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Debian-Edu/Skolelinux 6.0 (Squeeze based)


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  1. Skolelinux / Debian Edu CD release notes
    1. Announcing new releases
    2. Debian-Edu/Skolelinux 6.0 (Squeeze based)
      1. Debian Edu Squeeze release, 6.0.4 edu r0, 2012-03-11
      2. Third Debian Edu Squeeze based release candidate, 6.0.4 edu rc3, 2012-03-04
        1. Changes compared to rc2 version
        2. The following features are not working as they should
      3. Second Debian Edu Squeeze based release candidate, 6.0.4 edu rc2, 2012-02-26
        1. Changes compared to rc1 version
        2. The following features are not working as they should
      4. First Debian Edu Squeeze based release candidate, 6.0.4 edu rc1, 2012-02-19
        1. Changes compared to beta3 version
        2. The following features are not working as they should
      5. Third Debian Edu Squeeze based Beta Release, 6.0.4 edu beta3, 2012-02-04
        1. Changes compared to beta2 version
        2. The following features are not working as they should
      6. Second Debian Edu Squeeze based Beta Release, 6.0.3 edu beta2, 2012-01-07
        1. Changes compared to beta1 version
        2. The following features are not working as they should
      7. First Debian Edu Squeeze based Beta Release, 6.0.3 edu beta1, 2011-12-24
        1. Changes compared to alpha0, alpha1 and lenny version
        2. The following features are not working as they should
      8. Second test release, 6.0.0 edu alpha1, 2010-10-24
        1. Changes compared to alpha0 and lenny version
        2. The following features are not working as they should
      9. First test release, 6.0.0 edu alpha0, 2010-07-27
        1. Changes compared to the lenny based version
        2. The following features are not working as they should
    3. Debian-Edu/Skolelinux 5.0 (Lenny based)
      1. First update release, 5.0.6 edu1, 2010-10-05
        1. Changes compared to edu0
        2. Download
      2. "Final" release, 5.0.4 edu0, 2010-02-08
        1. Changes compared to rc2
        2. The following features are not working as they should
      3. Test release 6, rc2 2010-01-31
      4. Test release 5, rc1 2010-01-22
      5. Test release 4, alpha3 2010-01-12
      6. Test release 3, alpha2 2009-12-21
      7. Test release 2, alpha1 2009-12-03
      8. Test release 1, 2009-10-15
    4. Debian-Edu/Skolelinux 3.0 codename terra (etch based)
      1. Final release 3.0r1, 2007-12-05
      2. Final release 3.0r0, 2007-07-22
    5. Test Releases using Debian/Etch
      1. Test release candidate 5, 2007-07-18
      2. Test release candidate 4, 2007-07-08
      3. Test release candidate 3, 2007-06-24
      4. Test release candidate 2, 2007-06-09
      5. Test release candidate 1, 2007-05-20
      6. Test release 4, 2007-05-13
      7. Test release 3, 2007-04-21
      8. Test release 2, 2006-11-23
      9. Test release 1, 2006-09-24

Debian Edu Squeeze release, 6.0.4 edu r0, 2012-03-11

The announcement is being prepared at svn+ssh://svn.debian.org/svn/publicity/announcements/en/2012/2012-03-11-debian-edu-squeeze.wml so that we gain the benefit of translations from the awesome debian-publicity team. every DD has write access to this repo (and others can get it on request, I believe).

The new features chapter in the manual also needs some editing ;-) (and will then need translations... so this needs to be done very soon.)

Third Debian Edu Squeeze based release candidate, 6.0.4 edu rc3, 2012-03-04

We are very happy to announce "Debian Edu Squeeze 6.0.4 rc3", as we believe this is very very close to what we will release as r0 soon! See below for 6.0.4 r0 and 6.0.4 r1 release schedules!

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.

More information about Debian Edu is available at http://maintainer.skolelinux.org/debian-edu-doc/en/debian-edu-squeeze-manual.html#AboutDebianEdu - Please note that this manual has been translated to various languages.

Those who already are using rc1 or rc2 can upgrade to this version using for example apt-get upgrade. Users upgrading from beta3 must make sure to keep the existing gosa.conf file for everything to keep working as expected when dpkg ask how to handle the changed file during upgrade.

