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Re: Ssoftware Page
Trevor here in new Zealand.
I teach in an elementary school in NZ and am looking at setting up a
networked system of computers but put off by the Blackhole of Microsoft!!
Have read a number of things here on Linux and like the idea!!
Any suggestioons as wgere to start??
Trev ( The Kiwi)
At 02:24 PM 8/3/99 +0200, you wrote:
>I just looked at the seul web page to start planning what I can do with
teachers and how to get them involved.
>
>Then I started to see what I could introduce to teachers. The selection
of programs is good, but I think it would also make sense to offer a list
of software in topical areas -- ie math, chemistry, physics, computer
skills, English, Vocabulary, etc.
>
>This has probablly been suggested. But I thought I would suggest it too.
Here is a sample of what I mean. I added some software that I am planning
on using at my school. The color scheme changes partway through, but I
think you will will get the idea.
>
>Bill Tihen
>
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><!-- Productivity Software -->
><tr BGCOLOR="#ff9933" align="center">
> <th><b><font size=7>Productivity Software</font></b></td>
> <th bgcolor="#ff9966" width="60%"><b><font
size=7>Description</font></b></th>
> <th width="15%"><b><font size=7>Links</font></b></th>
></tr>
>
> <!-- AbiWord -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#ff9933" align="left">
> <td>AbiWord</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ff9966">A Simple but very complete word
processor. Available for many
> platforms, but Linux is the primary development platform.
<i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="http://www.abisource.com/">web_site</a><br>
> <a
href="http://www.abisource.com/free.phtml">download</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- Achtung -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#ff9933" align="left">
> <td>Achtung</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ff9966">
> Presentation program similar to PowerPoint or MagicPoint.
In early development stages.
> <i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a
href="http://www.gnome.org/applist/view.phtml?name=Achtung">web_site</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- GNumeric -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#ff9933" align="left">
> <td>Gnumeric</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ff9966">Spreadsheet program. <i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="http://www.gnome.org/gnumeric/">web_site</a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/soruces/">ftp_site</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- Siag Office -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#ff9933" align="left">
> <td>Siag Office</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ff9966">Siag Office is a free office package
for Unix, including word
> processor, spreadsheet and presentation graphics. It is a
bundling of the spreadsheet SIAG,
> the word processor PW and the animation program Egon.
<i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="http://www.edu.stockholm.se/siag/index.html">web_site</a><br>
> <a href="ftp://ftp.edu.stockholm.se/pub/siag/">ftp_site</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- Wazo -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#ff9933" align="left">
> <td>Wazo</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ff9966">WAZO an easy-to-use word processor
that can be operated with only one
> function key. You can run WAZO immediately by following
prompts and menus. (No need to
> learn commands or read documentation.) WAZO grows with
you. You can use function keys for
> some features and the one-key method for others. You can
change the assigned function keys
> to ones easier for you to remember. WAZO prints your
current assignments so you always
> know which keys to press. A menu interface to Unix makes
it easy to backup, restore, copy,
> delete, spell, etc. <i>(shareware)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/wp/wazo">ftp_site</a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/wp/wazo/wazo103lnx.tgz">tarball</
a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/wp/wazo/wazo.lsm">lsm</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- WordViewer -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#ff9933" align="left">
> <td>WordViewer</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ff9966">MSWordView is a program that
understands the Microsoft Word 8 binary
> file format (Office97) and is able to convert Word
documents into HTML, which can then be
> read with a browser. <i>(?)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="http://www.csn.ul.ie/~caolan/docs/MSWordView.html (1448
hits)">web_page</a><br>
> <a
href="http://www.csn.ul.ie/~caolan/publink/mswordview/mswordview-0.5.14-bw3.
tar.gz">download</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
>
><!-- Math Software -->
><tr BGCOLOR="#99ff66" align="center">
> <th><b><font size=7>Math Software</font></b></td>
> <th bgcolor="#ccff99" width="60%"><b><font
size=7>Description</font></b></th>
> <th width="15%"><b><font size=7>Links</font></b></th>
></tr>
>
> <!-- addpsx -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#99ff66" align="left">
> <td>addpsx</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ccff99">Generates addition worksheets.
