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-               <title>First release candidate of Debian Edu / Skolelinux based on Squeeze</title>
-               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/First_release_candidate_of_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_based_on_Squeeze.html</link>
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-                <pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:10:00 +0100</pubDate>
-               <description>&lt;p&gt;One week delayed due to DVD build problems, we managed today to
-wrap up and publish the first release candidate for
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skolelinux.org/&quot;&gt;Debian Edu / Skolelinux&lt;/a&gt; based
-on Squeeze.  The full announcement is
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu-announce/2012/02/msg00001.html&quot;&gt;available&lt;/a&gt;
-on the project announcement list.  Check it out if you need a software
-solution for your school.&lt;/p&gt;
+               <title>NUUG-presentasjon: Skolelinux - ferdig oppsatt skolenettløsning</title>
+               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/NUUG_presentasjon__Skolelinux___ferdig_oppsatt_skolenettl_sning.html</link>
+               <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/NUUG_presentasjon__Skolelinux___ferdig_oppsatt_skolenettl_sning.html</guid>
+                <pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:55:00 +0100</pubDate>
+               <description>&lt;p&gt;I dag presenterte jeg ny versjon av Skolelinux for NUUGs medlemmer.
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hungry.com/~pere/mypapers/20120313-skolelinux-squeeze.html&quot;&gt;Lysark&lt;/a&gt;
+er tilgjengelige allerede og
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nuug.no/aktiviteter/20120313-skolelinux/&quot;&gt;video-opptak&lt;/a&gt;
+kommer så snart videogruppa til NUUG får publisert den.  Jeg kom på
+endel punkter om nye ting i Squeeze-utgaven under veis, og har sikkert
+skrevet noe tull på lysarkene som jeg ennå ikke har oppdaget.  Denne
+presentasjonen ble smurt ihop på veldig kort tid, og jeg rakk ikke
+finpusse den.  Håper den kan være lærerik likevel.&lt;/p&gt;

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-               <title>Skolelinux-intervju: Olav Dahlum</title>
-               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skolelinux_intervju__Olav_Dahlum.html</link>
-               <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skolelinux_intervju__Olav_Dahlum.html</guid>
-                <pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 10:40:00 +0100</pubDate>
-               <description>&lt;p&gt;I serien med intervjuer av folk i
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skolelinux.org/&quot;&gt;Skolelinux&lt;/a&gt;-miljøet, får vi nå
-høre fra et nyvalgt medlem i foreningen
+               <title>Skolelinux-intervju: Kåre Nordby</title>
+               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skolelinux_intervju__K_re_Nordby.html</link>
+               <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skolelinux_intervju__K_re_Nordby.html</guid>
+                <pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:10:00 +0100</pubDate>
+               <description>&lt;p&gt;Første ut i serien med intervjuer av folk i
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skolelinux.org/&quot;&gt;Skolelinux&lt;/a&gt;-miljøet etter at
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu-announce/2012/03/msg00001.html&quot;&gt;ny
+versjon av Skolelinux&lt;/a&gt; ble lansert i helga, er nylig valgte
+styremedlem i foreningen

 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.friprogramvareiskolen.no/&quot;&gt;Fri programvare i
 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.friprogramvareiskolen.no/&quot;&gt;Fri programvare i

-Skolen&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
+Skolen&lt;/a&gt; (FRiSK) som organiserer
+Skolelinux-utviklingen og daglig leder i
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.slxdrift.no/&quot;&gt;Skolelinux Drift AS&lt;/a&gt;, selskapet
+prosjektet opprettet som et tilbud til skoler som ønsket en
+kommersiell samarbeidsparter.  Det bør nevnes at jeg er styremedlem i
+Skolelinux Drift AS og styreleder i selskapets hovedeier stiftelsen
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.linuxiskolen.no/slxdebianlabs/&quot;&gt;SLX Debian Labs&lt;/a&gt;
+som beskytter verdiene til Skolelinux-prosjektet, og kjenner Kåre den
+veien.&lt;/p&gt;

 
 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hvem er du, og hva driver du med til daglig?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 
 
 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hvem er du, og hva driver du med til daglig?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 

-&lt;p&gt;Jeg heter Olav Dahlum, og er frilans oversetter, tester,
-prosjektleder og bruker av fri og åpen programvare som
-LibreOffice. Jeg er også et av styremedlemmene i FRISK.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;Jeg har siden januar 2010 vært daglig leder i Skolelinux Drift AS,
+som leverer support, installasjon, tilpasning, drift, og opplæring på
+Debian Edu / Skolelinux. Fra 2012 er jeg valgt inn som styremedlem i
+FRiSK.  Min forrige jobb var som KAM i Redpill Linpro (som er en av
+eierne i Skolelinux Drift).  Før det var jeg daglig leder i et eget 7
+manns konsulent selskap som også startet med fri programvare mot
+slutten.&lt;/p&gt;

 
 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hvordan kom du i kontakt med Skolelinux-prosjektet?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 
 
 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hvordan kom du i kontakt med Skolelinux-prosjektet?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 

