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  = What is it? =
  
  '''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's literal translation is "school linux". It has been created as an overall free software computer solution designed to fit on school's resources and needs and is currently 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 it highly simplifies middle to large system deployments and configurations.
+ It is an advanced network solution that provides a terminal server environment suitable to many educational scenarios and it comes with most of its services pre-configured out-of-the-box. It allows both a technical and non-technical installation process depending on the user needs and expertise and it highly simplifies middle to large system deployments and configurations.
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  The skolelinux project was launched on 2 July founded in 2001, around the same time Raphael Herzog began in France with Debian Edu. Since 2003, the two projects are one, and the names are synonyms. Some say that Debian Edu is the name of the project, and skolelinux the name of the distribution. Today, many working volunteers on the further development of the project: Over 130 programmers support skolelinux, as the Debian Edu developer from Norway , France , Spain , Germany , Lithuania , Brazil and the U.S. including. 2009 skolelinux is in a pilot phase at eleven schools in the country Rhineland-Palatinate tested after already Hamburg introduced the system in its schools. [1]
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  == DebianEdu or Skolelinux? ==
  
  At some point during the spring and summer of 2001 both DebianEdu and Skolelinux projects started as an attempt to create a GNU/Linux distribution for educational purposes. DebianEdu started from a french group called IIRC as a project intended to create education-related meta-packages and Skolelinux from a Norwegian group as a project intended to create a CD distribution.
  After some minimal collaborations, the french group left package maintenance to the norwegian group which started to include them on their CD. By that time people all over the world were contributing but was at that point that both projects effectively became one. So nowadays both names actually refer to the same project.
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  == Project objectives ==
  
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   * ''' Educational software ecosystem:''' it is necessary to locate, package and classify any educational free software.
   * '''Teaching documentation:''' it is important not only to provide a great platform but to provide documentation on how to better use it for teaching.
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  = Why consider it? =
  
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   * '''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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  == Opinions ==
  DebianEdu/InterestingLinks#Opinions
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  See "[[DebianEdu/About/Organization| Organization]]" for more information.
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  = Where we are now? =