Edubuntu is an official derivative of the Ubuntu operating system designed for use in

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Features

Edubuntu is based largely on the standard

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-based Ubuntu distribution. Curated sets of applications (metapackages) and default desktop settings tailored to specific age groups (including

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education) can be selected during the installation. Applications are sorted into folders for specific subject areas, and can be hidden system-wide by an administrator. Previous iterations of Edubuntu were bundled with the Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP)—intended to allow a computer running Edubuntu to serve multiple

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Project goals

The primary goal of Edubuntu was to enable an educator with limited technical knowledge and skills to set up a computer lab or an online learning environment in an hour or less and then effectively administer that environment. The principal design goals of Edubuntu were centralized management of configuration, users and processes, together with facilities for working collaboratively in a classroom setting. Equally important was the gathering together of the best available

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and digital materials for education. According to a statement of goals on the official Edubuntu website: "Our aim is to put together a system that contains all the best free software available in education and make it easy to install and maintain." It also aimed to allow low-income environments to maximize utilisation of their available (older) equipment.

Versions

The first Edubuntu release coincided with the release of Ubuntu 5.10, which was codenamed ''Breezy Badger'' on 2005-10-13. On Ubuntu 8.04, Edubuntu was replaced with ''Ubuntu Education Edition—''an add-on CD intended for installing the Edubuntu packages on top of an existing Ubuntu installation. From version 9.10 onwards, Edubuntu returned to being a standalone distribution. Beginning with 14.04, Edubuntu was to only be released for Ubuntu

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(LTS) versions only, after Jonathan Carter and Stéphane Graber stepped down from Edubuntu to focus on other projects. It was eventually announced that there would be no Ubuntu 16.04 release of Edubuntu due to a lack of contributors. In December 2022, it was announced that Edubuntu would be revived to target the Ubuntu 23.04 cycle, with development headed by

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head Erich Eickmeyer and his wife Amy, an early childhood educator. The revived project adopted a tightened goal of providing software for different age groups, as well as associated customization options, on top of the current Ubuntu desktop environment.

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External links

* * {{FOSS Edubuntu 2005 software Educational operating systems Free educational software Linux Terminal Server Project Ubuntu derivatives Linux distributions

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Project goals

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