-&lt;p&gt;Jeg kom i kontakt med prosjektet i 2009, da jeg ble ansatt i
-stiftelsen Åpne kontorprogram på norsk for å oversette og teste den
-norske utgaven av OpenOffice.org. Arbeidet har hele tiden vært
-koordinert sammen med Skolelinux, og mange av de samme menneskene er
-involvert, så på den måten ble jeg en del av den utvidede
-familien.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;Jeg hørte om det først når jeg jobbet i Redpill Linpro.  Men jeg
+har også en datter som går på en friskole, som også bruker Skolelinux.
+Som kjent har ikke friskoler de samme økonomiske rammebetingelsene som
+offentlige skoler, så for dem var det det absolutt beste alternativet.
+De anser også Skolelinux som et stabilt system, som bare går og går (i
+motsetning til det lille Windows-baserte nettverket de har på
+admin-siden).&lt;/p&gt;

 
 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hva er fordelene med Skolelinux slik du ser det?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 
 
 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hva er fordelene med Skolelinux slik du ser det?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 

-&lt;p&gt;Skolelinux handler i likhet med utdanningssektoren om å dele
-kunnskap med andre, og det er dette som er hovedstyrken til
-prosjektet.  Selv om Skolelinux hovedsaklig er involvert i utvikling
-av programvare, er det også et sted der man kan utfolde seg uavhengig
-av bakgrunn og ferdigheter.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;Sentralisert drift av tynne og diskløse arbeidsstasjoner. Således
+lydløse og raskere arbeidsstasjoner som er bedre i klasserommet.
+Lengre levetid på PC&#39;er.  Store besparelser på maskinvare og drift. Og
+så klart fjerning av alle lisenskostnader. Personlig synes jeg også at
+mange av programmene er bedre enn alternativene. Men dette er ofte en
+smakssak og avhengig om man må ha det man er vant til fra før.&lt;/p&gt;

 
 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hva er ulempene med Skolelinux slik du ser det?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 
 
 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hva er ulempene med Skolelinux slik du ser det?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 

-&lt;p&gt;Liten utbredelse og manglende støtte fra leverandører som leverer
-pedagogisk programvare til skolebruk.  Kunne kanskje hatt flere
-verktøy som letter administrasjonen ytterligere, slik at også mindre
-erfarne databrukere kan utføre lett vedlikehold og rutinejobber.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;For lite kjentskap til løsningen.  Noen ganger for dårlig
+kompatibilitet med arbeidsstasjoners/bærbare maskiner sine
+nettverksdrivere eller skjermkort. Men dette løser vi i skolene ved
+standardisering. Ellers er det få, om nesten ingen, av de kjente
+maskinvare / infrastruktur leverandørene til fylkes- / kommuner som
+tilbyr denne plattformen.  Skal dette endre seg så må kommunene selv
+sette slike krav til leverandørene.&lt;/p&gt;

 
 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hvilken fri programvare bruker du til daglig?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 
 
 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hvilken fri programvare bruker du til daglig?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 

-&lt;p&gt;Jeg er nesten forpliktet til å si at jeg bruker LibreOffice... Jeg
-bruker forøvrig frie og åpne operativsystemer basert på
-operativsystemkjernen Linux, for tiden openSUSE 12,1 med KDE4.  Men
-hvis jeg skal dra fram noen flere eksempler så er nok Mozilla Firefox
-og Thunderbird to av de jeg bruker mest. I tillegg er jeg en flittig
-bruker av OpenSSH, Irssi, Midnight Commander, Git, Subversion,
-Translation Toolkit og Super Maryo Chronicles (litt gøy skal man ha,
-og med to håndkontroller liggende er det ikke til å unngå).&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;Har brukt OpenOffice.org siden starten (2001 ?), Kun Linux på
+desktop siden 2005. Bruker i dag Kubuntu, Libreoffice og ymse annet
+programvare til ulik kontorbruk som er lett å installere / teste via
+alle programarkivene som finnes.&lt;/p&gt;

 
 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hvilken strategi tror du er den rette å bruke for å få
 skoler til å ta i bruk fri programvare?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 
 
 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hvilken strategi tror du er den rette å bruke for å få
 skoler til å ta i bruk fri programvare?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 

-&lt;p&gt;Vi må få leverandører av pedagogisk programvare med på laget, men
-også utvikle vår egen tilpasset det norske markedet.  Det er også
-mulig å involvere utdanningssektoren direkte i arbeidet, for eksempel
-gjennom studentprosjekter der elevene selv er med å utforme
-programvare direkte eller indirekte gjennom aktive bidrag.  Dette gjør
-ikke bare samarbeidet tettere, men fokuset på standarder og friheten
-til å velge sin egen løsning vil kanskje stimulere interessen for
-framtidig deltakelse i bransjen.  Vi som driver med fri og åpen
-programvare ønsker oss ikke rene konsumenter, men tenkende og
-selvstendige individer som kan være med å skape sin egen fremtid.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;Fortsette å presentere flere av de gode eksemplene hvor Debian Edu
+/ Skolelinux brukes i kommuner og enkeltskoler.  Vi må få bedre frem
+at det er mulig tilknytte både Windows og Mac klienter på denne
+plattformen (selv om det vil øke driftskostnadene).  Dette gjøres
+mange steder.  Spesielt er det mange lærere som ønsker å bruke
+Windows/Mac-bærbare, gjerne som sin private PC også. Det er også mulig
+for kommunen å integrere med Active Directory i stedet for OpenLDAP
+som kommer med ut av boksen (selv om også dette øker kostnadene).
+Dette vil muligens bidra til å fjerne noe motstand hos noen
+potensielle brukere / driftpersonell for å ta i bruk noe
+nytt. Fremveksten av mobile brukere og nettbrett går i vår favør.
+Brukerne blir kjent og vant til flere nye operativsystemer /
+brukergrensesnitt. Så utviklerfellesskapet bør jobbe videre med å
+integrere flere nye klienttyper, som ultra lav-kostklienter og
+nettbrett (blant annet fri programvare-alternativet
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://makeplaylive.com/&quot;&gt;Spark&lt;/a&gt; med
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.merproject.org/&quot;&gt;Mer OS&lt;/a&gt; og
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://plasma-active.org/&quot;&gt;KDE Active Plasma&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;

