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                <title>Petter Reinholdtsen</title>
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                <title>Is there a PHP expert in the building?  Debian Edu need help!</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 5 Jun 2013 17:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;Here is a call for help from the Debian Edu / Skolelinux project.
We have two problems blocking the release of the Wheezy version we
hope to get released soon.  The two problems require some with PHP
skills, and we seem to lack anyone with both time and PHP skills in
the project:

&lt;ol&gt;

&lt;li&gt;It is impossible to log into the slbackup web interface
  (slbackup-php) using the root user and password.  This is
  &lt;a href=&quot;http://bugs.debian.org/700257&quot;&gt;BTS report #700257&lt;/a&gt;.
  This used to work, but stopped working some time since Squeeze.
  Perhaps some obsolete PHP feature was used?&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;It is not possible to &quot;mass import&quot; user lists in Gosa, neither
  using ldif nor using CSV files.  The feature was disabled after a
  major rewrite of Gosa, and need to be ported to the new system.
  This is &lt;a href=&quot;http://bugs.debian.org/698840&quot;&gt;BTS report
  #698840&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you can help us, please join us on IRC
(&lt;a href=&quot;irc://irc.debian.org/%23debian-edu&quot;&gt;#debian-edu on
irc.debian.org&lt;/a&gt;) and provide patches via the BTS.&lt;/p&gt;
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                <title>Debian Edu interview: Cédric Boutillier</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 4 Jun 2013 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;It has been a while since my last English
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skolelinux.org/&quot;&gt;Debian Edu and Skolelinux&lt;/a&gt;
interview last November.  But the developers and translators are still
pulling along to get the Wheezy based release out the door, and this
time I managed to get an interview from one of the French translators
in the project, Cédric Boutillier.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who are you, and how do you spend your days?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am 34 year old. I live near Paris, France. I am an assistant
professor in probability theory. I spend my daytime teaching
mathematics at the university and doing fundamental research in
probability in connexion with combinatorics and statistical physics.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have been involved in the Debian project for a couple of years
and became Debian Developer a few months ago. I am working on Ruby
packaging, publicity and translation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux / Debian Edu
project?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I came to the Debian Edu project after a call for translation of
&lt;a href=&quot;http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Manuals&quot;&gt;the
Debian Edu manual&lt;/a&gt; for the release of Debian Edu Squeeze. Since
then, I have been working on updating the French translation of the
manual.

&lt;p&gt;I had the opportunity to make an installation of Debian Edu in a
virtual machine when I was preparing localised version of some screen
shots for the manual. I was amazed to see it worked out of the box and
how comprehensive the list of software installed by default was.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What amazed me was the complete network infrastructure directly
ready to use, which can and the nice administration interface provided
by &lt;a href=&quot;https://oss.gonicus.de/labs/gosa/&quot;&gt;GOsa²&lt;/a&gt;.  What pleased
me also was the fact that among the software installed by default,
there were many &quot;traditional&quot; educative software to learn languages,
to count, to program... but also software to develop creativity and
artistic skills with music (&lt;a href=&quot;http://ardour.org/&quot;&gt;Ardour&lt;/a&gt;,
&lt;a href=&quot;http://audacity.sourceforge.net/&quot;&gt;Audacity&lt;/a&gt;) and
movies/animation (I was especially thinking of
&lt;a href=&quot;http://linuxstopmotion.sourceforge.net/&quot;&gt;Stopmotion&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am following the development of Debian Edu and am hanging out on
&lt;a href=&quot;irc://irc.debian.org/%23debian-edu&quot;&gt;#debian-edu&lt;/a&gt;.
Unfortunately, I don&#39;t much time to get more involved in this
beautiful project.&lt;/p&gt;
  
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux / Debian
Edu?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For me, the main advantages of Skolelinux/Debian Edu are its
community of experts and its precise documentation, as well as the
fact that it provides a solution ready to use.&lt;/p&gt;
  
&lt;p&gt;I would add also the fact that it is based on the rock solid Debian
distribution, which ensures stability and provides a huge collection
of educational free software.&lt;/p&gt;
  
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux / Debian
Edu?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Maybe the lack of manpower to do lobbying on the
project. Sometimes, people who need to take decisions concerning IT do
not have all the elements to evaluate properly free software
solutions. The fact that support by a company may be difficult to find
is probably a problem if the school does not have IT personnel.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One can find support from a company by looking at
&lt;a href=&quot;http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Help/ProfessionalHelp&quot;&gt;the
wiki dokumentation&lt;/a&gt;, where some countries already have a number of
companies providing support for Debian Edu, like Germany or
Norway. This list is easy to find readily from the manual. However,
for other countries, like France, the list is empty. I guess that
consultants proposing support for Debian would be able to provide some
support for Debian Edu as well.&lt;/p&gt;
  
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Which free software do you use daily?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am using the KDE Plasma Desktop. But the pieces of software I use
most runs in a terminal: Mutt and OfflineIMAP for emails, latex for
scientific documents, mpd for music. VIM is my editor of choice.  I am
also using the mathematical software
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.scilab.org/en/scilab/about‎&quot;&gt;Scilab&lt;/a&gt; and
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sagemath.org/index.html‎&quot;&gt;Sage&lt;/a&gt; (built from
source as not completely packaged for Debian, yet).

