Edubuntu, also known as Ubuntu Education Edition, is a member of the Ubuntu family of Linux distributions designed for use in classrooms and schools.
Edubuntu has been developed in collaboration with teachers and technologists in multiple countries. Edubuntu is built on top of the Ubuntu base, and incorporates the LTSP thin client architecture, as well as education-specific applications, aimed at the 6-18 years age group. Its also useful for homeschooled children.
Features
Included with Edubuntu is the Linux Terminal Server Project, a large number of educational applications including GCompris, KDE Edutainment Suite, and Schooltool Calendar. The first Edubuntu release coincided with the release of Ubuntu 5.10, which was codenamed Breezy Badger on 2005-10-13. Edubuntu CDs can be ordered for free through the Shipit service.
Edubuntu's default GUI is GNOME, but starting with release 7.10, KDE is also available as Edubuntu KDE.
Project goals
The primary goal of Edubuntu is to enable an educator with limited technical knowledge and skills to set up a computer lab or an on-line learning environment in an hour or less and then effectively administer that environment.
The principal design goals of Edubuntu are centralized management of configuration, users and processes, together with facilities for working collaboratively in a classroom setting. Equally important is the gathering together of the best available free software and digital materials for education.
It also aims to allow resource-poor environments to maximize their available (older) equipment.
Ubuntu Education Edition
With the 8.04 Hardy Heron release of Edubuntu it was given the name of Ubuntu Education Edition and is simply an add-on to a standard Ubuntu installation. This was done to erase the problem of having some of the most useful software on the Edubuntu Add-On CD. The Ubuntu Education Edition CD includes all of the applications and packages on the Edubuntu & Edubuntu Add-On CDs at the expense of not being a Live CD.
| Edubuntu 8.04 running GNOME | |
| Company / developer | Canonical Ltd. and community contributors |
|---|---|
| OS family | Ubuntu |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Free software |
| Latest stable release | 8.04 (Hardy Heron)/ April 24, 2008 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic kernel (Linux) |
| Default user interface | GNOME |
| License | Various (free with some restricted components) |
| Website | edubuntu.org |
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