X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/19b56d7146e82bcf7ac0cf13548fce7963dde383..b5704c9ac4d0fc6fc5979f2bcdb980acbf8bd540:/blog/archive/2013/09/09.rss diff --git a/blog/archive/2013/09/09.rss b/blog/archive/2013/09/09.rss index d7eb97eb16..14301e633b 100644 --- a/blog/archive/2013/09/09.rss +++ b/blog/archive/2013/09/09.rss @@ -6,6 +6,335 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + Finally, Debian Edu Wheezy is released today! + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Finally__Debian_Edu_Wheezy_is_released_today_.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Finally__Debian_Edu_Wheezy_is_released_today_.html + Sun, 29 Sep 2013 10:20:00 +0200 + <p>A few hours ago, the announcement for the first stable release of +Debian Edu Wheezy went out from the Debian publicity team. The +complete announcement text can be found at +<a href="http://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130928">the Debian News +section</a>, translated to several languages. Please check it out.</p> + +<p>There is one minor known problem that we will fix very soon. One +can not install a amd64 Thin Client Server using PXE, as the /var/ +partition is too small. A workaround is to extend the partition (use +lvresize + resize2fs in tty 2 while installing).</p> + + + + + Videos about the Freedombox project - for inspiration and learning + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Videos_about_the_Freedombox_project___for_inspiration_and_learning.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Videos_about_the_Freedombox_project___for_inspiration_and_learning.html + Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:10:00 +0200 + <p>The <a href="http://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/">Freedombox +project</a> have been going on for a while, and have presented the +vision, ideas and solution several places. Here is a little +collection of videos of talks and presentation of the project.</p> + +<ul> + +<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukvUz5taxvA">FreedomBox - +2,5 minute marketing film</a> (Youtube)</li> + +<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzW25QTVWsE">Eben Moglen +discusses the Freedombox on CBS news 2011</a> (Youtube)</li> + +<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae8SZbxfE0g">Eben Moglen - +Freedom in the Cloud - Software Freedom, Privacy and and Security for +Web 2.0 and Cloud computing at ISOC-NY Public Meeting 2010</a> +(Youtube)</li> + +<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNaIji_3xBE">Fosdem 2011 +Keynote by Eben Moglen presenting the Freedombox</a> (Youtube)</li> + +<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bDDUyJSQ9s">Presentation of +the Freedombox by James Vasile at Elevate in Gratz 2011</a> (Youtube)</li> + +<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQTmnk27g9s"> Freedombox - +Discovery, Identity, and Trust by Nick Daly at Freedombox Hackfest New +York City in 2012</a> (Youtube)</li> + +<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkbSB4Ba7Ck">Introduction +to the Freedombox at Freedombox Hackfest New York City in 2012</a> +(Youtube)</li> + +<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-P2Jaeg0aQ">Freedom, Out +of the Box! by Bdale Garbee at linux.conf.au Ballarat, 2012</a> (Youtube) </li> + +<li><a href="https://archive.fosdem.org/2013/schedule/event/freedombox/">Freedombox +1.0 by Eben Moglen and Bdale Garbee at Fosdem 2013</a> (FOSDEM) </li> + +<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1LpYX2zVYg">What is the +FreedomBox today by Bdale Garbee at Debconf13 in Vaumarcus +2013</a> (Youtube)</li> + +</ul> + +<p>A larger list is available from +<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/TalksAndPresentations">the +Freedombox Wiki</a>.</p> + +<p>On other news, I am happy to report that Freedombox based on Debian +Jessie is coming along quite well, and soon both Owncloud and using +Tor should be available for testers of the Freedombox solution. :) In +a few weeks I hope everything needed to test it is included in Debian. +The withsqlite package is already in Debian, and the plinth package is +pending in NEW. The third and vital part of that puzzle is the +metapackage/setup framework, which is still pending an upload. Join +us on <a href="irc://irc.debian.org:6667/%23freedombox">IRC +(#freedombox on irc.debian.org)</a> and +<a href="http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss">the +mailing list</a> if you want to help make this vision come true.</p> + + + + + Third and probably last beta release of Debian Edu Wheezy + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Third_and_probably_last_beta_release_of_Debian_Edu_Wheezy.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Third_and_probably_last_beta_release_of_Debian_Edu_Wheezy.html + Mon, 16 Sep 2013 21:30:00 +0200 + <p>The third wheezy based beta release of Debian Edu was wrapped up +today. This is the release announcement from Holger Levsen:</p> + +<blockquote> +<p>Hi,</p> + +<p>it is my pleasure to announce the third beta release (beta 2 for +short) of <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / +Skolelinux</a> based on Debian Wheezy!</p> + +<p>Please test these images extensivly, if no new problems are found +we plan to do this final Debian Edu Wheezy release this coming +weekend. We are not aware of any major problems or blockers in beta2, +if you find something, please notify us immediately!</p> + +<p>(More about the remaining steps for the Edu Wheezy release in +another mail to the edu list tonight or tomorrow...)</p> + +<p>Noteworthy changes and software updates for Debian Edu 7.1+edu0~b2 +compared to beta1:</p> + +<ul> + +<li>The KDE proxy setup has been adjusted to use the provided wpad.dat. This +also gets Chromium to use this proxy.</li> +<li>Install kdepim-groupware with KDE desktops to make sure korganizer +understand ical/dav sources.</li> +<li>Increased default maximum size of /var/spool/squid and /skole/backup on the +main server.</li> +<li>A source DVD image containing all source packages is now available as well.