[debian-edu-commits] [Debian Wiki] Update of "DebianEdu/Introduction" by pulchras

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The "DebianEdu/Introduction" page has been changed by pulchras:
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Introduction?action=diff&rev1=5&rev2=6

  <<TableOfContents(2)>>
  
  = What is it?  =
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- = What? =
- 
- '''What is Skolelinux?'''
  
  Skolelinux is made as free (as in speech) software, and is an overall computer solution based on school's resources and needs.
  
@@ -50, +46 @@

  '''Skolelinux''' is the name of a [[DebianPureBlends|Debian Pure Blend]] which is produced by the Debian Edu project. '''Skole''' [`skuːl`] is the Norvegian word for ''school''. Both ''skole'' and ''school'' come from the Greek word ''schole''.<<BR>><<BR>>
  
  
- = Why to use it? =
+ = Why consider it? =
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- = Why? =
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- '''Why consider Skolelinux?'''
  
  == Skolelinux has several advantages: ==
  
@@ -67, +59 @@

   * Skolelinux makes the users independent of supplier, and can decide themselves when to upgrade both hardware and software.
   * Skolelinux has user-friendly licences that give you ''rights'' – not ''responsibilities''!
  
- = Who is behind its development? =
+ = Who is behind it? =
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- = Who? =
  
  '''Who is behind Skolelinux?'''
  
@@ -81, +71 @@

  
  = A bit of history =
  
- = History =
- 
- '''A brief history of Skolelinux'''
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  On a warm summer day in 2001, a group of four computer-savvy people sat down and talked about the computer situation in schools. They found it depressing that Norwegian students – computer users of the future – did not have access to the source code behind the software they were using, or enough equipment to learn while using computers as a tool. Additionally, they wanted to have the "road signs" of the information highway available in the local language.
  
  With great enthusiasm and computer knowledge, they decided to stop just talking and actually do something about it. Now, three years later, Skolelinux is, in various reports, said to be "the only computer solution that takes the schools' needs and resources seriously" (Statskonsult report #18, December 2003).
  
  
- = Our goals =
+ = Its goals =
  
  
  It aims to:



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