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This presentation was designed for the RMLL 2013, the “Rencontres Mondiales du Logiciel Libre” (Libre Software Meeting), that took place from the 6th to the 11th July 2013 at the ULB, in Brussels. A conference about DoudouLinux was held on Monday the 8th by the project founder, Jean-Michel Philippe. The target audience is the general public.

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Presentation of DoudouLinux at the RMLL 2013, July, 6th to 11th 2013 in Brussels.

Presentation of DoudouLinux at the RMLL 2013, July, 6th to 11th 2013 in Brussels.

1- The computer they prefer!

DoudouLinux is a computer system:

• Maximizing ease of use
• Focused on children’s self-fulfillment
• Complete, autonomous and secured
• Designed by parents
• Based on free software
• Developed and evolving openly
• Open to any goodwill

2- Easy learning

• A progressive environment
• Rethought from the ground up
• From 2 years old, with discovering the mouse
• Reading is not required
• The notion of file and directory is avoided
• Can be adapted to the target audience
• Pedagogical activities created on purpose by the Tomsk university (Russia)

3- Education oriented

• Educational suites (letters, numbers, logic, etc.)
• Music learning (piano, flute, rhythm)
• Discovering computer programming through play
• Games stimulating logic and strategy
• Already in use in schools
• Does not try to replace manuals and teachers!

4- Project objectives

• Ease of use and robustness of gaming consoles
• Stimulate the potential of our children
• Favor autonomy and self-confidence
• Aids in mastering Technology, read our manifesto
• A safe and secure environment

“DoudouLinux reveals to children the creative, educative, cultural and fun potential that is lying dormant inside every computer.”

5- Thoughts for children

The only limit must be the imagination!

• At last a computer, as easy as pie
• Children are learning while having fun
• They create drawings, comics, music, animation movies, game levels, etc.
• Designed to avoid risks, even with Internet
• To be shared, copied without moderation

6- Designed by parents

Designed by a community of parents for parents and their children

• For the sake of the relation with computers
• Keep only the best
• No trial or limited version, no plugins to pay, etc.
• No ads, not even in web pages
• Contents filtering, under the full control of parents
• Blocking tracking scripts of web pages (“bugs”)
• DuckDuckGo is replacing Google

7- Zero conf, zero admin

Zero headaches: Plug in... Switch on... it works!

• Everything is already installed and pre-configured
• Most devices are automatically managed
• Connecting to a network is very easy
• No need for any “anti-” stuff, nothing to be cleaned
• Does not deteriorate with time

8- A universal system

• Give it a try with a live CD, or a live USB key
• Easy installation (development in progress)
• ARM™ version available (smartphone technology)
• Also runs on old equipment
• Based on Debian Linux (+20,000 software packages)

9- An international project

DoudouLinux is a project of international scope:

• More than 40 languages
• More than 100 contributors around the world
• Visitors coming from the 4 corners of the world
• 250,000 downloads
• Articles on the web in more than 10 languages

10- The future of the project

DoudouLinux is still starting out and is bursting with ideas!

• Digital contents (texts, illustrations, musics, photos, …)
• Favor sister initiatives
• Activities of cooperation between children
• Learning programming
• Put computers back into the real world
• Develop a community of children

11- Support us!

You too, can help us!

• Promoting, installing, using
• Translate, write, complete documentation
• Find free digital contents
• Manual activities in PDF (folding, do-it-yourself, etc.)
• Lessons of drawing, music, etc.
• Create drawings, musics for the environment
• Computer development
• Donations? Yes! ⇒ to the Association DoudouLinux :)