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Skolelinux
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{{Infobox OS
| name                   = Skolelinux
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| website                = http://www.skolelinux.org/
| developer              = Skolelinux team
(contracted; show full)| license                = Various
| working state          = Current
| supported platforms    = [[IA-32]], [[x86-64]]
| updatemodel            =
| package manager        =
}}

'''Skolelinux''' is an [[operating system]] intended for educational use and based on [[Debian]] (hence it is also named Debian-Edu).
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lwn.net/Articles/488805/ |title=Debian Edu/Skolelinux: A distribution for education |accessdate=2013-05-05 |publisher=Linux Weekly News |date= 2012-03-28}}</ref> 

Skolelinux is a [[free and open source software]] project founded in [[Norway]], now supporting all languages present in Debian. Its name is a direct translation of "school linux" from [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]], ''[[wikt:skole#Norwegian|skole]]'' derived from the [[Latin Language|Latin]] word ''[[wikt:schola#Latin|schola]]''.

==Design and principles==

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* Identify and facilitate suitable programs for use in the schools.

==History==

The Skolelinux project was started on July 2, 2001. Twenty-five computer programmers and translators agreed to improve the use of software in education.<ref name="Dugnad for gratis programvare">{{cite web|last=Haugnes|first=Gunhild|title=Dugnad for gratis programvare|url=http://tux1.aftenposten.no/nyheter/nett/d223903.htm|publisher=Aftenposten.no|accessdate=14 March 2012
|date= 2001-07-25}}</ref> They disliked that the next generation of computer users were not able to have access to source code, arguing that children who are interested should be able to learn from expert programmers to create their own software. Other developers, especially the translators, were interested in providing computer programs in the students' native languages. These developers thought that students should be able to navigate the internet by having "road signs" they would understand.

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{{Linux distributions}}

[[Category:Linux Terminal Server Project]]
[[Category:Debian-based distributions]]
[[Category:Language-specific Linux distributions]]
[[Category:Educational operating systems]]
[[Category:Free educational software]]