+<p>These questions are too hard for me - I don't use it! In fact I
+had hardly any contact with I.T. until long after I'd got out of the
+education system.</p>
+
+<p>I can tell you the advantages of Debian for me though: it soaks up
+as much of my free time as I want and no more, and lets me do
+everything I want a computer for without ever forcing me to spend
+money on the latest hardware.</p>
+
+<p><strong>Which free software do you use daily?</strong></p>
+
+<p>I've been using Debian since Rex; popularity-contest says the
+software that I use most is xinit, xterm, and xulrunner (in other
+words, I use a distinctly retro sort of desktop).</p>
+
+<p><strong>Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to
+get schools to use free software?</strong></p>
+
+<p>Well, I don't know. I suppose I'd be inclined to try reasoning
+with the people who make the decisions, but obviously if that worked
+you would hardly need a strategy.</p>
+</div>
+ <div class="tags">
+
+
+ Tags: <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian edu">debian edu</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/intervju">intervju</a>.
+
+
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="padding"></div>
+
+ <div class="entry">
+ <div class="title"><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Why_the_KDE_menu_is_slow_when__usr__is_NFS_mounted___and_a_workaround.html">Why the KDE menu is slow when /usr/ is NFS mounted - and a workaround</a></div>
+ <div class="date"> 6th April 2012</div>
+ <div class="body"><p>Recently I have spent time with
+<a href="http://www.slxdrift.no/">Skolelinux Drift AS</a> on speeding
+up a <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / Skolelinux</a>
+Lenny installation using LTSP diskless workstations, and in the
+process I discovered something very surprising. The reason the KDE
+menu was responding slow when using it for the first time, was mostly
+due to the way KDE find application icons. I discovered that showing
+the Multimedia menu would cause more than 20 000 IP packages to be
+passed between the LTSP client and the NFS server. Most of these were
+
+NFS LOOKUP calls, resulting in a NFS3ERR_NOENT response. Because the
+ping times between the client and the server were in the range 2-20
+ms, the menus would be very slow. Looking at the strace of kicker in
+Lenny (or plasma-desktop i Squeeze - same problem there), I see that
+the source of these NFS calls are access(2) system calls for
+non-existing files. KDE can do hundreds of access(2) calls to find
+one icon file. In my example, just finding the mplayer icon required
+around 230 access(2) calls.</p>
+
+<p>The KDE code seem to search for icons using a list of icon
+directories, and the list of possible directories is large. In
+(almost) each directory, it look for files ending in .png, .svgz, .svg
+and .xpm. The result is a very slow KDE menu when /usr/ is NFS
+mounted. Showing a single sub menu may result in thousands of NFS
+requests. I am not the first one to discover this. I found a
+<a href="https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=211416">KDE bug report
+from 2009</a> about this problem, and it is still unsolved.</p>
+
+<p>My solution to speed up the KDE menu was to create a package
+kde-icon-cache that upon installation will look at all .desktop files
+used to generate the KDE menu, find their icons, search the icon paths
+for the file that KDE will end up finding at run time, and copying the
+icon file to /var/lib/kde-icon-cache/. Finally, I add symlinks to
+these icon files in one of the first directories where KDE will look
+for them. This cut down the number of file accesses required to find
+one icon from several hundred to less than 5, and make the KDE menu
+almost instantaneous. I'm not quite sure where to make the package
+publicly available, so for now it is only available on request.</p>
+
+<p>The bug report mention that this do not only affect the KDE menu
+and icon handling, but also the login process. Not quite sure how to
+speed up that part without replacing NFS with for example NBD, and
+that is not really an option at the moment.</p>
+
+<p>If you got feedback on this issue, please let us know on debian-edu
+(at) lists.debian.org.</p>
+</div>
+ <div class="tags">
+
+
+ Tags: <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian edu">debian edu</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english</a>.
