Re: [school-discuss] Linux distribution

[Christopher Whittum <cdwhittum@xxxxxxxxx>]

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On 09/24/2013 11:29 AM, D V wrote:

You could just start with "plain" Ubuntu, Linuxmint, or Debian, etc., and just add educational packages. You could also just run a specialized Linux distribution...

https://edubuntu.org/
http://doudoulinux.org/
http://www.skolelinux.org/

http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas/
http://uberstudent.com/about (also avail. for Oracle Virtualbox https://www.virtualbox.org/)

regards,

Daniel
http://youcanlinux.org/

On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 8:06 AM, LM <lmemsm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I've been communicating with a couple of Linux users who are interested in designing their own Linux distribution...

I would start with Xubuntu. It employs Xfce as its default interface, which is far easier to customize to your liking. In turn, this will allow you to create an environment with which you feel comfortable. On top of that, Xubuntu is based on Ubuntu which is, in turn, based on Debian and provides access to an ocean of software resources available via the Debian respositories. This will undoubtedly be a big step towards finding open source software that will meet your needs.

Chris
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Christopher Whittum
M.Ed. Learning and Technology
CDW Web Design
Energize Education Through Open Source