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Edubuntu aims to be a complete and ready-to-use educational environment. As such, Edubuntu comes pre-installed with a complete office suite, teaching and learning programs, pre-school resources and much more, across a range of categories. Here is a brief summary and some screenshots for the most popular Edubuntu packages, and if you need more, Edubuntu has thousands of additional applications ready for you to install.

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OpenOffice.org is a complete office suite similar to the Microsoft Office suite. It features a word processor, as well as spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, database, and mathematical formula applications. OpenOffice.org can open and convert most Microsoft Office documents and has support for many different languages.

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Firefox is the incredible successor to the hugely popular Mozilla browser. Among its many features are tabbed browsing, which makes viewing multiple sites a breeze, pop-up blocking, live bookmarks and great accessibility support. Combine these with its fantastic customisation engine and you have the most powerful web browsing at your fingertips.

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Moving beyond the simple web browser, Edubuntu also comes with an email client and personal information manager, <application>Evolution</application>. Video conferencing with <application>Ekiga</application> and instant messaging and chat with <application>Gaim</application> provide communication tools that teachers and students need in an Internet age.

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In the graphics department, diagrams and flowcharts are a breeze with <application>Dia</application>. <application>Xsane</application> provides an easy to use scanner interface. 3D modeling and animation are <application>Blender's</application> specialty. Image editing similar to Adobe Photoshop is accomplished using <application>the GIMP</application>. <application>Scribus</application> provides layout and publishing capabilites similar to Adobe Illustrator.

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For all your video and audio playback and editing needs, Edubuntu provides several programs including <application>Rhythmbox</application> for playing music and <application>Serpentine</application> for burning audio CDs. <application>Sound Juicer</application> rips audio CD tracks to your computer. <application>Totem</application> is an excelent video and movie player, and you can use <application>Kino</application> to edit video clips. <application>Sound Recorder</application> can be used to record audio clips to your computer.

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<emphasis role="strong">Explore the stars</emphasis> - <application>KStars</application> is a Desktop Planetarium that provides an accurate graphical simulation of the night sky. The program includes details for 130000 stars, 13000 deep-sky objects and all of the planets. <application>KStars</application> has an easy to use interface, so it can be used by everyone, from amateurs to astronomy experts. You will also find a great deal of general information regarding telescopes and other astronomy-related matter.

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<emphasis role="strong">Research the periodic table</emphasis> - <application>Kalzium</application> is a package for discovering and researching information about the periodic table and the elements. It includes pictures for most of the 111 elements present, along with more detailed information including atomic models, spectrum analysis, chemical data and energies.

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<emphasis role="strong">Test your chemistry skills</emphasis> - <application>Atomix</application> is a puzzle game, the purpose of which is to make up the molecule displayed from the atomic pieces scattered throughout the level.

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<emphasis role="strong">Program in Logo</emphasis> - <application>KTurtle</application> is a Logo programming language interpreter. The Logo programming language is very easy to learn and thus it can be used by young children. A unique quality of Logo is that the commands or instructions can be translated, so the 'programmer' can program in his or her native language. This makes Logo ideal for teaching kids the basics of programming, mathematics and geometry. One of the reasons many children warm to Logo is that the programmable icon is a small turtle, which can be moved around the screen with simple commands and can be programmed to draw objects.