OpenSuSE to Release Linux Distro for Educators

christian.einfeldt writes "The next version of openSUSE, due out in the fall, will include an add-on CD optimized for educators. According to the Education section of the openSUSE wiki, the openSUSE community sees the add-on as a way to make it easy for school administrators to create both networked systems and stand-alone desktops for teachers and students. To tailor the add-on CD to the needs of educators, the openSUSE community is asking educators and technologists to submit their software successes, applications used, and 'HOW-TOs' for writing applications and using applications. Dubbed the SLEDucator, the package collection is being included as an add-on, as opposed to a new distro or a fork."

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Yawn

[qweqwe321]

Novell makes their own Edubuntu. Wonderful.

Re:Now all we need is a similar add-on for SMBs

[houghi]

Ask them, or even better, ask them to release the tools to make your own addons.
They already released the code to make your own distribution trademark free and information how to make your own openSUSE based ditribution.

Join their mailinglist, discuss and you might be amazed of what is possible. The educators part came there because of demand.