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Hi All,

I made a few additional changes -- added some missing software packages, made the page so that it prints nicely, made color scheme consistent (possibly worse) and added an index of subject areas.

PS -- this was all done using software on that list.

Bill 

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<li><a href="#productivity">Productivity Software</a>
<li><a href="#math">Mathematics Software</a>
<li><a href="#physics">Physics Software</a>
<li><a href="#chemistry">Chemistry Software</a>
<li><a href="#literacy">Computer Literacy Software</a>
<li><a href="#cs">Computer Science Software</a>
<li><a href="#language">Language Software</a>
<li><a href="#art">Art Software</a>
<li><a href="#social">Social Studies Software</a>
<li><a href="#music">Music Software</a>
<li><a href="#health">Health Software</a>
<li><a href="#sysop">System Administration Software</a>
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<li><a href="#edu">EDU Software Projects</a>
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<!-- Productivity Software  -->
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        <th><b><a name="productivity"></a>Productivity Software</b></td>
		<th bgcolor="#ff9966" width="60%"><b>Description</b></th>
		<th width="15%"><b>Links</b></th>
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		<!-- AbiWord  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ff9933" align="left">
                <td>AbiWord</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ff9966">A Simple but very complete word processor. Available for many 
                platforms, but Linux is the primary development platform.  <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
                <a href="http://www.abisource.com/">web_site</a><br>
                <a href="http://www.abisource.com/free.phtml">download</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>
		
		<!--  Achtung  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ff9933" align="left">
                <td>Achtung</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ff9966">
                Presentation program similar to PowerPoint or MagicPoint. In early development stages. 
                <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
                <a href="http://www.gnome.org/applist/view.phtml?name=Achtung">web_site</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>
		
		<!--  Arrow  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ff9933" align="left">
                <td>Arrow</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ff9966">
                Excellent email program (a little difficult to configure), but full featured and works very well. 
                <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
                <a href="http://www.its.caltech.edu/~glenn/arrow/">web_site</a><br>
                <a href="ftp://ftp.cco.caltech.edu/pub/glenn/Arrow/">download</a>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  Gnome Productivity  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ff9933" align="left">
                <td>Gnome Productivity Software</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ff9966">Gnome Productivity Software Projects <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
                <a href="http://www.gnome.org/applist/list-martin.phtml?catno=9">web_site</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>
		

		<!--  GNumeric  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ff9933" align="left">
                <td>Gnumeric</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ff9966">Spreadsheet program. <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
                <a href="http://www.gnome.org/gnumeric/">web_site</a><br>
                <a href="ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/soruces/">ftp_site</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  Siag Office  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ff9933" align="left">
                <td>Siag Office</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ff9966">Siag Office is a free office package for Unix, including word 
                processor, spreadsheet and presentation graphics. It is a bundling of the spreadsheet SIAG, 
                the word processor PW and the animation program Egon.  <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="http://www.edu.stockholm.se/siag/index.html">web_site</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://ftp.edu.stockholm.se/pub/siag/">ftp_site</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  Wazo  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ff9933" align="left">
                <td>Wazo</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ff9966">WAZO an easy-to-use word processor that can be operated with only one 
                function key.  You can run WAZO immediately by following prompts and menus.  (No need to 
                learn commands or read documentation.)  WAZO grows with you.  You can use function keys for 
                some features and the one-key method for others.  You can change the assigned function keys 
                to ones easier for you to remember.  WAZO prints your current assignments so you always 
                know which keys to press.  A menu interface to Unix makes it easy to backup, restore, copy, 
                delete, spell, etc.  <i>(shareware)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/wp/wazo">ftp_site</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/wp/wazo/wazo103lnx.tgz">tarball</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/wp/wazo/wazo.lsm">lsm</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  WordViewer  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ff9933" align="left">
                <td>WordViewer</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ff9966">MSWordView is a program that understands the Microsoft Word 8 binary 
                file format (Office97) and is able to convert Word documents into HTML, which can then be 
                read with a browser. <i>(?)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="http://www.csn.ul.ie/~caolan/docs/MSWordView.html (1448 hits)">web_page</a><br>
				<a href="http://www.csn.ul.ie/~caolan/publink/mswordview/mswordview-0.5.14-bw3.tar.gz">download</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>


