Qimo 4 Kids

Qimo 4 Kids
Desktop screenshot of Qimo 2.0 Beta 1
Developer(s) QuinnCo, Michael & Michelle Hall[1]
Platform Unix-like
Type Desktop environment - for kids 3 & up
License GNU General Public License
Website www.qimo4kids.com

Qimo 4 Kids (pronounced "kim-oh", as in "eskimo")[2] is a child-friendly desktop environment built entirely with free software. Qimo comes pre-installed with educational games for kids: TuxPaint, eToys, GCompris, Tuxmath, and Tuxtyping.

Large colorful icons help young users navigate easily. It is "designed for early elementary school aged children. Qimo is based on Xubuntu, using Xfce and is designed to be visually appealing for kids."[3] The fact that Qimo is based on Xubuntu, helps provide low hardware requirements: minimum of 256MB of memory to run from the CD, or 192MB to install. At least 6 GB of hard drive space and a 400 MHz or faster CPU is needed.[2]

Qimo uses LTS Lucid Lynx.[4] While it is still possible to download and run Qimo 2.0, the project was discontinued and development halted on 30 January 2016.[5]

2.0

In May 2010, Qimo 2.0 was released.[6]

Differences between Qimo & Edubuntu

See also

References

  1. "Qimo 4 Kids Special thanks".
  2. 1 2 "Qimo 4 Kids FAQ".
  3. "kidsoncomputers.org Interview with developers".
  4. "Interview".
  5. Tavvaujusi, The Qimo 4 Kids team: Michael, Michelle, and Brian (30 January 2016). "Qimo 4 Kids - Software For Kids: Goodbye Friends". Qimo4kids.com. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  6. "Qimo 2.0 is now available! - Desktop Operating System for Kids"
  7. "What's been happening with Edubuntu". Archived from the original on 4 March 2014.

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