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-               <title>How to figure out which RAID disk to replace when it fail</title>
-               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_figure_out_which_RAID_disk_to_replace_when_it_fail.html</link>
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-                <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:25:00 +0100</pubDate>
-               <description>&lt;p&gt;Once in a while my home server have disk problems.  Thanks to Linux
-Software RAID, I have not lost data yet (but
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.raid/34532&quot;&gt;I was
-close&lt;/a&gt; this summer :).  But once a disk is starting to behave
-funny, a practical problem present itself.  How to get from the Linux
-device name (like /dev/sdd) to something that can be used to identify
-the disk when the computer is turned off?  In my case I have SATA
-disks with a unique ID printed on the label.  All I need is a way to
-figure out how to query the disk to get the ID out.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;After fumbling a bit, I
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-getting-scsi-ide-harddisk-information/&quot;&gt;found
-that hdparm -I&lt;/a&gt; will report the disk serial number, which is
-printed on the disk label.  The following (almost) one-liner can be
-used to look up the ID of all the failed disks:&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;pre&gt;
-for d in $(cat /proc/mdstat |grep &#39;(F)&#39;|tr &#39; &#39; &quot;\n&quot;|grep &#39;(F)&#39;|cut -d\[ -f1|sort -u);
-do
-    printf &quot;Failed disk $d: &quot;
-    hdparm -I /dev/$d |grep &#39;Serial Num&#39;
-done
-&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Putting it here to make sure I do not have to search for it the
-next time, and in case other find it useful.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;At the moment I have two failing disk. :(&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;pre&gt;
-Failed disk sdd1:       Serial Number:      WD-WCASJ1860823
-Failed disk sdd2:       Serial Number:      WD-WCASJ1860823
-Failed disk sde2:       Serial Number:      WD-WCASJ1840589
-&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;The last time I had failing disks, I added the serial number on
-labels I printed and stuck on the short sides of each disk, to be able
-to figure out which disk to take out of the box without having to
-remove each disk to look at the physical vendor label.  The vendor
-label is at the top of the disk, which is hidden when the disks are
-mounted inside my box.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;I really wish the check_linux_raid Nagios plugin for checking Linux
-Software RAID in the
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.qa.debian.org/n/nagios-plugins.html&quot;&gt;nagios-plugins-standard&lt;/a&gt;
-debian package would look up this value automatically, as it would
-make the plugin a lot more useful when my disks fail.  At the moment
-it only report a failure when there are no more spares left (it really
-should warn as soon as a disk is failing), and it do not tell me which
-disk(s) is failing when the RAID is running short on disks.&lt;/p&gt;
+               <title>Skolelinux / Debian Edu Squeeze is out!</title>
+               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skolelinux___Debian_Edu_Squeeze_is_out_.html</link>
+               <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skolelinux___Debian_Edu_Squeeze_is_out_.html</guid>
+                <pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 23:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
+               <description>&lt;p&gt;This weekend we finally published the first stable release of
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skolelinux.org/&quot;&gt;Skolelinux / Debian Edu&lt;/a&gt; based
+on Debian/Squeeze.  The full announcement is
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu-announce/2012/03/msg00001.html&quot;&gt;available&lt;/a&gt;
+from the project announcement list.  Now is a good time to test if it
+you have not done so already.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;I plan to present the new version at
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nuug.no/aktiviteter/20120313-skolelinux/&quot;&gt;a NUUG
+meeting&lt;/a&gt; on tuesday.  I look forward to seeing you there if you are
+in Oslo, Norway.&lt;/p&gt;

