Debian-Edu/Skolelinux 3.0 Test 4 Released

Skolelinux International announced last week the 4th and last test release of their upcoming Skolelinux 3.0 distribution. The new release brings improved USB and hotplug devices handling, a framework that allows you to select languages during the installation process, many bug fixes and also a lot of improvements.

"Debian-Edu/Skolelinux project is pleased to announce that the next test release of "Debian-Edu/Skolelinux 3.0, codename 'terra'" is ready. This is the fourth test release based on Debian/Etch." -says the Skolelinux team.
Highlights of this test release include:

-Fix handling of USB and other hotplug devices 
- Framework for selecting languages during installation is now working again 
- LTSP default keyboard layout now uses the one selected during installation 
- LTSP network swap is enabled by default 
- CPU frequency scaling is enabled on all machines supporting it. It will increase battery lifetime and reduce power bill. 
- slbackup-php is available on the DVD, install it with aptitude -y install slbackup-php. And test it with http://tjener.intern/slbackup-php 
- and all the other highlights from the previous test-releases

The Skolelinux team announced that will be two releases: first on May 19th , the second release candidate for May 26th and RC3 will be available on June 2nd.

Skolelinux is internationally available and it is currently being translated into many languages, including German, French, Norwegian, Polish, Greek and Spanish.
www.skolelinux.de

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