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Black Lab Linux Education Changelog

What's new in Black Lab Linux Education 11

May 8, 2017
  • Built for Pre-K - 12 schools
  • All Edubuntu and DebianEDU applications are included.
  • Support for the KinectOne cameras bundled.
  • Featuring Synergy (mouse and keyboard control for multiple systems) and Nitroshare (easy file sharing app).
  • ICE SSB for making web application links
  • Bleachbit for secure data deletion

New in Black Lab Linux Education 6.0 SR4 (Jun 1, 2015)

  • KDE 4.14.2
  • Mate 1.8.2 (RHEL 6 Compatible desktop)
  • GCC 4.9.2
  • Firefox 38
  • Thunderbird 31.7
  • Skype 4.3
  • ScudCloud - Which is a Slack Client
  • Citrix Receiver
  • LibreOffice 4.3
  • FocusWriter
  • Gcompris
  • Calibre ebook management
  • Tux Type
  • Tux Paint
  • NitroShare
  • Ardesia Desktop Sketching
  • Timeshift restore facilities
  • Wiimote and Kinect support
  • Backup Utility
  • kernel 3.16.0-38 which has a ton of bug fixes and stabilized device drivers
  • Ubuntu LTS kernel 3.13.0-53 which is the default kernel included with Ubuntu 14.04
  • Black Lab Education Desktop Also includes all security updates until May 25, 2015. We have also synchronized all package version to Debian Jessie 8.0.

New in Black Lab Linux Education 6.0 Beta 2 (Dec 19, 2014)

  • GNOME 3.10.4, modified GNOME 3 desktop to make it easier for tradition users
  • Kernel 3.13.0-43.50
  • Parental Controls, we have brought back Parental and access controls that can be used to block websites and manage time spent on machines.
  • Thunderbird Suite 31.3 with built in Google Apps support and translation utilities
  • Firefox 34 with built in translation utilities
  • LibreOffice 4.3.4
  • Full NFS support
  • Updated nitroshare for passing files between systems
  • Synergy so instructors can take control of a students PC easily and efficiently
  • Tux suite of educational tools.
  • Kinect and Wii support

New in Black Lab Linux Education 6.0 Beta 1 (Oct 30, 2014)

  • GNOME3 – Our heavily customized and lightweight functionality that Black Lab Linux 6 users have.
  • LibreOffice
  • Wine 1.7
  • Firefox 33
  • Thunderbird Suite including calendar functionality as well as translation utilities
  • Nitroshare – For sharing files among the classroom
  • Synergy – This allows teacher to actually take control of the students desktops and perform valuable education tasks
  • Ardesia Desktop Sketching – This allows teachers and presenters to use their own computer screen as a whiteboard
  • Callibre ebook management – This allows for quick deployment of etextbooks as well as distribution of reading materials
  • Tux Education Suite – Tux Paint, Tux Math, Tux Typing tutor and Tux Notes
  • Celestia
  • Timeshift System Backup and Restore – This feature allows administrators and teachers to restore school desktops should they be made into an unstable state
  • VLC
  • Audacious
  • GMTP for syncing files among android tablets, Kindle Fire HD/HDX and Barnes and Noble Nooks
  • GIMP
  • Scribus
  • Wine 1.7
  • Fogger Webapp Utility
  • Weather
  • World Clock
  • Simple Screen Recorder
  • Gcompris Suite
  • Springseed Note application
  • Kinect and Wiimote support

New in Black Lab Linux Education 5.0.3 (Jul 7, 2014)

