Qimo 4 Kids (pronounced "kim-oh", as in "eskimo")[2] is a kid-friendly desktop environment built entirely with free software. Qimo comes pre-installed with educational games for kids; Childsplay, TuxPaint, eToys, GCompris,Tuxmath, and Tuxtyping.
Large colorful icons help young users navigate easily.It is "designed for early elementary school aged children. It’s a pretty straightforward idea, a customized version of Xubuntu, designed to be visually appealing, but not overwhelming, for kids."[3]
Qimo is based on Xubuntu; a community maintained derivative of the Ubuntu operating system, using the Xfcedesktop environment.[4][5] This helps provide low hardware requirements; minimum of 256MB of memory to run from the CD, or 192MB to install. At least 6 GB of hard drive space is recommended, and a 400 MHz or faster CPU.[2]Qimo currently uses 8.04 LTS with plans to use the next LTS Lucid Lynx [6]
In April 2010, the first beta version of Qimo 2.0 was released [7] [8]
- Differences between Qimo & Edubuntu
- Qimo was designed to be a standalone home computer for kids
- Edubuntu was designed for networked classroom computer use
- Qimo will run from a LiveCD
- From October 2008 to October 2009, Edubuntu required an existing Ubuntu installation. Edubuntu is available in a live medium, but only on a DVD, as its contents will not fit on a CD anymore.
- Qimo and Edubuntu are working to bring the Qimo games and artwork as an installable option within Edubuntu[9]
No comments:
Post a Comment