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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>        
+               <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_transform_a_Debian_based_system_to_a_Debian_Edu_installation.html</guid>
+                <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/‎&quot;&gt;Rapbian&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;
+</description>
+       </item>
+       
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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>