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do you have any suggestions for teachers interested in
using the free software in Debian to teach mathematics and
statistics?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I do not have any &quot;nice&quot; recommendations for statistics. At our
university, we use both &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.r-project.org/‎&quot;&gt;R&lt;/a&gt; and
Scilab to teach statistics and probabilistic simulations. For
geometry, there are nice programs:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;

&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.drgeo.eu/&quot;&gt;drgeo&lt;/a&gt; and
&lt;a href=&quot;http://edu.kde.org/applications/all/kig‎&quot;&gt;kig&lt;/a&gt; to do
constructions in planar geometry

&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/software/download/kali.html&quot;&gt;kali&lt;/a&gt;
to discover symmetry groups (the so-called wallpapers and frieze
groups), although the interface looks a bit old.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I like also
&lt;a href=&quot;http://edu.kde.org/applications/all/cantor&quot;&gt;cantor&lt;/a&gt;, which
provides a uniform interface to SciLab, Sage,
&lt;a href=&quot;http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Octave‎&quot;&gt;Octave&lt;/a&gt;, etc...&lt;/p&gt;
  
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to
get schools to use free software?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My suggestions would be to&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;

&lt;li&gt;advertise the reduction of costs when free software is used.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;communicate about the quality of free software projects, using
    well known examples like Firefox, ThunderBird and
    OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;advertise the living and strong community around the project.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;show that it is not more difficult to use than any other
    system.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;/ul&gt;
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                <title>Åpent møte på onsdag om bruken av Microsoft Exchange ved Universitetet i Oslo</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 3 Jun 2013 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;Jeg jobber til daglig ved &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uio.no/&quot;&gt;Universitetet
i Oslo&lt;/a&gt;, en institusjon som lenge har vektlagt verdien av åpne
standarder og fri programvare.  Men noe har endret seg, og for en
liten stund tilbake annonserte USIT at dagens fungerende e-postsystemet
basert på fri programvare skulle byttes ut med Microsoft Exchange og
at Microsoft Outlook skulle bli den best fungerende men antagelig ikke
eneste støttede e-postklienten.  Annonseringen har ført til flere
protester og &lt;a href=&quot;http://folk.uio.no/dssantos/nooutlookatuio/&quot;&gt;en
underskriftskampanje&lt;/a&gt;, initiert av Diana Santos, der så langt 253
personer har signert.  Prosjektet
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usit.uio.no/prosjekter/nike/&quot;&gt;NIKE (Ny integrert
kalender/e-post)&lt;/a&gt; ble initiert for å se på mulige løsninger med
utgangspunkt i at en kombinert epost/kalenderløsning var påkrevd, og
prosjektet
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usit.uio.no/prosjekter/nike-implementasjon/&quot;&gt;NIKE-implementasjon&lt;/a&gt;
er igang med å rulle ut MS Exchange ved Universitetet i Oslo.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For kun kort tid siden ble det annonsert at det blir et åpent møte
med ledelsen hos universitetet i Oslo med disse planene som tema:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tid: &lt;strong&gt;Onsdag 2013-06-05 kl. 10:00&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Sted: &lt;strong&gt;9. etasje i Lucy Smiths hus (admin-bygget)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt; Det kan være en god plass å stille opp hvis en som meg ikke tror
valget av Microsoft Exchange som sentral epostinfrastruktur er et
heldig valg for Norges ledende forskningsuniversitet, men at en er mer
tjent med å selv
&lt;a href=&quot;http://nuug.no/dokumenter/kronikk-friprog-itsikkerhet.shtml&quot;&gt;beholde
kontrollen over egen infrastruktur&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Saken har ført til endel presseoppslag så langt.  Her er de jeg har
fått med meg:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;

&lt;li&gt;2013-05-29
  &lt;a href=&quot;http://universitas.no/nyhet/58462/forsvarer-nytt-it-system&quot;&gt;Forsvarer
  nytt IT-system&lt;/a&gt; - Universitas&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;2013-05-23
  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uniforum.uio.no/nyheter/2013/05/uio-innforer-nytt-epost-og-kalendersystem.html&quot;&gt;UiO
  innfører nytt epost- og kalenderverktøy&lt;/a&gt; - Uniforum&lt;/li&gt;


