Zorin OS Educational Lite is an open source and completely free operating system, designed from the ground up to be deployed on low-end systems and computers with old and semi-old hardware components. To achieve this, it is based on the Lubuntu distribution and used the lightweight LXDE desktop environment.
Distributed as a dual-arch Live DVD ISO image
Users can download the Zorin OS Educational Lite operating system via Softoware or directly from the project’s website as a single, dual-arch Live DVD ISO image or approximately 1.4GB in size, suitable for 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.
Boot options
The boot screen is quite standard for a Zorin OS distribution and allows you to boot the live system with default drivers or in safe graphics mode, start the installer directly, run a memory test, as well as to boot an existing OS from the first disk drive.
Awesome and lightweight desktop environment powered by LXDE
As mentioned, the default and only desktop environment of Zorin OS Educational Lite is LXDE (Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment), which uses a single-panel, traditional layout suitable for old computers and low-end systems.
Includes a wide range of educational apps
Despite the fact that it’s lightweight, this edition includes a wide range of educational apps, such as Blinken, GCompris, GeoGebra, Kalzium, Kanagram, KBruch, KHangMan, Kig, KStars, KTouch, KTurtle, KWordQuiz, Marble, Oregano, Parley, Step, Tux Math, Tux Paint and Tux Typing.
Default applications
Default applications include the Geary email client, Google Chrome web browser, GIMP image editor, Pidgin multi-protocol instant messenger, Inkscape vector graphics editor, AbiWord word processor, Calibre ebook library management software, Audacious audio player and GNOME MPlayer video player.
Bottom line
Summing up, Zorin OS Educational Lite is a great, stable and very fast operating system that can be easily installed on the computers of various educational institutions around the worlds. It provides multi-functional and exclusive software, as well as a high level of flexibility.
What is new in this release:
- Zorin OS 12.4 introduces an updated hardware enablement stack. The newly-included Linux kernel 4.15, as well as an updated X server graphics stack, add compatibility for newer computers and hardware in Zorin OS. In addition, new patches for system vulnerabilities are included in this release, so you can have the peace of mind knowing that you're using the most secure version of Zorin OS ever.
What is new in version 12.3:
- This release is based on Lubuntu 13.04 and uses the LXDE desktop environment to provide one of the fastest and most feature-packed interfaces for low-spec machines. This new release includes newly updated software out-of-the-box, the introduction of new software and a new desktop theme. We also include our innovative Zorin Look Changer, Zorin Internet Browser Manager, Zorin OS Lite Extra Software and other programs from our earlier versions in Zorin OS 7 Lite and Educational Lite.
What is new in version :
- This release is based on Lubuntu 13.04 and uses the LXDE desktop environment to provide one of the fastest and most feature-packed interfaces for low-spec machines. This new release includes newly updated software out-of-the-box, the introduction of new software and a new desktop theme. We also include our innovative Zorin Look Changer, Zorin Internet Browser Manager, Zorin OS Lite Extra Software and other programs from our earlier versions in Zorin OS 7 Lite and Educational Lite.
What is new in version 9:
- This release is based on Lubuntu 13.04 and uses the LXDE desktop environment to provide one of the fastest and most feature-packed interfaces for low-spec machines. This new release includes newly updated software out-of-the-box, the introduction of new software and a new desktop theme. We also include our innovative Zorin Look Changer, Zorin Internet Browser Manager, Zorin OS Lite Extra Software and other programs from our earlier versions in Zorin OS 7 Lite and Educational Lite.
What is new in version 6.1:
- This release is based on Lubuntu 12.04 and uses the LXDE desktop environment to provide one of the fastest and most feature-packed interfaces for low-spec machines. This new release includes updated software, the newer Linux Kernel version 3.2, as well as other improvements. We also include lots of educational software for primary, secondary and tertiary education students as well as our innovative Zorin Look Changer, Zorin Internet Browser Manager, Zorin OS Lite Extra Software and other programs from our earlier versions in Zorin OS 6.1 Educational Lite.
What is new in version 6:
- The Zorin OS Team are proud to finally release Zorin OS 6 Lite, the latest evolution of the Zorin OS Lite series of operating systems, designed specifically for Windows users utilizing old or low-powered hardware. This release is based on Lubuntu 11.10 and uses the LXDE desktop environment to provide one of the fastest and most feature-packed interfaces for low-spec machines. New features and refinements include a more lightweight version of the Software Center which makes it much easier to install applications in Zorin OS Lite and update programs.
- We also include our innovative Zorin Look Changer, Zorin Internet Browser Manager, Zorin OS Lite Extra Software and other programs from our earlier versions in Zorin OS 6 Lite.
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