Complete download and installation instructions are available at http://maintainer.skolelinux.org/debian-edu-doc/en/debian-edu-squeeze-manual.html#Installation

Read the "Getting Started" chapter of the manual to learn how to login for the first time. http://maintainer.skolelinux.org/debian-edu-doc/en/debian-edu-squeeze-manual.html#GettingStarted

Please file bugs on any issues you find, and (probably somewhat additionally) also mention those bugs and issues on our status page at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Status/Squeeze

Testing and giving feedback to debian-edu@lists.debian.org or #debian-edu on irc.debian.org is a very good way to start contributing! Act now :-D

If you can do more, give the manual linked to above some love. It needs it.

Release schedule:

2012-03-11: release Debian Edu (r0) Squeeze 6.0.4 
2012-03-25: r0 rc1
2012-04-01: release Debian Edu (r1) Squeeze 6.0.4 

We might decide to aim for March 31st for edu r1, if you don't take this serious ;-p

Changes compared to rc2 version

The following features are not working as they should

To download this multiarch netinstall CD release you can use

To download this multiarch DVD release you can use

To download the source DVD release you can use

You can also download using one of the Skolelinux mirrors.

The MD5SUM of these images are:

The SHA1SUM of these images are:

These sums are also available OpenPGP signed at http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/squeeze-rc/

How to report bugs: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs


Second Debian Edu Squeeze based release candidate, 6.0.4 edu rc2, 2012-02-26

To: debian-edu-announce (at) lists.debian.org, debian-edu (at) lists.debian.org, debian-devel-announce (at) lists.debian.org, linuxiskolen (at) skolelinux.no, admin-discuss (at) skolelinux.org, user (at) skolelinux.de, bruker (at) skolelinux.no, debian-edu-french (at) lists.debian.org, styret (at) friprogramvareiskolen.no, press (at) debian.org, distro at distrowatch.com

We are very happy to announce "Debian Edu Squeeze 6.0.4 rc2", as we believe this is very close to what we will release as r0 soon! See below for rc3 and 6.0.4 r0 release schedules!

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.

More information about Debian Edu is available at http://maintainer.skolelinux.org/debian-edu-doc/en/debian-edu-squeeze-manual.html#AboutDebianEdu - Please note that this manual has been translated to various languages.

Those who already are using rc1 can upgrade to this version using apt-get upgrade. Users upgrading from beta3 must make sure to keep the existing gosa.conf file for everything to keep working as expected when dpkg ask how to handle the changed file during upgrade.

Complete download and installation instructions are available at http://maintainer.skolelinux.org/debian-edu-doc/en/debian-edu-squeeze-manual.html#Installation

Read the "Getting Started" chapter of the manual to learn how to login for the first time. http://maintainer.skolelinux.org/debian-edu-doc/en/debian-edu-squeeze-manual.html#GettingStarted

Please file bugs on any issues you find, and (probably somewhat additionally) also mention those bugs and issues on our status page at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Status/Squeeze

Testing and giving feedback to debian-edu@lists.debian.org or #debian-edu on irc.debian.org is a very good way to start contributing! Act now :-D

If you can do more, give the manual linked to above some love. It needs it.

Release schedule:

2012-03-04: release rc3
2012-03-11: release Debian Edu (r0) Squeeze 6.0.4 
2012-03-25: r0 rc1
2012-04-01: release Debian Edu (r1) Squeeze 6.0.4 

We might decide to aim for March 31st for edu r1, if you don't take this serious ;-p

Changes compared to rc1 version

error, as this is an invalid combination.

The following features are not working as they should

To download this multiarch netinstall CD release you can use

To download this multiarch DVD release you can use

To download the source DVD release you can use

You can also download using one of the Skolelinux mirrors.

The MD5SUM of these images are:

The SHA1SUM of these images are:

These sums are also available OpenPGP signed at http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/squeeze-rc/

How to report bugs: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs

First Debian Edu Squeeze based release candidate, 6.0.4 edu rc1, 2012-02-19

To: debian-edu-announce (at) lists.debian.org, debian-edu (at) lists.debian.org, debian-devel-announce (at) lists.debian.org, linuxiskolen (at) skolelinux.no, admin-discuss (at) skolelinux.org, user (at) skolelinux.de, bruker (at) skolelinux.no, debian-edu-french (at) lists.debian.org, styret (at) friprogramvareiskolen.no, press (at) debian.org, distro at distrowatch.com

We are happy to announce "Debian Edu Squeeze 6.0.4 rc1"!

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.

Those who already is using beta3 can upgrade to this version using apt-get upgrade, but must make sure to keep the existing gosa.conf file for everything to keep working as expected when dpkg ask how to handle the changed file during upgrade.