&lt;li&gt;2013-05-22
  &lt;a href=&quot;http://universitas.no/nyhet/58424/protestgruppe-vil-stanse-it-system&quot;&gt;Protestgruppe
  vil stanse IT-system&lt;/a&gt; - Universitas&lt;/li&gt;


&lt;li&gt;2013-05-15
  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uniforum.uio.no/leserbrev/2013/uio-ma-ha-kontroll-over-sitt-eget-epostsystem.html&quot;&gt;UiO
  må ha kontroll over sitt eget epostsystem&lt;/a&gt; - Uniforum&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;/ul&gt;


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                <title>Educational applications included in Debian Edu / Skolelinux (the screenshot collection :-)</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 1 Jun 2013 23:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;Included in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skolelinux.org/&quot;&gt;Debian Edu /
Skolelinux&lt;/a&gt;, there are quite a lot of educational software.
Created to help teachers teach, and pupils learn.  We have tried to
tag them all using debtags use::learning and role::program, and using
the debtags I was happy to be able to create a collage of the
educational software packages installed by default, sorted by the
debtag field.  Here it is.  Click on a image to learn more about the
program.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;!-- for f in $(debtags tagcat|grep field::|awk &#39;{print $2}&#39;); do   echo; echo &quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$f&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&quot;; echo &quot;&lt;p&gt;&quot;;   (     for p in $(debtags search --names &quot;use::learning &amp;&amp; interface::x11 &amp;&amp; role::program &amp;&amp; $f&quot;); do img=&quot;&lt;img src=&#39;http://screenshots.debian.net/thumbnail/$p&#39; alt=&#39;$p&#39;&gt;&quot;; if dpkg -s $p &gt; /dev/null 2&gt;&amp;1; then           echo &quot;&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.qa.debian.org/$p&#39;&gt;$img&lt;/a&gt;&quot;; fi;     done;   ) | LANG=C sort; echo &quot;&lt;/p&gt;&quot;; done --&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;field::arts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=audacity&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/audacity.png&#39; alt=&#39;audacity&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=childsplay&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/childsplay.png&#39; alt=&#39;childsplay&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=denemo&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/denemo.png&#39; alt=&#39;denemo&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=freebirth&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/freebirth.png&#39; alt=&#39;freebirth&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=gcompris&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/gcompris.png&#39; alt=&#39;gcompris&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=gimp&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/gimp.png&#39; alt=&#39;gimp&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=hydrogen&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/hydrogen.png&#39; alt=&#39;hydrogen&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=lilypond&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/lilypond.png&#39; alt=&#39;lilypond&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=lmms&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/lmms.png&#39; alt=&#39;lmms&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=rosegarden&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/rosegarden.png&#39; alt=&#39;rosegarden&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=scribus&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/scribus.png&#39; alt=&#39;scribus&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=solfege&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/solfege.png&#39; alt=&#39;solfege&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=stopmotion&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/stopmotion.png&#39; alt=&#39;stopmotion&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=tuxpaint&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/tuxpaint.png&#39; alt=&#39;tuxpaint&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;field::astronomy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=celestia-gnome&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/celestia-gnome.png&#39; alt=&#39;celestia-gnome&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=gpredict&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/gpredict.png&#39; alt=&#39;gpredict&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=kstars&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/kstars.png&#39; alt=&#39;kstars&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=planets&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/planets.png&#39; alt=&#39;planets&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=stellarium&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/stellarium.png&#39; alt=&#39;stellarium&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=xplanet&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/xplanet.png&#39; alt=&#39;xplanet&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;field::biology:structural&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=pymol&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/pymol.png&#39; alt=&#39;pymol&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;field::chemistry&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=atomix&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/atomix.png&#39; alt=&#39;atomix&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=chemtool&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/chemtool.png&#39; alt=&#39;chemtool&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=easychem&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/easychem.png&#39; alt=&#39;easychem&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=gchempaint&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/gchempaint.png&#39; alt=&#39;gchempaint&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=gdis&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/gdis.png&#39; alt=&#39;gdis&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=ghemical&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/ghemical.png&#39; alt=&#39;ghemical&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=gperiodic&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/gperiodic.png&#39; alt=&#39;gperiodic&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=kalzium&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/kalzium.png&#39; alt=&#39;kalzium&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=pymol&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/pymol.png&#39; alt=&#39;pymol&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=viewmol&#39;&gt;[viewmol]&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=xdrawchem&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/xdrawchem.png&#39; alt=&#39;xdrawchem&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;field::electronics&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=gcompris&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/gcompris.png&#39; alt=&#39;gcompris&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=gpsim&#39;&gt;[gpsim]&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;field::geography&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=kgeography&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/kgeography.png&#39