Edubuntu

Edubuntu, also previously known as Ubuntu Education Edition, is an official derivative of the Ubuntu operating system designed for use in classrooms inside schools, homes and communities.

Edubuntu has been developed in collaboration with teachers and technologists in multiple countries. Edubuntu is built on top of the Ubuntu base, incorporates the LTSP thin client architecture and several education-specific applications, and is aimed at users aged 6 to 18. It is designed for easy installation and ongoing system maintenance.

Features

Included with Edubuntu is the Linux Terminal Server Project, a large number of educational applications including GCompris, KDE Edutainment Suite, Sabayon Profile Manager, Pessulus Lockdown Editor, Edubuntu Menueditor, LibreOffice, Gnome Nanny and iTalc as well as many more. Edubuntu CDs were previously available for free through their Shipit service. As of version 8.10 (2008), it is only available as a download in a DVD format.

Edubuntu's default GUI is Unity while GNOME is still available.Unity has been the default GUI since the release of 12.04. Since release 7.10, KDE is also available as Edubuntu KDE. Since Ubuntu 10.04, the Edubuntu community has also worked with the Qimo 4 Kids project to provide a Qimo desktop that is Xfce based.