Variable number of digits.
> <i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="packages/addpsx.pl">src</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- Dr. Geo -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#99ff66" align="left">
> <td>Dr. Geo</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ccff99">Dr GEO is interactive geometry
software.
> It allows the construction of interactive geometric
figures.
> Currently a DOS/Win3x/Win95 and Linux application, and the
> author is looking for help in porting Dr GEO to Gnome/Gtk.
> <i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="http://www.drgeo.seul.org">web_site</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- Glove -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#99ff66" align="left">
> <td>Glove</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ccff99">Glove was designed as a flexible
tool to address a
> number of issues. We needed a generic plotting tool, an
interface to data
> acquisition systems, sophisticated (and correct)
statistical analysis, and
> the ability to easily and intuitively manipulate the data
we had.
> <i>(Freeware)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a
href="http://www.its.caltech.edu/~glenn/glove/">web_site</a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://ftp.its.caltech.edu/pub/jafl/programs/thx/">ftp_site</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- GNumeric -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#99ff66" align="left">
> <td>Gnumeric</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ccff99">Spreadsheet program. <i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="http://www.gnome.org/gnumeric/">web_site</a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/soruces/">ftp_site</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- ISETL -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#99ff66" align="left">
> <td>ISETL</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ccff99">Educational programming language.
Helpful in learning calculus,
> abstract algebra and other higher level maths. May be
useful for upper-level high school
> classes. Currently lacking in graphics support and needs
some tweaking in the language
> parser. Overall, relatively easy to use.
<i>(license?)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a
href="http://www.math.purdue.edu/~ccc/distribution.html">web_site</a><br>
> <a
href="http://www.math.purdue.edu/~ccc/ISETL-dist/src/isetl3src.tgz">source</
a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/typist-2.1a.lsm">lsm</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- maxima -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#99ff66" align="left">
> <td>maxima</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ccff99">Symbolic algebra tool, apparently.
I've
> been unable to figure out exactly what this is without
> actually getting the package and sifting through it. If you
> know what it is, or (even better) are willing to test this
> program out, please let <a href="mailto:wil@seul.org">me</a>
> know so I can put something useful here. <i>(???)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a
href="ftp://ftp.ma.utexas.edu/pub/maxima/">ftp_site</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- multpsx -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#99ff66" align="left">
> <td>multpsx</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ccff99">Generates long multiplication
worksheets in PostScript.
> (PostScript is a common format for printable files. It
can often be sent to
> a printer directly, or viewed with GhostScript.) It also
generates a
> self-checking answer key. (This file is being hosted by
<tt>seul-edu</tt> for
> the WeParent project.) <i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="packages/multpsx.pl">src</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- MuPAD -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#99ff66" align="left">
> <td>MuPAD</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ccff99">MuPAD is a general purpose computer
algebra
> system for symbolic and numerical computations. Users can
view the
> library code, implement their own routines and data types
easily and
> can also dynamically link C/C++ compiled modules for raw
speed and
> flexibility. <i>(Various - see website)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="http://www.mupad.de/">web_site</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- netmath -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#99ff66" align="left">
> <td>netmath</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ccff99">A simple web browser with math
capabilities, so
> you can run computation on a remote "nmtp server."