<!-- Math Software  -->
<tr BGCOLOR="#99ff66" align="center">
        <th><b><a name="math"></a>Math Software</b></td>
		<th bgcolor="#ccff99" width="60%"><b>Description</b></th>
		<th width="15%"><b>Links</b></th>
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		<!--  addpsx  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#99ff66" align="left">
                <td>addpsx</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ccff99">Generates addition worksheets.  Variable number of digits. 
                <i>(GPL)</i></td>
				<td align="center">
				<a href="packages/addpsx.pl">src</a><br>
		       </td>
	 </tr>

		<!--  Dr. Geo  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#99ff66" align="left">
                <td>Dr. Geo</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ccff99">Dr GEO is interactive geometry software. 
                It allows the construction of interactive geometric figures.  
                Currently a DOS/Win3x/Win95 and Linux application, and the 
                author is looking for help in porting Dr GEO to Gnome/Gtk. 
                <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
                <a href="http://www.drgeo.seul.org">web_site</a><br>
				</td>
        </tr>

		<!--  Glove  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#99ff66" align="left">
                <td>Glove</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ccff99">Glove was designed as a flexible tool to address a 
                number of issues. We needed a generic plotting tool, an interface to data 
                acquisition systems, sophisticated (and correct) statistical analysis, and 
                the ability to easily and intuitively manipulate the data we had.  
                <i>(Freeware)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
                <a href="http://www.its.caltech.edu/~glenn/glove/">web_site</a><br>
                <a href="ftp://ftp.its.caltech.edu/pub/jafl/programs/thx/">ftp_site</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  GNumeric  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#99ff66" align="left">
                <td>Gnumeric</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ccff99">Spreadsheet program. <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
                <a href="http://www.gnome.org/gnumeric/">web_site</a><br>
                <a href="ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/soruces/">ftp_site</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  ISETL  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#99ff66" align="left">
                <td>ISETL</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ccff99">Educational programming language.  Helpful in learning calculus, 
                abstract algebra and other higher level maths.  May be useful for upper-level high school 
                classes.  Currently lacking in graphics support and needs some tweaking in the language 
                parser. Overall, relatively easy to use. <i>(license?)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
                <a href="http://www.math.purdue.edu/~ccc/distribution.html">web_site</a><br>
                <a href="http://www.math.purdue.edu/~ccc/ISETL-dist/src/isetl3src.tgz">source</a><br>
                <a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/typist-2.1a.lsm">lsm</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  maxima  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#99ff66" align="left">
                <td>maxima</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ccff99">Symbolic algebra tool, apparently.  I've 
                been unable to figure out exactly what this is without 
                actually getting the package and sifting through it.  If you 
                know what it is, or (even better) are willing to test this 
                program out, please let <a href="mailto:wil@seul.org">me</a> 
                know so I can put something useful here. <i>(???)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
                <a href="ftp://ftp.ma.utexas.edu/pub/maxima/">ftp_site</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  multpsx  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#99ff66" align="left">
                <td>multpsx</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ccff99">Generates long multiplication worksheets in PostScript. 
                (PostScript is a common format for printable files.  It can often be sent to 
                a printer directly, or viewed with GhostScript.)  It also generates a 
                self-checking answer key. (This file is being hosted by <tt>seul-edu</tt> for 
                the WeParent project.) <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
                <a href="packages/multpsx.pl">src</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  MuPAD  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#99ff66" align="left">
                <td>MuPAD</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ccff99">MuPAD is a general purpose computer algebra 
                system for symbolic and numerical computations. Users can view the 
                library code, implement their own routines and data types easily and 
                can also dynamically link C/C++ compiled modules for raw speed and 
                flexibility.  <i>(Various - see website)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
                <a href="http://www.mupad.de/">web_site</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  netmath  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#99ff66" align="left">
                <td>netmath</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ccff99">A simple web browser with math capabilities,  so 
                you can run computation on a remote "nmtp server." <i>(???)</i></td>
		        <td align="center">
		        <a href="ftp://ftp.ma.utexas.edu/pub/maxima/">ftp_site</a><br>
		        <a href="ftp://ftp.ma.utexas.edu/pub/maxima/netmath.tgz">tarball</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  THX-1138  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#99ff66" align="left">
                <td>THX-1138</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ccff99">THX-1138 is the calculator you've always wanted, short 
                of handwriting recognition. It can run on any UNIX machine that uses the X 
                Window System.  Note: Hilaire Fernandes tested this out and says it's easy to 
                try out and is relatively nice. <i>(Freeware)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
                <a href="http://www.its.caltech.edu/~jafl/thx/">web_site</a><br>
                <a href="ftp://ftp.cco.caltech.edu/pub/glenn/Glove/">ftp_site</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>