Complete download and installation instructions are available at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Squeeze/Installation

Read the "Getting Started" chapter of the manual to learn how to login for the first time. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Squeeze/GettingStarted

Please file bugs on any issues you find, and (probably somewhat additionally) also mention those bugs and issues on our status page at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Status/Squeeze

Testing and giving feedback to debian-edu@lists.debian.org or #debian-edu on irc.debian.org is a very good way to start contributing! Act now :-D

If you can do more, give the manual linked to above some love. It needs it.

Changes compared to beta3 version

The following features are not working as they should

To download this multiarch netinstall CD release you can use

To download this multiarch DVD release you can use

There is no source DVD available yet. It will be prepared when we get closer to the final release.

You can also download using one of the Skolelinux mirrors.

The MD5SUM of these images are:

The SHA1SUM of these images are:

These sums are also available OpenPGP signed at http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/squeeze-rc/

How to report bugs: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs

Third Debian Edu Squeeze based Beta Release, 6.0.4 edu beta3, 2012-02-04

To: debian-edu-announce (at) lists.debian.org, debian-edu (at) lists.debian.org, debian-devel-announce (at) lists.debian.org, linuxiskolen (at) skolelinux.no, admin-discuss (at) skolelinux.org, user (at) skolelinux.de, bruker (at) skolelinux.no, debian-edu-french (at) lists.debian.org, styret (at) friprogramvareiskolen.no, press (at) debian.org, distro at distrowatch.com

We are happy to announce "Debian Edu Squeeze 6.0.4 beta3"!

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.

Those who already tested beta2 will need to install their machines again to get all the fixes and improvement now provided with beta3.

Complete download and installation instructions are available at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Squeeze/Installation

Read the "Getting Started" chapter of the manual to learn how to login for the first time. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Squeeze/GettingStarted

Please file bugs on any issues you find, and (probably somewhat additionally) also mention those bugs and issues on our status page at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Status/Squeeze

Testing and giving feedback to debian-edu@lists.debian.org or #debian-edu on irc.debian.org is a very good way to start contributing! Act now :-D

If you can do more, give the manual linked to above some love. It needs it.

Changes compared to beta2 version

The following features are not working as they should

To download this multiarch netinstall CD release you can use

To download this multiarch DVD release you can use

There is no source DVD available yet. It will be prepared when we get closer to the final release.

You can also download using one of the Skolelinux mirrors.

The MD5SUM of these images are:

The SHA1SUM of these images are:

These sums are also available OpenPGP signed at http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/squeeze-beta/

How to report bugs: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs

Second Debian Edu Squeeze based Beta Release, 6.0.3 edu beta2, 2012-01-07

To: debian-edu-announce (at) lists.debian.org, debian-edu (at) lists.debian.org, debian-devel-announce (at) lists.debian.org, linuxiskolen (at) skolelinux.no, admin-discuss (at) skolelinux.org, user (at) skolelinux.de, bruker (at) skolelinux.no, debian-edu-french (at) lists.debian.org, styret (at) friprogramvareiskolen.no, press (at) debian.org, distro at distrowatch.com

We are happy to announce "Debian Edu Squeeze 6.0.3 beta2"!

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 contain 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.

Those who already tested beta1 will need to install their machines again to get all the fixes and improvement now provided with beta2.

Complete download and installation instructions are available at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Squeeze/Installation

Read the "Getting Started" chapter of the manual to learn how to login for the first time. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Squeeze/GettingStarted

Please file bugs on any issues you find, and (probably somewhat additionally) also mention those bugs and issues on our status page at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Status/Squeeze

Testing and giving feedback to debian-edu@lists.debian.org or #debian-edu on irc.debian.org is a very good way to start contributing! Act now :-D

If you can do more, give the manual linked to above some love. It needs it.

Changes compared to beta1 version

The following features are not working as they should

To download this multiarch netinstall CD release you can use

To download this multiarch DVD release you can use

There is no source DVD available yet. It will be prepared when we get closer to the final release.

You can also download using one of the Skolelinux mirrors.

The MD5SUM of these images are:

The SHA1SUM of these images are:

These sums are also available OpenPGP signed at http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/squeeze-beta/

How to report bugs: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs


First Debian Edu Squeeze based Beta Release, 6.0.3 edu beta1, 2011-12-24

To: debian-edu-announce (at) lists.debian.org, debian-edu (at) lists.debian.org, debian-devel-announce (at) lists.debian.org, linuxiskolen (at) skolelinux.no, admin-discuss (at) skolelinux.org, user (at) skolelinux.de, bruker (at) skolelinux.no, debian-edu-french (at) lists.debian.org
Subject: Debian Edu/Skolelinux 6.0.3 beta1 test release

We are happy to finally announce "Debian Edu Squeeze 6.0.3 beta1"!

