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LOUD
{{Notability|products|date=March 2009}}
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{{Infobox OS
| name                   = LOUD (LCSEE Optimized Ubuntu Distribution)
| logo                   =  [[Image:Loudlogo.png|175px|LOUD logo]]
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| website                = [http://launchpad.net/loud-platform http://launchpad.net/loud-platform]
(contracted; show full)#x27;' (LCSEE Optimized Ubuntu Distribution) is a modified version of the  [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]] Linux distribution used within [[West Virginia University]]'s computer science department. In addition to the standard Ubuntu packages, the department also maintains several packages containing software and scripts for use in the department's classes. 

LOUD also utilizes its own WVU-branded [[GNOME]] theme, wallpapers, and login manager. 

== LOUD platform ==

One of the 2007-2008
 as well as the 2008-2009, senior project groups developed a virtualized platform using the LOUD distribution. The goal of the LOUD Platform Project was to make it easy to run LOUD in a virtual machine. This allows users to install and use LOUD without disturbing the underlying operating system. LOUD Platform gives users a fully customized out of the box environment that mimics the exact setup used in the LCSEE computing labs. This group produced a complete proof-of-concept. Within the next couple of years, the department plans to provide all new students with a DVD containing the LOUD Platform.{{Fact|date=MarchJune 20109}}

LOUD Platform marks one of the first times that a university has attempted to make the exact same environment used in the classroom and laboratories available to every student.

== History ==

LOUD started after a decision was made to give the LCSEE public and teaching computer labs an easily maintained standard development environment. The obvious choice for such an endeavor was to make the platform Linux based. This is because Linux is completely open source and totally customizable.

(contracted; show full)*[http://launchpad.net/loud-platform LOUD official website]
*[https://blueprints.launchpad.net/loud-platform/ LOUD Whitepages/Documentation]
*[http://www.loudproject.org/wikka.php?wakka=HomePage LOUD wiki]

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[[Category:Ubuntu (operating system) derivatives]]