<!-- Physics Software  -->
<tr BGCOLOR="#66ffff" align="center">
        <th><b><a name="physics"></a>Physics Software</b></td>
		<th bgcolor="#99ffff" width="60%"><b>Description</b></th>
		<th width="15%"><b>Links</b></th>
</tr>

		<!--  Nightfall  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#66ffff" align="left">
                <td>Nightfall</td>
                <td bgcolor="#99ffff">Nightfall is an astronomy application for fun, 
                education, and science. It can produce animated views of eclipsing binary 
                stars, calculate synthetic lightcurves and radial velocity curves, and 
                eventually determine the best-fit model for a given set of observational data 
                of an eclipsing binary star system. <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
                <a href="http://www.lsw.uni-heidelberg.de/~rwichman/Nightfall.html">web_site</a><br>
                <a href="http://www.lsw.uni-heidelberg.de/~rwichman/nightfall/nightfall-0.8.tar.gz">src_tarball</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  Solar Atlas  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#66ffff" align="left">
                <td>Solar Atlas</td>
                <td bgcolor="#99ffff">A program that helps visualize solar spectra.  Perhaps useful in 
                astronomy/physics classes.  <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
                <a href="http://www.physics.unc.edu/~serge/satlas/">web_site</a><br>
                <a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/academic/russian-studies/Software/satlas/satlas-1.2.tar.gz">tarball</a><br>
                <a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/academic/russian-studies/Software/satlas/satlas-data-1.2.tar.gz">data_tarball</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  SampLin  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#66ffff" align="left">
                <td>SampLin</td>
                <td bgcolor="#99ffff">SampLin is Scientific Data Acquisition, Visualization and Process 
                Control software for Linux and other unix platforms. <i>(???)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="http://www.iaee.tuwien.ac.at/sensor/samplin/">web_site</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  XelCAD  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#66ffff" align="left">
                <td>XelCAD</td>
                <td bgcolor="#99ffff">Electronic circuit CAD program. <i>(??? (source available))</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="http://www.neuss.netsurf.de/~skrodzki/">web_site</a><br>
				<a href="http://www.neuss.netsurf.de/~skrodzki/xelcad/xelcad-src.tgz">src_tarball</a><br>
				<a href="http://www.neuss.netsurf.de/~skrodzki/xelcad/xelcad.tgz">x86_tarball</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>


<!-- Chemistry Sotware -->
<tr BGCOLOR="#ff6666" align="center">
        <th><b><a name="chemistry"></a>Chemistry Software</b></td>
		<th bgcolor="#ffcccc" width="60%"><b>Description</b></th>
		<th width="15%"><b>Links</b></th>
</tr>