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-               <title>Automatic proxy configuration with Debian Edu / Skolelinux</title>
-               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Automatic_proxy_configuration_with_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux.html</link>
-               <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Automatic_proxy_configuration_with_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux.html</guid>
-                <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:40:00 +0100</pubDate>
-               <description>&lt;p&gt;New in the Squeeze version of
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skolelinux.org/&quot;&gt;Debian Edu / Skolelinux&lt;/a&gt; is the
-ability for clients to automatically configure their proxy settings
-based on their environment.  We want all systems on the client to use
-the WPAD based proxy definition fetched from &lt;tt&gt;http://wpad/wpad.dat&lt;/tt&gt;, to
-allow sites to control the proxy setting from a central place and make
-sure clients do not have hard coded proxy settings.  The schools can
-change the global proxy setting by editing
-&lt;tt&gt;tjener:/etc/debian-edu/www/wpad.dat&lt;/tt&gt; and the change propagate
-to all Debian Edu clients in the network.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;The problem is that some systems do not understand the WPAD system.
-In other words, how do one get from a WPAD file like this (this is a
-simple one, they can run arbitrary code):&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;pre&gt;
-function FindProxyForURL(url, host)
-{
-   if (!isResolvable(host) ||
-       isPlainHostName(host) ||
-       dnsDomainIs(host, &quot;.intern&quot;))
-      return &quot;DIRECT&quot;;
-   else
-      return &quot;PROXY webcache:3128; DIRECT&quot;;
-}
-&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;to a proxy setting in the process environment looking like this:&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;pre&gt;
-http_proxy=http://webcache:3128/
-ftp_proxy=http://webcache:3128/
-&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;To do this conversion I developed a perl script that will execute
-the javascript fragment in the WPAD file and return the proxy that
-would be used for
-&lt;tt&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.debian.org/&quot;&gt;http://www.debian.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;,
-and insert this extracted proxy URL in &lt;tt&gt;/etc/environment&lt;/tt&gt; and
-&lt;tt&gt;/etc/apt/apt.conf&lt;/tt&gt;.  The perl script wpad-extract work just
-fine in Squeeze, but in Wheezy the library it need to run the
-javascript code is &lt;a href=&quot;http://bugs.debian.org/631045&quot;&gt;no longer
-able to build&lt;/a&gt; because the C library it depended on is now a C++
-library.  I hope someone find a solution to that problem before Wheezy
-is frozen.  An alternative would be for us to rewrite wpad-extract to
-use some other javascript library currently working in Wheezy, but no
-known alternative is known at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;This automatic proxy system allow the roaming workstation (aka
-laptop) setup in Debian Edu/Squeeze to use the proxy when the laptop
-is connected to the backbone network in a Debian Edu setup, and to
-automatically use any proxy present and announced using the WPAD
-feature when it is connected to other networks.  And if no proxy is
-announced, direct connections will be used instead.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Silently using a proxy announced on the network might be a privacy
-or security problem.  But those controlling DHCP and DNS on a network
-could just as easily set up a transparent proxy, and force all HTTP
-and FTP connections to use a proxy anyway, so I consider that
-distinction to be academic.  If you are afraid of using the wrong
-proxy, you should avoid connecting to the network in question in the
-first place.  In Debian Edu, the proxy setup is updated using dhcp and
-ifupdown hooks, to make sure the configuration is updated every time
-the network setup changes.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;The WPAD system is documented in a
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-wrec-wpad-01&quot;&gt;IETF
-draft&lt;/a&gt; and a
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Proxy_Autodiscovery_Protocol&quot;&gt;Wikipedia
-page&lt;/a&gt; for those that want to learn more.&lt;/p&gt;
+               <title>Debian Edu interview: Nigel Barker</title>
+               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Nigel_Barker.html</link>
+               <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Nigel_Barker.html</guid>
+                <pubDate>Fri, 9 Mar 2012 11:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
+               <description>&lt;p&gt;Inspired by &lt;a href=&quot;http://raphaelhertzog.com/tag/interview/&quot;&gt;the
+interview series&lt;/a&gt; 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.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;While &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skolelinux.org/&quot;&gt;Debian Edu and
+Skolelinux&lt;/a&gt; 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. :)
+
+
+&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who are you, and how do you spend your days?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux/Debian Edu
+project?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;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&#39;t really improve my setup. I
+did various desperate searches for things like &quot;school Linux server&quot;
+and ended up in a document called &quot;Drift&quot; 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.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux/Debian
+Edu?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;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&#39;t necessarily know much about computers, in a small Norwegian
+school. That describes me perfectly if you replace Norway with
+Japan.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux/Debian
+Edu?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;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&#39;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&#39;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.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Which free software do you use daily?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;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&#39;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.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to
+get schools to use free software?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;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&#39;t work, or their browser
+doesn&#39;t play flash, for example.&lt;/p&gt;

