What’s in the bundle?

As of May 2017, the bundle currently has the following content & software:

The SIGNAL Bundle currently includes:

 

  • (Very basic) TOOLS TO BUILD YOUR OWN BUNDLE:
    • Download-A-Website (downloads basic website content) [Windows only]
    • File de/compressor (for packaging folders)

 

  • INFORMATION:
    • Building
      • Open source blueprints for useful machines and structures
    • Knowledge
      • Open source textbooks
      • Wilderness/emergency situation guides
      • Physics simulation software
      • Wiki-site packages (Simple English Wikipedia [to save space], Wiktionary, Wikiversity, WikiVoyage, Vikidia)
      • OpenEducationDisc – A (dead?) project that had similar goals to The SIGNAL Bundle, and deserves some recognition for their similarity

 

  • SOFTWARE:
    • For Windows, Mac, and Linux:
      • Firefox
      • GCompris (educational software)
      • Kiwix (used to browse the wiki packages) [Also available for Android]
      • LibreOffice (office software suite)
      • File de/compressor (7zip for Win/Linux, Keka for Mac)
    • For Windows & Mac:
      • VLC Media Player
      • GIMP (image editing/manipulation)
    • For Windows only:
      • DIA (mind-mapping/diagramming software)
      • PDFLite (.pdf file reader – used for included textbooks/guides/articles)
      • Scribus (printed media design software)
      • Wget (tool to download a website that Download-A-Website is built with)
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