		<!--  chemtool  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ff6666" align="left">
                <td>chemtool</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ffcccc">a menu-driven program for drawing organic molecules under X.  
                <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/misc/">ftp_site</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/misc/chemtool-1.1.1.tar.gz">tarball</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/misc/chemtool-1.1.1.lsm">lsm</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  GPeriodic  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ff6666" align="left">
                <td>GPeriodic</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ffcccc">GPeriodic acts as a periodic table reference and allows you to browse 
                through the table of elements. <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="http://gperiodic.seul.org/">web_site</a><br>
				<a href="http://www.bgw.org/projects/gperiodic/">mirror_site</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://ftp.seul.org/pub/gperiodic/">ftp_site</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://ftp.seul.org/pub/gperiodic/gperiodic-1.1.1.tar.gz">tarball</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://ftp.seul.org/pub/gperiodic/gperiodic-1.1-1.i386.rpm">rpm_i386</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  KMol  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ff6666" align="left">
                <td>KMol</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ffcccc">KMol calculates molecular weights and elemental composition of 
                compounds from their chemical formula. KMol supports user defined groups, unlimited number 
                of nested subgroups, multicomponent compounds, global and per-user symbol definitions.  
                Uses the KDE-base portion of KDE. <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~tomi/kmol.html">web_site</a><br>
				<a href="http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~tomi/kmol-0.2.1.tar.gz">tarball</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  MOPAC7  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ff6666" align="left">
                <td>MOPAC7</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ffcccc">This is the Linux adaptation of the public domain version of MOPAC7. 
                MOPAC is a general-purpose semi-empirical molecular orbital package for the study of 
                chemical structures and reactions.  Several tarballs and rpms are available.  Check the 
                ftp site for the one you need. <i>(Public Domain)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="ftp://esca.atomki.hu/mopac7/LINUX/">ftp_site</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://esca.atomki.hu/mopac7/LINUX/README">README</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  nolan  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ff6666" align="left">
                <td>nolan</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ffcccc">On-line version of the Nolan diamond-chart quiz.  May persuade you to 
                rethink a few assumptions...   <i>(BSD-like)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/">ftp_site</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/nolan-1.1.tar.gz">tarball</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/nolan.lsm">lsm</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>


<!-- Computer Literacy Software -->
<tr BGCOLOR="#ff99ff" align="center">
        <th><b><a name="literacy"></a>Computer Literacy Software</b></td>
		<th bgcolor="#ffccff" width="60%"><b>Description</b></th>
		<th width="15%"><b>Links</b></th>
</tr>

		<!--  dvorak7min  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ff99ff" align="left">
                <td>dvorak7min</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ffccff">drak7min is a simple ncurses-based typing tutor for those trying to 
                get fluent with the Dvorak keyboard layout. <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="http://personal.redestb.es/ragnar/">web_site</a><br>
				<a href="http://personal.redestb.es/ragnar/dvorak7min-1.1.tar.gz">tarball</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  jtypist  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ff99ff" align="left">
                <td>jtypist</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ffccff">JTypist is a Java version of the Typist typing tutor package.  This 
                version contains the same tutorials, drills, and practise sessions as the original, but 
                presents them in a Java GUI instead of using Curses.  The program maintains for you a set 
                of statistics for each key on the keyboard, to help with figuring out which keys require 
                additional practice, and handles three keyboard layouts - US, UK, and Dvorak.  The package 
                is supplied in .zip file format, to extend its usability to non-Unix platforms.  Since it 
                it written in Java, it can be run on any systems that offers a suitable Java runtime.  
                JTypist requires an AWT-capable Java runtime; this may be standalone (for example, the 
                Linux JDK), or running inside a Web browser (say, Netscape Communicator). <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/">ftp_site</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/jtypist-3.0.zip">tarball</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/jtypist-3.0.lsm">lsm</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  tx (Typing eXercise)  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ff99ff" align="left">
                <td>tx (Typing eXercise)</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ffccff">Typing exercise software, ported from MS-DOS.   <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/">ftp_site</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/tx302l.tar.gz">source</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/tx302l-bin.tar.gz">ELF_bin</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/tx302l.lsm">lsm</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  Typespeed  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ff99ff" align="left">
                <td>Typespeed</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ffccff">Test your typing speed, and get your fingers' CPS. <i>(???)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="http://www.sicom.fi/~bestis/typespeed.html">web_site</a><br>
				<a href="http://www.sicom.fi/~bestis/typespeed-0.3.1.tar.gz">tarball</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  typist  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ff99ff" align="left">
                <td>typist</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ffccff">Typist is a typing tutor package built using Curses.  The package 
                contains a number of tutorials, drills, and practise sessions to help with mastering touch 
                typing on the standard computer keyboard.  The accent is on the US keyboard layout, but the 
                lessons may also be useful with other layouts.  A Dvorak lesson set is included.  Version 
                2.1 is an extended and improved version of the original 'typist' program, found floating 
                free on the net.   <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/">ftp_site</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/typist-2.1a.tar.gz">tarball</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/typist-2.1a.lsm">lsm</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  xletters  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ff99ff" align="left">
                <td>xletters</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ffccff">A kind of companion to xlaby, xletters is a sort of hybrid between 
                space invaders and a typewriter. The goal is to type falling words before they reach the 
                bottom.  <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="http://www.eleves.ens.fr:8080/home/madore/programs/">web_site</a><br>
				<a href="http://www.eleves.ens.fr:8080/home/madore/programs/xletters.tgz">tarball</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  xletters-kids  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ff99ff" align="left">
                <td>xletters-kids</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ffccff">Modification of standard xletters program for beginner's use.  Bonus 
                mode is eliminated, levels start with the home keys and add keys a few at a time. Includes 
                configuration to post a keyboard map in parallel, so the youngster doesn't have to look at 
                the keyboard. Written in C for *nix/Xwindows.  To use this program you will need to get the 
                xletters package, also featured on this page, and use this kit to modify it.  (This file is 
                being hosted by <tt>seul-edu</tt> for the WeParent project.) <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="packages/xletters-kids.tar.gz">kit</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  Linux Letters and Numbers  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ff99ff" align="left">
                <td>Linux Letters and Numbers</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ffccff">LLN helps younger chilren learn their letters and numbers, while 
                older children will improve their spelling and vocabulary skills. It also helps them 
                develop important keyboard and mouse skills.  <i>(???)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="http://www.netidea.com/~captain/lln/">web_site</a><br>
				<a href="http://www.netidea.com/~captain/download/lletters-0.1.4.tar.gz">tarball</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>


