Skolelinux

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Skolelinux
Developer Skolelinux team
OS family Linux (Unix-like)
Working stateCurrent
Source model Open source
Initial releaseJune 20, 2004
Latest release 11.6+edu / December 17, 2022;13 months ago (2022-12-17) [1]
Marketing targetEducational purpose
Platforms IA-32, x86-64
Kernel type Monolithic (Linux)
Default
user interface 		KDE Software Compilation, GNOME, LXDE,
License Free software licenses
(mainly GPL)
Official website skolelinux.de/en/

Skolelinux/Debian-Edu is a Linux distribution intended for educational use and a Debian Pure Blend. [2] The free and open source software project was founded in Norway in 2001 and is now being internationally developed. Its name is a direct translation of "school linux" from Norwegian, skole being derived from the Latin word schola .

Design and principles

Skolelinux offers four different installation profiles on one compact disk that will easily install a pre-configured educational network, including a main server, workstations and Thin client-servers. In short, its major goals are to:

History

The Skolelinux project was started on July 2, 2001. Twenty-five computer programmers and translators agreed to improve the use of software in education. [3] They disliked that the next generation of computer users were not able to have access to source code, arguing that children who are interested should be able to learn from expert programmers to create their own software. Other developers, especially the translators, were interested in providing computer programs in the students' native languages. These developers thought that students should be able to navigate the internet by having "road signs" they would understand.

The Skolelinux project was associated with the member organisation "Linux in schools", which was founded on July 16, 2001. "Linux in schools" later changed its name to "Free Software in Schools" by the annual meeting on October 16, 2004. German teachers, developers and translators joined Skolelinux throughout 2002. In 2003, Skolelinux was included step-by-step as a standard part of Debian.

Since 2003, many developers from around the world have joined the project, with developers in France, Greece and Germany being the most active. The Skolelinux project also cooperates with many other free educational software projects such as LTSP, gnuLinEx, Edubuntu, K12LTSP, KDE, Gnome, Firefox and OpenOffice.org. Similar organisations have also been established in Spain, Germany, [4] Latvia, France, Brasil and Denmark.

Skolelinux has been a major contributor to rewriting the Debian-Installer. In addition, Skolelinux has conducted extensive development and testing of thin clients and diskless workstations as a part of the new LTSP version 5.

A total of 214 schools using Skolelinux. This case study [5] of implementing Skolelinux at a school in Greece is typical of user experiences. [6]

Releases

VersionDateComment
1.02004-06-20codenamed "Venus" (after the almost concurrent Venus transit), is based on Debian Woody.
2.02006-03-14codenamed "DebianEdu" (after Skolelinux was adopted as part of the Debian sub-project with that name), is based on Debian Sarge.
3.02007-07-22codenamed "Terra", is based on Debian Etch. [7]
5.02010-02-09Debian Edu 5+edu0 is based on Debian Lenny. [8]
6.02012-03-11Debian Edu 6+edu0 is based on Debian Squeeze. [9]
7.12013-09-28Debian Edu 7+edu0 is based on Debian Wheezy. [10]
8.02016-07-02Debian Edu 8+edu0 is based on Debian Jessie. [11]
9.02017-06-18Debian Edu 9+edu0 is based on Debian Stretch. [12]
10.02019-07-07Debian Edu 10+edu is based on Debian Buster. [13]
11.02021-08-15Debian Edu 11+edu is based on Debian Bullseye. [14]

Funding

Skolelinux development is sponsored by the SLX Debian Labs Foundation on a yearly basis. The Norwegian Ministry of Education and The Ministry of Reform and Administration has sponsored the project. Also private donors and companies have provided sponsorship. This helps organize 7–10 developer gatherings annually in Norway, Spain and Germany.

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References

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  2. ↑ "Debian Edu/Skolelinux: A distribution for education". Linux Weekly News. March 28, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
  3. ↑ Haugnes, Gunhild (July 25, 2001). "Dugnad for gratis programvare". Aftenposten.no. Archived from the original on February 22, 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
  4. ↑ Gramlich, Kurt. "Skolelinux – Free Software in Education". Skolelinux Team Germany. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
  5. ↑ Giannis, Kondylis. "Skolelinux thin client solution". schoolforge.net/education-case-studies. Schoolforge.net. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
  6. ↑ Blaatid, Jan. "Experiences from the Use of Skolelinu" (PDF). NorOSIne. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
  7. ↑ DebianEdu (July 22, 2007). "Press release DebianEdu-3.0 "Terra"". [DebianEdu Wiki]. Retrieved July 24, 2007.
  8. ↑ Holger Levsen (February 9, 2010). "Lenny based Debian Edu 5.0.4+edu0 available (aka Skolelinux)". [Debian Edu Announce mailinglist]. Retrieved February 9, 2010.
  9. ↑ Debian press team (March 11, 2012). ""Squeeze" based Debian Edu version released". [Debian Edu Announce mailinglist]. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
  10. ↑ David Prévot (September 28, 2013). "Debian Edu / Skolelinux Wheezy – a complete Linux solution for your school" . Retrieved September 29, 2013.
  11. ↑ Debian press team (July 2, 2016). "Debian Edu / Skolelinux Jessie — a complete Linux solution for your school" . Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  12. ↑ Debian press team (June 18, 2017). "Debian Edu / Skolelinux Stretch — a complete Linux solution for your school" . Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  13. ↑ Debian press team (July 7, 2019). "Debian Edu / Skolelinux Buster — a complete Linux solution for your school" . Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  14. ↑ Debian press team (August 15, 2021). "Debian Edu / Skolelinux Bullseye — a complete Linux solution for your school" . Retrieved August 15, 2021.
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