Edubuntu was a good start for students learning the first steps to Linux. Revive it!

[lukmaxy2k]

Edubuntu was a good start for students learning the first steps to Linux. It should be relaunched as a flavour of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS?


The major Linux distributions have a version designed for the schools and universities, Ubuntu had also the Edubuntu operating system, and still have the Edubuntu-desktop bundle which can be installed over a new version of Ubuntu, however this option is not handy for a student which does not know Linux yet.
Should Edubuntu be revived as a stand-alone distribution?

[coffeecat]

Not a support request. Thread moved to Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat.

[Frogs Hair]

There is a new Ubuntu ED project available, but not official.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-education-ubuntued/17063

[lukmaxy2k]

@Frog Hair
Thank you, they done a great job.
But UbuntuEd is not the same with Edubuntu, and the Ubuntu Comunity should resume the work on Edubuntu and release it.

[kansasnoob]

Debian Edu / Skolelinux is a good alternative:

https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190707

https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/

Documentation is good.

[monkeybrain20122]

There is an Ubuntu education edition (https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-education-ubuntued/17063).

[lukmaxy2k]

@KansasNoob
I know that.
Ubuntu is based on Debian, and DebianEdu Skolelinux is indeed a good alternative to Edubuntu, but is still not the same thing.

Other good educational linux distributions are AcademiX, Ubermix/UberStudent, KnoSciences(Knoppix), Zorin OS Education - all of them based on Debian, and also couple of other distributions based on Fedora or OpenSUSE.

But Edubuntu still has his fandom.

[QIII]

If you are determined to see Edubuntu return, you might want to get in touch with the former developers and gather a community willing to take on the task of re-developing and maintaining it. But it would likely have to go through the same vetting process as any "new" flavor before it would be recognized again.