Debian Junior Project
Summary
Gnome
Debian Jr. for GNOME

This package includes a collection of programs for children which are built for GNOME. A GNOME desktop is not required in order to run these. They are kept separate merely so that installing a Debian Jr. system won't drag in all kinds of GNOME dependencies.

As such, this package is by no means a complete collection of programs suitable for children in GNOME. The Debian Jr. project will be adding to this list in future release, and likely refining the package into categories the way the rest of Debian Jr. packages are now organized.

The list to the right includes various software projects which are of some interest to the Debian Junior Project. Currently, only a few of them are available as Debian packages. It is our goal, however, to include all software in Debian Junior which can sensibly add to a high quality Debian Pure Blend.

For a better overview of the project's availability as a Debian package, each head row has a color code according to this scheme:

If you discover a project which looks like a good candidate for Debian Junior to you, or if you have prepared an unofficial Debian package, please do not hesitate to send a description of that project to the Debian Junior mailing list

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Debian Junior Gnome packages

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Gcompris
Educational games for small children
Maintainer: Yann Dirson
Versions of package gcompris
ReleaseVersionArchitectures
lenny8.4.4-1.1i386,sparc,hppa,amd64,mips,arm,powerpc,s390,mipsel,armel,alpha,ia64
sid8.4.12-1s390,alpha,amd64,armel,hppa,hurd-i386,i386,ia64,mips,mipsel,powerpc,sparc
squeeze8.4.12-1sparc,powerpc,ia64,i386,hppa,s390,armel,amd64,mipsel,mips
etch8.2.2-1arm,s390,mips,mipsel,powerpc,amd64,sparc,hppa,alpha,i386,ia64
upstream8.4.13
Debtags of package gcompris:
gametyping, puzzle
interfacex11
roleprogram
suitegnome
uitoolkitsdl, gtk
uselearning, gameplaying
x11application
Popcon: 346 users (92 upd.)*
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Debtags
License: DFSG free

A large collection of educational games for small children. It is meant to become some sort of unified interface to integrate more educational games.

Language-oriented games now contain vocabulary for too many languages to list them heres. Sounds and voices are also available for a number of languages, check the gcompris-sound packages for your language.

Currently available boards include:

  • learning how to use a mouse and keyboard
  • learning simple arithmetics
  • learning how to read an analog clock
  • recognize letters after hearing their names
  • reading practice
  • small games (memory games, jigsaw puzzles, ...)
  • etc.

It is designed so that it is easy to implement new boards to GCompris.

A number of boards are only available if other packages are installed, see the Suggests list for more details.

Gworldclock
Displays time and date in specified time zones
Maintainer: Drew Parsons
Versions of package gworldclock
ReleaseVersionArchitectures
lenny1.4.4-7i386,sparc,hppa,amd64,mips,arm,powerpc,s390,mipsel,armel,alpha,ia64
sid1.4.4-7s390,alpha,amd64,armel,hppa,hurd-i386,i386,ia64,mips,mipsel,powerpc,sparc
squeeze1.4.4-7sparc,powerpc,ia64,i386,hppa,s390,armel,amd64,mipsel,mips
etch1.4.4-6arm,s390,mips,mipsel,powerpc,amd64,sparc,hppa,alpha,i386,ia64
Debtags of package gworldclock:
interfacex11
roleprogram
scopeapplication
uitoolkitgtk
usetimekeeping
works-withpim
x11application
Popcon: 82 users (15 upd.)*
Versions and Archs
Debtags
License: DFSG free

This program displays the time and date of specified time zones using a GTK+ interface. It also allows the zones to be synchronised to a time other than the current time.

The time zones may be entered by hand in TZ format or chosen from a list prepared from /usr/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab. The zone list is kept in a format consistent with the shell script tzwatch.

Mathwar
A flash card game designed to teach simple maths
Versions of package mathwar
ReleaseVersionArchitectures
sid0.2.5-2i386,sparc,powerpc,hurd-i386,hppa,armel,s390,amd64,alpha,mipsel,ia64
lenny0.2.5-1sparc,powerpc,hppa,mips,s390,amd64,alpha,ia64,mipsel,i386,arm,armel
sid0.2.5-1mips
squeeze0.2.5-1s390,amd64,armel,hppa,i386,ia64,mips,mipsel,powerpc,sparc
etch0.2.4-4+b1mips,powerpc,sparc,mipsel,arm,alpha,hppa,s390,i386,ia64
etch0.2.4-4amd64
Debtags of package mathwar:
fieldmathematics
interfacex11
roleprogram
suitegnome
uitoolkitgtk
uselearning, gameplaying
x11application
Popcon: 33 users (40 upd.)*
Versions and Archs
Debtags
License: DFSG free
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A GTK+ application that teaches kids (and adults) how to respond quickly to simple math problems in addition, subtraction, and multiplicaion using flash cards and timers.

It includes a Computer player, where the player gets to decide if the Computer is right or not.

*Popularitycontest results: number of people who use this package regularly (number of people who upgraded this package recently) out of 89590