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- <title>Third beta version of Debian Edu / Skolelinux based on Squeeze</title>
- <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Third_beta_version_of_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_based_on_Squeeze.html</link>
- <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Third_beta_version_of_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_based_on_Squeeze.html</guid>
- <pubDate>Sat, 4 Feb 2012 13:25:00 +0100</pubDate>
- <description><p>I am happy to announce that finally we managed today to wrap up and
-publish the third beta version of
-<a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / Skolelinux</a> based
-on Squeeze. If you want to test a LDAP backed Kerberos server with
-out of the box PXE configuration for running diskless machines and
-installing new machines, check it out. If you need a software
-solution for your school, check it out too. The full announcement is
-<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu-announce/2012/02/msg00000.html">available</a>
-on the project announcement list.</p>
-
-<p>I am very happy to report these changes and improvements since
-beta2 (there are more, see announcement for full list):</p>
-
-<ul>
-
-<li>It is now possible to change the pre-configured IP subnet from
- 10.0.0.0/8 to something else by using the subnet-change tool after
- the installation.</li>
-
-<li>Too full partitions are now automatically extended on the Main
- Server, based on the rules specified in /etc/fsautoresizetab.</li>
-
-<li>The CUPS queues are now automatically flushed every night, and all
- disabled queues are restarted every hour. This should cut down on
- the amount of manual administration needed for printers.</li>
-
-<li>The set of initial users have been changed. Now a personal user
- for the local system administrator is created during installation
- instead of the previously created localadmin and super-admin users,
- and this user is granted administrative privileges using group
- membership. This reduces the number of passwords one need to keep
- up to date on the system.</li>
-
-</ul>
-
-<p>The new main server seem to work so well that I am testing it as my
-private DNS/LDAP/Kerberos/PXE/LTSP server at home. I will use it look
-for issues we could fix to polish Debian Edu even further before the
-final Squeeze release is published.</p>
-
-<p>Next weekend the project organise a
-<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu-announce/2012/01/msg00001.html">developer
-gathering</a> in Oslo. We will continue the work on the Squeeze
-version, and start initial planning for the Wheezy version. Perhaps I
-will see you there?</p>
-</description>
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