There are hundreds of
Linux distros available in the markets.What is the need of these many distros?The answer is each of the linux distros is targeted for different types of user groups like high level programmers,common linux users,students,for servers etc.
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Like that, an
Educational Linux distro is for the people in the educational institutions like students,teachers,administrative officers etc.What should be the characteristic features of an Educational Linux Distro?
The featues of an Educational Linux
- simple as anything : An educational linux should be very simple because the users are not advanced linux users,they are just kids.
- Faster than anything: Kids Linux distros are faster linux distros always,because kids don't have time to wait for anything.They just want everything at the moment they wish.
- More Stable: An educational Linux should be more stable than common distros.Nobody likes to updates kids Laptops regularly.Also many of them do not have better internet connectivity in the developing world.So a stable linux does the matter.
- High end specs-not needed:Since a Linux distro for education deals with educational softwares and simple games,there is no need of high end specifications.
As there are only a few Education targeted Linux distros,It is easy to pick up the top and best Educational Linux
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One of the best and the most popular education-oriented Linux distribution which is made on the popular Linux distro Ubuntu.Ebuntu is nothing but Ubuntu with extra
educational softwares.
2.openSUSE Edu L-i-f-e
As the name suggests it is a version of openSUSE with extra softwares for the students,teachers and also administrative officers in the educational institutions.
3.UKnow4Kids
A free and open-source Linux distribution consisting of educational and gaming softwares mainly meant for older childrenaged 2 to 10 years.
4.Qimo 4 Kids
This Educational Linux distro is meant for kids aged 3 and up.It is also based on
Ubuntu operating system like Ebuntu and is meant for children before elementary life.
I should mention about
OLPC here even if it is not a linux distro.OLPC is a project named
"One Laptop Per Child" to provide low cost laptops to the growing children in the developing world.They are doing a wonderful job for bringing up the poor children in the developing world with knowledge in computer.The OLPC laptops use
Fedora OS with Sugar desktop environment."