; alt=&#39;kgeography&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=marble&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/marble.png&#39; alt=&#39;marble&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=xplanet&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/xplanet.png&#39; alt=&#39;xplanet&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;field::linguistics&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=gcompris&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/gcompris.png&#39; alt=&#39;gcompris&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=kanagram&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/kanagram.png&#39; alt=&#39;kanagram&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=khangman&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/khangman.png&#39; alt=&#39;khangman&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=klettres&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/klettres.png&#39; alt=&#39;klettres&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=parley&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/parley.png&#39; alt=&#39;parley&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;field::mathematics&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=childsplay&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/childsplay.png&#39; alt=&#39;childsplay&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=drgeo&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/drgeo.png&#39; alt=&#39;drgeo&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=gcompris&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/gcompris.png&#39; alt=&#39;gcompris&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=geogebra&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/geogebra.png&#39; alt=&#39;geogebra&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=geomview&#39;&gt;[geomview]&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=grace&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/grace.png&#39; alt=&#39;grace&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=graphmonkey&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/graphmonkey.png&#39; alt=&#39;graphmonkey&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=graphthing&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/graphthing.png&#39; alt=&#39;graphthing&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=kalgebra&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/kalgebra.png&#39; alt=&#39;kalgebra&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=kbruch&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/kbruch.png&#39; alt=&#39;kbruch&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=kig&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/kig.png&#39; alt=&#39;kig&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=kmplot&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/kmplot.png&#39; alt=&#39;kmplot&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=mathwar&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/mathwar.png&#39; alt=&#39;mathwar&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=rocs&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/rocs.png&#39; alt=&#39;rocs&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=scratch&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/scratch.png&#39; alt=&#39;scratch&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=tuxmath&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/tuxmath.png&#39; alt=&#39;tuxmath&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=xabacus&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/xabacus.png&#39; alt=&#39;xabacus&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;field::physics&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=gcompris&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/gcompris.png&#39; alt=&#39;gcompris&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=step&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/step.png&#39; alt=&#39;step&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;field::TODO&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=blinken&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/blinken.png&#39; alt=&#39;blinken&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=cgoban&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/cgoban.png&#39; alt=&#39;cgoban&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=childsplay&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/childsplay.png&#39; alt=&#39;childsplay&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=gcompris&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/gcompris.png&#39; alt=&#39;gcompris&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=gnuchess&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/gnuchess.png&#39; alt=&#39;gnuchess&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=gnugo&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/gnugo.png&#39; alt=&#39;gnugo&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=gtans&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/gtans.png&#39; alt=&#39;gtans&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=ktouch&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/ktouch.png&#39; alt=&#39;ktouch&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=librecad&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/librecad.png&#39; alt=&#39;librecad&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&#39;http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&amp;keywords=scratch&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-06-01-debian-edu-apps/scratch.png&#39; alt=&#39;scratch&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In total, 61 applications.  3 of them lacked screen shots on
&lt;a href=&quot;http://screenshot.debian.net&quot;&gt;screenshot.debian.net&lt;/a&gt;.  If
you know of some packages we should install by default, please let us
know on &lt;a href=&quot;irc://irc.debian.org/%23debian-edu&quot;&gt;IRC, #debian-edu
on irc.debian.org&lt;/a&gt;, or our
&lt;a href=&quot;http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu/&quot;&gt;mailing list
debian-edu@&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
</description>
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                <title>How to install Linux on a Packard Bell Easynote LV preinstalled with Windows 8</title>
                <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8.html</link>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 15:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;Two days ago, I asked
&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_can_I_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8_.html&quot;&gt;how
I could install Linux on a Packard Bell EasyNote LV computer
preinstalled with Windows 8&lt;/a&gt;.  I found a solution, but am horrified
with the obstacles put in the way of Linux users on a laptop with UEFI
and Windows 8.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I never found out if the cause of my problems were the use of UEFI
secure booting or fast boot.  I suspect fast boot was the problem,
causing the firmware to boot directly from HD without considering any
key presses and alternative devices, but do not know UEFI settings
enough to tell.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There is no way to install Linux on the machine in question without
opening the box and disconnecting the hard drive!  This is as far as I
can tell, the only way to get access to the firmware setup menu