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-               <title>Skolelinux-intervju: Axel Bojer</title>
-               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skolelinux_intervju__Axel_Bojer.html</link>
-               <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skolelinux_intervju__Axel_Bojer.html</guid>
-                <pubDate>Tue, 7 Feb 2012 14:50:00 +0100</pubDate>
-               <description>&lt;p&gt;I serien med intervjuer av folk i
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skolelinux.org/&quot;&gt;Skolelinux&lt;/a&gt;-miljøet har jeg
-fått en av oversetterne som har vært med siden starten i tale.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hvem er du, og hva driver du med til daglig?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Jeg heter Axel Bojer og er datalærer, tysklærer, oversetter med
-mere.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hvordan kom du i kontakt med Skolelinux-prosjektet?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Tror jeg så en annonsering på nettet i slutten av 2001 og ville
-være med som oversetter.  Jeg kom med på en utviklersamling og
-prosjektet var da helt i starten.  Det var spennende å være med mens
-prosjektet vokste til og utviklet seg.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Jeg har «alltid» vært språkinteressert og hadde nettopp startet med
-Linux og tror jeg tenkte det passet å bidra.  Var også glad for å få
-en Debian-distribusjon, og ville gjerne bruke den selv.  Til å begynne
-med brukte jeg først Mandrake og så Debian. Og siden jeg oppdaget at
-det ikke var noen mulighet for å bruke den som enkeltstående i lang
-tid, så gikk jeg etterhvert over til Kubuntu&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hva er fordelene med Skolelinux slik du ser det?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Løsningen er forholdsvis lett å sette opp, gratis, fri programvare
-og gjør det mulig å gjenbruke eldre maskiner.  Det fine med Debian er
-at det er stabilt og har en veldig stor mengde programmer. Jeg liker
-også apt.  :-) Jeg liker også friheten ved Linux og muligheten til å
-delta og forme sin egen datahverdag.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hva er ulempene med Skolelinux slik du ser det?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Skolelinux er for lite kjent og for sent ute med å gi ut nye
-versjoner.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Da jeg selv i hovedsak bruker Kubuntu, så kan jeg egentlig ikke
-svare så detaljert rundt ulempene med Skolelinux.  Hovedårsaken til at
-jeg bruker Kubuntu er nok at da vi begynte med det mener jeg det ikke
-var noen annen løsning.  «Vandrende arbeidsstasjon» mener jeg ikke
-fantes da.  Dessuten ville jeg ha siste versjon, da den KDE-versjonen
-som var i Skolelinux den gangen var en god del enklere (tror det var
-KDE 2) var dårligere i mine øyne enn versjon 3.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hvilken fri programvare bruker du til daglig?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Jeg bruker blant annet Kubuntu, LibreOffice, Thunderbird, Firefox,
-Kate, &lt;a href=&quot;http://comix.sourceforge.net/&quot;&gt;Comix&lt;/a&gt; og Konsole.  Og
-en hel haug andre ved behov :-)&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Har oversatt Comix selv, men det er jo ikke skjedd noe med Comix
-siden 2009, så den er det nok bare jeg som har.  Om andre vil ha den
-gir jeg den gjerne videre.  Ser at noen har startet på
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://mcomix.sourceforge.net/&quot;&gt;MComix&lt;/a&gt; siden jeg så på så
-på dette sist, så nå er jeg igang med å teste og oversette den
-også.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hvilken strategi tror du er den rette å bruke for å få
-skoler til å ta i bruk fri programvare?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Det viktigste er å forankre beslutningen i kollegiet og med de som
-er ansvarlige for å vedlikeholde og bruke datamaskinene.  Flest mulig
-bør være med på å holde det (sosialt) vedlike, kjenne og støtte
-prinsippene. Som enkeltmannsprosjekt blir det lett veldig sårbart,
-særlig når (Skole)linux ennå i stor grad er en motkultur og ikke noe
-en stor nok andel av beslutningstakere, brukere osv kjenner til og
-bruker.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Jeg tror det viktigste er å fortsette å holde fri programvare godt,
-oppdatert, minimere antall feil, ha en god kontakt med brukerne og
-attraktivt og spennende programmer. Beholde alt som er bra og ha det
-tilgjengelig samtidig som man tilbyr det nyeste og rareste for de som
-vil ha det.&lt;/p&gt;
+               <title>Debian Edu screencast: Mass creation of user accounts in Squeeze</title>
+               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_screencast__Mass_creation_of_user_accounts_in_Squeeze.html</link>
+               <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_screencast__Mass_creation_of_user_accounts_in_Squeeze.html</guid>
+                <pubDate>Wed, 7 Mar 2012 13:40:00 +0100</pubDate>
+               <description>&lt;!-- Video HTML based on http://www.diveintohtml5.net/video.html --&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;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 &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/37675399&quot;&gt;vimeo&lt;/a&gt; and
+download as a
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux/press/screencasts/2012-02-29-debian_edu_mass_create_user_accounts.ogv&quot;&gt;Ogg
+Theora&lt;/a&gt; file.  Check it out below.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;&lt;video id=&quot;gosa-mass-user-create-movie&quot; width=&quot;256&quot; height=&quot;184&quot; preload controls&gt;
+  &lt;source src=&quot;http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux/press/screencasts/2012-02-29-debian_edu_mass_create_user_accounts.ogv&quot; type=&#39;video/ogg; codecs=&quot;theora, vorbis&quot;&#39; /&gt;
+    &lt;p&gt;Download video as
+      &lt;a href=&quot;http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux/press/screencasts/2012-02-29-debian_edu_mass_create_user_accounts.ogv&quot;&gt;Ogg&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; 
+&lt;/video&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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-               <title>Saving power with Debian Edu / Skolelinux using shutdown-at-night</title>
-               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Saving_power_with_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_using_shutdown_at_night.html</link>
-               <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Saving_power_with_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_using_shutdown_at_night.html</guid>
-                <pubDate>Sun, 5 Feb 2012 09:45:00 +0100</pubDate>
-               <description>&lt;p&gt;Since the Lenny version of
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skolelinux.org/&quot;&gt;Debian Edu / Skolelinux&lt;/a&gt;, a
-feature to save power have been included.  It is as simple as it is
-practical: Shut down unused clients at night, and turn them on again
-in the morning.  This is done using the
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.qa.debian.org/s/shutdown-at-night.html&quot;&gt;shutdown-at-night&lt;/a&gt; Debian package.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;To enable this feature on a client, the machine need to be added to
-the netgroup shutdown-at-night-hosts.  For Debian Edu, this is done in
-LDAP, and once this is in place, the machine in question will check
-every hour from 16:00 until 06:00 to see if the machine is unused, and
-shut it down if it is.  If the hardware in question is supported by
-the
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.qa.debian.org/n/nvram-wakeup.html&quot;&gt;nvram-wakeup&lt;/a&gt;
-package, the BIOS is told to turn the machine back on around 07:00 +-
-10 minutes.  If this isn&#39;t working, one can configure wake-on-lan to
-try to turn on the client.  The wake-on-lan option is only documented
-and not enabled by default in Debian Edu.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;It is important to not turn all machines on at once, as this can
-blow a fuse if several computers are connected to the same fuse like
-the common setup for a classroom.  The nvram-wakeup method only work
-for machines with a functioning hardware/BIOS clock.  I&#39;ve seen old
-machines where the BIOS battery were dead and the hardware clock were
-starting from 0 (or was it 1990?) every boot.  If you have one of
-those, you have to turn on the computer manually.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;The shutdown-at-night package is completely self contained, and can
-also be used outside the Debian Edu environment.  For those without a
-central LDAP server with netgroups, one can instead touch the file
-&lt;tt&gt;/etc/shutdown-at-night/shutdown-at-night&lt;/tt&gt; to enable it.
-Perhaps you too can use it to save some power?&lt;/p&gt;
+               <title>Hamar kommune imponerer i FiksGataMi-rapportert problem i dag</title>
+               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Hamar_kommune_imponerer_i_FiksGataMi_rapportert_problem_i_dag.html</link>
+               <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Hamar_kommune_imponerer_i_FiksGataMi_rapportert_problem_i_dag.html</guid>
+                <pubDate>Mon, 5 Mar 2012 21:20:00 +0100</pubDate>
+               <description>&lt;p&gt;Tok nettopp en titt på listen over løste problemer i
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fiksgatami.no/&quot;&gt;FiksGataMi&lt;/a&gt; (hentet via
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fiksgatami.no/open311&quot;&gt;Open311-søkegrensesnittet&lt;/a&gt;),
+og lot meg imponere over Hamar kommunes raske respons.  Sjekk
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fiksgatami.no/report/10791&quot;&gt;rapport #10791&lt;/a&gt;, 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!&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;Apropos bra respons.  En bruker sendte for noen dager inn følgende
+tilbakemelding til oss som står bak tjenesten.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Rapporterte inn slukte gatelys på Torsnesveien, og to
+uker etterpå er lysene tilbake. Flott service!&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;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. :)&lt;/p&gt;