Complete download and installation instructions are available at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Squeeze/Installation

Read the "Getting Started" chapter of the manual to learn how to login for the first time. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Squeeze/GettingStarted

Please file bugs on any issues you find, and (probably somewhat additionally) also mention those bugs and issues on our status page at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Status/Squeeze

From February 2012, Debian Lenny will not receive security updates anymore. So by then, Debian Edu Squeeze _should_ be available as an upgrade option as well as for new installations! In other words: we have work to do. Now!

But please bear in mind, that there will be _nobody_ fixing bugs, writing documentation, doing translations or doing any other work - unless *you* do it!

Testing and giving feedback to debian-edu@lists.debian.org or #debian-edu on irc.debian.org is a very good way to start contributing! Act now :-D

If you can do more, give the manual some love. It needs it.

Changes compared to alpha0, alpha1 and lenny version

The following features are not working as they should

To download this multiarch netinstall CD release you can use

To download this multiarch DVD release you can use

There is no source DVD available yet. It will be prepared when we get closer to the final release.

You can also download using one of the Skolelinux mirrors.

The MD5SUM of these images are:

The SHA1SUM of these images are:

These sums are also available OpenPGP signed at http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/squeeze-beta/

How to report bugs: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs


Second test release, 6.0.0 edu alpha1, 2010-10-24

To: debian-edu-announce (at) lists.debian.org, debian-edu (at) lists.debian.org, debian-devel-announce (at) lists.debian.org
Subject: Debian Edu/Skolelinux 6.0.0 alpha1 test release

This is the second test release based on Squeeze. The focus of this release is the thin clients and the diskless workstation setup. Please install a thin client server, and make sure all programs in the KDE menu work on both thin clients and diskless workstations. Especially sound is important to test.

It is also useful to check that the language specific set of packages installed for your language are sufficient and correct.

The Gnome and LXDE desktop options (enabled by specifying desktop=gnome or desktop=lxde on the isolinux boot prompt) need more testing. Please let us know if the set of installed packages make sense for these environments.

Changes compared to alpha0 and lenny version

The following features are not working as they should

To download this multiarch netinstall release you can use

To download this multiarch dvd release you can use

There is no source DVD available yet. It will be prepared when we get closer to the final release.

You can also download using one of the Skolelinux mirrors.

The MD5SUM of these images are

The SHA1SUM of these images are

How to report bugs: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugsInBugzilla


First test release, 6.0.0 edu alpha0, 2010-07-27

To: debian-edu-announce (at) lists.debian.org, debian-edu (at) lists.debian.org, debian-devel-announce (at) lists.debian.org
Subject: Debian Edu/Skolelinux 6.0.0 alpha0 test release

This is the first test release based on Squeeze. The focus of this release is to test the user application selection. To have a look, install the standalone profile and let the developers know if the set of installed packages i.e. applications should be modified. If some user application is missing, or if there are some applications that no longer make sense to be included in Debian Edu, please let us know. Also, if a useful application is missing the translation for your language of choice, please let us know too.

In addition, feedback and help to polish the desktop (menus, artwork, starters, etc.) is appreciated. We would like to ship a nice and handy KDE4 desktop targeted for schools out of the box.

The other profiles should be installable, but there is a lot more work left to be done before they are ready, so do not expect to much.

Changes compared to the lenny based version

The following features are not working as they should

To download this multiarch netinstall release you can use

To download this multiarch dvd release you can use

There is no source DVD available yet. It will be prepared when we get closer to the final release.

The MD5SUM of these images are

The SHA1SUM of these images are

How to report bugs: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugsInBugzilla


Debian-Edu/Skolelinux 5.0 (Lenny based)


First update release, 5.0.6 edu1, 2010-10-05

Changes compared to edu0

Download

To download this multiarch netinstall release you can use

To download this multiarch dvd release you can use

To download the source for this dvd release you can use (not available yet)

The MD5SUM of these images are

The SHA1SUM of these images are

How to report bugs: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugsInBugzilla


"Final" release, 5.0.4 edu0, 2010-02-08

Changes compared to rc2

The following features are not working as they should

To download this multiarch netinstall release you can use

To download this multiarch dvd release you can use

To download this dvd release you can use

The MD5SUM of these images are

The SHA1SUM of these images are

How to report bugs: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugsInBugzilla


Test release 6, rc2 2010-01-31

This is the sixth test release of the Lenny based Skolelinux version. Since the previous test release some bugs got fixed and some of the features broken in the last release are now working.

