+ <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/intervju">intervju</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___Debian_Edu_Squeeze_is_out_.html">Skolelinux / Debian Edu Squeeze is out!</a></div>
+ <div class="date">11th March 2012</div>
+ <div class="body"><p>This weekend we finally published the first stable release of
+<a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Skolelinux / Debian Edu</a> based
+on Debian/Squeeze. The full announcement is
+<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu-announce/2012/03/msg00001.html">available</a>
+from the project announcement list. Now is a good time to test if it
+you have not done so already.</p>
+
+<p>I plan to present the new version at
+<a href="http://www.nuug.no/aktiviteter/20120313-skolelinux/">a NUUG
+meeting</a> on tuesday. I look forward to seeing you there if you are
+in Oslo, Norway.</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__Nigel_Barker.html">Debian Edu interview: Nigel Barker</a></div>
+ <div class="date"> 9th March 2012</div>
+ <div class="body"><p>Inspired by <a href="http://raphaelhertzog.com/tag/interview/">the
+interview series</a> conducted by Raphael, I started a Norwegian
+interview series with people involved in the Debian Edu / Skolelinux
+community. This was so popular that I believe it is time to move to a
+more international audience.</p>
+
+<p>While <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu and
+Skolelinux</a> originated in France and Norway, and have most users in
+Europe, there are users all around the globe. One of those far away
+from me is Nigel Barker, a long time Debian Edu system administrator
+and contributor. It is thanks to him that Debian Edu is adjusted to
+work out of the box in Japan. I got him to answer a few questions,
+and am happy to share the response with you. :)
+
+
+<p><strong>Who are you, and how do you spend your days?</strong></p>
+
+<p>My name is Nigel Barker, and I am British. I am married to Yumiko,
+and we have three lovely children, aged 15, 14 and 4(!) I am the IT
+Coordinator at Hiroshima International School, Japan. I am also a
+teacher, and in fact I spend most of my day teaching Mathematics,
+Science, IT, and Chemistry. I was originally a Chemistry teacher, but
+I have always had an interest in computers. Another teacher teaches
+primary school IT, but apart from that I am the only computer person,
+so that means I am the network manager, technician and webmaster,
+also, and I help people with their computer problems. I teach python
+to beginners in an after-school club. I am way too busy, so I really
+appreciate the simplicity of Skolelinux.</p>
+
+<p><strong>How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux/Debian Edu
+project?</strong></p>
+
+<p>In around 2004 or 5 I discovered the ltsp project, and set up a
+server in the IT lab. I wanted some way to connect it to our central
+samba server, which I was also quite poor at configuring. I discovered
+Edubuntu when it came out, but it didn't really improve my setup. I
+did various desperate searches for things like "school Linux server"
+and ended up in a document called "Drift" something or other. Reading
+there it became clear that Skolelinux was going to solve all my
+problems in one go. I was very excited, but apprehensive, because my
+previous attempts to install Debian had ended in failure (I used
+Mandrake for everything - ltsp, samba, apache, mail, ns...). I
+downloaded a beta version, had some problems, so subscribed to the
+Debian Edu list for help. I have remained subscribed ever since, and
+my school has run a Skolelinux network since Sarge.</p>
+
+<p><strong>What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux/Debian
+Edu?</strong></p>
+
+<p>For me the integrated setup. This is not just the server, or the
+workstation, or the ltsp. Its all of them, and its all configured
+ready to go. I read somewhere in the early documentation that it is
+designed to be setup and managed by the Maths or Science teacher, who
+doesn't necessarily know much about computers, in a small Norwegian
+school. That describes me perfectly if you replace Norway with
+Japan.</p>
+
+<p><strong>What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux/Debian
+Edu?</strong></p>
+
+<p>The desktop is fairly plain. If you compare it with Edubuntu, who
+have fun themes for children, or with distributions such as Mint, who
+make the desktop beautiful. They create a good impression on people
+who don't need to understand how to use any of it, but who might be
+important to the school. School administrators or directors, for
+instance, or parents. Even kids. Debian itself usually has ugly
+default theme settings. It was my dream a few years back that some
+kind of integration would allow Edubuntu to do the desktop stuff and
+Debian Edu the servers, but now I realise how impossible that is. A
+second disadvantage is that if something goes wrong, or you need to
+customise something, then suddenly the level of expertise required
+multiplies. For example, backup wasn't working properly in Lenny. It
+took me ages to learn how to set up my own server to do rsync backups.
