I normally just lurk this list wishing there were something I could do to help, but I saw this, and being an English-language tech writer with experience in Marketing, I figured this was my chance. :) I'm not too familiar with the details of the new release, but here's something to work with: After twenty-one months of development, Skolelinux has released a new version. Skolelinux, the Debian-edu project's Custom Debian Distribution, is installed in hundreds of schools in Norway, Germany, and other countries. Many municipalities use Skolelinux across all of their schools; such centralized operation offers low maintenance and operational costs. Skolelinux is free and open source software, and for those schools that need assistance, many commercial organizations offer maintenance and support solutions. The new version of Skolelinux offers recent versions of popular programs such as OpenOffice, Mozilla Firefox, and GCompris-- all in many languages. A wide variety of educational software is also available. Thin client support has been improved, and it is now possible to install half-thick clients. Half-thick clients allow for full use of newer hardware, offering support for CD/DVD-ROM, USB-pen, and audio devices. Since all software is distributed from the Skolelinux servers, maintenance costs on half-thick clients are still kept low. Hope this helps, -r. On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 11:15:32PM +0100, Knut Yrvin wrote: > Please give me fast feedback and language improvement on this press > statement :-) > > Debian-Edu/Skolelinux 2.0 ready for free use! > > After 21 months of development new Skolelinux version is ready for > download and free use. There are no license costs or worries. Many > municipalities uses Skolelinux in all the schools, operated centrally > to a low maintenance and operational cost. > > Skolelinux is stronger than ever and the activity is high. Skolelinux > is the Debian-edu project's Custom Debian Distribution (CDD). It's > many installations in Norway, Germany and other countries. Hundreds of > schools running Skolelinux. Many commercial companies sells solutions, > maintenance, and support. > > Popular programs as OpenOffice.org, Firefox, and GCompris is available > in many languages. A lot of Educational programs is installed as > default. The solution for thin clients is improved. It's possible to > install half thick clients with some preparations. Half thick clients > give full use of newer hardware with support for CD/DVD-ROM, USB-pen > and sound. The maintenance cost i still low with all the software > distributed from the Skolelinux server. > > Contact: > > Norway: Knut Yrvin <knuty AT skolelinux.no> +47 908 95 765 > Germany: Kurt Gramlich <kurt AT skolelinux.de> > France: Thierry Stauder <sthierry@free.fr> > > About Debian-Edu/Skolelinux > http://www.skolelinux.org > > Skolelinux FTP download > ftp://ftp.skolelinux.no/skolelinux-cd/debian-edu20r0-i386.iso > > Installation and Maintaining a Debian-Edu/Skolelinux Network > http://developer.skolelinux.no/~klaus/newnotater_Sarge/ > > List of improvements (from RC2): > http://d.skolelinux.no/documentation/debian-edu_sarge_installation.txt > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-edu-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org >
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