+
+
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="padding"></div>
+
+ <div class="entry">
+ <div class="title"><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_in_the_Linux_Weekly_News.html">Debian Edu in the Linux Weekly News</a></div>
+ <div class="date"> 5th April 2012</div>
+ <div class="body"><p>About two weeks ago, I was interviewed via email about
+<a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu and Skolelinux</a> by
+Bruce Byfield in Linux Weekly News. The result was made public for
+non-subscribers today. I am pleased to see liked our Linux solution
+for schools. Check out his article
+<a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/488805/">Debian Edu/Skolelinux: A
+distribution for education</a> if you want to learn more.</p>
+</div>
+ <div class="tags">
+
+
+ Tags: <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian edu">debian edu</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english</a>.
+
+
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="padding"></div>
+
+ <div class="entry">
+ <div class="title"><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Wolfgang_Schweer.html">Debian Edu interview: Wolfgang Schweer</a></div>
+ <div class="date"> 1st April 2012</div>
+ <div class="body"><p>Germany is a core area for the
+<a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu and Skolelinux</a>
+user community, and this time I managed to get hold of Wolfgang
+Schweer, a valuable contributor to the project from Germany.
+
+<p><strong>Who are you, and how do you spend your days?</strong></p>
+
+<p>I've studied Mathematics at the university 'Ruhr-Universität' in
+Bochum, Germany. Since 1981 I'm working as a teacher at the school
+"<a href="http://www.westfalenkolleg-dortmund.de/">Westfalen-Kolleg
+Dortmund</a>", a second chance school. Here, young adults is given
+the opportunity to get further education in order to do the school
+examination 'Abitur', which will allow to study at a university. This
+second chance is of value for those who want a better job perspective
+or failed to get a higher school examination being teens.</p>
+
+<p>Besides teaching I was involved in developing online courses for a
+blended learning project called 'abitur-online.nrw' and in some other
+information technology related projects. For about ten years I've been
+teacher and coordinator for the 'abitur-online' project at my
+school. Being now in my early sixties, I've decided to leave school at
+the end of April this year.</p>
+
+<p><strong>How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux/Debian Edu
+project?</strong></p>
+
+<p>The first information about Skolelinux must have come to my
+attention years ago and somehow related to LTSP (Linux Terminal Server
+Project). At school, we had set up a network at the beginning of 1997
+using Suse Linux on the desktop, replacing a Novell network. Since
+2002, we used old machines from the city council of Dortmund as thin
+clients (LTSP, later Ubuntu/Lessdisks) cause new hardware was out of
+reach. At home I'm using Debian since years and - subscribed to the
+Debian news letter - heard from time to time about Skolelinux. About
+two years ago I proposed to replace the (somehow undocumented and only
+known to me) system at school by a well known Debian based system:
+Skolelinux.</p>
+
+<p>Students and teachers appreciated the new system because of a
+better look and feel and an enhanced access to local media on thin
+clients. The possibility to alter and/or reset passwords using a GUI
+was welcomed, too. Being able to do administrative tasks using a GUI
+and to easily set up workstations using PXE was of very high value for
+the admin teachers.</p>
+
+<p><strong>What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux/Debian
+Edu?</strong></p>
+
+<p>It's open source, easy to set up, stable and flexible due to it's
+Debian base. It integrates LTSP out-of-the-box. And it is documented!
+So it was a perfect choice.</p>
+
+<p>Being open source, there are no license problems and so it's
+possible to point teachers and students to programs like
+OpenOffice.org, ViewYourMind (mind mapping) and The Gimp. It's of
+high value to be able to adapt parts of the system to special needs of
+a school and to choose where to get support for this.</p>
+
+<p><strong>What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux/Debian
+Edu?</strong></p>
+
+<p>Nothing yet.</p>
+
+<p><strong>Which free software do you use daily?</strong></p>
+
+<p>At home (Debian Sid with Gnome Desktop): Iceweasel, LibreOffice,
+Mutt, Gedit, Document Viewer, Midnight Commander, flpsed (PDF
+Annotator). At school (Skolelinux Lenny): Iceweasel, Gedit,
+LibreOffice.</p>
+
+<p><strong>Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to
+get schools to use free software?</strong></p>
+
+<p>Some time ago I thought it was enough to tell people about it. But
+that doesn't seem to work quite well. Now I concentrate on those more
+interested and hope to get multiplicators that way.</p>
+</div>
+ <div class="tags">
+
+
+ Tags: <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian edu">debian edu</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/intervju">intervju</a>.
