Some of our education customers have asked us if we can expect a new release specifically aimed at the education market. Linspire 8 EDU has gotten a little long in the tooth and was released 4 years ago. With the next release of Linspire in March we are introducing Linspire 11 SE. Which is aimed specifically at the education market.
Some of the improvements include.
Fully up to date stack based on the latest LTS.
It has two modes; Full install which most schools will use for IT staff, administration and public library systems which includes Web Browser, e-mail application, Office Suite multimedia players etc. Then we have the minimal install which schools can use on the student PC's which includes only 2 applications. The web browser and Zoom. The minimal install is great for school systems who use PWA's and Internal web apps. It also fully supports all Intel based Chromebooks. This also keeps us from having to support two different ISO's for our customers.
Security is paramount and we have made some changes to the way the OS works. Under the full install school staff has access to every application and can install apps through the software center. The minimal install allows students to only access the web browser and Zoom. They cannot install apps and command line access is restricted. On the minimal install apps can be installed through the Admin Console by a system administrator.
Application lineup highlights include; KDE 5.18.8, Microsoft Edge 98, Thunderbird 91, OnlyOffice 7, Timeshift, Deja-dup backup, Zoom, Juk, DragonPlayer and DISCOVER software center.
Current subscribers will get the new release for free through us or their current IT consulting firm. We will have a dedicated page for people who want to purchase the new release.
