math – Learn math with Tux!

Tux Paint

A drawing program for children

Tux Typing

Educational typing tutor game starring Tux

Games

AisleRiot Solitaire

Play many different solitaire games

Black Box

Deduce the positions of the balls by firing lasers

Bridges

Connect the islands together with bridges

Chess

Play the classic two-player board game of chess

Cube

Get all six blue squares on the six faces of the cube at the same time

Dominosa

Reconstruct the pattern by arranging the set of dominoes to match the provided array of numbers

Fifteen

Try to end up with the tiles in numerical order, with the space in the bottom right

Filling

Fill in digits so that each connected region of squares containing the same digit has an area equal to that digit

Five or More

Remove colored balls from the board by forming lines

Flip

Light all the squares up at the same time

Four-in-a-row

Make lines of the same color to win

Galaxies

Draw edges along the grid lines which divide the rectangle under certain rules

gbrainy

Play games that challenge your logic, verbal, calculation and memory abilities

Guess

Game similar to the famous ‘Mastermind’

Hitori

Play the Hitori puzzle game

Iagno

Dominate the board in a classic version of Reversi

Inertia

Collect all the gems without running into any mines

Keen

Game based on KenKen

Klotski

Slide blocks to solve the puzzle

Lights Off

Turn off all the lights

Light Up

Light up all the empty squares by placing light bulbs in some of them

Loopy

Draw lines around a digit according to the number in it

Magnets

Magnets puzzle game

Mahjongg

Disassemble a pile of tiles by removing matching pairs

Map

Colour each region with one of four colours so that no two regions sharing a boundary have the same colour

Mines

Clear hidden mines from a minefield

Mines

Clear hidden mines from a minefield

Net

Rotate every tile to fix the network

Netslide

Game combining the grid generation of Net with the movement of sixteen

Nibbles

Guide a worm around a maze

Pattern

Fill in the entire grid black or white

Pearl

Game based on Masyu

Pegs

Remove all but one of the pegs by jumping an adjacent peg over it

Quadrapassel

Fill falling blocks together

Range

Fill the grid so the range of each numbered square matches the number

Rectangles

Subdivide the grid into rectangles of various sizes following certain rules

Robots

Avoid the robots and make them crash into each other

Same Game

Clear the grid of coloured squares by highlighting contiguous regions of more than one coloured square

Signpost

Link the squares of a grid according to the arrows on them

Singles

Puzzle game based on Hitori

Sixteen

Game similar to Fifteen, but with a different type of move

Slant

Draw a diagonal line and choose which way each line slants

Solo

Sudoku game

Sudoku

Test your logic skills in this number grid puzzle

Swell Foop

Clear the screen by removing groups of colored and shaped tiles

Tali

Beat the odds in a poker-style dice game

Tents

Place tents in some of the remaining squares, under some conditions

Tetravex

Complete the puzzle by matching numbered tiles

Towers

Puzzle game based on Skyscrappers

Twiddle

Arrange the numbers into ascending order

Undead

Monster-placing puzzle

Unequal

Fully populate the grid with numbers under some conditions

Unruly

Black and white grid puzzle

Untangle

Position the points so that no line crosses another

Xboard

Chess Game

Graphics

Darktable

Organize and develop images from digital cameras

Dia

Edit your Diagrams

Eye of MATE Image Viewer

Browse and rotate images

GIMP Image Editor

Create images and edit photographs

Inkscape

Create and edit Scalable Vector Graphics images

MyPaint

Painting program for digital artists

Pencil

Sketching and GUI prototyping tool

R

R software environment for statistical computing and graphics

Scribus NG

Page Layout and Publication

Shotwell

Organize your photos

Synfig Studio

Create and edit 2D animations and compositions

Tupi: Open 2D Magic

2D Animation Toolkit

Internet

Epoptes

Epoptes computer lab administrative tool

Firefox Web Browser

Browse the World Wide Web

HexChat

Chat with other people online

Pidgin Internet Messenger

Chat over IM, Supports AIM, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, MSN, Yahoo and more

Remmina

Connect remote desktops

Thunderbird Mail

Send and receive mail with Thunderbird

Transmission

Download and share files over BitTorrent

Wireshark

Network traffic analyzer

Office

Atril Document Viewer

View multi-page documents

E-book reader

FBReader E-book reader

Freeplane

A free tool to structure and organise your information with mind mapping

GnuCash

Manage your finances, accounts, and investments

LibreOffice Base

Manage databases, create queries and reports to track and manage your information by using Base

LibreOffice Calc

Perform calculations, analyze information and manage lists in spreadsheets by using Calc

LibreOffice Draw

Create and edit drawings, flow charts, and logos by using Draw

LibreOffice Impress

Create and edit presentations for slideshows, meeting and Web pages by using impress

LibreOffice Math

Create and edit scientific formulas and equations by using Math

LibreOffice Writer

Create and edit text and graphics in letters, reports, documents and Web pages by using Writer

Sigil

ePUB file editor

Timetable Generator

Generate timetables for educational institutions

VYM-View Your Mind

Create mind maps

Programming

The My sCool Server is pre-loaded with the following programming languages – C, C++, Java, Perl, PHP, Python, R and databases MySQL / MariaDB, PostgreSQL (loaded on-demand). Below are the various programming environments which support programming in also HTML, HTML5, Javascript, Gambas (visual programming like Visual Basic) and more.

Bitmap to Component Converter

Create a component from a bitmap for use with KiCad

Blockly Games

A series of educational games that teach programming

Bluefish Editor

Web Development Editor

CvPcb

Assign footprints to symbols(part of KiCad)

Gambas

Integrated Development Environment

Eeschema

Design an electronic schematic

Geany

A fast and lightweight IDE using GTK+

GerbView

View gerber files

IDLE

Integrated Development and Learning Environment (IDLE) for Python

ipython

Enhanced interactive Python shell

KiCad

Design a printed circuit board

Kompozer

Create Web Pages

MonoDevelop

Develop .NET applications in an Integrated Development Environment

Pcb Calculator

Calculator for various electronics related computations

Pcbnew

Layout a printed circuit board

phpMyAdmin

MySQL administration via the Web

RStudio

An integrated development environment for R and Python

SciTE Text Editor

Edit your source files

Scratch

Programming system and content development tool

Squeak

Programming system and content development tool

tIDE

A fast and lightweight JAVA IDE

Sound & Video

Audacity

Record and edit audio files

Brasero

Create and copy CDs and DVDs

Cheese

Take photos and videos with your webcam, with fun graphical effects

Clementine

Play music and last.fm streams

Kazam

Record a video or take a screenshot of your screen

OpenShot Video Editor

Create and edit videos and movies

Rhythmbox

Play and organize your music collection

VLC media player

Read, capture, broadcast your multimedia streams

Herein is a mapped list of software on Linux against that of Windows. This has been curated to assist those who are ready to make a shift from the Windows platform to the open source world.

If you feel that the above software tools lack something essential for adoption of ICT in education, do reach out to us.

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