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DebianEdu / Skolelinux
DebianEdu
- is a Debian project to make the best distribution for educational purposes.
Skolelinux
is the name of a CustomDebianDistribution which is produced by the DebianEdu project.
"Skole" ([skuːl]) is the Norwegian form of "school". Both "skole" and "school" comes from the Latin word "schola".
Goals
- 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
Get started
See /GetStarted for how to get Skolelinux.
Also, fetch some /Documentation and have a look at it.
- If you need help, see below!
Need help?
Please try to learn more about DebianEdu 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!
Talk with us
ML - mailing lists
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 - internet relay chat
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
Learn more
What's here
DebianEdu Wiki
- We try to put all useful information (or at least links to it) into these pages.
- You can also edit everything or place comments on any page; this is a wiki! (You may have to login first.)
Any change in the DebianEdu section of the wiki will be noticed by the DebianEdu team.
- DebianEdu/About
- DebianEdu/AdminTool
- DebianEdu/AdminToolForEtch
- DebianEdu/ArchivePolicy
- DebianEdu/AtDebconf5
- DebianEdu/Bookmarks
- DebianEdu/BrowserMultimedia
- DebianEdu/Bug311188
- DebianEdu/BugReporting
- DebianEdu/Celestia
- DebianEdu/CipUX
- DebianEdu/Contribute
- DebianEdu/DebTags
- DebianEdu/Desktop
- DebianEdu/DevCamp2006
- DebianEdu/DevCampFrance2007
- DebianEdu/Devel
- DebianEdu/Discussion
- DebianEdu/Documentation
- DebianEdu/DonateMoney
- DebianEdu/Download
- DebianEdu/EU Project
- DebianEdu/EnclosingNotes
- DebianEdu/Etch
- DebianEdu/Extremadura2006
- DebianEdu/Extremadura2007
- DebianEdu/Extremadura2008
- DebianEdu/FAQ
- DebianEdu/FlashInDebianEdu
- DebianEdu/Flyer
- DebianEdu/French
- DebianEdu/Gathering
- DebianEdu/GetStarted
- DebianEdu/GreenIT
- DebianEdu/Hardware
- DebianEdu/Help
- DebianEdu/HowTo
- DebianEdu/Infrastructure
- DebianEdu/InterwikiNetwork
- DebianEdu/JavaInDebianEdu
- DebianEdu/LdapifyServices
- DebianEdu/LinEx2DebianEdu-Roadmap
- DebianEdu/Links
- DebianEdu/MailingLists
- DebianEdu/Meeting
- DebianEdu/MeetingAdminTool
- DebianEdu/MeetingWebInt
- DebianEdu/MovingFrAddonsIntoBase
- DebianEdu/NewContributor
- DebianEdu/NewDevelopersHelp
- DebianEdu/News
- DebianEdu/OLPC
- DebianEdu/PackagesOnlyInLinex
- DebianEdu/PagesToMoveHere
- DebianEdu/PopularityContest
- DebianEdu/PressRelease200601
- DebianEdu/PressReleases
- DebianEdu/Product
- DebianEdu/ReferenceSchools
- DebianEdu/ReleaseNotes
- DebianEdu/ReleaseNotes 3.0 Terra
- DebianEdu/ReleaseSchedule
- DebianEdu/Sarge
- DebianEdu/SiteMap
- DebianEdu/SkoleLiveCd
- DebianEdu/SkoleLiveRouter
- DebianEdu/SkoleLiveWorkstation
- DebianEdu/Software
- DebianEdu/Status
- DebianEdu/Tasks
- DebianEdu/Teams
- DebianEdu/TerraKioskMode
- DebianEdu/ToDo
- DebianEdu/ToIntegrate
- DebianEdu/ToPackage
- DebianEdu/UnderstandingThinClients
- DebianEdu/Uploaders
- DebianEdu/UserSurvey
- DebianEdu/WebAccess
- DebianEdu/WebMnt
- DebianEdu/WikiAdmins
- DebianEdu/five-year
- DebianEdu/kschoolmenu
- DebianEdu/roadmap
- DebianEdu/wwwToDo
Metapackages
For an easy installation of the education-related software, there are some metapackages for DebianEdu.
see packages : education-tasks (all education-*packages)- Here's a preliminary list; feel free to propose changes (to this as well as to the metapackages) on the mailing list.
Other resources
- View existing bugreports and feature requests; or create new ones.
- Become informed about alternatives to 'standard' commercial software and using linux.
Other languages: French, German, Greek, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish
We have a 2 page flyer availible in over a dozen languages (as PDF and for OOo), including:
French
German
Greek
Norwegian
Polish
Spanish
Participate
Our meetings
Preparing the next IRC meeting
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20060119
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20060206
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20060220
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20060306
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20060320
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20060403
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20060410-WebInt
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20060501
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20060508
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20060529
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20060626
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20060821
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20060925
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20061016
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20061030
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20061113
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20061211
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20070108
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20070129
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20070222
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20070510
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20070520
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20070705
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20070709
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20070717
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20070722
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20070813
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20070823
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20070910
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20070926
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20071008
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20071112
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20071126
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20071203
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20080121
- DebianEdu/Meeting/20080310
- DebianEdu/Meeting/VoteForDate
Help us improve
Everyone can help
- 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;
- (...)
Tasks for Debian Developers
- You can help in many ways:
package and maintain the software listed in /ToPackage
package and maintain any software listed in Ofset that is not yet in Debian
- sponsor non-Debian developers who are packaging education related software
integrate existing external packages into Debian; see /ToIntegrate
help with DebianInstaller to produce an even friendlier installer for people with limited computer-skills
- (...)