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Comment:
consistent naming

  
  = What is it? =
  
- '''DebianEdu/Skolelinux''' is an operating system intended for educational use and a [[DebianPureBlends| Debian Pure Blend]] . As skole [`skuːlə`] is the Norwegian word for school, Skolelinux's literal translation is "school linux". It has been created as an overall free software computer solution designed to fit to schools' resources and needs, and is currently being developed by a large and growing international community.<<BR>>
+ '''Debian Edu/Skolelinux''' is an operating system intended for educational use and a [[DebianPureBlends| Debian Pure Blend]] . As skole [`skuːlə`] is the Norwegian word for school, Skolelinux's literal translation is "school linux". It has been created as an overall free software computer solution designed to fit to schools' resources and needs, and is currently being developed by a large and growing international community.<<BR>>
  Skolelinux provides a terminal server environment suitable to most educational scenarios, and comes with most services pre-configured out-of-the-box. It allows both a technical and non-technical installation process depending on the user's needs and expertise and highly simplifies middle-to-large system deployments and configurations.
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  With great enthusiasm, they started working on a solution and officially founded the Skolelinux project on July 2, 2001. Twenty-five computer programmers and translators combined efforts to improve and promote educational software. Naturally, some pioneers were more interested in developing software and some others in providing as many native translations as possible.<<BR>>
  At about the same time, Raphael Herzog started the Debian Edu project in France to create an education-related meta-packages collection, and the two projects joined forces in 2003.
  
- Soon DebianEdu/Skolelinux's importance grew and it became associated with the "Free Software in Schools" organization (earlier called "Linux in schools") which was founded on July 16, 2001. During 2002, German teachers, developers and translators joined Skolelinux. In 2003, Skolelinux incrementally became included as a standard part of Debian, and since then, many developers from around the world have collaborated on the project. During 2009 Skolelinux was tested in a pilot phase at eleven Norway schools, and also introduced in Hamburg schools.
+ Soon Debian Edu/Skolelinux's importance grew and it became associated with the "Free Software in Schools" organization (earlier called "Linux in schools") which was founded on July 16, 2001. During 2002, German teachers, developers and translators joined Skolelinux. In 2003, Skolelinux incrementally became included as a standard part of Debian, and since then, many developers from around the world have collaborated on the project. During 2009 Skolelinux was tested in a pilot phase at eleven Norway schools, and also introduced in Hamburg schools.
  
  Nowadays the project has established cooperation with many other free educational software projects such as LTSP, gnuLinEx, Edubuntu, K12LTSP, KDE, Gnome, Firefox and OpenOffice.org.
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- == DebianEdu or Skolelinux? ==
+ == Debian Edu or Skolelinux? ==
  
- At some point during the spring and summer of 2001 both DebianEdu and Skolelinux projects began as independent attempts to create a GNU/Linux distribution for educational purposes. Raphael Herzog started DebianEdu project as a member of a group called IIRC with the objective of creating education-related meta-packages and Skolelinux started from a Norwegian group as a project intended to create a CD distribution.
+ At some point during the spring and summer of 2001 both Debian Edu and Skolelinux projects began as independent attempts to create a GNU/Linux distribution for educational purposes. Raphael Herzog started Debian Edu project as a member of a group called IIRC with the objective of creating education-related meta-packages and Skolelinux started from a Norwegian group as a project intended to create a CD distribution.
- After some initial collaboration, 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, and at that point both projects effectively became one. Some say that DebianEdu is the name of the project, and Skolelinux is the name of the distribution, but in practice '''both names now actually refer to the same project.'''
+ After some initial collaboration, 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, and at that point both projects effectively became one. Some say that Debian Edu is the name of the project, and Skolelinux is the name of the distribution, but in practice '''both names now actually refer to the same project.'''
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  == Project objectives ==
  
   * '''Create a complete solution:''' provide a complete educational software solution suitable for real scenarios, entirely free.
-  * '''Reduce technical barriers:''' The best way to reach wide spread is by easing installation, use, maintenance and administration. DebianEdu/Skolelinux should work out-of-the-box.
+  * '''Reduce technical barriers:''' The best way to reach wide spread is by easing installation, use, maintenance and administration. Debian Edu/Skolelinux should work out-of-the-box.
   * '''International scale:''' as part of a collaborative project, it is essential to offer as many close to native-level translations as possible.
   * ''' Educational software ecosystem:''' it is necessary to locate, package and classify 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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  == Opinions and articles ==
  
- Many schools that are currently using it are listed on the DebianEdu Wiki. There is an illustrative case study of implementation at a school in Greece that also deserves mention.<<BR>>
+ Many schools that are currently using it are listed on the Debian Edu Wiki. There is an illustrative case study of implementation at a school in Greece that also deserves mention.<<BR>>
  Take a look at some more interesting [[DebianEdu/InterestingLinks#Opinions|opinions]] and [[DebianEdu/InterestingLinks#Articles|articles]]
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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 has around 120 developers with an active core of around 30 developers, and a board, and are always welcoming new people.
  
  
- == From DebianEdu side ==
+ == From Debian Edu side ==
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