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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>&lt;p&gt;I am happy to announce that finally we managed today to wrap up and
-publish the third beta version of
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skolelinux.org/&quot;&gt;Debian Edu / Skolelinux&lt;/a&gt; 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
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu-announce/2012/02/msg00000.html&quot;&gt;available&lt;/a&gt;
-on the project announcement list.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;I am very happy to report these changes and improvements since
-beta2 (there are more, see announcement for full list):&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;ul&gt;
-
-&lt;li&gt;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.&lt;/li&gt;
-
-&lt;li&gt;Too full partitions are now automatically extended on the Main
-  Server, based on the rules specified in /etc/fsautoresizetab.&lt;/li&gt;
-
-&lt;li&gt;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.&lt;/li&gt;
-
-&lt;li&gt;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.&lt;/li&gt;
-
-&lt;/ul&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Next weekend the project organise a
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu-announce/2012/01/msg00001.html&quot;&gt;developer
-gathering&lt;/a&gt; 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?&lt;/p&gt;
+               <title>Third release candidate of Debian Edu / Skolelinux based on Squeeze</title>
+               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Third_release_candidate_of_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_based_on_Squeeze.html</link>
+               <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Third_release_candidate_of_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_based_on_Squeeze.html</guid>
+                <pubDate>Sun, 4 Mar 2012 18:20:00 +0100</pubDate>
+               <description>&lt;p&gt;This weekend we wrapped up and published the third release
+candidate for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skolelinux.org/&quot;&gt;Debian Edu /
+Skolelinux&lt;/a&gt; based on Squeeze.  The full announcement is
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu-announce/2012/03/msg00000.html&quot;&gt;available&lt;/a&gt;
+from the project announcement list.  Check it out if you
+need a software solution for your school.&lt;/p&gt;

