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Today we are releasing GCompris version 3.1.

As we noticed that version 3.0 contained a critical bug in the new "Comparator" activity, we decided to quickly ship this 3.1 maintenance release to fix the issue.

It also contains some little translation update.

You can find packages of this new version for GNU/Linux, Windows, Raspberry Pi and macOS on the download page. This update will be available soon in the Android Play store, the F-Droid repository and the Windows store.

Thank you all,
Timothée & Johnny

We are pleased to announce the release of GCompris version 3.0.

It contains 182 activities, including 8 new ones:

• "Mouse click training" is an exercise to practice using a mouse with left and right clicks.
• In "Create the fractions", represent decimal quantities with some pie or rectangle charts.
• In "Find the fractions", it's the other way: write the fraction represented by the pie or rectangle chart.
• With "Discover the International Morse code", learn how to communicate with the International Morse code.
• In "Compare numbers", learn how to compare number values using comparison symbols.
• "Find ten's complement" is a simple exercise to learn the concept of ten's complement.
• In "Swap ten's complement", swap numbers of an addition to optimize it using ten's complement.
• In "Use ten's complement", decompose an addition to optimize it using ten's complement.

We've added 2 new command line options:

• List all the available activities (-l or --list-activities)
• Directly start a specific activity (--launch activityName)

This version also contains several improvements and bug fixes.

On the translation side, GCompris 3.0 contains 36 languages. 25 are fully translated: (Azerbaijani, Basque, Breton, British English, Catalan, Catalan (Valencian), Chinese Traditional, Croatian, Dutch, Estonian, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Malayalam, Norwegian Nynorsk, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Ukrainian). 11 are partially translated: (Albanian (99%), Belarusian (83%), Brazilian Portuguese (94%), Czech (82%), Finnish (94%), German (91%), Indonesian (99%), Macedonian (94%), Slovak (77%), Swedish (94%) and Turkish (71%)).

A special note about Ukrainian voices which have been added thanks to the organization "Save the Children" who funded the recording. They installed GCompris on 8000 tablets and 1000 laptops, and sent them to Digital learning Centers and other safe spaces for children in Ukraine.

Croatian voices have also been recorded by a contributor.

As usual you can find packages of this new version for GNU/Linux, Windows, Android, Raspberry Pi and macOS on the download page. This update will also be available soon in the Android Play store, the F-Droid repository and the Windows store.

For packagers of GNU/Linux distributions, note that we have a new dependency on QtCharts QML plugin, and the minimum required version of Qt5 is now 5.12. We also moved from using QtQuick.Controls 1 to QtQuick.Controls 2.

Thank you all,
Timothée & Johnny

Today we are releasing GCompris version 2.4.

We optimized the size of all the packages for all platforms and of the external word images set (~30% smaller).

If you disabled the automatic download and want to have the full images set, you should go to the configuration and click on "Download full word image set".

The text "Full word image set is installed" is displayed below when you have the latest version.

Norwegian Nynorsk introduction voices have been added by Karl Ove Hufthammer and Øystein Steffensen-Alværvik. Malayalam voices have been completed by Aiswarya Kaitheri Kandoth.

Many images have been updated for several activities.

We have also fixed a few bugs in Renewable energy, Watercycle and Logical associations activities.

You can find packages of this new version for GNU/Linux, Windows, Raspberry Pi and macOS on the download page. This update will be available soon in the Android Play store, the F-Droid repository and the Windows store.

Thank you all,
Timothée & Johnny

Today we are releasing GCompris version 2.3.

As we noticed that version 2.2 had been shipped with a bug that broke 3 activities ("Alphabet sequence", "Even and odd numbers" and "Numbers in order"), we decided to fix it quickly with a new maintenance release.

You can find packages of this new version for GNU/Linux, Windows, Raspberry Pi and macOS on the download page. This update will be available soon in the Android Play store, the F-Droid repository and the Windows store.

Thank you all,
Timothée & Johnny

Hi,
We are pleased to announce the release of GCompris version 2.2.

This is a maintenance release, so every GNU/Linux distribution shipping 2.0 or 2.1 should update to 2.2.

Here is a summary of included changes:

• New images and lot of little issues fixed in Watercycle and Renewable energy activities.
• New images in Tangram activity.
• Better letter ordering in the virtual keyboard (follows the locale set in GCompris).
• Fix a crash on Android when starting Balancebox activity.
• Many other little fixes and improvements.

On the translation side:

• Russian translation has been completed.
• New voices added for Norwegian Nynorsk (all except the introduction voices).

You can find packages of this new version for GNU/Linux, Windows and macOS on the download page. This update will be available soon in the Android Play store, the F-Droid repository and the Windows store. The package for Raspberry Pi will also be available soon.

Thank you all,
Timothée & Johnny

Hi,
We are pleased to announce the release of GCompris version 2.1.

This is a maintenance release, so every GNU/Linux distribution shipping 2.0 should update to 2.1.

The most important change is that assets downloads on some older Android versions should now work again.

Here is a summary of included changes:

• Ship SSL certificate to download the assets for older Android phones/tablets which do not have it and fail to download data (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447572).
• Graphics have been updated for Balance box and Erase activities.
• Fix a bug in reversecount where after the fish did one turn, it was not possible to win even when inputting the good result.
• Fix a freeze in learn_decimals activities when changing levels.
• Add bold tag for Keyboard controls line on path encoding activities.
• Fix bottom of the activities list not visible when scrolled down to the end.
• On Windows, remove the blurriness on HiDPI screens when installing GCompris.

