Does that mean that Skolelinux will be more similar to Ubuntu's approach? If yes, I think that is good idea! The schools need solutions work...
Sérgio 2010/3/13 Holger Levsen <[email protected]> > Hi, > > some days ago a IMO meaningful distinction and direction for the question > in > subject occured to me... > > Currently we struggle with both the problem of having two names for one > project and with the problem of finding the right balance between freenees > and usefulness in our release. > > So I had the idea to actually release two distros: > > a.) Debian Edu: 100% free, 100% Debian > b.) Skolelinux: Debian Edu plus some non-free stuff schools need > > Both distros would be produced by the same project and released at the same > time. > > What do you think of the general idea? > > For myself I can say that I would love to work on both distros, as I know > of/value the importance of having a fully free Debian distro for > schools/educational bodies (so they can use it as a base for their distro) > and I know that (probably other) schools want a solution that just works > and > dont care that much about (short term) freenees (ie want firmwares and > nonfree flash installed by default). > > > cheers, > Holger >