<!-- CS Software  -->
<tr BGCOLOR="#ffff66" align="center">
        <th><b><a name="cs"></a>Computer Science Software</b></td>
		<th bgcolor="#ffff99" width="60%"><b>Description</b></th>
		<th width="15%"><b>Links</b></th>
</tr>

		<!--  Code Crusader  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ffff66" align="left">
                <td>Code Crusader</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ffff99">Code Crusader is a complete code development environment 
                (IDE -- Integrated Development Environment). 
                It can run on any UNIX machine that uses the X Window System.  <i>(freeware?)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
                <a href="http://www.its.caltech.edu/~jafl/jcc/">web_site</a><br>
                <a href="ftp://ftp.its.caltech.edu/pub/jafl/programs/jcc/">download</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  Code Medic  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ffff66" align="left">
                <td>Code Medic</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ffff99">The standard UNIX debugger, gdb, is extremely powerful, but its 
                command line interface can be quite intimidating and painful to use. Code Medic provides an 
                elegant graphical interface to gdb's most important features.   <i>(freeware?)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
                <a href="http://www.its.caltech.edu/~glenn/medic/">web_site</a><br>
                <a href="ftp://ftp.cco.caltech.edu/pub/glenn/Medic/">download</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  DrScheme  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ffff66" align="left">
                <td>DrScheme</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ffff99">DrScheme is a graphical development environment for Scheme.  The 
                underlying Scheme implementation is MzScheme. <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
                <a href="http://www.cs.rice.edu/CS/PLT/packages/drscheme/">web_site</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  freebuilder  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ffff66" align="left">
                <td>freebuilder</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ffff99">FreeBuilder is a FREE (Java IDE).  It includes: a visual programming 
                environment based on Java[tm] technologies, making it easily customized and extensible.  
                 The IDE also runs on any platform that supports JDK 1.1.x and JDK 1.2.x, including 
                 Win95/98/NT, Linux, Solaris, Mac ... <P>
                 FreeBuilder comes with an integrated text editor, debugger, and compiler. <i>(?)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
                <a href="http://www.freebuilder.org/">web_site</a><br>
                <a href="http://www.freebuilder.org/download.html">download</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  java  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ffff66" align="left">
                <td>java</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ffff99">A fun and easy to learn Object Oriented Programming Language. 
                <i>(?)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
                <a href="http://www.javasoft.com/">web_site</a><br>
                <a href="http://www.blackdown.org/">Linux web site</a><br>
                <a href="http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/mirrors.html">mirror site</a><br>    
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  nedit  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ffff66" align="left">
                <td>nedit</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ffff99">Easy to use text editor.  Similar to Windows/Mac text editors.  
                <P>NEdit is a GUI style plain-text editor for X/Motif systems. It is very easy to use, 
                especially for those familiar with the Macintosh or MS Windows style of interface. 
                NEdit is now one of the most popular editors in the Unix community, and one of the most 
                powerful. It has every significant feature required by professional programmers and other 
                intensive users of plain-text editing, carefully optimized and organized around the 
                principles and conventions of modern graphical user interfaces.  NEdit is also the most 
                mouse-interactive of all Unix text editors. Try it and see what you're missing. 
                <i>(freeware?)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
                <a href="http://www-pat.fnal.gov/nirvana/nedit.html">web_site</a><br>
                <a href="ftp://ftp.fnal.gov/pub/nedit/v5_0_2/">download</a><br>
                