without accepting the Windows 8 license agreement.  I am told (and
found description on how to) that it is possible to configure the
firmware setup once booted into Windows 8.  But as I believe the terms
of that agreement are completely unacceptable, accepting the license
was never an alternative.  I do not enter agreements I do not intend
to follow.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I feared I had to return the laptops and ask for a refund, and
waste many hours on this, but luckily there was a way to get it to
work.  But I would not recommend it to anyone planning to run Linux on
it, and I have become sceptical to Windows 8 certified laptops.  Is
this the way Linux will be forced out of the market place, by making
it close to impossible for &quot;normal&quot; users to install Linux without
accepting the Microsoft Windows license terms?  Or at least not
without risking to loose the warranty?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I&#39;ve updated the
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.linlap.com/packard_bell_easynote_lv&quot;&gt;Linux Laptop
wiki page for Packard Bell EasyNote LV&lt;/a&gt;, to ensure the next person
do not have to struggle as much as I did to get Linux into the
machine.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks to Bob Rosbag, Florian Weimer, Philipp Kern, Ben Hutching,
Michael Tokarev and others for feedback and ideas.&lt;/p&gt;
</description>
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        <item>
                <title>How can I install Linux on a Packard Bell Easynote LV preinstalled with Windows 8?</title>
                <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_can_I_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8_.html</link>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 18:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;I&#39;ve run into quite a problem the last few days.  I bought three
new laptops for my parents and a few others.  I bought Packard Bell
Easynote LV to run Kubuntu on and use as their home computer.  But I
am completely unable to figure out how to install Linux on it.  The
computer is preinstalled with Windows 8, and I suspect it uses UEFI
instead of a BIOS to boot.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The problem is that I am unable to get it to PXE boot, and unable
to get it to boot the Linux installer from my USB stick.  I have yet
to try the DVD install, and still hope it will work.  when I turn on
the computer, there is no information on what buttons to press to get
the normal boot menu.  I expect to get some boot menu to select PXE or
USB stick booting.  When booting, it first ask for the language to
use, then for some regional settings, and finally if I will accept the
Windows 8 terms of use.  As these terms are completely unacceptable to
me, I have no other choice but to turn off the computer and try again
to get it to boot the Linux installer.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have gathered my findings so far on a Linlap page about the
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.linlap.com/packard_bell_easynote_lv&quot;&gt;Packard Bell
EasyNote LV&lt;/a&gt; model.  If you have any idea how to get Linux
installed on this machine, please get in touch or update that wiki
page.  If I can&#39;t find a way to install Linux, I will have to return
the laptop to the seller and find another machine for my parents.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I wonder, is this the way Linux will be forced out of the market
using UEFI and &quot;secure boot&quot; by making it impossible to install Linux
on new Laptops?&lt;/p&gt;
</description>
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        <item>
                <title>Skolelinux-intervju: Nirosan Thiyagalingam</title>
                <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skolelinux_intervju__Nirosan_Thiyagalingam.html</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skolelinux_intervju__Nirosan_Thiyagalingam.html</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 21:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;En ting
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skolelinux.org/&quot;&gt;Skolelinux-prosjektet&lt;/a&gt; har
hatt mye glede av er studentprosjekter.  F.eks.  er
&lt;a href=&quot;http://linuxstopmotion.org/&quot;&gt;stillbildeanimasjonssystemet
Stopmotion&lt;/a&gt; resultat av et studentprosjekt i Skolelinux.  De siste
månedene har en ivrig student veiledet av Marius Kotsbak i
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.friprogramvareiskolen.no/&quot;&gt;FRiSK&lt;/a&gt; testet hva en
kan få til med en datamaskin til NOK 400,- (antagelig 1700,- med
skjerm, tastatur og mus) når det brukes i Skolelinux.  Jeg spurte han
om et intervju.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hvem er du, og hva driver du med til daglig?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Jeg heter Nirosan Thiyagalingam. Jeg er 24 år og studerer
dataingeniør studiet ved Høgskolen i Sør Trøndelag. Interessen for
data har siden ung alder vært tilstede og jeg har i tillegg alltid
vært glad i å lære nye ting. Med teknologi som endres svært hurtig er
det alltid noe nytt å lære.  Noe som igjen har gjort det svært
interessant å følge med på utviklingen.  Jeg valgte dataingeniør
studiet grunnet ønske om å lære enda mer om programmering og utvikling
av store systemer.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hvordan kom du i kontakt med Skolelinux-prosjektet?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Skolelinux prosjektet hørte jeg først om i media. Men det var først
når jeg skulle velge bacheloroppgave at jeg fattet mer interesse for
prosjektet. Et enkelt søk på nettet førte meg til skolelinux sine
hjemmesider.  Informasjonen jeg fant der gjorde meg enda nysgjerrig og
jeg valgte derfor en oppgave som gikk ut på å få en
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.raspberrypi.org&quot;&gt;Raspberry PI&lt;/a&gt;.  Altså en
ultra-billig datamaskin til å kjøre Debian Edu på lik linje med
vanlige datamaskiner. I løpet av prosjektet ble det gjort mye
forskning på nettet. Det var mye jeg måtte forstå rundt hvordan
operativsystemet Linux fungerte før jeg kunne angripe
problemet. Prøvde først å finne ut hvordan man kunne transformere en
vanlig installasjon av Skolelinux til Raspberry PI, men dette var
altfor vanskelig å jeg endte opp med mer spørsmål enn svar. Det ble
videre opprettet kontakt med Skolelinux utviklere på IRC der jeg fikk
diskutert hvilken retning jeg burde gå for å få til en fullverdig
løsning. Det ble bestemt at jeg skulle gå for å først installere
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.raspbian.org/&quot;&gt;Raspian&lt;/a&gt;. Dette er et
operativsystem basert på Debian spesiallaget for Raspberry Pi sin
maskinvare. Nå som Debian var installert på datamaskinen gjenstod det
å installere de nødvendige Skolelinux pakkene for å få til et
fullverdig system. Disse pakkene ble installert manuelt i første
omgang, men ble senere installert automatisk via et script som Petter
Reinholdtsen laget. Dette scriptet er så enkel å bruke at man er i
gang med installasjonen i løpet av bare 5 minutter. Ikke nok med det,
alt skjer helt automatisk. Alt i alt er jeg veldig fornøyd med
resultatet av installasjonsprosessen. Raspberry Pi er en veldig svak
maskin og det merkes godt når man har installert Skolelinux på
den. Video og 3D-rendering fungerer utrolig dårlig, men nettsurfing og
kontorprogrammer fungerer godt.  Det kan derfor konkluderes med at
datamaskinen er egnet for enkle oppgaver.