The updated images can be downloaded via FTP, HTTP and rsync (see below for detailed instructions). The CD image size is about 606 MiB and the binary DVD about 4.4 GiB, the source DVD is a bit bigger.

Here are the most remarkable changes since the last test release (rc1):

The following features are not working as they should:

To download this rc2 multiarch netinstall prerelease you can use

To download this rc2 multiarch dvd prerelease you can use

To download this rc2 source dvd prerelease you can use

The MD5SUM of these images are

The SHA1SUM of these images are

How to report bugs: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugsInBugzilla


Test release 5, rc1 2010-01-22

This is the fifth test release of the Lenny based Skolelinux version. Since the previous test release some bugs got fixed and some of the features broken in the last release are now working.

The updated images can be downloaded via FTP, HTTP and rsync (see below for detailed instructions). The CD image size is about 606 MiB and the DVD about 4.4 GiB.

Here are the most remarkable changes since the last test release (alpha3):

To download this rc1 multiarch netinstall prerelease you can use

To download this rc1 multiarch dvd prerelease you can use

The MD5SUM of these images are

The SHA1SUM of these images are

How to report bugs: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugsInBugzilla


Test release 4, alpha3 2010-01-12

This is the forth test release (alpha3) of the Lenny based Skolelinux version. Since the previous test release (alpha3) some bugs got fixed and some of the features broken in the last release are now working.

The updated images can be downloaded via FTP, HTTP and rsync (see below for detailed instructions). The CD image size is about 606 MiB and the DVD about 4.4 GiB.

Here are the most remarkable changes since the last test release (alpha2):

The following features are still not working as they should:


Test release 3, alpha2 2009-12-21

This is the third test release (alpha2) of the Lenny based Skolelinux version. Since the previous test release (alpha1) some bugs got fixed and some of the features broken in the last release are now working.

The updated images can be downloaded via FTP, HTTP and rsync (see below for detailed instructions). The CD image size is about 606 MiB and the DVD about 4.4 GiB.

Here are the most remarkable changes since the second test release (alpha1):

The following features are still not working as they should:

To download this alpha2 multiarch netinstall prerelease you can use

To download this alpha2 multiarch dvd prerelease you can use

The MD5SUM of these images are


Test release 2, alpha1 2009-12-03

This is the second test release (alpha1) of the Lenny based Skolelinux version. Since the first test release (alpha0) some bugs got fixed and some of the features broken in the last release are now working.

The updated images can be downloaded via FTP, HTTP and rsync (see below for detailed instructions). The CD image size is about 606 MiB and the DVD about 4.4 GiB.

Here are the most remarkable changes since the first test release (alpha0):

The following features are still not working as they should:

To download this alpha1 multiarch netinstall prerelease you can use

To download this alpha1 multiarch dvd prerelease you can use

The MD5SUM of these images are


Test release 1, 2009-10-15

This is a first test release (alpha0) of the Skolelinux version based on Debian Lenny. As this is merely a snapshot of the currently ongoing development efforts, there are still some features missing or not in the final state. There are also some bugs not yet fixed. This test release is for the brave users who want to have a look at the next Skolelinux release and want to make sure, that their favorite feature is bug free (or report bugs otherwise).

After months of hard work, a new Skolelinux multi architecture (amd64, i386 and powerpc) netinstall CD is ready. This is the first test CD preparing for a Debian/Lenny based release. It is available from FTP, HTTP and rsync. The CD image size is about 606 MiB.

There are a lot of changes since the last CD/DVD release based on Etch. Here are some highlights:

Some features have been removed as we thing they are no longer required:

Some features are still not working as they should. We are aware of these at the moment:

To download this alpha0 multiarch prerelease you can use

The MD5SUM of this image is


Debian-Edu/Skolelinux 3.0 codename terra (etch based)


Final release 3.0r1, 2007-12-05

Highlights:

Security updates, see http://skolelinux.org/security/

The dvd ISO image is 4.4 GiB large. To download it, use either of these methods:

or for the netinstall cd you can download for i386

and for amd64

The powerpc port has not been tested as much as the other architectures, though it should work just fine and has been reported to work. Still, we consider the port an experimental release of Debian-Edu, which we might not be able to support as the other archs. Its available for download at


