DoudouLinux The computer they prefer! User's manual Visit us at http://www.doudoulinux.org/ 2/21/13 DoudouLinux 1/170 Table of contents Table of contents ................................................................................................. 1 About ................................................................................................................... 4 DoudouLinux, the computer they prefer! ............................................................ 6 A simple yet efficient environment ............................................................................................. 6 Also easy for Dad and Mum! ..................................................................................................... 6 And this is 100% legal! .............................................................................................................. 7 Footnotes .................................................................................................................................. 7 About ................................................................................................................... 6 Why should I try DoudouLinux? .......................................................................... 8 Article table of contents ............................................................................................................. 8 Your Concerns ........................................................................................................................... 8 The philosophy of free software .............................................................................................. 12 Computers in our society ........................................................................................................ 13 Footnotes ................................................................................................................................ 15 About ................................................................................................................. 14 Contact us ......................................................................................................... 16 About ................................................................................................................. 16 The DoudouLinux origins .................................................................................. 18 Article table of contents ........................................................................................................... 18 What drove the DoudouLinux development? .......................................................................... 18 Project history ......................................................................................................................... 19 Why using Linux? .................................................................................................................... 19 Footnotes ................................................................................................................................ 20 About ................................................................................................................. 20 Where goes DoudouLinux? .............................................................................. 22 Road map ................................................................................................................................ 22 How to improve DoudouLinux ................................................................................................. 23 Other orientations .................................................................................................................... 24 Footnotes ................................................................................................................................ 24 About ................................................................................................................. 23 Team and contributors ...................................................................................... 25 Documentation .................................................................................................. 25 Quick tour .......................................................................................................... 27 Article table of contents ........................................................................................................... 27 Videos ..................................................................................................................................... 27 Audio files ................................................................................................................................ 27 Screenshots ............................................................................................................................ 28 Documentation .................................................................................................. 30 Quick start ......................................................................................................... 32 Article table of contents ........................................................................................................... 32 The menu of activities ............................................................................................................. 32 The different types of activities ................................................................................................ 33 The more advanced activities ................................................................................................. 33 Additional activities .................................................................................................................. 35 Computer shutdown ................................................................................................................ 35 USB key startup specificities ................................................................................................... 36 Footnotes ................................................................................................................................ 37 Documentation .................................................................................................. 36 Get DoudouLinux .............................................................................................. 38 Download DoudouLinux .......................................................................................................... 38 Creating a CDROM ................................................................................................................. 38 2/21/13 DoudouLinux 2/170 Creating an USB key ............................................................................................................... 38 Creating a flash card, a hard disk ........................................................................................... 39 Checking downloaded ISO files and disk images ................................................................... 39 Checking checksums .............................................................................................................. 39 Footnotes ................................................................................................................................ 40 Documentation .................................................................................................. 39 What’s new in the latest release? ..................................................................... 41 Article table of contents ........................................................................................................... 41 New applications ..................................................................................................................... 41 Other improvements ................................................................................................................ 44 Footnotes ................................................................................................................................ 46 Documentation .................................................................................................. 45 Educational games ........................................................................................... 47 Gamine .................................................................................................................................... 47 Pysycache ............................................................................................................................... 48 Tux Paint ................................................................................................................................. 48 Childsplay ................................................................................................................................ 48 Gcompris ................................................................................................................................. 48 Klettres .................................................................................................................................... 49 Ktuberling ................................................................................................................................ 49 Khangman ............................................................................................................................... 49 Kanagram ...............................................................................................................................