<i>(???)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="ftp://ftp.ma.utexas.edu/pub/maxima/">ftp_site</a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://ftp.ma.utexas.edu/pub/maxima/netmath.tgz">tarball</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- THX-1138 -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#99ff66" align="left">
> <td>THX-1138</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ccff99">THX-1138 is the calculator you've
always wanted, short
> of handwriting recognition. It can run on any UNIX machine
that uses the X
> Window System. Note: Hilaire Fernandes tested this out
and says it's easy to
> try out and is relatively nice. <i>(Freeware)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a
href="http://www.its.caltech.edu/~jafl/thx/">web_site</a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://ftp.cco.caltech.edu/pub/glenn/Glove/">ftp_site</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
>
><!-- Physics Software -->
><tr BGCOLOR="#66ffff" align="center">
> <th><b><font size=7>Physics Software</font></b></td>
> <th bgcolor="#99ffff" width="60%"><b><font
size=7>Description</font></b></th>
> <th width="15%"><b><font size=7>Links</font></b></th>
></tr>
>
> <!-- Nightfall -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#66ffff" align="left">
> <td>Nightfall</td>
> <td bgcolor="#99ffff">Nightfall is an astronomy
application for fun,
> education, and science. It can produce animated views of
eclipsing binary
> stars, calculate synthetic lightcurves and radial velocity
curves, and
> eventually determine the best-fit model for a given set of
observational data
> of an eclipsing binary star system. <i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a
href="http://www.lsw.uni-heidelberg.de/~rwichman/Nightfall.html">web_site</a
><br>
> <a
href="http://www.lsw.uni-heidelberg.de/~rwichman/nightfall/nightfall-0.8.tar
.gz">src_tarball</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- Solar Atlas -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#66ffff" align="left">
> <td>Solar Atlas</td>
> <td bgcolor="#99ffff">A program that helps visualize solar
spectra. Perhaps useful in
> astronomy/physics classes. <i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a
href="http://www.physics.unc.edu/~serge/satlas/">web_site</a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/academic/russian-studies/Software/satlas/sat
las-1.2.tar.gz">tarball</a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/academic/russian-studies/Software/satlas/sat
las-data-1.2.tar.gz">data_tarball</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- SampLin -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#66ffff" align="left">
> <td>SampLin</td>
> <td bgcolor="#99ffff">SampLin is Scientific Data
Acquisition, Visualization and Process
> Control software for Linux and other unix platforms.
<i>(???)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="http://www.iaee.tuwien.ac.at/sensor/samplin/">web_site</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- XelCAD -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#66ffff" align="left">
> <td>XelCAD</td>
> <td bgcolor="#99ffff">Electronic circuit CAD program.
<i>(??? (source available))</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="http://www.neuss.netsurf.de/~skrodzki/">web_site</a><br>
> <a
href="http://www.neuss.netsurf.de/~skrodzki/xelcad/xelcad-src.tgz">src_tarba
ll</a><br>
> <a
href="http://www.neuss.netsurf.de/~skrodzki/xelcad/xelcad.tgz">x86_tarball</
a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
>
><!-- Chemistry Sotware -->
><tr BGCOLOR="#ff6666" align="center">
> <th><b><font size=7>Chemistry Software</font></b></td>
> <th bgcolor="#ffcccc" width="60%"><b><font
size=7>Description</font></b></th>
> <th width="15%"><b><font size=7>Links</font></b></th>
></tr>
>
> <!-- chemtool -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#ff6666" align="left">
> <td>chemtool</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ffcccc">a menu-driven program for drawing
organic molecules under X.
> <i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/misc/">ftp_site</a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/misc/chemtool-1.1.1.tar.gz">tarba
ll</a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/misc/chemtool-1.1.1.lsm">lsm</a><
br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- GPeriodic -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#ff6666" align="left">
> <td>GPeriodic</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ffcccc">GPeriodic acts as a periodic table
reference and allows you to browse
> through the table of elements. <i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="http://gperiodic.seul.org/">web_site</a><br>
> <a href="http://www.bgw.org/projects/gperiodic/">mirror_site</a><br>
> <a href="ftp://ftp.seul.org/pub/gperiodic/">ftp_site</a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://ftp.seul.org/pub/gperiodic/gperiodic-1.1.1.tar.gz">tarball</a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://ftp.seul.org/pub/gperiodic/gperiodic-1.1-1.i386.rpm">rpm_i386</a
><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- KMol -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#ff6666" align="left">
> <td>KMol</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ffcccc">KMol calculates molecular weights
and elemental composition of
> compounds from their chemical formula. KMol supports user
defined groups, unlimited number
> of nested subgroups, multicomponent compounds, global and
per-user symbol definitions.
> Uses the KDE-base portion of KDE. <i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~tomi/kmol.html">web_site</a><br>
> <a
href="http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~tomi/kmol-0.2.1.tar.gz">tarball</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- MOPAC7 -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#ff6666" align="left">
> <td>MOPAC7</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ffcccc">This is the Linux adaptation of the
public domain version of MOPAC7.