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-               <title>Handling non-free firmware in Debian Edu/Squeeze</title>
-               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Handling_non_free_firmware_in_Debian_Edu_Squeeze.html</link>
-               <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Handling_non_free_firmware_in_Debian_Edu_Squeeze.html</guid>
-                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
-               <description>&lt;p&gt;With some computer hardware, one need non-free firmware blobs.
-This is the sad fact of todays computers.  In the next version of
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skolelinux.org/&quot;&gt;Debian Edu / Skolelinux&lt;/a&gt; based
-on Squeeze, we provide several scripts and modifications to make
-firmware blobs easier to handle.  The common use case I run into is a
-laptop with a wireless network card requiring non-free firmware to
-work, but there are other use cases as well.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;First and foremost, Debian Edu provide ISO images for DVD and CD
-with all firmware packages in the Debian sections main and non-free
-included, to ensure debian-installer find and can install all of them
-during installation.  This take care firmware for network devices used
-by the installer when installing from from local media.  But for
-example multimedia devices are not activated in the installer and are
-not taken care of by this.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;For non-network devices, we provide the script
-&lt;tt&gt;/usr/share/debian-edu-config/tools/auto-addfirmware&lt;/tt&gt; which
-search through the &lt;tt&gt;dmesg&lt;/tt&gt; output for drivers requesting extra
-firmware.  The firmware file name is looked up in the Contents-ARCH.gz
-file available in the package repository, and the packages providing
-the requested firmware file(s) is installed.  I have proposed to do
-something similar in debian-installer (BTS report
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://bugs.debian.org/655507&quot;&gt;#655507&lt;/a&gt;), to allow PXE
-installs of Debian to handle firmware installation better.  Run the
-script as root from the command line to fetch and install the needed
-firmware packages.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Debian Edu provide PXE installation of Debian out of the box, and
-because some machines need firmware to get their network cards
-working, the installation initrd some times need extra firmware
-included to be able to install at all.  To fill the PXE installation
-initrd with extra firmware, the
-&lt;tt&gt;/usr/share/debian-edu-config/tools/pxe-addfirmware&lt;/tt&gt; script is
-provided.  Again, just run it as root on the command line to fill the
-PXE initrd with firmware packages.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Last, some LTSP clients might also need firmware to get their
-network cards working.  For this,
-&lt;tt&gt;/usr/share/debian-edu-config/tools/ltsp-addfirmware&lt;/tt&gt; is
-provided to update the LTSP initrd with firmware blobs.  It is used
-the same way as the other firmware related tools.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;At the moment, we do not run any of these during installation.  We
-do not know if this is acceptable for the local administrator to use
-non-free software, and it is their choice.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;We plan to release beta3 this weekend.  You might want to give it a
-try.&lt;/p&gt;
+               <title>Stopmotion for making stop motion animations on Linux - reloaded</title>
+               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Stopmotion_for_making_stop_motion_animations_on_Linux___reloaded.html</link>
+               <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Stopmotion_for_making_stop_motion_animations_on_Linux___reloaded.html</guid>
+                <pubDate>Sat, 3 Mar 2012 12:50:00 +0100</pubDate>
+               <description>&lt;p&gt;Many years ago, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skolelinux.org/&quot;&gt;Skolelinux
+/ Debian Edu project&lt;/a&gt; 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 &quot;stopmotion&quot;,
+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...&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;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,
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxstopmotion/&quot;&gt;linuxstopmotion&lt;/a&gt;.
+The name change was done to make it possible to find the project using
+Internet search engines (try to search for &#39;stopmotion&#39; to see what I
+mean). I&#39;ve been following
+&lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxstopmotion-community&quot;&gt;the
+mailing list&lt;/a&gt; and the improvement already in place and planned for
+the future is encouraging.  If you want to make stop motion movies.
+Check it out. :)&lt;/p&gt;

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-               <title>Skjermbilder fra nordsamisk installasjon av Skolelinux/Squeeze</title>
-               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skjermbilder_fra_nordsamisk_installasjon_av_Skolelinux_Squeeze.html</link>
-               <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skjermbilder_fra_nordsamisk_installasjon_av_Skolelinux_Squeeze.html</guid>
-                <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
-               <description>&lt;p&gt;For morro skyld har jeg gjennomført en nordsamisk installasjon for
-neste utgave av &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skolelinux.org/&quot;&gt;Skolelinux&lt;/a&gt;
-(Squeeze) og knipset skjermbilder av resultatet.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Som en kan se der er det noen oversettelser som mangler.  Det hadde
-vært hyggelig hvis alle tekstene som vises i Skolelinux-installasjonen
-ble oversatt til nordsamisk, men for å få det til må noen som forstår
-språket melde seg til dyst.  Det er mangel på nordsamiske oversettere
-av fri programvare.  Hvis noen starter raskt, så bør en rekke å
-fullføre Wheezy-utgaven før den gis ut. :)&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Se &lt;a href=&quot;http://d-i.debian.org/l10n-stats/&quot;&gt;oversetterstatistikk for
-debian installer&lt;/a&gt; for detaljert status.  Jeg har tipset
-&lt;a href=&quot;https://lister.ping.uio.no/mailman/listinfo/i18n-sme&quot;&gt;epostlisten for samiskoversettelser&lt;/a&gt;,
-men det har vært veldig liten aktivitet der de siste årene.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/01-isomenu.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/01-isomenu.png&quot; width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/02-sme-lang.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/02-sme-lang.png&quot; width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/03-sme-place.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/03-sme-place.png&quot; width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/04-sme-keymap.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/04-sme-keymap.png&quot; width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/05-sme-profile.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/05-sme-profile.png&quot; width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/06-sme-autopart.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/06-sme-autopart.png&quot; width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/07-sme-popcon.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/07-sme-popcon.png&quot; width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/08-sme-rootpw1.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/08-sme-rootpw1.png&quot; width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/09-sme-rootpw2.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/09-sme-rootpw2.png&quot; width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/10-sme-firstuser.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/10-sme-firstuser.png&quot; width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/11-sme-firstusername.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/11-sme-firstusername.png&quot; width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/12-sme-firstuserpw1.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/12-sme-firstuserpw1.png&quot; width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/13-sme-firstuserpw2.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/13-sme-firstuserpw2.png&quot; width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/14-sme-part.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/14-sme-part.png&quot; width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/15-sme-debootstrap.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/15-sme-debootstrap.png&quot; width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/16-sme-tasksel.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/16-sme-tasksel.png&quot; width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/17-sme-wordlist.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/17-sme-wordlist.png&quot; width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/18-sme-tasksel.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/18-sme-tasksel.png&quot; width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/19-sme-ltsp.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/19-sme-ltsp.png&quot; width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/20-sme-grub.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/20-sme-grub.png&quot; width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/21-sme-finish-install.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/21-sme-finish-install.png&quot; width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/22-sme-finish-message.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-01-26-skolelinux-sme/22-sme-finish-message.png&quot; width=&quot;40%&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+               <title>Er billettautomatene til kollektivtrafikken i Oslo uten sikkerhetsoppdateringer?</title>
+               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Er_billettautomatene_til_kollektivtrafikken_i_Oslo_uten_sikkerhetsoppdateringer_.html</link>
+               <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Er_billettautomatene_til_kollektivtrafikken_i_Oslo_uten_sikkerhetsoppdateringer_.html</guid>
+                <pubDate>Fri, 2 Mar 2012 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
+               <description>&lt;p&gt;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
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_2000&quot;&gt;Windows 2000
+Professional&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-03-02-ruter-win2000pro.jpeg&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;40%&quot; src=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-03-02-ruter-win2000pro.jpeg&quot; alt=&quot;[foto av billettautomat]&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;Jeg ble overrasket da den versjonen av operativsystemene til
+Microsoft så vidt jeg vet ikke lenger mottar sikkerhetsoppdateringer.
+I følge Wikipedia og
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/?sort=PN&amp;alpha=Windows+2000&amp;Filter=FilterNO&quot;&gt;Microsoft&lt;/a&gt;
+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.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;Bildet er tilgjengelig for bruk med bruksvilkårene til
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/no/&quot;&gt;Creative
+Commons Navngivelse 3.0 Norge (CC BY 3.0)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