&lt;p&gt;Jeg syns det er viktig påpeke at dette kun er startfasen av en slik
løsning. På markedet finnes det nå maskiner som har bedre hardware enn
Raspberry Pi. Det er store muligheter for at man kan klare å
installere Skolelinux på disse også, og da forsvinner nok mest
sannsynlig ytelsesproblemene med Video og 3D rendering også.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Det ble også prøvd med en løsning som gjorde at Raspberry Pi
fungerte som en tynnklient. Denne løsningen hadde langt bedre ytelse
med tanke på hastighet og brukeropplevelse. Men også her var video og
3D rendering dårlig. Det ble brukt en liten Linux distribusjon kalt
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.berryterminal.com/&quot;&gt;BerryTerminal&lt;/a&gt; for å få til
dette.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hva er fordelene med Skolelinux slik du ser det?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Fordelen med Skolelinux er mange. At det er gratis er en stor
fordel, men at det er så mange som er med på å utvikle det og
vedlikeholde det er en enda større fordel. Allerede før jeg startet
med prosjektet så jeg mange fordeler, og når jeg nærmet meg sluttfasen
så jeg langt flere. At prosjektet skulle inneha en så høy kvalitet
hadde jeg aldri trodd. En vanlig Skolelinux installasjon har de
nødvendige programmene og funksjonen som både små og store skoler i
tillegg til organisasjoner kan klare seg med.  At prosjektet tilbyr en
så komplett løsning er en kjempefordel.  Installasjonen er knirkefri
og det er svært enkelt å installere og komme i gang.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hva er ulempene med Skolelinux slik du ser det?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ulempene jeg ser med prosjektet er ryddigheten av websidene. Selv
om websidene er enkle og konsise er det allikevel ikke appellerende i
like stor grad som for eksempel
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com&quot;&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; sine sider.  Deres side
tilbyr, i tillegg til godt design og presentasjon, en nettbasert
emulator av deres operativsystem. Dette er en stor fordel slik jeg ser
det.  Bortsett fra dette ser jeg absolutt ingen ulemper med
Skolelinux-prosjektet.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hvilken fri programvare bruker du til daglig?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Til daglig er jeg en flittig bruker av det åpne media
sentersystemet &lt;a href=&quot;http://xbmc.org/&quot;&gt;XBMC&lt;/a&gt;. Det enorme
samfunnet rundt dette prosjektet har gjort dette til et program som
dekker alles behov. Man kan tilpasse det akkurat slik man vil både med
tanke på utseende og funksjoner ved installere plug-ins eller
scripts.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hvilken strategi tror du er den rette å bruke for å få
skoler til å ta i bruk fri programvare?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Strategien som burde brukes sett fra mine øyne er
markedsføring. Jeg er sikker på at om flere skoler fikk et lite innsyn
i hvor bra Skolelinux er så ville de ikke nølt med å gå over fra noe
annet som koster de store summer. At skolelinux til de grader tilbyr
en så komplett løsning bure komme frem. Enten via reklamekampanjer
eller ved å sende ut folk til skoler for så å la skolenettverk
ansvarlige få teste ut hvordan Skolelinux fungerer i praksis. Om det
i tillegg ble utviklet gode websider og en emulator for å la brukere
prøve operativsystemet ville nok dette ha styrket inntrykket
betraktelig.&lt;/p&gt;
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                <title>How to transform a Debian based system to a Debian Edu installation</title>
                <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_transform_a_Debian_based_system_to_a_Debian_Edu_installation.html</link>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 11:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skolelinux.org/&quot;&gt;Debian Edu / Skolelinux&lt;/a&gt; is
an operating system based on Debian intended for use in schools.  It
contain a turn-key solution for the computer network provided to
pupils in the primary schools.  It provide both the central server,
network boot servers and desktop environments with heaps of
educational software.  The project was founded almost 12 years ago,
2001-07-02.  If you want to support the project, which is in need for
cash to fund developer gatherings and other project related activity,
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.linuxiskolen.no/slxdebianlabs/donations.html&quot;&gt;please
donate some money&lt;/a&gt;.