Final release 3.0r0, 2007-07-22

Highlights:


Test Releases using Debian/Etch

These are older release candidates. some of these might still be found in our ftp archive. http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/old


Test release candidate 5, 2007-07-18

This is the fifth release candidate of debian-edu etch. After the release of rc4 there have been some new reports about critical bugs which were unknown before. Thanks to this testing there have also been fixes and changes made since rc4. Because of that, we like to present one more and hopefuly the last release candidate. With this common test ground, we would like to ask you for doing all kind of final testing. So please file bugs at http://bugs.skolelinux.org/ now, if you see any problems. We are especially interested in reports about upgrades from the sarge based version of Debian-Edu. If you do not have hardware available to test on, please have a look at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/TestCDinstall for hints about to test without.

Please help to make Debian-Edu/Skolelinux 3.0 the best release ever by testing this release candidate and providing feedback of any kind to: debian-edu@lists.debian.org

Highlights:

Some features are still not working as they should. We are aware of these at the moment and would like help finding a fix for it:


Test release candidate 4, 2007-07-08

This is the fourth release candidate of debian-edu etch. Even though it was planned to release the final version after rc3, it was decided to release (at least) one more release candidate. The reason for that is, that some critical bugs have been fixed and some new features and changes have been implemented. So please file bugs at http://bugs.skolelinux.org/ now, if you see any problems. If you do not have hardware available to test on, please have a look at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/TestCDinstall to learn about ways to test without hardware.

Even if we did not hold the promise to release within 1.5 weeks after rc3, we still plan to release soon.

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Some features are still not working as they should. We are aware of these at the moment and would like help finding a fix for it:


Test release candidate 3, 2007-06-24

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Test release candidate 2, 2007-06-09

This is the second release candidate of debian-edu etch. We plan to release RC3 before the final release. So please file bugs at http://bugs.skolelinux.org/ now, if you see problems. Even if you dont have available hardware to test on, you can still help with testing in qemu. The url http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/TestCDinstall will help you get started.

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Test release candidate 1, 2007-05-20

The Debian-Edu/Skolelinux project is pleased to announce that the next test release of "Debian-Edu/Skolelinux 3.0, codename 'terra'" is ready. This is the fifth test release based on Debian/Etch. It is available to download using FTP, HTTP and rsync.

This is the first release candidate of debian-edu etch. After that we will release RC2 and RC3 with shorter delays in between and then we will release. So please file bugs at http://bugs.skolelinux.org/ now, if you see problems. Even if you dont have available hardware to test on, you can still help with testing in qemu. The url http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/TestCDinstall will help you get started.

test4 was one day late, so we shifted the release schedule: we now plan to release RC2 on May 27h, RC3 on June 3nd and Debian-Edu etch on June 10th. We might cut RC2 and RC3, as we want to release at the end of May.

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Test release 4, 2007-05-13

The Debian-Edu/Skolelinux project is pleased to announce that the next test release of "Debian-Edu/Skolelinux 3.0, codename 'terra'" is ready. This is the fourth test release based on Debian/Etch. It is available to download using FTP, HTTP and rsync.

This will be the last test-release of debian-edu etch. After that we will release RC1, RC2 and RC3 with shorter delays in between and then we will release. So please file bugs at http://bugs.skolelinux.org/ now, if you see problems. Even if you dont have available hardware to test on, you can still help with testing in qemu. The url http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/TestCDinstall will help you get started.

We plan to release RC1 on May 19th, RC2 on May 26th, RC3 on June 2nd and Debian-Edu etch on June 9th. We might cut RC2 and RC3, as we want to release at the end of May.

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Test release 3, 2007-04-21

The Debian-Edu/Skolelinux project is pleased to announce that the next test release of "Debian-Edu/Skolelinux 3.0, codename 'terra'" is ready. This is the third test release based on Debian/Etch. It is available to download using FTP, HTTP and rsync.

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Test release 2, 2006-11-23

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Some new features which are not yet fully working, but the framework is already in place:

Some features are still not working as they should. We are aware of these at the moment:


Test release 1, 2006-09-24

After months of hard work, a new Skolelinux CD image is ready. This is the first test CD preparing for a debian/etch based release. It is available from FTP, HTTP and rsync. The image size is 695 MiB.

There are a lot of changes since the last CD release based on Sarge. Here are some highlights

Some features are still not working as they should. We are aware of these at the moment:

Next developer meeting is tomorrow. More information available from http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Meeting