Those of you who know me, will know that I wouldn't include anything that I hadn't tried myself. I have downloaded and installed these three Tux programs with the view of evaluation for Family Learning and/or Initial Teacher Training Resources.

Tux4kids! Why did they have to include the word "kids"? These Open Source packages could equally be used by adults!

• Tux Math: "80's Missile Command revisited". Tux Math takes that game concept and combines math skills for a entertaining and engaging game. Download at http://tux4kids.alioth.debian.org/tuxmath/download.php.

• Tux Typing: The penguin is hungry and has to eat but the only way he can eat is if you type the correct letters as the fall from the sky. Download at http://tux4kids.alioth.debian.org/tuxtype/download.php.

• Tux Paint: allows kids users, to be creative as well as teaching them fine motor skills to use the mouse. It is available on all three major OS's Linux, Mac OS and Windows. Like all open source programs its Free! Make sure you download the Rubber Stamp collection too. It gives you ten times more options for learners to use. Download at http://www.tuxpaint.org/.