<s>
Edubuntu	B-Application
,	O
previously	O
known	O
as	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
Education	O
Edition	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
official	O
derivative	O
of	O
the	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
designed	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
classrooms	O
inside	O
schools	O
,	O
homes	O
and	O
communities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edubuntu	B-Application
is	O
developed	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
teachers	O
and	O
technologists	O
in	O
several	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edubuntu	B-Application
is	O
built	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
base	O
,	O
incorporates	O
the	O
LTSP	B-Application
thin	B-Device
client	I-Device
architecture	O
and	O
several	O
education-specific	O
applications	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
aimed	O
at	O
users	O
aged	O
6	O
to	O
18	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Included	O
with	O
Edubuntu	B-Application
is	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
Terminal	I-Application
Server	I-Application
Project	I-Application
and	O
many	O
applications	O
relevant	O
to	O
education	O
including	O
GCompris	B-Language
,	O
KDE	B-Language
Edutainment	I-Language
Suite	I-Language
,	O
Sabayon	O
Profile	O
Manager	O
,	O
Pessulus	O
Lockdown	O
Editor	O
,	O
Edubuntu	B-Application
Menueditor	O
,	O
LibreOffice	O
,	O
Gnome	B-Application
Nanny	O
and	O
iTalc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edubuntu	B-Application
CDs	O
were	O
previously	O
available	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
through	O
their	O
Shipit	B-Operating_System
service	O
;	O
it	O
is	O
only	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
download	O
in	O
a	O
DVD	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
23.04	O
,	O
Edubuntu	B-Application
's	O
default	O
GUI	B-Application
is	O
GNOME	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
12.04	O
to	O
14.04	O
,	O
Edubuntu	B-Application
's	O
default	O
GUI	B-Application
was	O
Unity	B-Device
;	O
however	O
GNOME	B-Application
,	O
which	O
had	O
previously	O
been	O
the	O
default	O
,	O
was	O
also	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
release	O
7.10	O
,	O
KDE	B-Application
is	O
also	O
available	O
as	O
Edubuntu	B-Application
KDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Edubuntu	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Qimo	O
4	O
Kids	O
project	O
were	O
working	O
on	O
providing	O
Qimo	O
within	O
Edubuntu	B-Application
,	O
but	O
this	O
was	O
not	O
done	O
as	O
it	O
would	O
not	O
have	O
fit	O
on	O
a	O
CD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
goal	O
of	O
Edubuntu	B-Application
was	O
to	O
enable	O
an	O
educator	O
with	O
limited	O
technical	O
knowledge	O
and	O
skills	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
a	O
computer	O
lab	O
or	O
an	O
on-line	O
learning	O
environment	O
in	O
an	O
hour	O
or	O
less	O
and	O
then	O
effectively	O
administer	O
that	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
principal	O
design	O
goals	O
of	O
Edubuntu	B-Application
were	O
centralized	O
management	O
of	O
configuration	O
,	O
users	O
and	O
processes	O
,	O
together	O
with	O
facilities	O
for	O
working	O
collaboratively	O
in	O
a	O
classroom	O
setting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
a	O
statement	O
of	O
goals	O
on	O
the	O
official	O
Edubuntu	B-Application
website	O
:	O
"	O
Our	O
aim	O
is	O
to	O
put	O
together	O
a	O
system	O
that	O
contains	O
all	O
the	O
best	O
free	O
software	O
available	O
in	O
education	O
and	O
make	O
it	O
easy	O
to	O
install	O
and	O
maintain.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
Edubuntu	B-Application
release	O
coincided	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
5.10	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
codenamed	O
Breezy	O
Badger	O
on	O
2005-10-13	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
8.04	O
Hardy	O
Heron	O
release	O
of	O
Edubuntu	B-Application
it	O
was	O
given	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
Education	O
Edition	O
and	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
add-on	O
to	O
a	O
standard	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
installation	O
instead	O
of	O
being	O
an	O
installable	O
LiveCD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
version	O
9.10	O
onwards	O
,	O
Edubuntu	B-Application
changed	O
to	O
be	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
full	O
system	O
DVD	O
instead	O
of	O
an	O
Add-on	O
CD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edubuntu	B-Application
is	O
also	O
installable	O
via	O
a	O
selection	O
of	O
"	O
edubuntu	B-Application
"	O
packages	O
for	O
all	O
distributions	O
using	O
the	O
official	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
repositories	O
(	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
and	O
Kubuntu	B-Application
mainly	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
14.04	O
,	O
Edubuntu	B-Application
became	O
LTS-only	O
;	O
Edubuntu	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
skip	O
the	O
16.04	O
LTS	O
update	O
and	O
that	O
they	O
planned	O
on	O
staying	O
with	O
14.04	O
due	O
to	O
lack	O
of	O
contributors	O
.	O
</s>