On the translation side:

• Breton and Macedonian have been completed.
• Czech has returned (partial translation above 80% for now).

You can find packages of this new version for GNU/Linux, Windows and macOS on the download page. This update will be available soon in the Android Play store, the F-Droid repository and the Windows store. The package for Raspberry Pi will also be available soon.

Thank you all,
Timothée & Johnny

Hi,
We are pleased to announce the release of GCompris 2.0. The educational value and the hours of fun and entertainment it provides children of all ages makes it the perfect present for these festive holidays.

It contains many new and improved activities. Below is a summary of included changes.

New activities:

• Baby mouse is for children learning to interact with a computer for the first time.
• Oware is a traditional African strategy game, it can be played against the computer or with a friend.
• In Path encoding (absolute or relative) children need to give a set of directions to follow a defined path in a grid.
• Path decoding (absolute or relative) is the opposite. Children have to create the path corresponding to a defined set of directions.
• In Learn quantities, the goal is to count how many items are needed to represent a quantity.
• In Learn decimal numbers, children cut units in pieces to learn the concept of decimal numbers.
• Learn decimal additions and Learn decimal subtractions use the same principles as Learn decimal numbers, but this time to practice these operations.
• With Ordering numbers, children can practice ordering numbers in ascending or descending order.
• With Ordering letters, children can practice ordering letters in alphabetical order or in reverse order.
• Ordering sentences is a step up in which children can practice reading and grammar by sorting out parts of a sentence.
• Positions is an activity to learn the terms describing the relative position of an object.

Improved activities:

• Analog electricity has a new set of tutorial level.
• Programming maze has a new dataset containing loops operations, and its tutorial images are now translated.
• Magic hat activities have new datasets for younger children.
• In Solar system we now use Earth days and years as unit for all planets.
• In Geography activities, all the maps have been redrawn and updated, using better projections and in svg format. We also added new maps for each part of Asia (East, Southeast, South, Central and Western).
• New images and visual improvements for Hanoï activities, Missing letter, Money activities, Photo hunter, Simple paint and Tangram.
• We have a new Inkscape extension to help creating svg maps and puzzles (https://invent.kde.org/education/gcompris/-/tree/master/tools/inkscape).

... and many more little fixes and improvements.

On the translation side, GCompris 2.0 contains 33 languages. 26 are fully translated: (Azerbaijani, Albanian, Basque, Brazilian Portuguese, British English, Catalan, Catalan (Valencian), Chinese Traditional, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Lithuanian, Malayalam, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian). 7 are partially translated: (German (96%), Norwegian Nynorsk (96%), Belarusian (83%), Macedonian (82%), Breton (80%), Turkish (76%) and Russian (76%)).

As usual you can find packages of this new version for GNU/Linux, Windows, Android, Raspberry Pi and macOS on the download page. This update will also be available soon in the Android Play store, the F-Droid repository and the Windows store.

Thank you all,
Timothée & Johnny

Hallo,
wir freuen uns, die Veröffentlichung der Version 1.1 von GCompris bekannt zu geben.

Dies ist eine Wartungsversion, so dass jede GNU/Linux-Distribution auf die Version 1.1 aktualisieren sollte.

Zusammenfassung aller Änderungen:

• Die Grafik für 21 Aktivitäten wurde aktualisiert.
• Viele Fehler wurden korrigiert.
• Es wurde eine Version für Ubuntu Touch hinzugefügt.
• Die Rechtschreibung der türkischen Distrikte wurde korrigiert.
• Ein minimales .msi-Alternativpaket für Windows wurde hinzugefügt.
• Die GCompris-Programmdatei wurde aufgrund einer Abhängigkeit der analogen Elektrizität unter der AGPLv3 neu lizenziert.

Stand der Übersetzungen:

• Albanisch, Weißrussisch, brasilianisches Portugiesisch und Russisch sind wieder vollständig übersetzt.
• Übersetzungen für Irisch-Gälisch und Mazedonisch sind wieder enthalten (über 80 % für diese Version übersetzt).
• Vokabelsatz für Vokabelaktivitäten wurde für Albanisch und Mazedonisch hinzugefügt.
• Es wurden alle Stimmen für Litauisch hinzugefügt.

Jetzt werden 27 Sprachen vollständig unterstützt: Albanisch, Baskisch, Weißrussisch, Brasilianisches Portugiesisch, Bretonisch, Britisches Englisch, Katalanisch, Katalanisch (Valencianisch), Chinesisch traditionell, Niederländisch, Französisch, Griechisch, Hebräisch, Ungarisch, Indonesisch, Italienisch, Mazedonisch, Malayalam, Polnisch, Portugiesisch, Rumänisch, Russisch, Slowenisch, Spanisch, Schwedisch, Türkisch und Ukrainisch.

Vier Sprachen werden teilweise unterstützt: Deutsch (91%), Irisch-Gälisch (87 %), Litauisch (96 %) und Norwegisch Nynorsk (85 %).

Sie finden Pakete dieser neuen Version für GNU/Linux, Windows und MacOS auf der Download-Seite. Diese Aktualisierung wird in Kürze im Android Play Store, im F-Droid-Repository und im Windows Store verfügbar sein. Das Paket für Raspberry Pi wird ebenfalls bald verfügbar sein.

Dank an alle,
Timothée & Johnny