This is just a proposal
Oslo March 15th, 2006
Debian-Edu/Skolelinux 2.0 ready for free use!
After twenty-one months of development, Skolelinux has released a new version. Skolelinux, the Debian-edu project's Custom Debian Distribution, is installed in hundreds of schools in Norway, Germany, and other countries. Many municipalities use Skolelinux across all of their schools; such centralised operation offers low maintenance and operational costs. Skolelinux is free and open source software, and for those schools that need assistance, an increasing number of commercial organisations offer maintenance and support solutions.
The new version of Skolelinux offers updated versions of popular programs such as OpenOffice.org, Mozilla Firefox, and GCompris -- all in many languages. Thin client support is improved, and configuration of diskless workstations has been made very simple. Diskless workstations allow full use of newer hardware, offering support for CD/DVD-ROM, USB-pen, and audio devices. Since all software is distributed from the Skolelinux servers, maintenance costs on diskless workstations are still marginal.
Contacts:
General: feedback AT skolelinux.no Norway: Knut Yrvin <knuty AT skolelinux.no>
- +47 908 95 765
Germany: Kurt Gramlich <kurt AT skolelinux.de> France: Thierry Stauder <thierry AT skolelinux.fr> Pakistan: Tariq Farooqi <tariq AT linuxpakistan.net>
- +92-21-6622134
About Debian-Edu/Skolelinux
Skolelinux FTP download
Installation and Maintaining a Debian-Edu/Skolelinux Network
List of improvements (from RC2):