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Murix Linux
MURIX was a Linux distribution created with the goal to function on all hardware platforms. It was based on Linux From Scratch.
Status: Discontinued
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2016-07-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Debian Edu/Skolelinux 8 |
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Laura Arjona Reina has announced the release of a new major version of Debian Edu/Skolelinux, a Debian-based distribution tailored to educational institutions, computer labs and school networks. Labeled as version 8+edu0, this is the project's first stable release based on the Debian 8.0: "The Debian Edu developer team is happy to announce Debian Edu 8+edu0 'Jessie', the latest Debian Edu / Skolelinux release, entirely based on Debian 8 update 8.5. Upgrades from previous beta releases of Debian Edu 'Jessie' to this release are possible and encouraged. New features for Debian Edu 8+edu0 'Jessie': if a system is installed via network boot the firmware for the hardware present is now installed automatically; MATE 1.8 is now available as optional desktop environment; in addition, a Dutch translation of the manual is available, and the Norwegian Bokmål one is now complete." Read the rest of the release announcement which provides several real-life usage examples from schools in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. Download (SHA1) options include a 5 GB installation DVD/USB image and a much smaller CD/USB "netinstall" file: debian-edu-8+edu0-USB.iso (4,996MB, pkglist), debian-edu-8+edu0-CD.iso (653MB). |
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About Debian Edu
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Debian Edu/Skolelinux is the Debian-edu's Debian Pure Blend distribution. It is aiming to provide an out-of-the-box localised environment tailored for schools and universities. The out-of-the-box environment comes with 75 applications aimed at schools, as well as 17 network services pre-configured for a school environment. The simple, three-question installation requires minimal technical knowledge. Skolelinux is Debian, which means, among other things, that there are no license costs or worries, and that upgrade and maintenance of the software can be done over the Internet with the power of Debian's apt-get. The core goals of Skolelinux are localisation and ease of system administration.
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2021-08-15 |
Distribution Release: Debian Edu/Skolelinux 11.0.0 |
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Debian Edu/Skolelinux is the Debian-edu's "Debian Pure Blend" distribution. It is aiming to provide an out-of-the-box localised environment tailored for schools and universities. The project has published an update in step with Debian 11, bringing new software and features to the Debian Edu distribution. "New version of Debian Installer from Debian 'Bullseye', see its installation manual for more details. New artwork based on the Homeworld theme, the default artwork for Debian 11 'Bullseye'. The Debian Installer doesn't support LTSP chroot setup anymore. In case of a combined server installation ('Main server' + 'LTSP server' profiles), setting up thin client support (now using X2Go) happens at the end of the installation. Generating the SquashFS image for diskless client support (from the server's file system) is done at first boot. For separate LTSP servers, both steps have to be done via a tool after first boot inside the internal network when enough information is available from the main server. Software updates: everything which is new in Debian 11 'Bullseye', eg. Linux kernel 5.10, desktop environments KDE Plasma 5.20, GNOME 3.38, Xfce 4.16, LXDE 11, MATE 1.24, LibreOffice 7.0, educational toolbox GCompris 1.0, music creator Rosegarden 20.12, LTSP 21.01. Debian Bullseye includes more than 59,000 packages available for installation." Further information can be found in the release notes. Download: debian-edu-11.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso (438MB, SHA512, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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2019-07-09 |
Distribution Release: Debian Edu/Skolelinux 10 |
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Wolfgang Schweer has announced the release of Debian Edu/Skolelinux 10, a major new version of the project's Debian-based specialist distribution designed for educational institutions, computer labs and school networks: "The Debian Edu developer team is happy to announce Debian Edu 10 Buster, the Debian Edu / Skolelinux release based on the Debian 10 Buster release. New features: official Debian installation images are now available; site-specific modular installation is possible; additional meta-packages grouping educational packages by school level are provided; improved desktop localization for all languages Debian supports; tool available to ease setting up site specific multi-language support; GOsa²-Plugin password management has been added; improved TLS/SSL support inside the internal network; the Kerberos setup supports NFS and SSH services; a tool to re-generate the LDAP database is available; X2Go server is installed on all systems with the LTSP-Server profile." Read the full release announcement for further information. Download either the 5.4 GB file (for USB storage devices) or a single-CD "netinst" image (for installation over the network): debian-edu-10.0.0-amd64-BD-1.iso (5,425MB, torrent, SHA512, pkglist), debian-edu-10.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso (404MB, torrent, SHA512). |
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2017-06-19 |
Distribution Release: Debian Edu/Skolelinux 9 |
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Hot on the heels of the new Debian release comes Debian Edu/Skolelinux 9, a new version of the project's Debian-based distribution tailored to educational institutions, computer labs and school networks. Donald Norwood announced the release yesterday: "The Debian Edu developer team is happy to announce Debian Edu 9, the first Debian Edu / Skolelinux release based on the Debian 9 'Stretch' release. Debian Edu, also known as Skolelinux, is a Linux distribution based on Debian providing an out-of-the box environment of a completely configured school network. Immediately after installation a school server running all services needed for a school network is set up just waiting for users and machines to be added via GOsa2, a comfortable web interface. ... These are some items from the release notes for Debian Edu 9: Plymouth is installed and activated by default, except for the 'Main Server' and 'Minimal' profiles; Icinga replaces Nagios as monitoring tool; LTSP now uses NBD instead of NFS for the root filesystem; a Japanese translation of the manual is now available." Here is the full release announcement. Download (SHA256) options include a 5.5 GB file meant for USB devices as well as a single-CD "netinstall" image: debian-edu-9+edu0-USB.iso (5,578MB, pkglist), debian-edu-9+edu0-CD.iso (647MB). |
