GCompris, Childsplay and Tux Paint tips in Ubuntu
Once you have the proper Ubuntu repository added to get Childsplay (is it Universe?), in order to get sound for GCompris, Childsplay and Tuxpaint, make sure to add the proper packages. For some reason, the sound packages aren't added as dependencies.
Everything comes together in Debian and OpenBSD, but in Ubuntu, you have to add extra packages to get the sound working in GCompris and Tux Paint. And in Childsplay, if you don't add an extra package, you won't get the full slate of games.
These three educational games work every bit as well in Ubuntu as they do in Debian, but you just have to make sure you have all the pieces on your system.
Even though this post is aimed at Ubuntu users, I continue to be amazed at how well these educational packages work in OpenBSD -- and how easy it is to install them.
But I'm dedicated to keeping Ubuntu 8.04 running on this laptop for the foreseeable future, so everything our little girl wants to run on this laptop has to run as well as it can.
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Steven Rosenberg aims to learn what he does not know. He writes about it here.
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