> MOPAC is a general-purpose semi-empirical molecular
orbital package for the study of
> chemical structures and reactions. Several tarballs and
rpms are available. Check the
> ftp site for the one you need. <i>(Public Domain)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="ftp://esca.atomki.hu/mopac7/LINUX/">ftp_site</a><br>
> <a href="ftp://esca.atomki.hu/mopac7/LINUX/README">README</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- nolan -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#ff6666" align="left">
> <td>nolan</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ffcccc">On-line version of the Nolan
diamond-chart quiz. May persuade you to
> rethink a few assumptions... <i>(BSD-like)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/">ftp_site</a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/nolan-1.1.tar.gz">tarball</a>
<br>
> <a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/nolan.lsm">lsm</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
>
><!-- Computer Literacy Software -->
><tr BGCOLOR="#ff99ff" align="center">
> <th><b><font size=7>Computer Literacy Software</font></b></td>
> <th bgcolor="#ffccff" width="60%"><b><font
size=7>Description</font></b></th>
> <th width="15%"><b><font size=7>Links</font></b></th>
></tr>
>
> <!-- dvorak7min -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#ff99ff" align="left">
> <td>dvorak7min</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ffccff">drak7min is a simple ncurses-based
typing tutor for those trying to
> get fluent with the Dvorak keyboard layout. <i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="http://personal.redestb.es/ragnar/">web_site</a><br>
> <a
href="http://personal.redestb.es/ragnar/dvorak7min-1.1.tar.gz">tarball</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- jtypist -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#ff99ff" align="left">
> <td>jtypist</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ffccff">JTypist is a Java version of the
Typist typing tutor package. This
> version contains the same tutorials, drills, and practise
sessions as the original, but
> presents them in a Java GUI instead of using Curses. The
program maintains for you a set
> of statistics for each key on the keyboard, to help with
figuring out which keys require
> additional practice, and handles three keyboard layouts -
US, UK, and Dvorak. The package
> is supplied in .zip file format, to extend its usability
to non-Unix platforms. Since it
> it written in Java, it can be run on any systems that
offers a suitable Java runtime.
> JTypist requires an AWT-capable Java runtime; this may be
standalone (for example, the
> Linux JDK), or running inside a Web browser (say, Netscape
Communicator). <i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/">ftp_site</a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/jtypist-3.0.zip">tarball</a><
br>
> <a
href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/jtypist-3.0.lsm">lsm</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- tx (Typing eXercise) -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#ff99ff" align="left">
> <td>tx (Typing eXercise)</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ffccff">Typing exercise software, ported
from MS-DOS. <i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/">ftp_site</a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/tx302l.tar.gz">source</a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/tx302l-bin.tar.gz">ELF_bin</a
><br>
> <a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/tx302l.lsm">lsm</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- Typespeed -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#ff99ff" align="left">
> <td>Typespeed</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ffccff">Test your typing speed, and get your
fingers' CPS. <i>(???)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="http://www.sicom.fi/~bestis/typespeed.html">web_site</a><br>
> <a
href="http://www.sicom.fi/~bestis/typespeed-0.3.1.tar.gz">tarball</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- typist -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#ff99ff" align="left">
> <td>typist</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ffccff">Typist is a typing tutor package
built using Curses. The package
> contains a number of tutorials, drills, and practise
sessions to help with mastering touch
> typing on the standard computer keyboard. The accent is
on the US keyboard layout, but the
> lessons may also be useful with other layouts. A Dvorak
lesson set is included. Version
> 2.1 is an extended and improved version of the original
'typist' program, found floating
> free on the net. <i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/">ftp_site</a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/typist-2.1a.tar.gz">tarball</
a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/typist-2.1a.lsm">lsm</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- xletters -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#ff99ff" align="left">
> <td>xletters</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ffccff">A kind of companion to xlaby,
xletters is a sort of hybrid between
> space invaders and a typewriter. The goal is to type
falling words before they reach the
> bottom. <i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a
href="http://www.eleves.ens.fr:8080/home/madore/programs/">web_site</a><br>
> <a
href="http://www.eleves.ens.fr:8080/home/madore/programs/xletters.tgz">tarba
ll</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- xletters-kids -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#ff99ff" align="left">
> <td>xletters-kids</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ffccff">Modification of standard xletters
program for beginner's use. Bonus
> mode is eliminated, levels start with the home keys and
add keys a few at a time. Includes
> configuration to post a keyboard map in parallel, so the
youngster doesn't have to look at
> the keyboard. Written in C for *nix/Xwindows. To use this
program you will need to get the
> xletters package, also featured on this page, and use this
kit to modify it. (This file is
> being hosted by <tt>seul-edu</tt> for the WeParent
project.) <i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="packages/xletters-kids.tar.gz">kit</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- Linux Letters and Numbers -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#ff99ff" align="left">
> <td>Linux Letters and Numbers</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ffccff">LLN helps younger chilren learn
their letters and numbers, while
> older children will improve their spelling and vocabulary
skills. It also helps them
> develop important keyboard and mouse skills.
