This release includes both installation CDs and installable live CDs for several architectures.
Highlights of this release include:
Edubuntu KDE Desktop
New meta package for easy setup
Improved Session Management Apps
Lockdown and profile management applications like sabayon and pessulus have recieved a lot of attention in Edubuntu during this release cycle
Easier Installation of Educational Applications
Through Edubuntu specific metapackages it is very easy to install even more educational applications based on their special field of usage
Additionally the Edubuntu Addon CD installer improves usability
Collaborative editing by default
Edubuntu now includes gobby the great editor for collaborative editing in its default installation
Thin Client - LTSP
The Edubuntu classroom server install builds on the functionality from the previous release simplifying common Linux classroom server deployment processes. It includes the very latest thin client software, LTSP-5. Thin client deployments offers clients a lower TCO (total cost of ownership), simpler installation and easier maintenance than typical IT deployments. With all data stored on the server, administrators have substantially eliminated the cost of updating individual workstations to ensure their security.
Installing from the CD will provide you with an out of the box working thin client environment, including sound and thin client block device support.
Features of the integration work for LTSP-5 in Edubuntu include for the thin client:
Incredible speed improvement of thin clients through usage of compressed images
New and faster detection of graphics hardware
Thin Client Login Manager
LDM (the LTSP login manager) now has:
autologin
unencrypted graphics transport on demand (speedup)
multiple server support and theming for all *buntu derivatives