Posted by : devil on Apr 15, 2008 - 08:51 AM Release Notes

sidux e.V. is pleased to present to you today the first version of sidux-seminarix here for download. This is a educational project that merges Seminarix with the base of sidux. Seminarix is aimed at schooling teachers as well as pupils with free and open software to make computer training in schools less costly and more effective. The project was initiated in March 2007 by Wolf-Dieter Zimmermann, who works in the education of students for a teaching credential. First based upon Kubuntu, sidux e.V. started to port it to sidux with the help of teachers and interested users. With sidux as a powerfull free and open Linux distribution the Seminarix project now has a fast, easy to maintain and always current base.
sidux-seminarix is enriched with a comprehensive amount of learning software from the realms of education, culture and science. It has a programstarter icon on the desktop for the educational part that will allow for the Linux newcomer, be they teacher or pupils, to access the software in an easy way and get acustomed with the system. The programstarter also easily enables the user to install further educational software that did not fit on the CD. Weblinks and further information eases up that process.

sidux-seminarix is not only a Live-CD but can also be installed side by side to an existing Windows installtion on a harddisk, or by itself on a harddisk or on other devices like an USB pendrive. For more information on these topics please refer to the sidux manual. Help is also available on IRC (Internet Relay Chat) in the sidux channel. An icon on your desktop takes you right there.

Users already working with sidux can easily add seminarix functionality by installing the packages throught the metapackage installer.

sidux e.V. thanks all people involved in the project:

Roland Engert (RoEn)
Björn Jilg (BlueShadow)
Thomas Kross (captagon)
Hendrik Lehmbruch (hendrikL)
Dinko Sabo (cobra)
Ferdi Thommes (devil)
Fabian Wuertz (xadras)
Wolf-Dieter Zimmermann (emile)