Edubuntu, is an educational operating system which is based on the Ubuntu core. This opertaing system is designed with focusing to fulfill the needs for computing of children, students, parents, teachers, and schools. The default GUI Edubuntu is GNOME, but since the release of version 7.10, a KDE is also provided with the Edubuntu KDE version.

The latest release for this operating system is 9.10 which now comes in a DVD including text based and graphical installers. Also the versions above 9.04 can be installed as an add-on Ubuntu and Kubuntu through the software archives.http://edubuntu.org/Download

The goal for project Edubuntu is "to enable an educator with limited technical knowledge and skills to set up a computer lab or an on-line learning environment in an hour or less and then effectively administer that environment."http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=edubuntu The installation requires 2.5 GB of disk space, a CPU of at least 1 GHz, and 256 MB of RAM plus an additional 128 MB of RAM per client.http://www.edubuntu.org/applications/8.10

This operating system comes bundled with the KDE Edutainment Suite containing applications which are useful for the educational purpose of children and students of age group 6-18. The softwares like KAlgebra, Kalzium, Kanagram, Kbruch, kpercentage, kig aid children to learn the subjects through interactive activities and games.http://www.edubuntu.org/applications/8.10