
Choose this if you are at all unsure.Ĭhoose this to take full advantage of computers based on the AMD64 or EM64T architecture (e.g., Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon, Core 2). This includes most machines with Intel/AMD/etc type processors and almost all computers that run Microsoft Windows, as well as newer Apple Macintosh systems based on Intel processors. Bottom lineĪll educational institutions should dump the buggy and ugly Microsoft Windows operating system and use this modern, powerful, complex, beautiful, open source, freely distributable Linux operating system.For almost all PCs. Default applicationsĭefault applications include the Mozilla Firefox web browser, Mozilla Thunderbird email client, Liferea feed reader, Transmission torrent downloader, GIMP image editor, Shotwell photo manager, Calibre ebook library management app, Gramps genealogy system, as well as the entire LibreOffice office suite. Includes a wide range of educational appsĪmong the educational application included in this distribution, we can mention Blinken memory enhancement game, Celestia space visualization software, GCompris educational suite, Kanagram anagram creator, KBruch fractions calculator, KGeography geography learning tool, Kig geometric constructions explorer, Klavaro typing tutor, KLetters alphabet learning tool, and KmPlot graphs drawing software. Boot optionsįrom the boot menu you can boot the currently installed OS, test the system memory for errors, install the operating system without testing it, as well as to add predefined kernel parameters (only for advanced users). Except for the fact that it uses a custom logo, the functionality of the boot menu is unchanged from the main edition of Ubuntu.

Edubuntu’s Live DVDs are the biggest from all other Ubuntu flavors (3GB in size).

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The distributions comes with Live DVD ISO images that support both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. It is designed to help students learn better and faster, in a free environment.

Edubuntu's main targets are educational organizations and institutions, including, but not limited to, schools, universities, and elementary schools. It uses the same desktop environment as the main Ubuntu distribution and comes bundled with numerous open source educational software packages. It is actually one of the very first Ubuntu-derived operating systems. It provides users with a modern and complex computing environment suitable for classroom/educational use. Edubuntu is an open source Linux distribution derived from the world's most popular free operating system, Ubuntu Linux.
