Download

The full version of DoudouLinux is freely available for download without any use restrictions! A PC or Macintosh computer [1] with 256 MB of memory and an 800 MHz processor inside is required to run it (see Recommended configuration). Instructions to transfer DoudouLinux onto a CDROM or a USB key are detailed on page Get DoudouLinux. Be aware that DoudouLinux is not a standard application: the files you can download from this page should not be considered as simple data files or as application installers.

To determine which version to download, you need to choose:

• the support type to be used (CDROM or USB key)
• the CDROM or USB key language

You will find in the following tables a download link for each combination of these two parameters support and language. The latest version available is DoudouLinux Gondwana 1.2, this is our stable version. In the future we will not build another update but will instead switch to the successor of Gondwana named Hyperborea 2.0, around April/May 2013. In the meanwhile you can test our development version if you are eager to discover the future stable release. Despite its name – development, it is functioning very well but has not all the required features yet. Please refer to the page What’s new in the latest release? to know what has changed since the previous releases, and to the section Development version to know more about Gondwana’s successor.

Download CD images

With the downloadable files below you can create a DoudouLinux CDROM to be inserted at computer boot up. As indicated on page Get DoudouLinux, to transfer the file onto CD you need to use a special function of your CD burning software. Writing the file as any other data file will surely fail.

File of all checksums: checksum-sha1-all (GPG signature)

File of all checksums: checksum-sha1-all (GPG signature)

Download USB key images

With the downloadable files below you can create a DoudouLinux USB device (USB key or other) to be inserted before computer boot up. As indicated on page Get DoudouLinux, to transfer the file onto an USB media you need special tools that may not be natively available in your system. Copying the file on the USB medium as any other data file will surely fail.

Download using torrents

If you find our server slow for downloading, we propose you use our torrent files:

http://download.doudoulinux.org/tor...

You only need a Bittorrent client that correctly handles web seeds – not all do this. Web seeds are standard downloadable files used as the first seed when nobody is sharing the file you are looking for. If you are the only one, it is just like a standard download, if not, your download speed should be increased by the additional seeds on the network. This way you are sure to get the file, whatever its level of activity on the Internet :).

Stable version, development version and awaiting version

DoudouLinux is available in two flavors named “stable” and “development”. The stable version is the one that is tested and validated enough to be used by anyone without a second thought. You should a priori be interested in the stable version. The development version is used to prepare for the next DoudouLinux stable version. It is not stable in terms of functionalities and eventual issues; however, it works on all of its main points –particularly applications dedicated to children are all in a development status known to be stable. As the development version is now very close to be the future stable release, it is functioning very well indeed.

Moreover, an “awaiting” version is available. This name is used for languages that are still requiring someone to carry out translation of the CD or for which such work has just started. These versions are based on the development version or even the stable one, and are thus not lacking of any functionality. On the other hand no translation improvement work has been achieved yet, so there may still be many English texts to be translated. Of course you can start translating by yourself by downloading the language files or joining our large translation team on Transifex. If you ask for adding a new language, it will be first uploaded in this category.

Finally note that we may upload daily builds of CD’s or USB images on our Dailybuild section. These builds may not be stable depending on our work progress. Release candidates, just before a new release is out, land to this section before moving to the official download section (here).

Recommended configuration

The minimal recommended configuration to run DoudouLinux is:

• 256 MB memory
• 800 MHz processor
• 800×600 dots display

DoudouLinux can easily work with a slower processor [2], but not for 3D games which are more computation-greedy [3]. Moreover it is possible to use less than 256 MB memory, positive trials were conducted with 128 MB memory. Finally concerning screen resolution, some applications are designed to work with a minimal size of 800×600 dots. This is why it is better to opt for a screen and a video card that accept this mode.

Globally any machine dating from early 2000’s should be adequate concerning PC’s. Concerning Macintosh’s, their internal architecture became similar to the PC’s in 2006. This is why DoudouLinux will not run on older Macintosh’s. [4]

PDF documentation

You may also download the PDF documentation for offline browsing. “quickstart” files correspond to the quick start guide (!) and, surprisingly, “userdoc” files correspond to the user documentation! It is roughly equivalent to the “Documentation” section with few pages removed, particularly the page that explains how to install DoudouLinux on the computer [5].