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The GCompris Story Part 2 - Maintaining Free Software for Kids
Timothée Giet and Johnny Jazeix are currently Co-Maintainers of the GCompris project. They took these roles not long after GCompris was re-written in Qt by its founder, Bruno Coudoin. In this video, KDAB talks to them about their involvement and some of the technical challenges they have encountered.
00:00 Intro
06:24 Managing and sharing tasks
10:17 Contributing in different languages
12:03 Technical Challenges - incl. Qt 6
14:39 Graphic design and UX leader - what's involved?
17:29 Contributing graphic designs
21:46 Free software tools vs proprietary
23:54 GCompris evolution
26:29 Stories - how GCompris has helped.
About the hosts:
Johnny Jazeix, Technical Lead, GCompris
Johnny Jazeix is a Scrum master/C++ developer in Sophia Antipolis. In KDE, he is the GCompris co-maintainer since 2016, the coordinator of the French translation team, a SoK admin and one of the org. admins for GSoC for the last 2 years.
Timothée Giet, Graphic Designer and UX Lead, GCompris
Timothée Giet is a graphic artist and developer. He is a contributor to various Free Software projects since 2010.
About GCompris
GCompris is a free and open source, high quality, educational software suite for kids aged 2 – 10, that’s built with Qt.
It was originally written in C and Python using the GTK+ widget toolkit, but a rewrite in C++ and QML using the Qt widget toolkit was initiated by Bruno Coudoin in 2014.
GCompris is used as a teaching aid worldwide. It is available in multiple languages and has global users estimated to be in the millions. With its multiple datasets, GCompris Activities can be adjusted to fit pupil’s learning needs, and fitted into their existing lesson plans, individually or in groups.
Aside from its benefit as an addition to any teaching curriculum, GCompris is proven to be especially helpful for children with learning difficulties or neurological differences. Its content is non violent, quieter, and free from distractions like pop-ups or advertisements. It has also been designed to be non-addictive. https://gcompris.net/index-en.html
GCompris is a project under the umbrella of KDE, a long-term partner of KDAB.
Links
About KDE
KDE is an international community supporting the cooperative development and distribution of Free, Open Source Software for desktop and portable computing: https://kde.org/
About KDAB:
KDAB offers experienced software experts to help you deliver functional, high-performing, and innovative software across embedded, mobile, and desktop platforms for projects using C++, Qt, QML/Qt Quick, OpenGL, Qt 3D, and more: https://www.kdab.com/software-services
Keep in touch with KDAB developments by signing up for our monthly newsletter featuring news and technical blogs on Qt, C++ and 3D topics: https://www.kdab.com/development-resources/sign-up-for-our-newsletter/
KDAB experts regularly take time out to deliver KDAB’s world class training, in-house or at open enrollment courses around the world. We are the market leaders for training in Qt, OpenGL, and C++.
Contact us to find out more at [email protected] or visit our website: https://www.kdab.com/software-services/scheduled-training/
We are about 100+ people, located all around the world. Our Head Office is in Sweden and we have other offices in Germany, France, the UK, and the USA. https://www.kdab.com/about/contact/
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Timothée Giet and Johnny Jazeix are currently Co-Maintainers of the GCompris project. They took these roles not long after GCompris was re-written in Qt by its founder, Bruno Coudoin. In this video, KDAB talks to them about their involvement and some of the technical challenges they have encountered.
00:00 Intro
06:24 Managing and sharing tasks
10:17 Contributing in different languages
12:03 Technical Challenges - incl. Qt 6
14:39 Graphic design and UX leader - what's involved?
17:29 Contributing graphic designs
21:46 Free software tools vs proprietary
23:54 GCompris evolution
26:29 Stories - how GCompris has helped.
About the hosts:
Johnny Jazeix, Technical Lead, GCompris
Johnny Jazeix is a Scrum master/C++ developer in Sophia Antipolis. In KDE, he is the GCompris co-maintainer since 2016, the coordinator of the French translation team, a SoK admin and one of the org. admins for GSoC for the last 2 years.
Timothée Giet, Graphic Designer and UX Lead, GCompris
Timothée Giet is a graphic artist and developer. He is a contributor to various Free Software projects since 2010.
About GCompris
GCompris is a free and open source, high quality, educational software suite for kids aged 2 – 10, that’s built with Qt.
It was originally written in C and Python using the GTK+ widget toolkit, but a rewrite in C++ and QML using the Qt widget toolkit was initiated by Bruno Coudoin in 2014.
GCompris is used as a teaching aid worldwide. It is available in multiple languages and has global users estimated to be in the millions. With its multiple datasets, GCompris Activities can be adjusted to fit pupil’s learning needs, and fitted into their existing lesson plans, individually or in groups.
Aside from its benefit as an addition to any teaching curriculum, GCompris is proven to be especially helpful for children with learning difficulties or neurological differences. Its content is non violent, quieter, and free from distractions like pop-ups or advertisements. It has also been designed to be non-addictive. https://gcompris.net/index-en.html
GCompris is a project under the umbrella of KDE, a long-term partner of KDAB.
Links
About KDE
KDE is an international community supporting the cooperative development and distribution of Free, Open Source Software for desktop and portable computing: https://kde.org/
About KDAB:
KDAB offers experienced software experts to help you deliver functional, high-performing, and innovative software across embedded, mobile, and desktop platforms for projects using C++, Qt, QML/Qt Quick, OpenGL, Qt 3D, and more: https://www.kdab.com/software-services
Keep in touch with KDAB developments by signing up for our monthly newsletter featuring news and technical blogs on Qt, C++ and 3D topics: https://www.kdab.com/development-resources/sign-up-for-our-newsletter/
KDAB experts regularly take time out to deliver KDAB’s world class training, in-house or at open enrollment courses around the world. We are the market leaders for training in Qt, OpenGL, and C++.
Contact us to find out more at [email protected] or visit our website: https://www.kdab.com/software-services/scheduled-training/
We are about 100+ people, located all around the world. Our Head Office is in Sweden and we have other offices in Germany, France, the UK, and the USA. https://www.kdab.com/about/contact/