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Edubuntu

Edubuntu

Edubuntu 12.04 running Unity

Developer Canonical Ltd. and community contributors

OS family Linux (based on Ubuntu)

Working state Discontinued

Source model Open source

Initial release 2005; 15 years ago

Latest release 14.04.5 LTS (Trusty Tahr) / 4 August 2016;

3 years ago

Kernel type Monolithic Linux kernel

Default user interface GNOME


License Mainly GPL and various others (free with

some restricted components)

Official website www.edubuntu.org

Edubuntu, previously known as Ubuntu Education Edition, was an official derivative


of the Ubuntu operating system designed for use
in classrooms inside schools, homes and communities.
Edubuntu was developed in collaboration with teachers and technologists in several
countries. Edubuntu is built on top of the Ubuntu base, incorporates the LTSP thin
client architecture and several education-specific applications, and is aimed at users
aged 6 to 18. It was designed for easy installation and ongoing system maintenance.

Contents

 1Features
 2Project goals
 3Versions
 4See also
 5References
 6External links

Features[edit]
Included with Edubuntu is the Linux Terminal Server Project and many applications
relevant to education including GCompris, KDE Edutainment Suite, Sabayon Profile
Manager, Pessulus Lockdown Editor, Edubuntu Menueditor, LibreOffice, Gnome Nanny
and iTalc. Edubuntu CDs were previously available free of charge through
their Shipit service; since version 8.10 (2008) it is only available as a download in a
DVD format.
Edubuntu's default GUI is Unity, while GNOME is still available.[1] Unity has been the
default GUI since the release of 12.04. Since release 7.10, KDE is also available as
Edubuntu KDE. In 2010, Edubuntu and the Qimo 4 Kids project were working on
providing Qimo within Edubuntu,[2] but this was not done as it would not have fitted on a
CD.[3]

Project goals[edit]
The primary goal of Edubuntu was to enable an educator with limited technical
knowledge and skills to set up a computer lab or an on-line 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 free software
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." [4]
It also aimed to allow low income environments to maximize utilisation of their available
(older) equipment.

Versions[edit]

Edubuntu 7.04 package

The first Edubuntu release coincided with the release of Ubuntu 5.10, which was
codenamed Breezy Badger on 2005-10-13. With the 8.04 Hardy Heron release of
Edubuntu it was given the name of Ubuntu Education Edition[5] and was changed to be
an add-on to a standard Ubuntu installation instead of being an installable LiveCD.
From version 9.10 onwards, Edubuntu changed to be available as a full system DVD
instead of an Add-on CD.[6] Edubuntu is also installable[7] via a selection of "edubuntu"
packages for all distributions using the official Ubuntu repositories
(Ubuntu and Kubuntu mainly).
Since 14.04, Edubuntu became LTS-only;[8] Edubuntu announced that they would skip
the 16.04 LTS update and that they planned on staying with 14.04 due to lack of
contributors.[9]

Release Codename Release date End-of-life date

13 October
5.10[10] Breezy Badger 13 April 2007
2005

6.06 LTS[11] Dapper Drake 1 June 2006 14 July 2009

6.10[12] Edgy Eft 26 October 25 April 2008


2006

7.04[13][14] Feisty Fawn 19 April 2007 19 October 2008

18 October
7.10[15][16] Gutsy Gibbon 18 April 2009
2007

8.04 LTS[17][18] Hardy Heron 24 April 2008 12 May 2011

30 October
8.10[19] Intrepid Ibex 30 April 2010
2008

9.04[20] Jaunty Jackalope 23 April 2009 23 October 2010

29 October
9.10[21][22] Karmic Koala 29 April 2011
2009

10.04 LTS[23][24] Lucid Lynx 29 April 2010 9 May 2013

10 October
10.10[25][26] Maverick Meerkat 10 April 2012
2010

11.04[27][28] Natty Narwhal 28 April 2011 28 October 2012

13 October
11.10[29][30] Oneiric Ocelot 9 May 2013
2011

12.04 LTS[31][32] Precise Pangolin 26 April 2012 28 April 2017

18 October
12.10[33][34][35] Quental Quetzal 16 May 2014
2012

13.04[36][37] Raring Ringtail 25 April 2013 27 January 2014


17 October
13.10[38][39] Saucy Salamander 17 July 2014
2013

14.04 LTS[40][41][42] Trusty Tahr 17 April 2014 30 April 2019

Legend:

Old version

Older version, still maintained

Latest version

Latest preview version

Future release

See also[edit]

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