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As you may have noticed, the Edubuntu project have been going through some big changes recently. Something we have been working on with the Ubuntu Community Council for a while now is to have the Edubuntu Council back to a reasonable size (5 members). That’s why, today, we are announcing that there will be an [...]

Edubuntu is an educational operating system that is a part of the Ubuntu family. It aims to make Ubuntu, the popular Linux-based operating system, a great choice for the computing needs of children, students, parents, teachers, and schools. It brings many of the best educational open-source applications and tools to the Ubuntu operating system. What’s [...]

This evening I had a great chat with a guy named David. He’s a 9th grade science teacher in Minnesota. He’s working on a project called Growing Communities Of Scientists in his school. He plans to use a set of “computer enabled science classrooms” which embed thin clients into a student group workspace. David’s also [...]

The Education team is proud to announce the release of Ubuntu Education Edition 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex). This release includes both Edubuntu for the Desktop as well as Edubuntu Classroom Server for a thin client network environment. About Ubuntu Education Edition The 8.10 release continues the restructuring of Edubuntu as the Ubuntu Education Edition. The education [...]

I’m on an Edubuntu users mailing list where, more often than not, veteran users can answer questions for new users. I usually give it a quick skim for any new features or fixes and then leave it to accumulate like so many other pieces of information in my Gmail account (hooray for increased storage!). Tonight, [...]