Tux Typing

Tux Typing is a free and open source typing tutor created especially for children. It features several different types of game play, at a variety of difficulty levels.[1] It is designed to be fun and to improve words per minute speed of typists.

Tux Typing
Developer(s)community project
Stable release
1.8.3 / August 20, 2014 (2014-08-20)
Repository
Written inC
Operating systemCross-platform
Available inEnglish
TypeEducational Typing Tutor for Children
LicenseGNU General Public License
Websitegithub.com/tux4kids/tuxtype

It is written in the C programming language and is available in the repositories of some Linux distributions such as Fedora.

Interface

There is a practice mode for learning basics of typing. There are also two games.[2] In the first, fish are falling from the sky. Each fish has a letter or a word written on it. When the player presses the corresponding key, or types the appropriate word, Tux will position himself to eat the fish.[3] The second game is similar, but the goal is to prevent comets from falling on a city. When a comet lands on the city, the shield will be removed, then if it is hit again without the shield, it disappears. If it is hit by a comet while the city is destroyed, points will be deducted. In both games, different languages can be selected as a source for the words.[2]

gollark: Ah yes, how silly.
gollark: Unless you're a whitelisted user.
gollark: Imagine Twitter but if your tweet is controversial you are killed by bees.
gollark: The quote marks are clearly a racist dog-whistle.
gollark: But in the future if anyone says something like this publicly, they will immediately be swarmed by Twitter and killed.

See also

References
  1. Diehl, Mike (October 21, 2009). "Teaching with Tux". Linux Journal. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  2. Radulescu, Bogdan. "Tux Typing Review". softpedia. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  3. http://www.pcworld.ca/downloads/details/152332.htm
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