                </td>
        </tr>
 
		<!--  ucblogo  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ffff66" align="left">
                <td>ucblogo</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ffff99">Berkeley Logo is a freeware interpreter for Logo. 
                <i>(freeware)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
                <a href="http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~bh/">web_site</a><br>
                <a href="ftp://anarres.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/ucblogo/ucblogo.tar.Z">tarball</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>


<!-- Language Software  -->
<tr BGCOLOR="#f1cd92" align="center">
        <th><b><a name="language"></a>Language Software</b></td>
		<th bgcolor="#f7e2bf" width="60%"><b>Description</b></th>
		<th width="15%"><b>Links</b></th>
</tr>

		<!--  FlashCard  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#F1CD92" align="left">
                <td>FlashCard</td>
                <td bgcolor="#F7E2BF">FlashCard is a simple memorization tool, useful among other things 
                for learning foreign language vocabulary.  It is currently capable of conjugating verbs in 
                French and German, and is easily extensible.  FlashCard is written in Java.  It works in 
                Netscape 4.5 and the stand-alone applet viewers distributed by <a 
                href="http://java.sun.com">Sun Microsystems</a>. <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="http://dmehpi-f.epfl.ch/~hoover/flashcard/FlashCard/index.html">web_site</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  learn  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#F1CD92" align="left">
                <td>learn</td>
                <td bgcolor="#F7E2BF">vocable learning program with memory model  <i>(FRS)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/">ftp_site</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/learn-2.0.tar.gz">tarball</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/learn.lsm">lsm</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  Lingvisto  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#F1CD92" align="left">
                <td>Lingvisto</td>
                <td bgcolor="#F7E2BF">Foreign language word trainer for linux.  You may enter your own 
                lessons and test your knowledge after learning the words.  Lingvisto supports a variety of 
                languages if you install the corresponding X11-fonts.   <i>(Postcardware)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/">ftp_site</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/Lingvisto-1.1.src.tar.gz">tarball</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/Lingvisto-1.1.src.lsm">lsm</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  QVocab  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#F1CD92" align="left">
                <td>QVocab</td>
                <td bgcolor="#F7E2BF">QVocab is a program that should help you to learn the vocabulary of a 
                foreign language. Therefore you add your words into a simple database file. Thereafter the 
                program asks you the words and you try to give the answer, ie. the corresponding word of 
                the other language. A known word will move up one level (there are five of them) and if you 
                didn't know its meaning, it is moved to the first level again. <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="http://www.qvocab.seul.org">web_site</a><br>
				<a href="http://www.qvocab.seul.org/qvocabsrc-0.20.0.tar.gz">src_tarball</a><br>
				<a href="http://www.qvocab.seul.org/qvocabbin-0.20.0.tar.gz">libc5_bin_tarball</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  SVT  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#F1CD92" align="left">
                <td>SVT</td>
                <td bgcolor="#F7E2BF">Foreign language vocabulary practise through question and answer self 
                testing   <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/">ftp_site</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/spantut-1.2.tar.gz">tarball</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/cai/spantut-1.2.lsm">lsm</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  uspell  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#F1CD92" align="left">
                <td>uspell</td>
                <td bgcolor="#F7E2BF">sound-card based spelling tester. Audio rewards, relatively easy 
                dictation by the child of the Works well for my 2nd and 4th grader's weekly spelling words. 
                <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="packages/uspell.pl">src</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>


<!-- Art Software  -->
<tr BGCOLOR="#00ccff" align="center">
        <th><b><a name="art"></a>Art Software</b></td>
		<th bgcolor="#66ffff" width="60%"><b>Description</b></th>
		<th width="15%"><b>Links</b></th>
</tr>