<i>(???)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="http://www.netidea.com/~captain/lln/">web_site</a><br>
> <a
href="http://www.netidea.com/~captain/download/lletters-0.1.4.tar.gz">tarbal
l</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
>
><!-- CS Software -->
><tr BGCOLOR="#ffff66" align="center">
> <th><b><font size=7>CS Software</font></b></td>
> <th bgcolor="#ffff99" width="60%"><b><font
size=7>Description</font></b></th>
> <th width="15%"><b><font size=7>Links</font></b></th>
></tr>
>
> <!-- Code Crusader -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#ffff66" align="left">
> <td>Code Crusader</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ffff99">Code Crusader is a complete code
development environment
> (IDE -- Integrated Development Environment).
> It can run on any UNIX machine that uses the X Window
System. <i>(freeware?)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a
href="http://www.its.caltech.edu/~jafl/jcc/">web_site</a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://ftp.its.caltech.edu/pub/jafl/programs/jcc/">download</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- Code Medic -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#ffff66" align="left">
> <td>Code Medic</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ffff99">The standard UNIX debugger, gdb, is
extremely powerful, but its
> command line interface can be quite intimidating and
painful to use. Code Medic provides an
> elegant graphical interface to gdb's most important
features. <i>(freeware?)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a
href="http://www.its.caltech.edu/~glenn/medic/">web_site</a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://ftp.cco.caltech.edu/pub/glenn/Medic/">download</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- DrScheme -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#ffff66" align="left">
> <td>DrScheme</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ffff99">DrScheme is a graphical development
environment for Scheme. The
> underlying Scheme implementation is MzScheme.
<i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a
href="http://www.cs.rice.edu/CS/PLT/packages/drscheme/">web_site</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- java -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#ffff66" align="left">
> <td>java</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ffff99">A fun and easy to learn Object
Oriented Programming Language.
> <i>(?)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="http://www.javasoft.com/">web_site</a><br>
> <a href="http://www.blackdown.org/">Linux web site</a><br>
> <a
href="http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/mirrors.html">mirror site</a><br>
>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- nedit -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#ffff66" align="left">
> <td>nedit</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ffff99">Easy to use text editor. Similar to
Windows/Mac text editors.
> <P>NEdit is a GUI style plain-text editor for X/Motif
systems. It is very easy to use,
> especially for those familiar with the Macintosh or MS
Windows style of interface.
> NEdit is now one of the most popular editors in the Unix
community, and one of the most
> powerful. It has every significant feature required by
professional programmers and other
> intensive users of plain-text editing, carefully optimized
and organized around the
> principles and conventions of modern graphical user
interfaces. NEdit is also the most
> mouse-interactive of all Unix text editors. Try it and see
what you're missing.
> <i>(freeware?)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a
href="http://www-pat.fnal.gov/nirvana/nedit.html">web_site</a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://ftp.fnal.gov/pub/nedit/v5_0_2/">download</a><br>
>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- ucblogo -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#ffff66" align="left">
> <td>ucblogo</td>
> <td bgcolor="#ffff99">Berkeley Logo is a freeware
interpreter for Logo.