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2015-04-27 |
Development Release: Skolelinux 8.0 Beta 1 |
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Holger Levsen has announced the availability of the first beta build of Skolelinux 8.0, the upcoming stable release of the Linux distribution known also as "Debian Edu" and designed for schools. This is the project's first test release based on the new Debian "Jessie". From the release announcement: "The Debian Edu / Skolelinux project is pleased to announce the first beta release of Debian Edu 'Jessie' 8.0 which, for the first time, is composed entirely of packages from the current Debian stable release, Debian 8 'Jessie. We expect to make a final release of Debian Edu 'Jessie' in the coming weeks, timed with the first point release of Debian 'Jessie'. Upgrades from this beta release of Debian Edu 'Jessie' to the final release will be possible and encouraged! Debian Edu - sometimes also known as 'Skolelinux' - is a complete operating system for schools, universities and other organisations. Through its pre-prepared installation profiles administrators can install servers, workstations and laptops which will work in harmony on the school network." Download the full installation DVD/USB image from here: debian-edu-8.0+edu0~b1-USB.iso (4,996MB, SHA1, pkglist). |
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2013-09-29 |
Distribution Release: Skolelinux 7.1 |
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Petter Reinholdtsen has announced the release of Skolelinux 7.1, a Debian-based distribution (also known as "Debian-Edu") for schools: "The Debian Edu developer team is happy to announce Debian Edu 7.1+edu0 'Wheezy', the sixth Debian Edu / Skolelinux release, based on Debian 7, which has been updated and carefully improved compared to the previous release while keeping its unique feature set and ease of maintainability. Installation changes: new version of installer; the DVD image was dropped, instead we added a USB Flash drive / Blu-ray disc image, which behaves like the DVD image, but is too big to fit on a DVD. Software updates: Linux kernel 3.2.x; KDE Plasma 4.8.4, GNOME 3.4, Xfce 4.8.6 and LXDE 0.5.5; Iceweasel 17 ESR web browser; LibreOffice 3.5.4; LTSP 5.4.2; GOsa 2.7.4; CUPS printing system 1.5.3; GCompris 12.01 educational toolbox; Rosegarden 12.04 music creator; GIMP 2.8.2 image editor...." Read the rest of the release announcement for additional information. Download: debian-edu-7.1+edu0-CD.iso (655MB, SHA1), debian-edu-7.1+edu0-USB.iso (5,485MB, SHA1). |
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2013-08-22 |
Development Release: Skolelinux 7.1 Beta 1 |
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Petter Reinholdtsen has announced the second beta of Skolelinux 7.1, a distribution also known as "Debian Edu": "The second 'Wheezy'-based beta release of Debian Edu was wrapped up today, slightly delayed because of some bugs in the initial Windows integration fixes. This is the sixth test release based on Debian 'Wheezy'. Basically this is an updated and slightly improved version compared to the 'Squeeze' release. Software updates: added SSH askpass packages to default installation to ensure SSH work also without an attached tty; add the command-not-found package to the default installation to make it easier to figure out where to find missing command line tools. Other changes: adjusted the USB stick ISO image build to include every tool needed for desktop=xfce installations; adjust thin-client-server task to work when installing from USB stick ISO image...." Read the rest of the release announcement for more. Download: debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b1-CD.iso (655MB, MD5). |
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2013-07-28 |
Development Release: Skolelinux 7.1 Beta 0 |
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Petter Reinholdtsen has announced the availability of the initial public beta of Skolelinux 7.1, a distribution also known as "Debian Edu": "The first "Wheezy"-based beta release of Debian Edu was wrapped up today. Debian Edu, also known as Skolelinux, is a Linux distribution based on Debian providing an out-of-the box environment of a completely configured school network. Software updates: switched roaming workstation profiles from wicd to NetworkManager for network configuration, as wicd didn't work any more; changed version numbers of patched gosa and libpam-mklocaluser packages to make sure our locally-patched versions will be replaced by the official packages when they are released from Debian; added Bluetooth tools to the default desktop; added tools for sharing the desktop on KDE; added Valgrind to the default installation for easier debugging of crash bugs...." Read the rest of the release announcement for a full changelog. Download: debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b0-CD.iso (655MB, MD5). |
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2013-04-26 |
Development Release: Skolelinux 7.0 Alpha 0 |
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Petter Reinholdtsen has announced the availability of the initial alpha build of Skolelinux (a project also known as "Debian-Edu"), a distribution designed for schools and based on the upcoming release of Debian GNU/Linux 7.0: "The Debian-Edu / Skolelinux project is still going strong and made its first 'Wheezy'-based release today. This is an updated and slightly improved version compared to the 'Squeeze release'. Software updates: everything which is new in Debian 'Wheezy', including Linux kernel 3.2.x, KDE 4.8.4, GNOME 3.4 and LXDE 4 desktop environments (KDE is installed by default), Iceweasel web browser 10, LibreOffice 3.5.4, LTSP 5.4.2, GOsa 2.7.4, CUPS print system 1.5.3 GCompris educational toolbox 12.01, Rosegarden music creator 12.04, GIMP image editor 2.8.2, Celestia virtual universe 1.6.1, Stellarium virtual stargazer 0.11.3, Scratch visual programming environment 1.4.0.6...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information and related links. Download: debian-edu~7.0+edu0~a0-CD.iso (651MB, MD5). |
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