Ubuntu (9.1 desktop_9.3 mini_х32 х64 7.0 netbook х 32)

USU Desktop Features

Version: 9.1
Editions: 32-bits & 64-bits
Working environment: KDE
Size of 32-bits: 2.6 GB
Size of 64-bits: 2.8 GB

Incomparable educational opportunities
USU can be your perfect learning tool, no matter whether you are a child, a student or a teacher. There are a few dozens of preinstalled quality educational applications, grouped by field of knowledge and covering the whole educational process. Many more applications are just one click away. And being completely free for use or share, USU can be used at home or at school without any costs and complex licensing agreements. Installed software:

Celestia space simulator
Marble virtual globe
Fritzing electronics design
Gobby collaborative text editor
Kalgebra mathematical calculator
MuseScore music score typesetter
Kompozer web authoring system
TuxPaint interactive paint program
Step interactive physics simulator
Kalzium periodic table of elements
Blender 3D content creation suite
LibreCAD 2D-CAD application
… and many more educational applications



Conquer your office
It includes all the office tools from USU Mini, USU Linux sports some really nice additions. Now you can create your own business card, manage complex projects, work with databases, connect to your mobile phone’s address book and many more. Installed software:

LibreOffice
Thunderbird Mail
Dictionary
Dates, Task & Contacts
HomeBank accounting software
OpenProj project management
…and more


Dive into the Internet
Sometimes web browsing or communicating with friends on-line is not enough, especially if you want to share content. You can do it in various ways -BitTorrent client, DC++ Client or by uploading to ftp servers with FTP client. Being informed is also very important. You can subscribe to web feeds with desktop news aggregator, which looks for news and conveniently informs you when something new pop-ups. Installed software:

Firefox web browser
Pidgin IM client
BitTorrent client
Linux DC++ Client
FileZilla FTP client
Desktop news aggregator
…and more



One multimedia system to rule them all
If you are looking for more than just a good multimedia experience, then you have found it. On top of the USU Mini’s already great capabilities, USU Linux brings to the table a good number of quality multimedia software. You have many choices: to easily create movies; to convert media in appropriate format for your mobile device or for uploading on Internet; to make a screen cast by recording your own desktop. Installed software:

Clementine music player and organizer
VLC media player
Kdenlive video editor
Desktop session recorder
Subtitle Editor
Webcam recorder
Quick multimedia converter
… and more


Gorgeous collection of graphic software
You can hardly find a graphic oriented task on USU Linux that is not out of the box: to edit and create raster images; to create professional designs for electronic or traditional publishing with page layout software; to make stunning vector art; to organize your digital memories in large collections with photo manager; to stitch your photos in beautiful panoramas with panorama creator; to choose the most appropriate colors for your web site or for your home with colorcheme designer; to process hundreds of image at time with photo batch processor. Installed software:

GIMP image editor
KolourPaint
Scribus desktop publisher
Inkscape vector graphics editor
digiKam photo manager
Phatch photo batch processor
Hugin panorama image creator
Dia diagrams editor
Colorscheme designer
… and more


Time for game
Using a computer is not only for getting the work done, it can be fun too. You will find a nice selection of ready to be played games – from mines and solitaire games, through more challenging game like sudoku, to pure fun with arcade and turn based strategy games. And games can be the perfect educational tool for every little kid. To demonstrate this USU Linux comes with four excellent educational games: mathematics and a typing tutor games for preschool children; a chemistry puzzle game and GCompris educational games suite for children aged 2 to 10. Additionally, there are literally hundreds of games ready to be installed with ease from the package manager. Installed software:

Solitaire collection
Sudoku
Mines
Mahjong
Tetris-like game
TuxMath mathematics game
TyxType typing game
GCompris educational games suite
КAtomic chemistry game
Hedgewars turn based strategy game
Frozen-Bubble arcade game


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USU Mini Features

Version: 9.3 mini
Editions: 32-bits & 64-bits
Working environment: KDE
Size of 32-bits: 1.4 GB
Size of 64-bits: 1.5 GB
Easy and secure web browsing
You can browse the web with ease and confidence using the most popular open-source web browser – Mozilla Firefox. If the provided functionality of the web browser is not enough for you, you can extend it. There are thousands add-ons , ready to be installed and they are just one click away. Firefox comes with preinstalled flash and java support, so you can watch on-line movies and play funny games. Installed software:

Mozilla Firefox
Flash and Java support
TeamViewer remote control
… and more



Ready for serious office work
LibreOffice is new, powerful and easy to use office suite. It is fully compatible with Microsoft Office. Thunderbird e-mail client is one of the best desktop e-mail clients out there and comes with built-in anti-spam and junk mechanism.. Installed software:

LibreOffice
Thunderbird Mail
Dictionary
PDF Reader



Communicate freely
Make audio and video calls through Skype. Chat with your friends from all popular IM networks with one single application – Pidgin IM client. Installed software:

Skype
Pidgin IM client



Enjoy your media
USU includes just the right things for full multimedia experience. Listen to your music with Clementine music player. To get the most of movie watching USU has VLC media player, which supports almost all multimedia formats. Installed software:

Clementine
VLC



Unleash the graphic artist within you
Now you can use the most powerful open-source graphic editor in the world – GIMP. With it you can do many things – from quick photo retouching, through image composition, to image authoring. For quick image drawing there is Kolour Paint – a simple painting program. Installed software:

GIMP
Kolour Paint
Simple scan
Photo viewer
LibreOffice Draw



Keep using your favorite applications
You can keep using your favorite Windows applications thanks to the built-in WINE application. With WINE all you need to do is to start an installable Windows application and follow the steps – just like under Windows. Installed software:

Wine
Notepad
Wordpad
Winetricks
Vineyard



Don’t loose your data
A substantial part of your life is already on the computer so don’t loose it! With KBackup backup tool you operate in set-it-and-forget-it manner. Just choose your important folders and the program will create automatic backups in the future. And you can extend backup to a whole new level, by creating your personal LiveDVD copy of USU, containing all the important files and personal settings. This is made simple with Remastersys. Installed software:

KBackup backup tool
Remastersys live cd tool
PhotoRec recovery tool


Accessible environment
We want USU to be equally accessible to all people. And for that we have provided some tools as screen reader, magnifier, and voice synthesizer. Installed software:

Screen reader
Magnifier
Voice synthesizer
On-screen keyboard



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USU Netbook Features

Version: 7.0 Netbook
Editions: 32-bits
Working environment: GNOME
Size of 32-bits: 795 mb
Comfortable even on a small screen
Whether you are using netbook, nettop or another system with a smaller screen, you will find that thanks to the optimized interface you can do all your usual tasks. Installed software:

Maximus
Window Applets



Find your application quickly
It is important to quickly find the necessary program among others. When the screen space is limited it is even more important. For that reason USU netbook includes a handy system menu with integrated applications and places categories that fits good on the screen. It has built-in search among applications, places and web results through Google. Installed software:

Cardapio menu applet



Your camera’s best friend
Install USU Netbook on your netbook to make it an extension of your digital camera. USU Netbook comes with GIMP Image Editor with a special designed micro theme and interface. Installed software:

GIMP with micro theme
Gnome Paint
Simple scan
Photo viewer



Ultramobile office
There is no need to tote a heavy notebook on every business meeting – a small netbook is sufficient. USU Netbook provides word processing and spreadsheet applications. They have a familiar interface and provided support for most popular office file formats, including those of Microsoft Word and Excel. Installed software:

Text processing (AbiWord)
Spreadsheet (Gnumeric)