+
+
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="padding"></div>
+
+ <div class="entry">
+ <div class="title"><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/56_kommuner_omfavner_FiksGataMi.html">56 kommuner omfavner FiksGataMi</a></div>
+ <div class="date">30th March 2012</div>
+ <div class="body"><p>I dag omfavnet nok en kommune NUUGs
+<a href="http://www.fiksgatami.no/">FiksGataMi</a>. Med 56 kommuner
+som lenker til FiksGataMi fra sine hjemmesider er "markedsandelen"
+oppe i 13% (av 429 kommuner). Sist ut er Sel kommune, som slår følge
+med kommunene Askim, Askøy, Audnedal, Aure, Bærum, Eide, Farsund,
+Flekkefjord, Folldal, Gran, Grue, Hadsel, Halden, Halsa, Hamar, Hobøl,
+Holtålen, Hægebostad, Høyanger, Kongsberg, Kristiansund, Kvinesdal,
+Kviteseid, Levanger, Lindesnes, Luster, Lyngdal, Lørenskog, Løten,
+Mandal, Marnardal, Moss, Namsos, Nissedal, Nordreisa, Randaberg,
+Rindal, Sirdal, Skiptvet, Sortland, Spydeberg, Stjørdal, Stord, Søgne,
+Sør-Odal, Tolga, Trysil, Tynset, Tysvær, Ullensvang Herad, Vennesla,
+Verdal, Vågan, Vågå og Åseral.</p>
+
+<p>I snitt rapporteres det nå 150 meldinger fra innbyggerne i uka via
+FiksGataMi.</p>
+</div>
+ <div class="tags">
+
+
+ Tags: <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/fiksgatami">fiksgatami</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/norsk">norsk</a>.
+
+
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="padding"></div>
+
+ <div class="entry">
+ <div class="title"><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Linux_skoler_har_h_yere_PC_tetthet_enn_landsgjennomsnittet___pressemelding_fra_FRiSK.html">Linux-skoler har høyere PC-tetthet enn landsgjennomsnittet - pressemelding fra FRiSK</a></div>
+ <div class="date">30th March 2012</div>
+ <div class="body"><p>I dag har <a href="http://www.friprogramvareiskolen.no">FRiSK</a>
+sendt ut følgende pressemelding basert på mine beregninger av
+PC-tetthet på Linux-skoler:</p>
+
+<p><strong>Linux-skoler har høyere PC-tetthet enn
+landsgjennomsnittet</strong></p>
+
+<p>Oslo, 30 Mars 2012</p>
+
+<p>Det er store forskjeller på skolenes digitale tilstand, viser
+undersøkelsen Monitor 2011 som er laget på oppdrag fra
+Kunnskapsdepartementet. Dette har ført til debatt om PC-tilgangen i
+skolen, og om de med Linux i skolen gjør det bedre bedre eller
+dårligere enn snittet i landet.</p>
+
+<p>Nå har vi tallene. Skoler med Linux har 36% større PC-tetthet en
+landsgjennomsnittet. På spørsmål hvorfor skoler med Linux har større
+PC-tetthet, observerer Paul Reidar Løsnesløkken som er IKT-konsulent i
+Nord-Odal:</p>
+
+<p><blockquote>"Vi erfarer at klienter med Skolelinux har god funksjon
+til de er 8 til 10 år gamle. Dette er omtrent dobbelt så lenge som
+andre løsninger, og skolene får mer datautstyr for
+pengene."</blockquote></p>
+
+<p>Undersøkelsen baserer seg på 56 skoler som har gjort det offentlig
+at de kjører Skolelinux eller annen Linux-utgave. De kan også ha PC-er
+med Windows i skolenettet. Når en sammenligner PC-tetthetene på
+skolene i kommunene Flora, Harstad, Kongsvinger, Narvik, Nittedal,
+Nord-Odal og Randaberg, er det i snitt 2,28 elev pr. PC på skolene med
+Linux. På landsbasis er det 3.11 elev per PC i grunnskolen, i følge
+side 95 i Monitor-rapporten for 2011. Målingen viser dermed 36% større
+PC-tetthet i skoler med Linux.</p>
