Debian Edu / Skolelinux

What is it?

Debian Edu
- is a Debian project to make the best distribution for educational purposes.
Skolelinux
- is the name of a Debian Pure Blend which is produced by the Debian Edu project.
  "Skole" ([skuːl]) is the Norwegian form of "school". Both "skole" and "school" comes from the Latin word "schola".

Provide a complete software solution using free software and ...
- tailored for the needs and use-cases in educational scenarios.
- preconfigured for easy installation (standalone, as well as network-wide rollout).
- easy to use, maintain, and administer.
- supporting your language natively.
Classify and package all free software related to education.
Write documentation to describe how to use the various softwares (in an educational context).
International availability, currently being translated into XX languages

See how to download or order Skolelinux.
Fetch some Documentation and have a look at it. The first chapters of the manual provide a good overview.
Consider running a test installation with virtual machines.
A list of tested hardware is available. Please update it with the computers you have available.

Please try to learn more about Debian Edu first. Use the search function of this wiki!
At least take a quick look at the pages for /Documentation, /Help, and /FAQ.
If you don't find usable information and solutions for your problem, talk with us. See below!

The coordination of this project happens on the debian-edu mailing list.
- Go there to subscribe to the list, browse its archives, or view some statistics.
- If you only want to drop an email then just do so; you don't have to subscribe to the list. (But please mention that you are not subscribed.)
- GMANE provides a news gateway and a webforum gateway to this list.
Further /MailingLists deal with user support, translation, and other issues.
- GMANE provides gateways to them as well.

irc.debian.org
channel	topic	language
`#debian-edu`	development talk	english
`#skolelinux`	user/admin support	multilanguage
`#skolelinux.de`	user/admin support	german
`#skolelinux.fr`	user/admin support	french
`#cipux`	development ldap user admin tool	english

Here you can find a complete list of packages which are included by the Debian Edu metapackages; feel free to propose changes (to this as well as to the metapackages) on the mailing list.
For an easy installation of the education-related software, there are some metapackages for DebianEdu.
see packages : education-tasks (all education-*packages)
If you are a developer you might be interested to fix some bugs. Have a look at the bugs of related packages.

Our bug tracking system
- View existing bugreports and feature requests; or create new ones.
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- Become informed about alternatives to 'standard' commercial software and using linux.

You can help in many ways:
- take a look at some possibilities to /Contribute to DebianEdu;
- write good documentation for the education related software;
- join one of our /Teams;
- (...)