+I am afraid of anything to do with ldap, but perhaps Gosa will
+help.</p>
+
+<p><strong>Which free software do you use daily?</strong></p>
+
+<p>Nowadays I only use Debian on my personal computers. I have one for
+studio work (I play guitar and write songs), running AV Linux
+(customised Debian) a netbook running Squeeze, and a bigger laptop
+still running Skolelinux Lenny workstation. I have a Tjener in my
+house, that's very useful for the family photos and music. At school
+the students only use Skolelinux. (Some teachers and the office still
+have windows). So that means we only use free software all day every
+day. Open office, The GIMP, Firefox/Iceweasel, VLC and Audacity are
+installed on every computer in school, irrespective of OS. We also
+have Koha on Debian for the library, and Apache, Moodle, b2evolution
+and Etomite on Debian for the www. The firewall is Untangle.</p>
+
+<p><strong>Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to
+get schools to use free software?</strong></p>
+
+<p>Current trends are in our favour. Open source is big in industry,
+and ordinary people have heard of it. The spread of Android and the
+popularity of Apple have helped to weaken the impression that you have
+to have Microsoft on everything. People complain to me much less about
+file formats and Word than they did 5 years ago. The Edu aspect is
+also a selling point. This is all customised for schools. Where is the
+Windows-edu, or the Mac-edu? But of course the main attraction is
+budget.The trick is to convince people that the quality is not
+compromised when you stop paying and use free software instead. That
+is one reason why I say the desktop experience is a weakness. People
+are not impressed when their USB drive doesn't work, or their browser
+doesn't play flash, for example.</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/Debian_Edu_screencast__Mass_creation_of_user_accounts_in_Squeeze.html">Debian Edu screencast: Mass creation of user accounts in Squeeze</a></div>
+ <div class="date"> 7th March 2012</div>
+ <div class="body"><!-- Video HTML based on http://www.diveintohtml5.net/video.html -->
+
+<p>One of the Debian Edu developers, Wolfgang Schweer, just created a
+screen cast documenting how to create a lot of new users in LDAP on
+Debian Edu Squeeze. The video is embedded here in quarter size, and
+also available from <a href="http://vimeo.com/37675399">vimeo</a> and
+download as a
+<a href="http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux/press/screencasts/2012-02-29-debian_edu_mass_create_user_accounts.ogv">Ogg
+Theora</a> file. Check it out below.</p>
+
+<p><video id="gosa-mass-user-create-movie" width="256" height="184" preload controls>
+ <source src="http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux/press/screencasts/2012-02-29-debian_edu_mass_create_user_accounts.ogv" type='video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"' />
+ <p>Download video as
+ <a href="http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux/press/screencasts/2012-02-29-debian_edu_mass_create_user_accounts.ogv">Ogg</a>.</p>
+</video></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/Hamar_kommune_imponerer_i_FiksGataMi_rapportert_problem_i_dag.html">Hamar kommune imponerer i FiksGataMi-rapportert problem i dag</a></div>
+ <div class="date"> 5th March 2012</div>
+ <div class="body"><p>Tok nettopp en titt på listen over løste problemer i
+<a href="http://www.fiksgatami.no/">FiksGataMi</a> (hentet via
+<a href="http://www.fiksgatami.no/open311">Open311-søkegrensesnittet</a>),
+og lot meg imponere over Hamar kommunes raske respons. Sjekk
+<a href="http://www.fiksgatami.no/report/10791">rapport #10791</a>, der
+Hamar kommune kl. 10:19 i dag får beskjed om at det er dårlig
+brøyting, allerede 10:50 melder kommunen tilbake at de er på saken.
+18:26 samme dag melder så innsender at problemet er løst. Hatten av
+for folkene i Hamar kommune!</p>
+
+<p>Apropos bra respons. En bruker sendte for noen dager inn følgende
+tilbakemelding til oss som står bak tjenesten.</p>
+
+<p><blockquote>Rapporterte inn slukte gatelys på Torsnesveien, og to
+uker etterpå er lysene tilbake. Flott service!</blockquote></p>
+
+<p>Det er veldig hyggelig å høre at FiksGataMi fungerer bra for
+innbyggerne. Måtte alle landets innbyggere få samme gode erfaring med
+FiksGataMi og det offentlige. I dag er det 52 kommuner som har lenke
+til FiksGataMi fra sine nettsider, og dermed indikerer at de liker vår
+tjeneste. Måtte de få følge av resten av landets kommuner snart. :)</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/Third_release_candidate_of_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_based_on_Squeeze.html">Third release candidate of Debian Edu / Skolelinux based on Squeeze</a></div>
+ <div class="date"> 4th March 2012</div>
+ <div class="body"><p>This weekend we wrapped up and published the third release
+candidate for <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu /
+Skolelinux</a> based on Squeeze. The full announcement is
+<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu-announce/2012/03/msg00000.html">available</a>
+from the project announcement list. Check it out if you
+need a software solution for your school.</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/Stopmotion_for_making_stop_motion_animations_on_Linux___reloaded.html">Stopmotion for making stop motion animations on Linux - reloaded</a></div>
+ <div class="date"> 3rd March 2012</div>
+ <div class="body"><p>Many years ago, the <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Skolelinux
+/ Debian Edu project</a> initiated a student project to create a tool
+for making stop motion movies. The proposal came from a teacher
+needing such tool on Skolelinux. The project, called "stopmotion",
+was manned by two extraordinary students and won a school award and a
+national aware with this great project. The project was initiated and
+mentored by Herman Robak, and manned by the students Bjørn Erik Nilsen
+and Fredrik Berg Kjølstad. They got in touch with people at Aardman
+Animation studio and received feedback on how professionals would like
+such stopmotion tool to work, and the end result was and is used by
+animators around the globe. But as is usual after studying, both got
+jobs and went elsewhere, and did not have time to properly tend to the
+project, and it has been lingering for a few years now. Until last
+year...</p>
+
+<p>Last year some of the users got together with Herman, and moved the
+project to Sourceforge and in effect restarted the project under a new
+name,
+<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxstopmotion/">linuxstopmotion</a>.