+
+<p><strong>Om Skolelinux/Debian Edu</strong></p>
+
+<p>Skolelinux har til hensikt å gi alle barn full tilgang til
+skoleaktuelle dataprogram på sitt eget morsmål. Derfor følger det med
+godt over 100 skoleaktuelle programmene laget for læring. De fleste
+programmene er oversatt til over 50 språk. Elevene skal også kunne
+studere alle sider av dataprogrammene. Derfor følger også kildekode
+med. Elever med interesse kan lære av eksperter som har laget
+systemet. Dette med enkelt programmering i læreprogram som KTurtle,
+til profesjonelle verktøy som Qt Creator eller Java.</p>
+
+<p>Skolelinux er laget for sentralisert drift, der alt teknisk
+administrasjon av alle skolene kan gjøres sentralt fra kommunehuset
+eller sentralt i en region. F.eks. drifter to-tre personer 70.000
+skoledatamaskiner på 200 skoler i delstaten Extremadura i
+Spania. Etter velykket bruk av Debian Edu i skolen, legger delstaten
+over til Debian på 40.000 datamaskiner i administrasjonen. Det er idag
+mange selskap som tilbyr profesjonell støtte til innføring og drift i
+Norge og verden.</p>
+
+<p><strong>Om FRiSK</strong></p>
+
+<p>Medlemsforeningen Fri Programvare i Skolen organiserer
+dugnadsprosjektet som står bak Skolelinux.</p>
+
+<p><strong>Kontaktperson</strong></p>
+
+<p>Knut Yrvin</p>
+
+<p>Leder av Fri Programvare i Skolen (FRISK)</p>
+
+<p>Epost: knuty at skolelinux.no
+<br>Mobil: +47 93 479 561</p>
+
+<p><strong>Referanser</strong></p>
+
+<p><ul>
+
+ <li><a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">http://www.skolelinux.org/</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.friprogramvareiskolen.no/">http://www.friprogramvareiskolen.no/</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Download">http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Download</a></li>
+ <li><a href="https://www.wis.no/gsi">https://www.wis.no/gsi</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://iktsenteret.no/sites/iktsenteret.no/files/attachments/monitor2011.pdf">http://iktsenteret.no/sites/iktsenteret.no/files/attachments/monitor2011.pdf</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/St_rre_PC_tetthet_i_skolen_med_Skolelinux_.html">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/St_rre_PC_tetthet_i_skolen_med_Skolelinux_.html</a></li>
+ <li><a href="https://init.linpro.no/pipermail/skolelinux.no/linuxiskolen/2012-March/018500.html">https://init.linpro.no/pipermail/skolelinux.no/linuxiskolen/2012-March/018500.html</a></li>
+
+</ul></p>
+</div>
+ <div class="tags">
+
+
+ Tags: <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian edu">debian edu</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/norsk">norsk</a>.
+
+
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="padding"></div>
+
+ <div class="entry">
+ <div class="title"><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skolelinux_intervju__Roy_Arne_Myhre.html">Skolelinux-intervju: Roy-Arne Myhre</a></div>
+ <div class="date">28th March 2012</div>
+ <div class="body"><p>I serien med intervjuer av folk i
+<a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Skolelinux</a>-miljøet, får vi
+denne gangen høre fra en IKT-ansvarlig som har brukt Skolelinux i
+mange år, og vært storfornøyd med erfaringene så langt.</p>
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