Ubuntu Education Edition (Hardy Heron) 8.04
24 April 2008 : Edubuntu 8.04 Released
The Education team is proud to announce the release of
Ubuntu Education
Edition 8.04.
This release includes both Edubuntu for the Desktop as well
as Edubuntu
Classroom Server for a thin client network environment.
http://www.
edubuntu.org/news/8.04-release
About Ubuntu Education Edition
The 8.04 release brings a restructuring of Edubuntu as the
Ubuntu
Education Edition. The education desktop and application
bundle now
install as an add-on to a standard Ubuntu desktop
installation.
Once the user has completed the standard Ubuntu install,
they can then
use the Ubuntu Education Edition CD to either:
1. install the full Edubuntu education environment and
desktop as a
single process
or
2. select individual Education applications from the
Edubuntu bundle for
installation into their Ubuntu desktop environment direct
from CD
About Edubuntu
Edubuntu is the education-focused environment for Ubuntu,
installing as
a fast and easy add-on to an Ubuntu desktop. Based on
Ubuntu, it offers
regular releases, a simple and intuitive desktop and a tight
selection
of excellent packages suited for an education environment.
The default
install bundle includes education and productivity
applications, and
incredible variety of packages is available with a few
clicks from a
global network of mirrors. Edubuntu now comes with the fully
integrated
iTalc classroom management software allowing for teacher
sharing,
monitoring and control of networked workstations.
Professional commercial technical support from is available
from
Canonical Ltd and hundreds of other companies around the
world. For
more information about support, visit http://www.ubuntu.com/s
upport
The base Ubuntu 8.04 is a Long Term Support release (LTS))
and will be
supported for 36 months on both desktops and servers through
our managed
software repositories. The desktop package manager notifier
checks
automatically for security and maintenance updates / patches
and prompts
from the tool bar for simple selection and installation.
The Edubuntu 8.04 add-on desktop and application bundle will
be
supported for 18 months on both desktops and servers through
our managed
software repositories.
Get Ubuntu Education Edition
Download Ubuntu Education Edition 8.04 here:
http://www.edubuntu.
org/Download
We recommend that all users read the release notes, which
document
caveats and workarounds for known issues. They are available
at:
http
://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/804
Find out what is new in this release with a graphical
overview:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/804overview
Helping shape Ubuntu Education Education
If you would like to help shape Ubuntu or the Edubuntu
desktop, take a
look at the list of ways you can participate at:
http://www.edubuntu
.org/Community
If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a
bug but
aren't sure, try asking on the #edubuntu channel on
IRC.FreeNode.net, on
the Edubuntu Users or Edubuntu Developers mailing list, or
on the Ubuntu
forums:
Edubuntu users:
http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
Edubuntu contributors:
http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel
Ubuntu Education discussions:
http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-educati
on
Ubuntu forums:
http://www.ubuntuforums.o
rg
More Information
You can find out more about Edubuntu and about this release
on our
website:
http://www.edubuntu.org/
--
Richard Weideman
+27 (83) 321-2233
richard.weideman canonical.com
Education Programme Manager
Canonical Ltd - Linux for Human Beings
http://www.edubuntu.org
http://www.ubuntu.com
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