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The Skolelinux project in Norway was founded on Juli 2nd 2001 and about the same time Raphael Herzog started Debian-Edu in France. Since 2003 both projects are united, but both names stayed. "Skole" and (Debian-)"Education" are just too well understood terms! ;-) The Skolelinux project in Norway was founded on Juli 2nd 2001 and about the same time Raphael Herzog started Debian-Edu in France. Since 2003 both projects are united, but both names stayed. "Skole" and (Debian-)"Education" are just too well understood terms in these regions.
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In Norway the main target group initially were schools serving the 6-16 years age bracket. Today the system is in use in several countries around the world, with most installations in Norway, Spain, Germany and France. The main target group in Norway initially were schools serving the 6-16 years age bracket. Today the system is in use in several countries around the world, with most installations in Norway, Spain, Germany and France.

Manual for Debian Edu 6.0.4 rc1 Codename "Squeeze"

Debian Edu login

This is the manual for the Debian Edu Squeeze 6.0.4 rc1 release.

This document was put into the debian-edu-doc package on $DEBIAN_EDU_DOC_BUILDDATE.

The version at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Squeeze is a wiki and updated frequently.

Translations are part of the debian-edu-doc package, which can be and is installed on a webserver, http://maintainer.skolelinux.org/debian-edu-doc/.

About Debian Edu and Skolelinux

Debian Edu aka Skolelinux is a Linux distribution based on Debian providing an out-of-the box environment of a completely configured school network. It contains setup for a school server, PXE booting for diskless machines, setup for installing stationary workstations and setup for workstations that can be taken away from the school network.

Several educational applications like celestia, drgeo, gcompris, geogebra, kalzium, kgeography solfege and kgeography are included in the default desktop setup.

Some history and why two names

Skolelinux is a Linux distribution created by the Debian Edu project. As a Debian Pure Blends distribution it is an official Debian subproject.

What this means for your school is that Skolelinux is a version of Debian providing an out-of-the box environment of a completely configured school-network.

The Skolelinux project in Norway was founded on Juli 2nd 2001 and about the same time Raphael Herzog started Debian-Edu in France. Since 2003 both projects are united, but both names stayed. "Skole" and (Debian-)"Education" are just too well understood terms in these regions.

The main target group in Norway initially were schools serving the 6-16 years age bracket. Today the system is in use in several countries around the world, with most installations in Norway, Spain, Germany and France.

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