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AprendeClick AprendeClick is a live CD which contains a collection of interactive and educational software, many of which are games. It mainly meant for Spanish speakers. This collection helps children learn several skills. Educanix A GNU/Linux live distribution developed by Centro de Referencia Linux (CRL, UAM-IBM). It is a distribution orientated to the nursery and primary education, for children between 3 and 10 years old. Has a lot of software to learn maths, science, computer, language, writing, reading... playing. eduKnoppix eduKnoppix is a live CD specifically targeted for italian schools. eduKnoppix has two major features: it comes with a comprehensive range of various Mathematics packages, as well as resources to obtain the European Computer Driver's License with only free software. eLearniX FreeLoader & Elearnix are bootable Linux CD's. They let you try linux without making any hard drive changes. No knowledge of linux is required but you must know how to burn a cd from an ISO. elpicx elpicx is a linux-livesystem to prepare for the exams of the Linux Professional Institute Certification Program LPIC. fiubbix fiubbix is a derivative of Knoppix designed for the use of sutdents of the Faculty of Engineering of the UBA, Argentina. Freeduc The Organization for Free Software in Education and Teaching (OFSET) has produced Freeduc, a Knoppix/Debian-based Linux system with educational software FREEDUC A live Freeduc system on CD-ROM which is based on KNOPPIX/Debian. The idea of the live Freeduc system on CD-ROM is to let the end user (mainly teachers) easily access the free education applications. gnUAMix A GNU/Linux live distribution developed by Centro de Referencia Linux (CRL, UAM-IBM). It is a distribution orientated to the university community, with software for students, teachers or university staff. iloog iloog is a Gentoo-based live CD targeted mainly at students and scientists. It features UnionFS filesystem support that enables you to write everywhere on the LiveCD and install extra packages, a graphical X environment through the Fluxbox window manager, many programming editors and IDEs, and a plethora of scientific applications, including Octave, Namd, Merlin, and full (La)TeX support. Kids Without Kids Without is a distro based on edubuntu. The project is directed to to assist in an overall goal to collect, create, and distribute as many educational computers as possible for the Helena Montana community. Kinneret Kinneret is a Knoppix based distro for Israeli students. Knosciences KnoSciences is a Knoppix bootable CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software, automatic hardware detection, and support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI and USB devices and other peripherals. It is not necessary to install anything. Kuliax Kuliax is designed for education in university. It has many applications and system services for computing in a campus environment, especially for information and technology related departments. Kuliax is based on Debian GNU/Linux testing/unstable and KNOPPIX. KursLinux KursLinux is a Swedish distribution focusing on educational tools. Linux-EduCD A distribution for Polish users. Qiko Junior Qiko Junior was created for young people (from 3 to 13 years old), and is based on QiLinux. Quantian Quantian is a remastering of Knoppix, the self-configuring and directly bootable cdrom/dvd that turns any pc or laptop (provided it can boot from cdrom/dvd) into a full-featured Linux workstation. Recent versions of Quantian are based on clusterKnoppix and add support for openMosix, including remote booting of light clients in an openMosix terminal server context. It is a Knoppix / Debian variant tailored to numerical and quantitative analysis. Shabdix GNU/Linux Shabdix GNU/Linux is a live CD based on the KNOPPIX live CD distribution with modifications for the Iranian user. Skolelinux Skolelinux (aka debian-edu) is a custom Debian distribution. Tadpole Linux Tadpole Linux is a live CD distribution aimed toward K-6 elementary school students. It is based on Gentoo and features the KDE desktop. Ubuntu Christian Edition Ubuntu Christian Edition is a free, open source operating system geared towards Christians. It is based on the popular Ubuntu Linux. Ubuntu Christian Edition includes more than 16,000 pieces of software, but the core desktop installation fits on a single CD. Read more
