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Skolelinux Project Releases Version 1.0

Posted by timothy on from the free-as-in-right-on dept.

jakobgrimstveit writes "After about three years of hard work, Skolelinux (with its own cute Tux-with-bag-mascot) 1.0 is released to the public. The distribution was started as a reaction to how much the Norwegian schools and the government relied on systems using closed source. Skolelinux is meant to be an easy way to set up a large and secure network of LTSP thin clients (normally PXE boot) for regular users. The Skolelinux-organization won the Norwegian Free Software Prize in 2002. The distribution is based in Debian GNU/Linux, and is also being used and evaluated [1] [2] several places in Africa due to its low demands for the client PC. Kudos to the developers and good luck!"

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  1. Re:Welcome to a new distribution ! by palfrey · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Hence one of the really good reasons to make your new distro based off of debian. Effectively, they get to pick what of the 9000+ packages are suitable for their users, provide additional bits and bobs of configs and so on that are specific for their desired userbase, without having to design a whole new setup/packaging format from scratch. Plus, if all else fails, this gives a really easy upgrade path...

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  2. Re:Schools in US are tight by students · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Hey... parent is super relevant. This is the most important aspect of linux in schools. Most school systems have too much inertia to convert a whole network to a new operating system, even if they will save large amounts of time and money in the future. This is why Skolelinux won't take off for years. I would like to hear a good solution to this issue. If you have one, visit my sig.

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  3. Re:Schools in US are tight by Alex+Brasetvik · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Mac OS X integrates very well in a Skolelinux network, as Skolelinux uses NFS and LDAP.

    Guidelines on how to make an OS X machine part of a Skolelinux network are available in Norwegian - translations to English will definitely follow shortly.

    See http://developer.skolelinux.no/~klaus/notater/a280 4.html

    The book Klaus refers to is being translated these days.