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| Developer(s) | Community Project |
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| Stable release | 1.8.3 / August 20, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-08-20) |
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| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Educational Typing Tutor for Children |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | www |
Tux Typing is afree and open sourcetyping tutor created especially for children.[1] It features several different types of game play, with a variety of difficulty levels.[2] It is designed to be fun and to improvewords per minute speed of typists.
It is written in theC programming language and is available in the repositories of someLinux distributions such asFedora.[3]
There is a practice mode for learning the basics of typing. There are also two games.[4] 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.[5] 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.[4]
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