The KDE Edutainment Project offers a variety of educational software and games in the fields of astronomy, chemistry, languages, and mathematics. KDE is run by the open source community and is not tied to a vendor.
Linux Letters and Numbers is an educational learning game for children two years old and up. Through the use of pictures, the software helps kids learn letters and numbers and gain spelling, vocabulary, and computer skills.
Moodle, short for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment, is software for producing Internet-based courses and Web sites. The program runs on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS, and includes modules for managing online courses, forums, quizzes, and more.
OpenOffice is an open source productivity suite that's a free alternative to Microsoft Office. Released to the open source community by Sun Microsystems, OpenOffice includes a word processor, HTML editor, event planner, e-mail client, and Web browser, as well as programs for spreadsheets, databases, drawing, presentations, and business graphics. The software can read and write Microsoft Office and other file formats.
Antone Gonsalves, former teacher and senior editor at InformationWeek, is a freelance technology writer based in San Francisco.
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