Custom Linux Distributions from Educational Institutions?

Posted by Cliff on Tuesday June 17, 2003 @08:35PM from the linux-goes-to-college dept.

Benoit des Ligneris asks: "The engineering faculty of Sherbrooke University, the Sherbrooke University LUG and Mandrake Canada just released a Linux distribution called EduLinux, which is based on Mandrake 9.1. The event had good press coverage [in French]. Now, it looks like several universities in Canada are interested in the project. EduLinux targets novice users and educational users, alike. As one of the leader of the project, I wonder if other universities or corporations are endorsing Linux like this? What does Slashdot think of the future of this kind of personalized Linux distribution?" Note that the Canadians aren't the only ones doing this, NewsForge reports that the Swiss are, too. How long do you think it will be before colleges in the US start following suit? Update: 06/20 04:34 GMT by C : The EduLinux website is now available in English.

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finally by Anonymous Coward · 2003-06-17 20:44 · Score: 4, Insightful

I don't mean to troll, but doesn't someone come out with a linux distro for novices once a month? I wonder what is going to be so special about this one? and what was wrong with the other user firiendly ones that they had to make a new one? mandrake is usually considered one of the friendlier ones by itself, and then they modified it? too bad the site is in french (and i'm to tired to babelfish it[i.e. karma whore]) best of luck to them, though