&lt;p&gt;A topic that come up again and again on the Debian Edu mailing
lists and elsewhere, is the question on how to transform a Debian or
Ubuntu installation into a Debian Edu installation.  It isn&#39;t very
hard, and last week I wrote a script to replicate the steps done by
the Debian Edu installer.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The script,
&lt;a href=&quot;http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/debian-edu/branches/wheezy/debian-edu-config/share/debian-edu-config/tools/debian-edu-bless?view=markup&quot;&gt;debian-edu-bless&lt;a/&gt;
in the debian-edu-config package, will go through these six steps and
transform an existing Debian Wheezy or Ubuntu (untested) installation
into a Debian Edu Workstation:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;

&lt;li&gt;Add skolelinux related APT sources.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Create /etc/debian-edu/config with the wanted configuration.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Install debian-edu-install to load preseeding values and pull in
    our configuration.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Preseed debconf database with profile setup in
    /etc/debian-edu/config, and run tasksel to install packages
    according to the profile specified in the config above,
    overriding some of the Debian automation machinery.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Run debian-edu-cfengine-D installation to configure everything
    that could not be done using preseeding.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ask for a reboot to enable all the configuration changes.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are some steps in the Debian Edu installation that can not be
replicated like this.  Disk partitioning and LVM setup, for example.
So this script just assume there is enough disk space to install all
the needed packages.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The script was created to help a Debian Edu student working on
setting up &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.raspberrypi.org&quot;&gt;Raspberry Pi&lt;/a&gt; as a
Debian Edu client, and using it he can take the existing
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.raspbian.org/FrontPage‎&quot;&gt;Raspbian&lt;/a&gt; installation and
transform it into a fully functioning Debian Edu Workstation (or
Roaming Workstation, or whatever :).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The default setting in the script is to create a KDE Workstation.
If a LXDE based Roaming workstation is wanted instead, modify the
PROFILE and DESKTOP values at the top to look like this instead:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;
PROFILE=&quot;Roaming-Workstation&quot;
DESKTOP=&quot;lxde&quot;
&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The script could even become useful to set up Debian Edu servers in
the cloud, by starting with a virtual Debian installation at some
virtual hosting service and setting up all the services on first
boot.&lt;/p&gt;
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                <title>Second alpha release of Debian Edu / Skolelinux based on Debian Wheezy</title>
                <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Second_alpha_release_of_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_based_on_Debian_Wheezy.html</link>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 23:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skolelinux.org/&quot;&gt;Debian Edu / Skolelinux
project&lt;/a&gt; is making great progress and made its second Wheezy based
release today.  This is the release announcement:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;New features for Debian Edu 7.0.0 alpha1 released
2013-05-14&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is the release notes for for Debian Edu / Skolelinux 7.0.0 edu
alpha1, based on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.debian.org&quot;&gt;Debian&lt;/a&gt; with
codename &quot;Wheezy&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About Debian Edu and Skolelinux&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Debian Edu, also known as Skolelinux, is a Linux distribution based
on Debian providing an out-of-the box environment of a completely
configured school network. Immediatly after installation a school
server running all services needed for a school network is set up just
waiting for users and machines being added via GOsa², a comfortable
Web-UI. A netbooting environment is prepared using PXE, so after
initial installation of the main server from CD, DVD or USB stick all
other machines can be installed via the network.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is the first test release based on Wheezy (which currently is
not released yet). Basically this is an updated and slightly improved
version compared to the Squeeze release.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Software updates&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Install freemind (0.9.0) by default, and stop installing vym by
    default.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Install chromium (26.0.1410.43) by default.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Install goplay (0.5-1.1) to make golearn available by default.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Updated support for Japanese input methods, now based on
    ibus-anthy.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other changes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Switched default file system from ext3 to ext4 for speed and
    reliability improvements.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Got rid of unwanted winbind daemon and PAM setup activated because
    of &lt;a href=&quot;http://bugs.debian.org/706434&quot;&gt;706434&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Extended and improved the testsuite tests to detect more possible
    problems.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Corrected proxy handling to not set http_proxy to a bogus
    direct:// URL.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Corrected proxy setup for diskless workstations.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Corrected PXE setup to use our updated udebs during installation.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Made installation handling of low entropy level more robust.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Create larger partitions for Roaming workstations and Thin client
