Escuelas Linux

Free Software is the computing engine of our time. At Escuelas Linux, we are proud to contribute with our small grain of sand to make this paradigm a reality for educational environments.

We serve education interests by providing a carefully configured distribution ready to run on recent computers with our 64-bit edition and older computers with our 32-bit edition. In this way, we contribute to reducing the digital divide by offering easy and intuitive access to the extraordinary world of Free Software.

As always, we offer the latest releases of the best apps to enhance your experiences for computer-mediated education and general purpose usage.

-Blender 3.1.2 (64-bit)

Create superb 3D-oriented characters and films.

-Chromium 103 (32-bit)

The open source web browser.

-Digikam 4.7 (64-bit)

Process your digital photos.

-Firefox 103 (32-bit/64-bit)

Browse the web with one of the industry standards.

-GIMP 2.10.32 (64-bit)

Create and manipulate graphic images.

-Google Chrome 104 (64-bit)

Navigate the web with the leader.

-IBM Java 8.0.7.11 (32-bit/64-bit)

Create and use Java apps.

-Kernel 5.17.5 and 5.19.1 (64-bit)

We include the Linux kernel 5.17 as patched and packed by System76. You can optionally do an offline install of the 5.19 kernel, as documented in our Manual.

-Kdenlive 22.04.3 (64-bit)

Powerful video editing app.

-Krita 5.1 (32-bit/64-bit)

Image creation and image manipulation.

-LibreOffice 7.4 (32-bit/64-bit)

This office suite reaches its new 7.4 release with 16,384 columns in spreadsheets, better change tracking, document themes in presentations, and much more.

-Minetest 5.6 (32-bit/64-bit)

Play using the free engine that supports voxel games.

-Mixxx 2.3.3 (32-bit/64-bit)

Incredible DJ-ing app.

-ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors 7.1.1 (64-bit)

Powerful office suite installed and ready to use.

-Veyon 4.7.4 (32-bit/64-bit)

Veyon allows you to monitor and control computers. Check our Installation Manual to ease its setup.

-Wine 7.15 (32-bit/64-bit)

Run Windows apps inside Escuelas Linux.

-Zoom 5.11.3 (64-bit)

Make online video conferences and meetings.

ESCUELAS LINUX DEVELOPER PACK

Our optional Developer Pack reaches version 7.6, and it includes the following updated apps, all configured and ready to use:

-Android Studio Chipmunk 2021.2.1

-Apache NetBeans 14

-Eclipse IDE 2022-06

-Azul Zulu Java 11.0.16+8

FIXED BUGS

-When opening a webp file from the File Manager, it would try to use non-suitable apps; now, it uses Gwenview to view it, and GIMP to edit it (32-bit/64-bit). Of course, now you can also import and export webp files from LibreOffice 7.4.

-Escuelas Linux 32-bit ISO has an optional install of the old 3.16 kernel for users that could need it to use specific old drivers. Nevertheless, we failed to include supporting packages and some required configurations required to be able to boot with that kernel. Issue fixed in our 6.20 release.

DOWNLOAD ESCUELAS LINUX NOW

Escuelas Linux 7.6 (64-bit) and 6.20 (32-bit) are available for download right now from:

https://osdn.net/projects/escuelaslinux/releases/

Once there, download the .z01 and .zip files for the architecture and language that you'd like to use:

-32-bit for relatively old computers with more than 700 MB of RAM and less than 3 GB, or 64-bit for computers equal to or more than 3 GB of RAM and/or UEFI-based ones.

-Your preferred language (English or Spanish).

HOW TO GENERATE YOUR ISO IMAGE

-On Windows and Escuelas Linux systems, uncompress with the file manager ONLY the .zip file to generate the ISO image.

-On macOS, you should install The Unarchiver app and uncompress ONLY the .z01 file to generate the ISO image.

-On Linux distributions that cannot handle the uncompression of split zip files in their file manager, open a terminal and type the following commands

cd {path and folder name where the zip and z01 files are} (enter)

zip -s- escuelaslinux*zip -O todo.zip (enter)

unzip todo.zip (enter)

If you have computers between 512 and 700 MB of RAM, download Escuelas Linux 6.20 LowMem! Check our Manual to know how to install it.

UPDATE FROM THE PREVIOUS 6.19 32-BIT VERSION

You can update Escuelas Linux 6.19 to version 6.20 with the package:

EscuelasLinux-6.19-to-6.20-32.tar.gz

UPDATE FROM THE PREVIOUS 7.5 64-BIT VERSION

You can update Escuelas Linux 7.5 to version 7.6 with the package:

EscuelasLinux-7.5-to-7.6-64.tar.gz

Download the package suitable for your architecture.

DOCUMENTATION

The Installation Manual is available in English and Spanish languages for both 7.6 and 6.20 releases:

-installationManualEscuelasLinux-osdn-7.6-and-6.20-english.pdf

-manualDeInstalacionEscuelasLinux-osdn-7.6-y-6.20-espanol.pdf