Summary

A Debian Pure Blend is a Debian internal project which assembles a set of packages that might help users to solve certain tasks of their work. The list on the right shows the tasks of Debian Edu.

Tasks page

This is a list of the Tasks Debian Edu is made of:

Astronomy - Debian Edu astronomy related applications: This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to teach astronomy.
Chemistry - Debian Edu chemistry related applications: This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to teach chemistry.
Common - Debian Edu common packages: A metapackage containing dependencies for packages required on all installations in the Debian Edu Blend.
Gnome - Debian Edu GNOME desktop applications: This metapackage depends on various GNOME office and desktop applications that are useful for teachers and their students.
Kde - Debian Edu KDE desktop applications: This metapackage depends on various KDE office and desktop applications that are useful for teachers and their students.
Desktop-other - Debian Edu non-GNOME- and non-KDE-specific desktop applications: This metapackage depends on various office and desktop applications that are useful for teachers and their students.
Sugar - The sugar desktop environment for education: This metapackage depends on various sugar applications. Sugar is a graphical user interface aimed at children which promotes sharing and collaborative learning. It was introduced on the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) XO laptop but is useful on other devices as well.
Development - Debian Edu software development related educational applications: This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to develop applications in schools. The idea is to support integrated development environments that are easy to learn and lead to quick results for beginners.
Electronics - Debian Edu electronics related applications: This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to teach electronics.
Geography - Debian Edu applications for geography: This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to teach geography.
Graphics - Debian Edu graphics related applications: This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to teach graphics and pictural art.
German - Debian Edu applications for German installs.: This subtask depends on various German packages to install when German languages are selected during installation.
German desktop - Debian Edu Desktop applications for German installs.: This subtask depends on various office and desktop applications that are useful for teachers and their students.
German kde desktop - German Debian Edu KDE desktop applications: This task localises the KDE desktop in German.
Spanish - Debian Edu applications for Spanish installs.: This metapackage depends on various packages to install when Spanish language is selected during installion.
Spanish desktop - Debian Edu Desktop applications for Spanish installs.: This subtask depends on various office and desktop applications to install when Spanish language is selected during installation.
Spanish kde desktop - Spanish Debian Edu KDE desktop applications: This task localises the KDE desktop in Spanish.
Hebrew - Debian Edu applications for Hebrew installs.: This metapackage depends on various office and desktop applications that are useful for teachers and their students.
Hebrew desktop - Debian Edu Desktop applications for Hebrew installs.: This metapackage depends on various office and desktop applications that are useful for teachers and their students.
Japenese kde desktop - Hebrew Debian Edu KDE desktop applications: This task provide files to localises the KDE desktop in Hebrew.
Italian - Debian Edu applications for Italian installs.: This metapackage depends on various packages to install when Spanish language is selected during installion.
Italian desktop - Debian Edu Desktop applications for Italian installs.: This subtask depends on various office and desktop applications to install when Italian language is selected during installation.
Italian kde desktop - Italian Debian Edu KDE desktop applications: This task localises the KDE desktop in Italian.
Japanese - Debian Edu applications for Japanese installs.: This metapackage depends on various office and desktop applications that are useful for teachers and their students.
Japanese desktop - Debian Edu Desktop applications for Japanese installs.: This metapackage depends on various office and desktop applications that are useful for teachers and their students.
Japenese kde desktop - Japanese Debian Edu KDE desktop applications: This task provide files to localises the KDE desktop in Japanese.
Norwegian - Debian Edu applications for Norwegian installs.: This subtask depends on various packages to install when Norwegian languages are selected during installion.
Norwegian desktop - Debian Edu Desktop applications for Norwegian installs.: This subtask depends on various office and desktop applications to install when Norwegian languages are selected during installation.
Norwegian kde desktop - Norwegian (Bokmaal and Nynorsk) Debian Edu KDE desktop applications: This task provide files to localises the KDE desktop in Norwegian.
North sami - Debian Edu applications for North Sami installs.: This subtask depends on various packages to install when the North Sami language is selected during installion.
Norwegian kde desktop - North Sami Debian Edu KDE desktop applications: This task provide files to localises the KDE desktop in North Sami.
Traditional chinese - Debian Edu applications for Traditional Chinese installs.: This metapackage depends on various office and desktop applications that are useful for teachers and their students.
Traditional chinese desktop - Debian Edu Desktop applications for Traditional Chinese installs.: This metapackage depends on various office and desktop applications that are useful for teachers and their students.
Traditional chinese kde desktop - Traditional Chinese Debian Edu KDE desktop applications: This task localises the KDE desktop in Traditional Chinese.
Language - Debian Edu language related educational applications: This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to teach a (foreign) language. It includes some typing applications.
Laptop - Debian Edu laptop packages: A metapackage containing dependencies for packages required on all laptop installations in the Debian Edu Blend. These packages extend the Debian laptop task.
Logic-games - Debian Edu logic games: This metapackage depends on various logic games that can be used to teach logic to children.
Main-server - Debian Edu main server packages: A metapackage containing dependencies for packages required on all main server installations in the Debian Edu Blend.
Mathematics - Debian Edu mathematical applications: This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to teach mathematics, geometry, and statistics.
Misc - Debian Edu miscellaneous applications for education: This metapackage depends on miscellaneous applications that can be useful for teaching purpose.
Music - Debian Edu music and sound applications: This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to teach music.
Networked - Debian Edu networked minimal packages: A metapackage containing dependencies for packages required on all networked installations (workstation and main-server, but not standalone) in the Debian Edu Blend.
Physics - Debian Edu physics related applications: This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to teach physics.
Services - Debian Edu services for educational institutions: This metapackage depends on several applications providing useful infrastructure and services in an educational context: e-learning services, online documentation repository, web content filter...
Standalone - Debian Edu standalone workstation packages: A metapackage containing dependencies for packages required on all small standalone workstation installations in the Debian Edu Blend.
Thin-client-server - Debian Edu networked thin client server packages: A metapackage containing dependencies for packages required on all networked thin client server installations in the Debian Edu Blend.
Workstation - Debian Edu networked workstation packages: A metapackage containing dependencies for packages required on all networked workstation (thick client) installations in the Debian Edu Blend.