| DoudouLinux | |
|---|---|
 DoudouLinux Logo | |
 Screenshot of the main screen with the program "Marble" being launched | |
| OS family | Unix-like |
| Working state | Discontinued[1] |
| Source model | Open source |
| Initial release | May 2010; 15 years ago (2010-05)[2] |
| Latest release | 2.1 / December 2013; 12 years ago (2013-12)[3] |
| Marketing target | Children |
| Available in | 44 languages[3] |
List of languages Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (China and Taiwan), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Malay, Marathi, Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk), Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Tajik, Telugu, Turkish and Ukrainian. | |
| Influenced by | Debian |
| Default user interface | LXDE[4] |
| License | GPLv3[5] |
| Official website | doudoulinux |
DoudouLinux is a discontinuedLinux distribution based onDebian[6] intended for children as young as 2 years old.[4] DoudouLinux is named after the French worddoudou which refers to awubby, which is a comfort object such as a small blanket or a teddy bear.[7]
DoudouLinux has not received an update since 2013, and their website has not received an update since a 2015 blog post.[8]
Versions 1.x are referred to asGondwana, and versions 2.x are referred to asHyperborea.[7]
DoudouLinux uses a heavily modified version of theLXDE as itsdesktop environment, which is intended to be as simple for children to use as possible.[9][4]
DoudouLinux comes with software including theGCompris suite, which includes educational software and games. It also includes another package of children's games called Child's Play, as well as several educationalKDE Applications.[9]
DoudouLinux's web browserEphiphany[10] comes installed with a web filtering tool calledDansGuardian and usesDuckDuckGo by default[9]
Version 2.1 has software used to monitor computer use.[3]
According to DoudouLinux's documentation, the minimum recommended configuration has three requirements: 256 MB memory, an 800 MHz processor, and an 800×600 dots display.[11][9]
Reviews byPCMag[9]WebUpd8.org[12] focused on the simplicity of the software interface and its ease of use for children.
Reviews byILoveFreeSoftware.com[10] andMakeTechEasier.com[13] focused on the educational games provided by DoudouLinux.
A review byUnixmen.com focused on the updates of the 2.0 release which included a UI overhaul and security updates,[6]
A Spanish review byMundiario.com[14] focused on the installation process of DoudouLinux, while an Italian review byAltreconomia.it[15] reviewed the distro's focus on children as well as the background of an Italian company that makes use of DoudouLinux on computers.
