Tux Typing

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Tux Typing
Developer(s) Community Project
Stable release
1.8.3 / August 20, 2014;9 years ago (2014-08-20)
Repository
Written in C
Operating system Cross-platform
Available inEnglish
Type Educational Typing Tutor for Children
License GNU General Public License
Website www.tux4kids.com/tuxtyping.html

Tux Typing is a free and open source typing 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 improve words per minute speed of typists.

Contents

It is written in the C programming language and is available in the repositories of some Linux distributions such as Fedora. [3]

Interface

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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References

  1. "Tux Typing". Flathub. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  2. Diehl, Mike (October 21, 2009). "Teaching with Tux". Linux Journal. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  3. "Games/tuxtype2 - Fedora Project Wiki". fedoraproject.org. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
  4. 1 2 Radulescu, Bogdan. "Tux Typing Review". softpedia. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  5. http://www.pcworld.ca/downloads/details/152332.htm [ dead link ]
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