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     <h3>Entries from January 2019.</h3>
     
+    <div class="entry">
+      <div class="title">
+        <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_now_got_everything_you_need_to_program_Micro_bit.html">Debian now got everything you need to program Micro:bit</a>
+      </div>
+      <div class="date">
+        22nd January 2019
+      </div>
+      <div class="body">
+        <p>I am amazed and very pleased to discover that since a few days ago,
+everything you need to program the <a href="https://microbit.org/">BBC
+micro:bit</a> is available from the Debian archive.  All this is
+thanks to the hard work of Nick Morrott and the Debian python
+packaging team.  The micro:bit project recommend the mu-editor to
+program the microcomputer, as this editor will take care of all the
+machinery required to injekt/flash micropython alongside the program
+into the micro:bit, as long as the pieces are available.</p>
+
+<p>There are three main pieces involved.  The first to enter Debian
+was
+<a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/python-uflash">python-uflash</a>,
+which was accepted into the archive 2019-01-12.  The next one was
+<a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/mu-editor">mu-editor</a>, which
+showed up 2019-01-13.  The final and hardest part to to into the
+archive was
+<a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/firmware-microbit-micropython">firmware-microbit-micropython</a>,
+which needed to get its build system and dependencies into Debian
+before it was accepted 2019-01-20.  The last one is already in Debian
+Unstable and should enter Debian Testing / Buster in three days.  This
+all allow any user of the micro:bit to get going by simply running
+'apt install mu-editor' when using Testing or Unstable, and once
+Buster is released as stable, all the users of Debian stable will be
+catered for.</p>
+
+<p>As a minor final touch, I added rules to
+<a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/isenkram">the isenkram
+package</a> for recognizing micro:bit and recommend the mu-editor
+package.  This make sure any user of the isenkram desktop daemon will
+get a popup suggesting to install mu-editor then the USB cable from
+the micro:bit is inserted for the first time.</p>
+
+<p>This should make it easier to have fun.</p>
+
+<p>As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my
+activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address
+<b><a href="bitcoin:15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b">15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b</a></b>.</p>
+
+      </div>
+      <div class="tags">
+        
+        
+        Tags: <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian">debian</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/robot">robot</a>.
+        
+        
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="padding"></div>
+    
     <div class="entry">
       <div class="title">
         <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Oppdaterte_kommentarer_til__Evaluation_of__il_legality__for_Popcorn_Time.html">Oppdaterte kommentarer til «Evaluation of (il)legality» for Popcorn Time</a>
@@ -526,7 +583,7 @@ activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address
 <li>2019
 <ul>
 
-<li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2019/01/">January (2)</a></li>
+<li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2019/01/">January (3)</a></li>
 
 </ul></li>
 
@@ -848,7 +905,7 @@ activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address
 
  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/chrpath">chrpath (2)</a></li>
 
- <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian">debian (165)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian">debian (166)</a></li>
 
  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian edu">debian edu (158)</a></li>
 
@@ -862,7 +919,7 @@ activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address
 
  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/drivstoffpriser">drivstoffpriser (4)</a></li>
 
- <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english (396)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english (397)</a></li>
 
  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/fiksgatami">fiksgatami (23)</a></li>
 
@@ -920,7 +977,7 @@ activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address
 
  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/rfid">rfid (3)</a></li>
 
- <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/robot">robot (10)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/robot">robot (11)</a></li>
 
  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/rss">rss (1)</a></li>