32 projects tagged "GNOME"
GCompris is an educational software suite with numerous activities for children aged 2 to 10. Some of the activities are game-orientated, but nonetheless still educational. These include computer discovery (keyboard, mouse, different mouse gestures), algebra (table memory, enumeration, double entry table, mirror image), science (the canal lock, the water cycle, the submarine, electric simulation), geography (place the country on the map), games (chess, memory, connect 4, oware, sudoku), reading practice, and others (learn to tell time, puzzles of famous paintings, vector drawing, cartoon making, etc.). It currently offers in excess of 100 activities, and more are being developed.
Libgda is a (relatively small) database access library. It provides a wrapper like ODBC but with more features for accessing several database engines, a general data model for use with CSV or XML files, a metadata extractor that retrieves information about database objects in a common way, and a SQL console application (like mysql, psql or sqlite3 consoles).
plextor-tool allows owners of Plextor CD-ROM or generally MMC-compatible CD-R(W) drives (including that of Plextor) to change various properties. These include the reading speed (to "silence" the drive), the time until the drive spins down, the volume of the internal audio out, and some special settings for Plextor CD-ROM devices.
Workrave is a program that assists in the recovery and prevention of repetitive strain injury (RSI). The program frequently alerts you to take micro-pauses and rest breaks, and restricts you to your daily limit. It currently runs on GNU/Linux and Microsoft Windows (using GTK/Win32).
EC-Laby is a small net-game with 2 teams of players running through a labyrinth to find the startroom of the other team. The first team which reaches the other startroom wins. There are features like chatting with other players and collecting points, and abilities to view a lab-map, set orientation points, insert oneways in the labyrinth, beam to other players, and insert question-doors in the labyrinth.