Qimo 4 Kids

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

Large colorful ICONS help young users navigate easily.It is "designed for early elementary school aged children. It’s a pretty straightforward idea, a customized version of Xubuntu, designed to be visually appealing, but not overwhelming, for kids."

Qimo is based on Xubuntu; a community maintained derivative of the Ubuntu operating system, using the Xfce desktop environment. This 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 is recommended, and a 400 MHz or faster CPU. Qimo currently uses 8.04 LTS with plans to use the next LTS Lucid Lynx

Differences between Qimo & Edubuntu
  • Qimo was designed to be a standalone home computer for kids
  • Edubuntu was designed for networked classroom computer use
  • Qimo will run from a LiveCD
  • From October 2008 to October 2009, Edubuntu required an existing Ubuntu installation. Edubuntu is available in a live medium, but only on a DVD, as its contents will not fit on a CD anymore.

See also

  • List of Ubuntu-based distributions