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    Tux Paint

    Tux Paint

    An award-winning drawing program for children of all ages

    Tux Paint is a free, award-winning drawing program originally created for children ages 3 to 12, but enjoyed by all! It combines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon mascot who guides children as they use the program. You're presented with a blank canvas and a variety of drawing tools to help them be creative. Along with paintbrush, shapes and text, Tux Paint includes a "stamp" feature to add pre-drawn or photographic imagery to pictures, and a set of "magic tools" that provide filter effects (like blur, tint and waves) and interesting drawing tools (like train tracks, bubbles and grass). Tux Paint includes a collection of "starter" images, both coloring-book style and photo-realistic, and a large collections of stamps are available as a separate download. Additional content can be added by parents & teachers, or downloaded from 3rd parties. Tux Paint is available for Windows, macOS, Android, Linux, & Haiku operating systems, among others.
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    Stellarium

    Stellarium

    A planetarium software that shows a 3D simulation of the night sky

    Stellarium renders 3D photo-realistic skies in real time with OpenGL. It displays stars, constellations, planets, nebulae and others things like ground, landscape, atmosphere, etc.
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    Downloads: 2,698 This Week
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    Quite Universal Circuit Simulator

    Quite Universal Circuit Simulator

    A circuit simulator with graphical user interface (GUI)

    Qucs is a circuit simulator with graphical user interface. The software aims to support all kinds of circuit simulation types, e.g. DC, AC, S-parameter, Transient, Noise and Harmonic Balance analysis. Pure digital simulations are also supported.
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    Downloads: 1,120 This Week
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    Klavaro Touch Typing Tutor

    Klavaro Touch Typing Tutor

    A very efficient tutor.

    A touch typing tutor very flexible, supporting customizable keyboard layouts. You can edit and save new or unknown keyboard layouts, as the basic course was designed to not depend on specific ones. Also, there are some charts about the learning process.
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    Downloads: 806 This Week
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    Jmol

    Jmol

    An interactive viewer for three-dimensional chemical structures.

    Over 1,000,000 page views per month. Jmol/JSmol is a molecular viewer for 3D chemical structures that runs in four independent modes: an HTML5-only web application utilizing jQuery, a Java applet, a stand-alone Java program (Jmol.jar), and a "headless" server-side component (JmolData.jar). Jmol can read many file types, including PDB, CIF, SDF, MOL, PyMOL PSE files, and Spartan files, as well as output from Gaussian, GAMESS, MOPAC, VASP, CRYSTAL, CASTEP, QuantumEspresso, VMD, and many other quantum chemistry programs. Files can be transferred directly from several databases, including RCSB, EDS, NCI, PubChem, and MaterialsProject. Multiple files can be loaded and compared. A rich scripting language and a well-developed web API allow easy customization of the user interface. Features include interactive animation and linear morphing. Jmol interfaces well with JSpecView for spectroscopy, JSME for 2D->3D conversion, POV-Ray for images, and CAD programs for 3D printing (VRML export).
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    Downloads: 693 This Week
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    Moodle

    Moodle

    A free course management system (CMS) to create online learning sites

    Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a Free web application that educators can use to create effective online learning sites. https://moodle.org/
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    Downloads: 647 This Week
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    eXe

    eXe

    eLearning XHTML editor

    eXe, the eLearning XHTML editor, is a freely available authoring application that assists teachers in the publishing of web content without the need to become proficient in HTML or XML markup. Resources authored in eXe can be exported to the web or LMS.
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    Downloads: 278 This Week
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    TILP - TI Linking Program

    TI graphing calculators <-> computer communication software

    TILP (formerly GtkTiLink) can transfer data between Texas Instruments graphing calculators and a computer. It works with all link cables (parallel, serial, Black/Gray/Silver/Direct Link) and it supports the TI-Z80 series (73..86), the TI-eZ80 series (83PCE, 84+CE), the TI-68k series (89, 92, 92+, V200, 89T) and the Nspire series (Nspire Clickpad / Touchpad / CX, both CAS and non-CAS). The project is now managed on Github, https://github.com/debrouxl/tilp_and_gfm . It uses the libti* libraries, https://github.com/debrouxl/tilibs . Install script for *nix: https://github.com/debrouxl/tilp_and_gfm/blob/master/tilp/trunk/build/scripts/install_tilp.sh
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    Downloads: 341 This Week
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    PreviSat

    PreviSat

    Satellite tracking software

    PreviSat is a satellite tracking software for observing purposes. Very easy to use, it shows positions of artificial satellites in real-time or manual mode. PreviSat is able to make predictions of their passes, predictions of MetOp and COSMO-SkyMed flares, transits of all satellites, predictions of Starlink satellites passes and several other calculations.
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    Downloads: 302 This Week
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    eduActiv8

    eduActiv8

    A collection of interactive educational exercises

    eduActiv8 is a free Open Source multi-platform educational application that aims to assist in learning various early education topics - from learning the alphabet and new words, colours, time to a wide range of maths-related subjects. eduActiv8 is a continuation of the development of the pySioGame project just under a new name. It is being developed on GitHub at: https://github.com/imiolek-ireneusz/eduActiv8 but 'compiled' releases are published here. The latest version has been partially redesigned to improve usability, but certain activities will still be in the somewhat "prototype quality" - this will be gradually redesigned as time allows. Currently, it is available for Windows, MacOS, Linux and Android (you may need to allow unknown sources to install it on Android). Packages for multiple Linux distributions are available from: https://software.opensuse.org//download.html?project=home%3Aimiolek-i&package=eduactiv8 Support eduActiv8 at https://ko-fi.com/eduactiv8
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    Downloads: 366 This Week
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    "Tux, of Math Command" is a math drill game starring Tux, the Linux Penguin. Lessons are included from simple number typing through addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of positive and negative numbers. It is intended for kids ~4-10.
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    Downloads: 164 This Week
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    Zekr: Multimedia Quran Study Software
    Zekr is an open source Quran study software for Windows, Linux and Mac. It's designed to ease access to the most authentic and valuable text of Muslims. Zekr provides Quran translations, recitation, search and other features to study Holy Quran.
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    Downloads: 194 This Week
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    wxMaxima

