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Debian Edu/Skolelinux


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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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/Debian Edu Summary
Distribution Debian Edu/Skolelinux
Home Page http://www.skolelinux.org/
https://blends.debian.org/edu/
Mailing Lists https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/MailingLists
User Forums --
Alternative User Forums
Documentation https://jenkins.debian.net/userContent/debian-edu-doc/
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Screencasts
Download Mirrors http://get.debian.org/cdimage/release/current/DistroWatch Torrent Archive
Bug Tracker https://www.debian.org/Bugs/
Related Websites Skolelinux Germany
Reviews 6.x: LWN
Where To Donate, Buy, or Try

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2021-08-15: Distribution Release: Debian Edu/Skolelinux 11.0.0
 • 2019-07-09: Distribution Release: Debian Edu/Skolelinux 10
 • 2017-06-19: Distribution Release: Debian Edu/Skolelinux 9
 • 2016-07-03: Distribution Release: Debian Edu/Skolelinux 8
 • 2015-04-27: Development Release: Skolelinux 8.0 Beta 1
 • 2013-09-29: Distribution Release: Skolelinux 7.1
 • 2013-08-22: Development Release: Skolelinux 7.1 Beta 1
 • 2013-07-28: Development Release: Skolelinux 7.1 Beta 0
 • 2013-04-26: Development Release: Skolelinux 7.0 Alpha 0
 • 2012-03-12: Distribution Release: Skolelinux 6.0.4
 • 2010-10-25: Development Release: Skolelinux 6.0.0 Alpha 1
 • 2010-07-28: Development Release: Skolelinux 6.0 Alpha 0
 • More Debian Edu releases...

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  • Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the "nautilus" and "gnome-shell" packages. The Apache web server is listed as "httpd" and the Linux kernel is listed as "linux". The KDE desktop is represented by the "plasma-desktop" package and the Xfce desktop by the "xfdesktop" package.
  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.
Feature 12.0.0 11.6.0 10.4.0
Release Date 2023-06-10 2022-12-17 2020-05-10
End Of Life      
Price (US$) Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 400-6000 400-6000 300-5300
Free Download ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop Xfce Xfce Xfce
Package Management DEB DEB DEB
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice
Processor Architecture i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes
Asian Language Support      
Full Package List 12.0.0 11.6.0 10.4.0
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.2.11) 1.2.8 1.2.4 1.1.8
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- 19.1.0 18.1.99
bash (5.2.21) 5.2 5.1 5.0
bind (9.18.21) -- 9.16.33 9.11.5-P4
chromium (121.0.6167.139) -- 108.0.5359.94 80.0.3987.162
cups (2.4.7) -- 2.3.3 2.2.10
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3 4.4.1 4.4.1
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.47.0 1.46.2 1.44.5
firefox (122.0) -- 91.13.0 68.7.0
freetype (2.13.2) 2.12.1 2.10.4 2.9.1
gcc (13.2.0) -- 10.2.1 8.3.0
gimp (2.10.36) -- 2.10.22 2.10.8
glibc (2.39) 2.36 2.31 2.28
gnome-shell (45.3) -- 3.38.6 3.30.2
gnucash (5.5) -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.56) -- 1.12.48 1.12.44
grub (2.12) 2.06 2.06 2.02
gtk (4.12.5) 4.8.3 3.24.24 3.24.5
httpd (2.4.58) -- 2.4.54 2.4.38
inkscape (1.3.1) -- 1.0.2 0.92.4
k3b (23.08.4) -- 20.12.2 18.08.1
kmod (31) 30 28 26
krita (5.2.2) -- -- --
LibreOffice (24.2.0) -- 7.0.4 6.1.5
linux (6.7.3) 6.1.27 5.10.158 4.19.118
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- 0.10.1 0.10.0
mariadb (11.1.3) -- 10.5.12 10.3.22
mate-desktop (1.26.2) -- 1.24.1 1.20.4
mesa (24.0.0) -- 20.3.5 18.3.6
mysql (8.3.0) -- -- --
nautilus (45.2.1) -- 3.38.2 3.30.5
NVIDIA (545.29.06) -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) -- 3.6.1 3.6.1
openjdk (21.0.2) -- 11.0.16u1 11.0.6
openssh (9.6p1) 9.2p1 8.4p1 7.9p1
openssl (3.2.1) 3.0.9 1.1.1n 1.1.1d
perl (5.38.2) 5.36.0 5.32.1 5.28.1
php (8.3.2) -- 7.4.33 7.3.11
plasma-desktop (5.27.10) -- 5.20.5 5.14.5.1
postfix (3.8.5) -- -- --
postgresql (16.1) -- -- --
Python (3.12.1) 3.11.2 3.9.2 2.7.16
qt (6.6.1) -- 5.15.2 5.11.3
samba (4.19.4) -- 4.13.13 4.9.5
systemd (255.3) 252.6 247.3 241
thunderbird (115.7.0) -- 91.13.0 68.7.0
vim (9.1) 9.0 8.2 8.1
vlc (3.0.20) -- -- 3.0.8
wayland (1.22.0) -- -- --
xfdesktop (4.18.1) -- 4.16.0 4.12.4
xorg-server (21.1.11) -- 1.20.11 1.20.4


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Version: 11.0.0
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-01-16
Votes: 5


This used to be a good distro a while back, but it is not any longer. Resource usage has been through the roof, the use is systemd is a further step into proprietary, closed source territory, gnome is resource intensive and user unfriendly and being based on Debian still, it is no longer as straightforward and easy to use and requires a lot of research.


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Version: 11.0.0
Rating: 3
Date: 2021-12-20
Votes: 27


Skolelinux is a great Debian-based distro- easy to use, great community and is stable but I think the developers made a wrong move choosing the desktop environment Xfce over the KDE desktop environment. Xfce has been having “feature creep” and adding more and more code into it without too many fixes for memory issues and instability, whereas when it was based on KDE, it was lighter, didn’t use as much ram and wasn’t as slow as now it being based on Xfce.
I unfortunately cannot recommend this distro and will find another Debian-based one with KDE.


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Version: 11.0.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-12-07
Votes: 0


An easy to use, speedy, stable and beautiful distro. I’ve tried the Cinnamon and KDE desktops, and both are them look great, work well and are easy to upgrade. I wish it was based on Devuan instead of Debian because Debian has been falling apart over the years, and the use of systemd is not comfortable for me.


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