		<!--  GIMP  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#00ccff" align="left">
                <td>Gimp</td>
                <td bgcolor="#66ffff">Similar in some ways to Photoshop, the GIMP is also extensible using 
                a powerful scripting language. Great for creating web site graphics.
                <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="http://www.gimp.org/">web_site</a><br>
				<a href="htp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/">download</A>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  GRASS  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#00ccff" align="left">
                <td>GRASS</td>
                <td bgcolor="#66ffff">GRASS is a public-domain raster-based GIS, vector GIS, image 
                processing system, graphics production system, and spatial modeling system. 
                <i>(Public Domain)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="http://www.baylor.edu/~grass/">web_site</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>


<!-- Social Studies Software  -->
<tr BGCOLOR="#ff3333" align="center">
        <th><b><a name="social"></a>Social Studies Software</b></td>
		<th bgcolor="#ff0066" width="60%"><b>Description</b></th>
		<th width="15%"><b>Links</b></th>
</tr>

		<!--  Quotes  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ff333" align="left">
                <td>Quotes</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ff0066">A Foreign currency & stock portfolio monitor (possibly useful in a 
                social studies or business class.) <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="http://www.iae.nl/users/grimaldo/OpenSoft/quotes.shtml">web_site</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://ftp.iae.nl/pub/users/grimaldo/">ftp_site</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://ftp.iae.nl/pub/users/grimaldo/quotes-1.3-0.tar.gz">tarball</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>


<!-- Music Software  -->
<tr BGCOLOR="#ffff99" align="center">
        <th><b><a name="music"></a>Music Software</b></td>
		<th bgcolor="#ffffcc" width="60%"><b>Description</b></th>
		<th width="15%"><b>Links</b></th>
</tr>

		<!--  lilypond  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ffff99" align="left">
                <td>lilypond</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ffffcc">LilyPond is a music typesetter. It produces beautiful sheet music 
                using a high level description file as input.    <i>(freeware)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/hanwen/lilypond">web_site</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/development/ ">download</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>


<!-- Health Software  -->
<tr BGCOLOR="#ff6633" align="center">
        <th><b><a name="health"></a>Health Software</b></td>
		<th bgcolor="#ff9900" width="60%"><b>Description</b></th>
		<th width="15%"><b>Links</b></th>
</tr>

		<!--  nut  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#ff6633" align="left">
                <td>nut</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ff9900">A program to record and analyze meals according to the USDA Nutrient 
                Database.   <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/misc/">ftp_site</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/misc/nut3.tar.gz">tarball</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/misc/nut3.lsm">lsm</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>


<!-- System Administrator Software  -->
<tr BGCOLOR="#996666" align="center">
        <th><b><a name="sysop"></a>System Administrator Software</b></td>
		<th bgcolor="#cc9999" width="60%"><b>Description</b></th>
		<th width="15%"><b>Links</b></th>
</tr>