+The name change was done to make it possible to find the project using
+Internet search engines (try to search for 'stopmotion' to see what I
+mean). I've been following
+<a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxstopmotion-community">the
+mailing list</a> and the improvement already in place and planned for
+the future is encouraging. If you want to make stop motion movies.
+Check it out. :)</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/video">video</a>.
+
+
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="padding"></div>
+
+ <div class="entry">
+ <div class="title"><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Er_billettautomatene_til_kollektivtrafikken_i_Oslo_uten_sikkerhetsoppdateringer_.html">Er billettautomatene til kollektivtrafikken i Oslo uten sikkerhetsoppdateringer?</a></div>
+ <div class="date"> 2nd March 2012</div>
+ <div class="body"><p>På tur mot jobb i dag fikk jeg se en av Ruters billettautomater i
+Nydalen som var brutt sammen. Tok bilde av det hele, og lot meg
+overraske over at den så ut til å kjøre
+<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_2000">Windows 2000
+Professional</a>.</p>
+
+<p><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-03-02-ruter-win2000pro.jpeg"><img width="40%" src="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-03-02-ruter-win2000pro.jpeg" alt="[foto av billettautomat]"></a></p>
+
+<p>Jeg ble overrasket da den versjonen av operativsystemene til
+Microsoft så vidt jeg vet ikke lenger mottar sikkerhetsoppdateringer.
+I følge Wikipedia og
+<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/?sort=PN&alpha=Windows+2000&Filter=FilterNO">Microsoft</a>
+har den ikke hatt støtte fra Microsoft siden 2010-07-13. Det er en
+ganske stor sikkerhetsrisiko å bruke operativsystemer i et og et halvt
+år etter at de ikke lenger blir tatt vare på sikkerhetsmessig.</p>
+
+<p>Bildet er tilgjengelig for bruk med bruksvilkårene til
+<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/no/">Creative
+Commons Navngivelse 3.0 Norge (CC BY 3.0)</a>.</p>
+</div>
+ <div class="tags">
+
+
+ Tags: <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/norsk">norsk</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/ruter">ruter</a>.
+
+
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="padding"></div>
+
+ <div class="entry">
+ <div class="title"><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skolelinux_intervju__Frode_Danielsen.html">Skolelinux-intervju: Frode Danielsen</a></div>
+ <div class="date">27th February 2012</div>
+ <div class="body"><p>I serien med intervjuer av folk i
+<a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Skolelinux</a>-miljøet møter vi
+denne gangen Frode Danielsen, som er leder for en IT-virksomhet som
+passer på IT-løsningen til flere kommuner i Hedmark-området, der noen
+av dem bruker Skolelinux i dag.</p>
+
+<p><strong>Hvem er du, og hva driver du med til daglig?</strong></p>
+
+<p>Daglig leder i <a href="http://www.hedmarken-ikt.no/">Hedmark
+IKT</a>. En interkommunal IKT-virksomhet for Stange, Nord-Odal,
+Kongsvinger, Grue, Løten og Hamar kommuner. Vi er 32 ansatte</p>
+
+<p><strong>Hvordan kom du i kontakt med Skolelinux-prosjektet?</strong></p>
+
+<p>Vi har vært i kontakt med Skolelinux-prosjektet i flere
+sammenhenger, blant annet gjennom et par piloter som ikke har ført til
+noe konkret resultat. Nå sist gjennom satsingen på skolelinux i Grue,
+Kongsvinger og Nord-Odal.</p>
+
+<p><strong>Hva er fordelene med Skolelinux slik du ser det?</strong>
+<br><strong>Hva er ulempene med Skolelinux slik du ser det?</strong></p>
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