Edubuntu
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
|
 Edubuntu 8.04 running GNOME |
|
| Company / developer | Canonical Ltd. and community contributors |
|---|---|
| OS family | Variant of Ubuntu |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Free Software / Open source |
| Latest stable release | 9.04 / 2009-04-23 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic |
| Default user interface | GNOME |
| License | Mainly GNU GPL and various others (free with some restricted components) |
| Website | www.edubuntu.org |
Edubuntu, also known as Ubuntu Education Edition, is an official derivative of the Ubuntu operating system 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, incorporates the LTSP thin client architecture and several education-specific applications, and is aimed at users aged 6 to 18.
Contents |
[edit] 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 were previously available for free through their Shipit service. However, as of version 8.10, it is only available as a download.
Edubuntu's default GUI is GNOME, but starting with release 7.10, KDE is also available as Edubuntu KDE.
[edit] 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.[citation needed]
It also aims to allow resource-poor environments to maximize their available (older) equipment.
[edit] Ubuntu Education Edition
With the 8.04 Hardy Heron release of Edubuntu it was given the name of Ubuntu Education Edition[1] 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.
[edit] Usage
Edubuntu is used in all primary and secondary schools in the Republic of Macedonia, where the program Computer for every child is being carried out since 2008[citation needed][2].
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Ubuntu Education Edition 8.04 Released". http://www.edubuntu.org/news/8.04-release. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
- ^ "Every Student in the Republic of Macedonia to Use Ubuntu-Powered Computer Workstations". http://www.ubuntu.com/news/macedonia-school-computers. Retrieved on 2007-11-20.
[edit] External links
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||