> <i>(freeware)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~bh/">web_site</a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://anarres.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/ucblogo/ucblogo.tar.Z">tarball</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
>
><!-- Language Software -->
><tr BGCOLOR="#f1cd92" align="center">
> <th><b><font size=7>Language Software</font></b></td>
> <th bgcolor="#f7e2bf" width="60%"><b><font
size=7>Description</font></b></th>
> <th width="15%"><b><font size=7>Links</font></b></th>
></tr>
>
> <!-- FlashCard -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#F1CD92" align="left">
> <td>FlashCard</td>
> <td bgcolor="#F7E2BF">FlashCard is a simple memorization
tool, useful among other things
> for learning foreign language vocabulary. It is currently
capable of conjugating verbs in
> French and German, and is easily extensible. FlashCard is
written in Java. It works in
> Netscape 4.5 and the stand-alone applet viewers
distributed by <a
> href="http://java.sun.com">Sun Microsystems</a>.
<i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a
href="http://dmehpi-f.epfl.ch/~hoover/flashcard/FlashCard/index.html">web_si
te</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- learn -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#F1CD92" align="left">
> <td>learn</td>
> <td bgcolor="#F7E2BF">vocable learning program with memory
model <i>(FRS)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/">ftp_site</a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/learn-2.0.tar.gz">tarball</a>
<br>
> <a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/learn.lsm">lsm</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- Lingvisto -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#F1CD92" align="left">
> <td>Lingvisto</td>
> <td bgcolor="#F7E2BF">Foreign language word trainer for
linux. You may enter your own
> lessons and test your knowledge after learning the words.
Lingvisto supports a variety of
> languages if you install the corresponding X11-fonts.
<i>(Postcardware)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/">ftp_site</a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/Lingvisto-1.1.src.tar.gz">tar
ball</a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/Lingvisto-1.1.src.lsm">lsm</a
><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- QVocab -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#F1CD92" align="left">
> <td>QVocab</td>
> <td bgcolor="#F7E2BF">QVocab is a program that should help
you to learn the vocabulary of a
> foreign language. Therefore you add your words into a
simple database file. Thereafter the
> program asks you the words and you try to give the answer,
ie. the corresponding word of
> the other language. A known word will move up one level
(there are five of them) and if you
> didn't know its meaning, it is moved to the first level
again. <i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="http://www.qvocab.seul.org">web_site</a><br>
> <a
href="http://www.qvocab.seul.org/qvocabsrc-0.20.0.tar.gz">src_tarball</a><br>
> <a
href="http://www.qvocab.seul.org/qvocabbin-0.20.0.tar.gz">libc5_bin_tarball<
/a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- SVT -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#F1CD92" align="left">
> <td>SVT</td>
> <td bgcolor="#F7E2BF">Foreign language vocabulary practise
through question and answer self
> testing <i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/">ftp_site</a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/spantut-1.2.tar.gz">tarball</
a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/spantut-1.2.lsm">lsm</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- uspell -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#F1CD92" align="left">
> <td>uspell</td>
> <td bgcolor="#F7E2BF">sound-card based spelling tester.
Audio rewards, relatively easy
> dictation by the child of the Works well for my 2nd and
4th grader's weekly spelling words.
> <i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="packages/uspell.pl">src</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
>
><!-- Art Software -->
><tr BGCOLOR="#ffff66" align="center">
> <th><b><font size=7>Art Software</font></b></td>
> <th bgcolor="#ffff99" width="60%"><b><font
size=7>Description</font></b></th>
> <th width="15%"><b><font size=7>Links</font></b></th>
></tr>
>
> <!-- GIMMP -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#F1CD92" align="left">
> <td>Gimp</td>
> <td bgcolor="#F7E2BF">Similar in some ways to Photoshop,
the GIMP is also extensible using
> a powerful scripting language. Great for creating web site
graphics.
> <i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="http://www.gimp.org/">web_site</a><br>
> <a href="htp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/">download</A>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- GRASS -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#F1CD92" align="left">
> <td>GRASS</td>
> <td bgcolor="#F7E2BF">GRASS is a public-domain
raster-based GIS, vector GIS, image
> processing system, graphics production system, and spatial
modeling system.
