COMP 3000 2011 Report: Qimo: Difference between revisions

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Background

The name of the chosen distribution is Qimo; officially Qimo For Kids. It is a modified version of Ubuntu made especially for kids. It's goal is to make it very user friendly, enough to be used by someone as low as 3 years old. It's meant to introduce computers to kids and provide educational opportunities through programs and games.

It's made by Michael and Michelle Hall. It can be obtained at the Qimo website, http://www.qimo4kids.com. The ISO is over 700 MB in size, and it can run the OS without installation. Installation of the OS takes ___ MB of hard drive space.

Installation/Startup

I was first given option to choose my language

Then I was given opportunity to try Qimo without installing it, or I could install it

Trying that option immediately brought me to a splash screen The loading screen was simply a black screen, not very informative (I guess not to confuse kids). Then it loaded up.

Basic Operation

At the bottom is very big, childish looking icons. Text editor, "gCompris" which is some sort of __, "child's play" which is some sort of ___, "tux paint" which is a childrens version of paint, "tux math" which is a bunch of ___, "tux type" which is a __, "laby" which is a labyrinthe program that seems to teach kids programming, making each step in the labyrinth a function call in python.

Usage Evaluation

References

TODO: http://www.qimo4kids.com/ http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=qimo

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 == Background ==
+The name of the chosen distribution is Qimo; officially Qimo For Kids. It is a modified version of Ubuntu made especially for kids. It's goal is to make it very user friendly, enough to be used by someone as low as 3 years old. It's meant to introduce computers to kids and provide educational opportunities through programs and games.
-This section should detail background information about your distribution. Please describe:
+It's made by Michael and Michelle Hall. It can be obtained at the Qimo website, http://www.qimo4kids.com. The ISO is over 700 MB in size, and it can run the OS without installation. Installation of the OS takes ___ MB of hard drive space.
-* The name of the distribution,
-* its goals and target audience,
-* who develops it,
-* how it may be obtained,
-* its approximate size,
-* and its heritage (what other OS distribution(s) is it derived from.
-Also include any other background information that you feel is relevant for understanding the rest of your report.
 == Installation/Startup ==
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 == References ==
+TODO:
+http://www.qimo4kids.com/
+http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=qimo