    wxMaxima

    Cross platform GUI for Maxima

    wxMaxima is a cross-platform graphical front-end for the computer algebra system Maxima based on wxWidgets. It provides nice display of mathematical output and easy access to Maxima functions through menus and dialogs. This project has moved to github and can be reached at http://wxmaxima-developers.github.io/wxmaxima/
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    Downloads: 132 This Week
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    FET- Free timetabling software
    FET is free timetabling software for schools, high-schools and universities. Scheduling is done automatically. Please visit the project web site https://lalescu.ro/liviu/fet/ to be sure you always have the latest version
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    Downloads: 155 This Week
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    Kiwix

    Kiwix

    Wikipedia offline & more

    Kiwix is an offline reader for Web content. It's especially intended to make Wikipedia available offline. With Kiwix, you can enjoy Wikipedia on a boat, in the middle of nowhere... or in Jail. Kiwix manages to do that by reading ZIM files, a highly compressed open format with additional meta-data.
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    Downloads: 97 This Week
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    Educational activities based on multimedia elements (images, sounds, and text). ie. associations, puzzles, counting activities... Creation and modification of the activities using XML files. Multiple language support, multiple screen resolutions (SVG
    Downloads: 105 This Week
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    Celestia

    Celestia

    Real-time 3D visualization of space

    Celestia is an application for real-time 3D visualization of space, with a detailed model of the solar system, over 100,000 stars, more than 10,000 galaxies, and an extension mechanism for adding more objects.
    Downloads: 74 This Week
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    forma.lms

    forma.lms

    forma.lms is a Learning Management System (LMS), opensource lms

    forma.lms is an open-source, web-based elearning platform (learning management system - LMS), used to manage and deliver online training courses. It's focused on corporate training needs. The projects forma.lms ((aka formalms) was originally created as a fork of Docebo CE v 4.0.5. The support comnunity of forma.Lms is active on https://forum.formalms.org/
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    Downloads: 141 This Week
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    biblatex
    Biblatex is a LaTeX package which provides full-featured bibliographic facilities
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    Downloads: 81 This Week
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    vym - view your mind
    VYM (View Your Mind) is a tool to generate and manipulate maps which show your thoughts. Such maps can help you to improve your creativity and effectivity. You can use them for time management, to organize tasks, to get an overview over complex contexts
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    Downloads: 76 This Week
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    Quiz/Survey/Test - QST

    Quiz/Survey/Test - QST

    A Free, complete, enterprise grade, open source exam management system

    QST, the worlds unparalleled open source online/lan assessment software. From a quick quiz on your phone to very large scale, high stakes, proctored desktop testing, we make it easy/secure/economical. Our intuitive design contains features (Immediate detailed results, Create/Export/Import/Convert Questions, WYSIWYG/Math-Chemistry/Basic Editors, Question/Item Bank, Multiple Question Types, Multiple Delivery Styles, Multiple Delivery/Results Options, Adaptive/Branching Questions, Randomly Chosen Questions, Print a QST, Auto Marking, Display explanations for questions, easily administer users, etc.) that rival or surpass those found in commercial online examination/testing systems. GradeBook allows you to view/mark/save users quizzes/tests and view/download detailed statistics for each quiz/survey/test and questions in them. Also allows entering marks for other assignments and adding weights(%) to them and QST's for a Complete Assessment Solution. Thanks summernote.org and mathjax.org.
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    Downloads: 56 This Week
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    MuseScore

    MuseScore

    Free music notation & composition software

    MuseScore is a free and open-source music notation software designed for composers, arrangers, educators, and musicians of all levels. It allows users to write, edit, and print professional-quality sheet music with no limitations or subscription fees. MuseScore Studio supports a wide range of instruments and ensembles, from solo piano and guitar to full orchestras and choirs. The software is easy to learn while still offering powerful tools for advanced notation and score layout. With support for MIDI input and formats like MusicXML and MIDI, MuseScore integrates smoothly with other music software and workflows. Built by a global open-source community, MuseScore continues to evolve through active development and community contributions. Support MuseScore at http://musescore.org/en/donate
    Downloads: 43 This Week
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    Nootka

    Nootka

    application to learn classical score notation.

    Nootka helps understand the basics of music notation: reading and practicing playing musical scores. ​Long story short: the user plays notes (melody) displayed by the app, which then in real time checks if the notes was played correctly. The application is free and open source. It works under Windows, Linux, Mac and Android...
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    Downloads: 54 This Week
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    European digital radio & television uses the DVB standard to broadcast its data. Project X gives you a look behind the transmissions and tries its best to handle & repair many stream types and shows what went wrong on reception.
    Downloads: 33 This Week
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    The Number Race
    Software designed for remediation of dyscalculia (or mathematical learning disabilities) in children aged 4-8 and for teaching number sense in kindergarten children. For more information, visit the unicog lab website using the link below. NOTE: To use The Number Race, you may need to download TWO files, the main program (above), AND a language pack. To get to the language packs, click on "Files" on the menu bar above, and select version and the appropriate language. If you are lucky there might be an installer + language pack available as one download. Check "Files" -> version -> Language
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    Downloads: 162 This Week
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