SEUL
Encyclopedia
Simple End User
End-user computing
In computing, End User Computing refer to systems in which non-programmers can create working applications. EUC is a group of approaches to computing that aim at better integrating end users into the computing environment...

 Linux
is an advocacy group that promotes Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...

 programs in education and science.
SEUL also hosts numerous free software projects and efforts, such as the WorldForge
WorldForge
The WorldForge project is producing an open source framework for massively multiplayer online role-playing games. The intent lies in creating a widely used development framework and set of libraries by motivating interested developers to improve on the original code.-History:The WorldForge Project...

 Project's website. The SEUL/Edu project seeks to further the use of Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...

 and Open Source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...

 software in schools, and was one of the groups which laid the groundwork for the SchoolForge
SchoolForge
SchoolForge is a coalition of open source software development groups, school boards, curriculum advisory panels, and other organizations intent on advancing the use of Free Software, Open Source Software, and Open Content in Educational systems, world-wide...

 project. The SEUL/Sci project (now dormant) focused on the use of Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...

 and Free Software
Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...

 in research.

Other projects of note connected to SEUL is Tor (anonymity network)
Tor (anonymity network)
Tor is a system intended to enable online anonymity. Tor client software routes Internet traffic through a worldwide volunteer network of servers in order to conceal a user's location or usage from someone conducting network surveillance or traffic analysis...

.

External links

  • http://www.seul.org/
  • http://www.seul.org/edu/
  • http://www.seul.org/sci/
  • http://tor.eff.org/
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