  • New streamlined visual experience. The one thing we have done by listening to customers is updated the UI to a more modern look and feel as well as provide an experience that is familiar and will require much less retraining than moving to Red Hat or any other Enterprise Linux distribution.
  • Updated kernel. We have updated the kernel to include drivers for a wider variety of devices and systems. Point of Sale devices and systems. We have greatly improved the driver support for users who want to run Black Lab Linux on Point of Sale machines. We also support this kernel until 2019.
  • Thunderbird Suite has become more of a groupware suite than just a mail client. We include full support for the Google Apps for Business line, we also include a new translation utility so you can translate e-mails sent to you in a different language to the language of your choice as well as translating e-mails that you write to different languages. We also support full calendar functionality.
  • Wine has been updated so you can run many of your mission critical apps that are written for Windows in Black Lab Linux. We have also made installing those apps more convenient so users coming from Windows can install their apps as easily as they do on the Windows platform.
  • Support for Windows terminal services. We support the full line of Windows Terminal Services through the use of the Remote Desktop Protocol as well as through the Citrix client so users who have Windows Terminal Servers can continue to run them or integrate Black Lab Linux into their environment.
  • Command Line install. We have included a command line installer for users who want to install on a headless server or system.
  • New web app support. We made creating web apps simple, painless and seamless with the ICE utility from the PeppermintOS team. You just simply enter the URL choose the menu where you would like it stored and hit enter. This works for LAN based apps as well as web apps.
  • Support for new app drawers. Are you tired of a cluttered taskbar? Simply create an app drawer and drop all your commonly used applications in it. You can download the how-to from here.
  • Support for NVIDIA CUDA and Android development. We included all the prerequisites and tuned Black Lab Linux for Enterprise for these unique development environments. If you meet the hardware requirements, Black Lab Linux can host the SDK's and you can begin development at any time.
  • The Black Lab SDK 1.7 is included which contains all development IDE's and tools for developing in Java, Python, C++, ADA, Objective C, MONO, Fortran , and PASCAL
  • We have also included all updates to the system up to July 3, 2014. Black Lab Linux for Education also contains all these great enhancements as well as all critical updates for our educational programs included in that distribution.

New in Black Lab Linux Education 4.2.5 (Mar 10, 2014)

  • XFCE 4.11 for thin clients and older computers and presented in a way that is familiar to users of legacy Microsoft Windows based systems.
  • Chromium Web Browser
  • Ubuntu Software Center
  • LibreOffice
  • TuxType
  • TuxMath
  • TuxPaint
  • Calibre e-book management
  • Celestial Simulation
  • Nitroshare
  • Dia
  • GBrainy
  • Wii controls
  • XBox Kinect Support
  • Updated NVIDIA and ATI Driver support

New in Black Lab Linux Education 4.2 (Jan 13, 2014)

  • XFCE 4.11
  • KDE 4.12 for users who prefer the KDE desktop
  • DWM as our tiling interface for users who want a minimalist interface.
  • Google Chrome, for we browsing and web application deployment. We have also worked to help certify Google Chrome with many enterprise class web applications which include Oracle Cloud, SAP, IBM Cloud Services and Salesforce.com. So its a robust delivery method.
  • Thunderbird 24 Not just a mail reader, we also include MS Exchange support, Coogle Contact Sync, Google Task and Calendar Sync.
  • Blender for 3D rendering
  • Eclipse for Java development
  • QT Development for developing QT based applications
  • Monodevelop for developing and refreshing .NET based applications
  • YUM and RPM for compatibility with custom Red Hat based packages and repositories.
  • Red Hat Cluster suite, for creating clusters and adding your machine to an existing cluster network as a node.
  • PostgreSQL 9
  • LibreOffice 4.1.4 which is compatible with Microsofts office document formats and other formats as well.
  • gMTP for transferring files to your Barnes and Noble Nook, Amazon Kindle Fire, Fire HD and Fire HDX tablets as well as Google Nexus devices
  • XFCE based release is compatible with the Apple iTouch, iPhone and iPad
  • Also included are a whole host of media applications for audio and video playback including DVD and Blu-Ray.
  • Access controls are also available so you can set what times and what applications users are allowed to access.
  • Overall there are over 300 application and system updates to these releases.

New in Black Lab Linux Education 4.0 (Jun 5, 2013)

  • XFCE 4.10
  • Wine 1.5
  • LibreOffice 4.0
  • Mono Runtime
  • Microsoft Kinect support
  • Support for Nintendo Wii controls
  • Skype
  • Robotics development tools
  • Calibre ebook management
  • eBook reader
  • Firefox
  • Thunderbird
  • Celestia
  • Stellarium
  • Tux Typing
  • BASIC 256
  • SmallBASIC
  • ClamAV