Debian Edu Project
Summary
MATE
Debian Edu MATE desktop applications

This metapackage depends on various MATE office and desktop applications that are useful for teachers and their students.

Description

For a better overview of the project's availability as a Debian package, each head row has a color code according to this scheme:

If you discover a project which looks like a good candidate for Debian Edu to you, or if you have prepared an unofficial Debian package, please do not hesitate to send a description of that project to the Debian Edu mailing list

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Debian Edu MATE packages

Official Debian packages with high relevance

arctica-greeter
LightDM Arctica Greeter
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A greeter shell for the LightDM login manager. Arctica Greeter can be used as local display manager as well as thin client login manager.

Arctica Greeter has been forked from Ubuntu's Unity Greeter with focus on keeping remote logon support a maintained feature and provide a user interface based on Ayatana Indicators.

Arctica Greeter can be extended with various features:

  • remote logon support against RDP, Arctica and X2Go Servers
  • guest session support
  • various themes available / providable
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arctica-greeter-theme-debian
LightDM Arctica Greeter - Debian Theme (active theme)
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A greeter shell for the LightDM login manager. Arctica Greeter can be used as local display manager as well as thin client login manager.

This package themes Arctica Greeter with a Debian look'n'feel. It will use the currently active Debian theme.

dasher
graphical predictive text input system
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Dasher is an information-efficient text-entry interface, driven by natural continuous pointing gestures. Dasher is a competitive text-entry system wherever a full-size keyboard cannot be used - for example,

  • on a palmtop computer
  • on a wearable computer
  • when operating a computer one-handed, by joystick, touchscreen, trackball, or mouse
  • when operating a computer with zero hands (i.e., by head-mouse or by eyetracker).

The eyetracking version of Dasher allows an experienced user to write text as fast as normal handwriting - 25 words per minute; using a mouse, experienced users can write at 39 words per minute.

Dasher uses a more advanced prediction algorithm than the T9(tm) system often used in mobile phones, making it sensitive to surrounding context.

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education-astronomy
Debian Edu astronomy related applications
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This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to teach astronomy.

education-chemistry
Debian Edu chemistry related applications
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This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to teach chemistry.

education-common
Debian Edu common basic packages
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A metapackage containing dependencies for packages required on all installations in the Debian Edu Blend.

education-electronics
Debian Edu electronics related applications
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This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to teach electronics.

education-geography
Debian Edu applications for geography
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This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to teach geography.

education-graphics
Debian Edu graphics related applications
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This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to teach graphics and pictural art.

education-language
Debian Edu language related educational applications
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This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to teach a (foreign) language. It includes some typing applications.

education-logic-games
Debian Edu logic games
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This metapackage depends on various logic games that can be used to teach logic to children.

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education-mathematics
Debian Edu mathematical applications
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This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to teach mathematics, geometry, and statistics.

education-misc
Debian Edu miscellaneous applications for education
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This metapackage depends on miscellaneous applications that can be useful for teaching purposes.

education-music
Debian Edu music and sound applications
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This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to teach music.

education-physics
Debian Edu physics related applications
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This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to teach physics.

gnome-accessibility-themes
High Contrast GTK 2 theme and icons
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This is the version of GNOME's standard HighContrast theme, for the GTK 2.x toolkit. An icon theme is also included.

The GTK 3.x version is already included in libgtk-3-0.

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kdeedu
educational applications from the official KDE release
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KDE is produced by an international technology team that creates free and open source software for desktop and portable computing. Among KDE's products are a modern desktop system for Linux and UNIX platforms, comprehensive office productivity and groupware suites and hundreds of software titles in many categories including Internet and web applications, multimedia, entertainment, educational, graphics and software development.

This metapackage includes educational applications provided with the official release of KDE.

mate-desktop-environment-extras
MATE Desktop Environment (extra components, metapackage)
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The MATE Desktop Environment is the continuation of GNOME 2. It provides an intuitive and attractive desktop environment using traditional metaphors for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.

MATE is under active development to add support for new technologies while preserving a traditional desktop experience.

This package installs an extra set of MATE components that are also part of the official MATE release.

onboard
Simple On-screen Keyboard
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On-screen Keyboard with macros, easy layout creation and word suggestion.

This on-screen keyboard can be useful for tablet PC users, as well as for mobility impaired users.

task-mate-desktop
MATE
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This task package is used to install the Debian desktop, featuring the MATE desktop environment, and with other packages that Debian users expect to have available on the desktop.

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

education-development
Debian Edu software development related educational applications
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This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to develop applications in schools. The idea is to support integrated development environments that are easy to learn and lead to quick results for beginners.

education-primaryschool
Debian Edu applications for primary school level
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This metapackage depends on various applications that are recommended for teaching students at primary school level.

education-video
Debian Edu video applications
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This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to process videos in class.

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