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  '''DebianEdu/Skolelinux''' is an operating system intended for educational use and a [[/DebianPureBlends|Debian Pure Blend]]. As skole [`skuːl`] is the norvegian word for school, Skolelinux literal translation is "school linux". It was founded in Norway 2001 with the objective to become an overall computer solution designed to fit on school's resources and needs. Nowadays it is being internationally developed by a large international and growing community.<<BR>>
  It is an advanced network solution that allows both technical and non-technical installation process depending on the user needs and expertise. It provides many pre-configured services out-of-the-box and highly simplify middle to large system deployments and system configurations.
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  = Why consider it? =
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   * ''' Stability and reliability''' Skolelinux is very stable and reliable. The students will experience predictability and a system that ''works''. Additionally, Skolelinux is less vulnerable to worms and viruses.
   * '''Solves real needs''' Skolelinux is made by schools for schools. Thus, Skolelinux is tailored to school needs.
   * '''Provides control ''' Skolelinux makes the users independent of supplier, and can decide themselves when to upgrade both hardware and software. 
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  = Who is behind it? =
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  The "[[http://www.friprogramvareiskolen.no/|FRISK]]" (Free software in schools [Norwegian nonprofit organization]) member organization is an interest community, which takes care of the actual development in tandem with the larger Debian-Edu community across the world. FRISK have about 120 developers, with an active core of about 30 developers, a board and are always welcoming new people.
  
  See "[[DebianEdu/About/Organization| Organization]]" for more information.
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  = A bit of history =
  
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  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 196 schools using Skolelinux are currently listed on the DebianEdu Wiki. This case study[5] of implementing Skolelinux at a school in Greece is typical of user experiences.[6]
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  = Its goals =
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   * It gives the students their own usernames, home directories and services.
   * It includes [[http://www.openoffice.org|OpenOffice.org]]
   * its auxiliary software components are free software
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  = Great features =