		<!--  apache  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#996666" align="left">
                <td>apache</td>
                <td bgcolor="#cc9999">Apache has been the most popular web server on the Internet since 
                April of 1996.  Apache has been the most popular web server on the Internet since April of 
                1996. It is a fun and easy way to share documents.  <i>(GPL?)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="http://www.apache.org/">web_site</a><br>
				<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/">download</a><br>
               </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  netatalk  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#996666" align="left">
                <td>netatalk</td>
                <td bgcolor="#cc9999">Allows macintosh users to access files on a Linux Server. 
                <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="http://thehamptons.com/anders/netatalk/">web_site</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://ftp.u.washington.edu/public/asun/">download</a><br>
               </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  psntools  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#996666" align="left">
                <td>psntools</td>
                <td bgcolor="#cc9999">The psntools package is a set of utilities designed for easily 
                administering large numbers of user accounts. This is not a collection of scripts, but 
                several hardened and highly configurable utilities. <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="http://www.psn.ie/users/ad/psntools/">web_site</a><br>
 				<a href="http://www.psn.ie/users/ad/psntools/psntools-2.4.tar.gz">download</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  samba  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#996666" align="left">
                <td>samba</td>
                <td bgcolor="#cc9999">Allows windows computers to access files on a Linux Server.  
                It also allows some Windows Domain managment. <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba/">web_site</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  tkdesk  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#996666" align="left">
                <td>tkdesk</td>
                <td bgcolor="#cc9999">TkDesk is a graphical, highly configurable and powerful desktop 
                manager for UNIX and the X Window System.  This is a great file managment system under 
                something like VNC when Gnome/KDE isn't available. <i>(?)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="http://people.mainz.netsurf.de/~bolik/tkdesk/">web_site</a><br>
				<a href="http://people.mainz.netsurf.de/~bolik/tkdesk/#get">download</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  vnc  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#996666" align="left">
                <td>vnc</td>
                <td bgcolor="#cc9999">VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing. It is, in essence, a remote 
                display system which allows you to view aa computing 'desktop' environment not only on the 
                machine where it is running, but from anywhere on the Internet and from a wide variety of 
                machine architectures.   <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/index.html">web_site</a><br>
				<a href="http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/download.html">download</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  cvw  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#996666" align="left">
                <td>CVW</td>
                <td bgcolor="#cc9999">CVW (Collaborative Virtual Workspace) is a collaboration software 
                environment that provides a "virtual building" where teams can communicate, collaborate, 
                and share information, regardless of their geographic location. CVW takes virtual meetings 
                one step further and enables virtual co-location through persistent virtual rooms, each 
                incorporating people, information, and tools appropriate to a task, operation, or service.  
                <i>(open source)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="http://cvw.mitre.org/">web_site</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  linux system administration  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#996666" align="left">
                <td>K12Admin</td>
                <td bgcolor="#cc9999">K12Admin is a system for administering student and staff accounts in 
                a Kindergarten to Grade 12 school system. It is designed to maintain servers in individual 
                schools, allowing the staff in each school to maintain their own student and staff accounts 
                while maintaining a homogeneous network throughout the district. 
                <P>K12Admin was developed at Coast Mountains School District, which is located in Northern 
                British Columbia, Canada. We currently use it to maintain over 5,000 accounts in 30 
                schools.  <i>(open source)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="http://k12admin.cmsd.bc.ca/">web_site</a><br>
				<a href="http://k12admin.cmsd.bc.ca/download/">download</a>
                </td>
        </tr>


<!-- Miscelaneos Software  -->
<tr BGCOLOR="#cc99ff" align="center">
        <th><b><a name="misc"></a>Miscelaneous Software</b></td>
		<th bgcolor="#ff99ff" width="60%"><b>Description</b></th>
		<th width="15%"><b>Links</b></th>
</tr>

		<!--  GQuiz  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#cc99ff" align="left">
                <td>GQuiz</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ff99ff">GQuiz is a program better suited to drilling yourself than to 
                administering tests to students.  GQuiz uses the GTK+ widget set. <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="http://nis.acs.uci.edu/~strombrg/software/gquiz.html">web_site</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://autoinst.acs.uci.edu/pub/gquiz/">ftp_site</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  Kibble  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#cc99ff" align="left">
                <td>Kibble</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ff99ff">Kibble is a knowledge base program. It is used to organize seemingly 
                discursive thoughts into a cohesive engine. Basically, it is used it to keep track of 
                random ideas that may prove useful.  <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="http://wish.student.harvard.edu/kibble/">web_site</a><br>
				<a href="ftp://wish.student.harvard.edu/pub/kibble/">ftp_site</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>

		<!--  Think  -->
		<tr BGCOLOR="#cc99ff" align="left">
                <td>Think</td>
                <td bgcolor="#ff99ff">Think is a Gnomified outliner. It doesn't do a whole lot at this 
                point, but can load and save outlines of text. <i>(GPL)</i></td>
                <td align="center">
				<a href="http://www.duke.edu/~pat4/think/">web_site</a><br>
				<a href="http://www.duke.edu/~pat4/think/think-0.1.1.tar.gz">tarball</a><br>
                </td>
        </tr>


<!-- EDU Projects  -->
<tr BGCOLOR="#ffff66" align="center">
        <th><b><a name="edu"></a>EDU Software Projects</b></td>
		<th bgcolor="#ffff99" width="60%"><b>Projects underway, but not yet ready for 
		release.</b></th>
		<th width="15%"><b><a href="http://www.seul.org/edu/projects.html">web-site</a></b></th>
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