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-               <title>Setting up a new school with Debian Edu/Squeeze</title>
-               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Setting_up_a_new_school_with_Debian_Edu_Squeeze.html</link>
-               <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Setting_up_a_new_school_with_Debian_Edu_Squeeze.html</guid>
-                <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
-               <description>&lt;p&gt;The next version of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skolelinux.org/&quot;&gt;Debian Edu
-/ Skolelinux&lt;/a&gt; will include a new tool
-&lt;tt&gt;sitesummary2ldapdhcp&lt;/tt&gt;, which can be used to quickly set up all
-the computers in a school without much manual labour.  Here is a short
-summary on how to use it to set up a new school.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;First, install a combined Main Server and Thin Client Server as the
-central server in the network.  Next, PXE boot all the client machines
-as thin clients and wait 5 minutes after the last client booted to
-allow the clients to report their existence to the central server.  When
-this is done, log on to the central server and run
-&lt;tt&gt;sitesummary2ldapdhcp -a&lt;/tt&gt; in the &lt;tt&gt;konsole&lt;/tt&gt; to use the
-collected information to generate system objects in LDAP.  The output
-will look similar to this:&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;pre&gt;
-% sitesummary2ldapdhcp -a
-info: Updating machine tjener.intern [10.0.2.2] id ether-00:01:02:03:04:05.
-info: Create GOsa machine for auto-mac-00-01-02-03-04-06 [10.0.16.20] id ether-00:01:02:03:04:06.
-
-Enter password if you want to activate these changes, and ^c to abort.
-
-Connecting to LDAP as cn=admin,ou=ldap-access,dc=skole,dc=skolelinux,dc=no
-enter password: *******
-% 
-&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;After providing the LDAP administrative password (the same as the
-root password set during installation), the LDAP database will be
-populated with system objects for each PXE booted machine with
-automatically generated names.  The final step to set up the school is
-then to log into &lt;a href=&quot;https://oss.gonicus.de/labs/gosa/&quot;&gt;GOsa&lt;/a&gt;,
-the web based user, group and system administration system to change
-system names, add systems to the correct host groups and finally
-enable DHCP and DNS for the systems.  All clients that should be used
-as diskless workstations should be added to the workstation-hosts
-group.  After this is done, all computers can be booted again via PXE
-and get their assigned names and group based configuration
-automatically.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;We plan to release beta3 with the updated version of this feature
-enabled this weekend.  You might want to give it a try.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Update 2012-01-28: When calling sitesummary2ldapdhcp to add new
-hosts, one need to add the option -a.  I forgot to mention this in my
-original text, and have added it to the text now.&lt;/p&gt;
+               <title>Skolelinux-intervju: Frode Danielsen</title>
+               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skolelinux_intervju__Frode_Danielsen.html</link>
+               <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skolelinux_intervju__Frode_Danielsen.html</guid>
+                <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:35:00 +0100</pubDate>
+               <description>&lt;p&gt;I serien med intervjuer av folk i
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skolelinux.org/&quot;&gt;Skolelinux&lt;/a&gt;-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.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hvem er du, og hva driver du med til daglig?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;Daglig leder i &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hedmarken-ikt.no/&quot;&gt;Hedmark
+IKT&lt;/a&gt;. En interkommunal IKT-virksomhet for Stange, Nord-Odal,
+Kongsvinger, Grue, Løten og Hamar kommuner. Vi er 32 ansatte&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hvordan kom du i kontakt med Skolelinux-prosjektet?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hva er fordelene med Skolelinux slik du ser det?&lt;/strong&gt;
+&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hva er ulempene med Skolelinux slik du ser det?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;Jeg tror alle løsninger har fordeler og ulemper, litt avhengig av
+hvilket ståsted du selv har, så jeg unnlater å svare på dette.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hvilken fri programvare bruker du til daglig?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;Ingen for min egen del, men vi har noe fri programvare i våre
+løsninger.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hvilken strategi tror du er den rette å bruke for å få
+skoler til å ta i bruk fri programvare?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;Jeg tror ikke man skal ha en slik strategi.  Man bør ha en strategi
+basert på å løse fremtidige behov, og velge løsninger som støtter opp
+under dette.&lt;/p&gt;

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