    servers, to make room for all the software installed.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Fix bug in Roaming workstation PAM setup, making it impossible to
    log in (&lt;a href=&quot;http://bugs.debian.org/706753&quot;&gt;706753&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Known issues&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;IP resolution for the local hostname give useless IPv6 address
    (&lt;a href=&quot;http://bugs.debian.org/705900&quot;&gt;705900&lt;/a&gt;).  Only install
    libnss-myhostname on roaming workstations until it is fixed.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;DVD images are not yet ready.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;No mass import of user account data in GOsa (ldif or csv)
    available yet (&lt;a href=&quot;http://bugs.debian.org/698840&quot;&gt;698840&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Missing artwork for the KDE desktop (and probably a few others).&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;KDE Debian submenu lacks icons.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;LXDE menu lacks entry for changing GOsa password
    (website). Installing gosa-desktop will be an option.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Backup configuration via web interface is impossible due to
    password submission problem
    (&lt;a href=&quot;http://bugs.debian.org/700257&quot;&gt;700257&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Where to get it&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To download the multiarch netinstall CD release you can use&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu~7.0+edu0~a1-CD.iso&quot;&gt;ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu~7.0+edu0~a1-CD.iso&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu~7.0+edu0~a1-CD.iso&quot;&gt;http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu~7.0+edu0~a1-CD.iso&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu~7.0+edu0~a1-CD.iso debian-edu~7.0+edu0~a1-CD.iso&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The MD5SUM of this image is: 685ed76c1aa8e44b12d3fde21faf450b&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The SHA1SUM of this image is: 6c874de157024da13e115bab29c068080a11ec4c&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to report bugs&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs&quot;&gt;http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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                <title>Debian, the Linux distribution of choice for LEGO designers?</title>
                <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian__the_Linux_distribution_of_choice_for_LEGO_designers_.html</link>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 20:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
                <description>&lt;P&gt;In January,
&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/New_IRC_channel_for_LEGO_designers_using_Debian.html&quot;&gt;I
announced a&lt;/a&gt; new &lt;a href=&quot;irc://irc.debian.org/%23debian-lego&quot;&gt;IRC
channel #debian-lego&lt;/a&gt;, for those of us in the Debian and Linux
community interested in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lego.com/&quot;&gt;LEGO&lt;/a&gt;, the
marvellous construction system from Denmark.  We also created
&lt;a href=&quot;http://wiki.debian.org/LegoDesigners&quot;&gt;a wiki page&lt;/a&gt; to have
a place to take notes and write down our plans and hopes.  And several
people showed up to help.  I was very happy to see the effect of my
call.  Since the small start, we have a debtags tag
&lt;a href=&quot;http://debtags.debian.net/search/bytag?wl=hardware::hobby:lego&quot;&gt;hardware::hobby:lego&lt;/a&gt;
tag for LEGO related packages, and now count 10 packages related to
LEGO and &lt;a href=&quot;http://mindstorms.lego.com/&quot;&gt;Mindstorms&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;table&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.qa.debian.org/brickos&quot;&gt;brickos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;alternative OS for LEGO Mindstorms RCX. Supports development in C/C++&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.qa.debian.org/leocad&quot;&gt;leocad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;virtual brick CAD software&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.qa.debian.org/libnxt&quot;&gt;libnxt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;utility library for talking to the LEGO Mindstorms NX&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.qa.debian.org/lnpd&quot;&gt;lnpd&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;daemon for LNP communication with BrickOS&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.qa.debian.org/nbc&quot;&gt;nbc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;compiler for LEGO Mindstorms NXT bricks&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.qa.debian.org/nqc&quot;&gt;nqc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Not Quite C compiler for LEGO Mindstorms RCX&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.qa.debian.org/python-nxt&quot;&gt;python-nxt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;python driver/interface/wrapper for the Lego Mindstorms NXT robot&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.qa.debian.org/python-nxt-filer&quot;&gt;python-nxt-filer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;simple GUI to manage files on a LEGO Mindstorms NXT&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.qa.debian.org/scratch&quot;&gt;scratch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;easy to use programming environment for ages 8 and up&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.qa.debian.org/t2n&quot;&gt;t2n&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;simple command-line tool for Lego NXT&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some of these are available in Wheezy, and all but one are
currently available in Jessie/testing.  leocad is so far only
available in experimental.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you care about LEGO in Debian, please join us on IRC and help
adding the rest of the great free software tools available on Linux
for LEGO designers.&lt;/p&gt;
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