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FLOSS Educational Distribution - Ideas Needed

Thu, 09 May 2019 14:04:01 GMT

For a long time now, I've been wanting to put together an ISO with Free, Libre and Open Source software similar to the kind our Linux Users Group gave out on Software Freedom Day. I'd like to gear it specifically toward educational software so that groups like Schoolforge may make use of it. If you'd like to help, I would love to have suggestions for lightweight, portable software that can run in console or framebuffer mode. I'm specifically interested in educational, hobby-related, utility, information/organizing and/or word processing programs. Have any recommendations? Please let me know ( http://www.distasis.com/connect.htm ).

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X Windows Alternatives

Wed, 17 Apr 2019 15:31:55 GMT

X Windows is designed to work well on older systems or systems with minimal resources. However, it's quite complex to build from source. I've built it completely a few times. I've done so on Linux/BSD systems, but I've also built it natively for Windows, it still seems to run rather slow compared to other options such as the console or framebuffer. It also runs quite slow on Windows compared to native Windows applications.

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libSDL applications list

Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:48:50 GMT

While libSDL is typically used for games, there are some applications that can be used to replace common desktop and productivity applications. I'll list the ones I've found here. If you have other alternatives, please let me know.

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How to find lightweight applications

Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:38:59 GMT

It's fun to discover new lightweight applications. They work well on newer computer systems as well as older or slower computers and low resource machines like many mobile devices. You can run more of them at once. If they're not well-known, they can actually be more secure sometimes (using the security through obscurity principle). I also personally prefer portable applications. That way, you can use the same programs on any operating system. You don't have to relearn new programs for each system you work with.

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