Advanced tools

Latest addition : 29 October 2013.

In addition to applications targeting children, DoudouLinux provide more technical tools targeting parents. With these tools computer use by children and third-parties can be controlled, access to web pages is restricted, data persistence can be activated, a DoudouLinux starting from the USB key can be created or even be definitively installed on a dedicated machine.

Preserving user privacy

DoudouLinux believes user privacy is essential to aspire to freedom, reduce discrimination and to keep doing what seems best for you, but not necessarily for some companies or groups of people (...) Read more…
Parental controls

Since version 2010-11, DoudouLinux provides a tool for parental controls whose role is to provide more security to parents. Right now it is made of a smart web page access filter. We believe that (...) Read more…
Controlling computer use

DoudouLinux cares about childrens fulfillment and well-being. Studies show that spending too much time on screens is not good for children. Some psychiatrists recommend to not let a child on a (...) Read more…
Data persistence

The main drawback of a system on “CD-ROM” like DoudouLinux is that modified data are lost at computer shutdown. This is true for both user and system data. Aware of these limitations, developers of (...) Read more…
Creating a DoudouLinux USB key

As indicated on the page Get DoudouLinux, once you have downloaded the DoudouLinux ISO file, you can turn it into a bootable USB key. However simply copying this file onto an USB key will not (...) Read more…
Installing DoudouLinux definitively

People frequently ask for the possibility to definitively install DoudouLinux onto a computer which would then be dedicated to children. Since DoudouLinux 2.0, a real installer is provided so (...) Read more…