> <i>(Public Domain)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="http://www.baylor.edu/~grass/">web_site</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
>
><!-- Social Studies Software -->
><tr BGCOLOR="#ffff66" align="center">
> <th><b><font size=7>Miscelaneous Software</font></b></td>
> <th bgcolor="#ffff99" width="60%"><b><font
size=7>Description</font></b></th>
> <th width="15%"><b><font size=7>Links</font></b></th>
></tr>
>
> <!-- Quotes -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#F1CD92" align="left">
> <td>Quotes</td>
> <td bgcolor="#F7E2BF">A Foreign currency & stock portfolio
monitor (possibly useful in a
> social studies or business class.) <i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a
href="http://www.iae.nl/users/grimaldo/OpenSoft/quotes.shtml">web_site</a><br>
> <a href="ftp://ftp.iae.nl/pub/users/grimaldo/">ftp_site</a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://ftp.iae.nl/pub/users/grimaldo/quotes-1.3-0.tar.gz">tarball</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
>
><!-- Health Software -->
><tr BGCOLOR="#ffff66" align="center">
> <th><b><font size=7>Miscelaneous Software</font></b></td>
> <th bgcolor="#ffff99" width="60%"><b><font
size=7>Description</font></b></th>
> <th width="15%"><b><font size=7>Links</font></b></th>
></tr>
>
> <!-- nut -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#F1CD92" align="left">
> <td>nut</td>
> <td bgcolor="#F7E2BF">A program to record and analyze
meals according to the USDA Nutrient
> Database. <i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/misc/">ftp_site</a><br>
> <a
href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/misc/nut3.tar.gz">tarball</a><br>
> <a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/misc/nut3.lsm">lsm</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
>
><!-- Miscelaneos Software -->
><tr BGCOLOR="#ffff66" align="center">
> <th><b><font size=7>Miscelaneous Software</font></b></td>
> <th bgcolor="#ffff99" width="60%"><b><font
size=7>Description</font></b></th>
> <th width="15%"><b><font size=7>Links</font></b></th>
></tr>
>
> <!-- GQuiz -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#F1CD92" align="left">
> <td>GQuiz</td>
> <td bgcolor="#F7E2BF">GQuiz is a program better suited to
drilling yourself than to
> administering tests to students. GQuiz uses the GTK+
widget set. <i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a
href="http://nis.acs.uci.edu/~strombrg/software/gquiz.html">web_site</a><br>
> <a href="ftp://autoinst.acs.uci.edu/pub/gquiz/">ftp_site</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- Kibble -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#F1CD92" align="left">
> <td>Kibble</td>
> <td bgcolor="#F7E2BF">Kibble is a knowledge base program.
It is used to organize seemingly
> discursive thoughts into a cohesive engine. Basically, it
is used it to keep track of
> random ideas that may prove useful. <i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="http://wish.student.harvard.edu/kibble/">web_site</a><br>
> <a href="ftp://wish.student.harvard.edu/pub/kibble/">ftp_site</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- psntools -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#F1CD92" align="left">
> <td>psntools</td>
> <td bgcolor="#F7E2BF">The psntools package is a set of
utilities designed for easily
> administering large numbers of user accounts. This is not
a collection of scripts, but
> several hardened and highly configurable utilities.
<i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="http://www.psn.ie/users/ad/psntools/">web_site</a><br>
> <a
href="http://www.psn.ie/users/ad/psntools/psntools-2.4.tar.gz">tarball</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> <!-- Think -->
> <tr BGCOLOR="#F1CD92" align="left">
> <td>Think</td>
> <td bgcolor="#F7E2BF">Think is a Gnomified outliner. It
doesn't do a whole lot at this
> point, but can load and save outlines of text.
<i>(GPL)</i></td>
> <td align="center">
> <a href="http://www.duke.edu/~pat4/think/">web_site</a><br>
> <a
href="http://www.duke.edu/~pat4/think/think-0.1.1.tar.gz">tarball</a><br>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
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