</li> +<li>Updates for chromium (29.0.1547.57-1~deb7u1), imagemagick +(6.7.7.10-5+deb7u2), php5 (5.4.4-14+deb7u4), libmodplug +(0.8.8.4-3+deb7u1+git20130828), tiff (4.0.2-6+deb7u2), linux-image +(3.2.0-4-486_3.2.46-1+deb7u1).</li> + +</ul> + +<p>Where to get it:</p> + +<p>To download the multiarch netinstall CD release you can use</p> + +<ul> +<li><a href="ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b2-CD.iso">ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b2-CD.iso</a></li> +<li><a href="http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b2-CD.iso">http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b2-CD.iso</a></li> +<li>rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b2-CD.iso .</li> +</ul> + +<p>The SHA1SUM of this image is: 3a1c89f4666df80eebcd46c5bf5fedb866f9472f</p> + +<p>To download the multiarch USB stick ISO release you can use +<ul> +<li><a href="ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b2-USB.iso">ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b2-USB.iso</a></li> +<li><a href="http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b2-USB.iso">http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b2-USB.iso</a></li> +<li>rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b2-USB.iso .</li> +</ul> + +<p>The SHA1SUM of this image is: 702d1718548f401c74bfa6df9f032cc3ee16597e</p> + +<p>The Source DVD image has the filename +debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b2-source-DVD.iso and the SHA1SUM +089eed8b3f962db47aae1f6a9685e9bb2fa30ca5 and is available the same way +as the other isos.</p> + +<p>How to report bugs</p> + +<p>For information how to report bugs please see +<br><a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs">http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs</a></p> + + +<p>About Debian Edu and Skolelinux</p> + +<p>Debian Edu, also known as Skolelinux, is a Linux distribution based +on Debian providing an out-of-the box environment of a completely +configured school network. Immediately after installation a school +server running all services needed for a school network is set up just +waiting for users and machines being added via GOsa², a comfortable +Web-UI. A netbooting environment is prepared using PXE, so after +initial installation of the main server from CD or USB stick all other +machines can be installed via the network. The provided school server +provides LDAP database and Kerberos authentication service, +centralized home directories, DHCP server, web proxy and many other +services. The desktop contains more than 60 educational software +packages and more are available from the Debian archive, and schools +can choose between KDE, Gnome, LXDE and Xfce desktop environment.</p> + +<p>This is the seventh test release based on Debian Wheezy. Basically +this is an updated and slightly improved version compared to the +Squeeze release.</p> + +<p>Notes for upgrades from Alpha Prereleases</p> + +<p>Alpha based installations should reinstall or downgrade the +versions of gosa and libpam-mklocaluser to the ones used in this beta +release. Both alpha and beta0 based installations should reinstall or +deal with gosa.conf manually; there are two options: (1) Keep +gosa.conf and edit this file as outlined on the mailing list. (2) +Accept the new version of gosa.conf and replace both contained admin +password placeholders with the password hashes found in the old one +(backup copy!). In both cases all users need to change their password +to make sure a password is set for CIFS access to their home +directory.</p> + + +<p>cheers, +<br> Holger</p> +</blockquote> + + + + + Recipe to test the Freedombox project on amd64 or Raspberry Pi + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Recipe_to_test_the_Freedombox_project_on_amd64_or_Raspberry_Pi.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Recipe_to_test_the_Freedombox_project_on_amd64_or_Raspberry_Pi.html + Tue, 10 Sep 2013 14:20:00 +0200 + <p>I was introduced to the +<a href="http://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/">Freedombox project</a> +in 2010, when Eben Moglen presented his vision about serving the need +of non-technical people to keep their personal information private and +within the legal protection of their own homes. The idea is to give +people back the power over their network and machines, and return +Internet back to its intended peer-to-peer architecture. Instead of +depending on a central service, the Freedombox will give everyone +control over their own basic infrastructure.</p> + +<p>I've intended to join the effort since then, but other tasks have +taken priority. But this summers nasty news about the misuse of trust +and privilege exercised by the "western" intelligence gathering +communities increased my eagerness to contribute to a point where I +actually started working on the project a while back.</p> + +<p>The <a href="https://alioth.debian.org/projects/freedombox/">initial +Debian initiative</a> based on the vision from Eben Moglen, is to +create a simple and cheap Debian based appliance that anyone can hook +up in their home and get access to secure and private services and +communication. The initial deployment platform have been the +<a href="http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/t-dreamplugdetails.aspx">Dreamplug</a>, +which is a piece of hardware I do not own. So to be able to test what +the current Freedombox setup look like, I had to come up with a way to install +it on some hardware I do have access to. I have rewritten the +<a href="https://github.com/NickDaly/freedom-maker">freedom-maker</a> +image build framework to use .deb packages instead of only copying +setup into the boot images, and thanks to this rewrite I am able to +set up any machine supported by Debian Wheezy as a Freedombox, using +the previously mentioned deb (and a few support debs for packages +missing in Debian).</p> + +<p>The current Freedombox setup consist of a set of bootstrapping +scripts +(<a href="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/freedombox-setup">freedombox-setup</a>), +and a administrative web interface +(<a href="https://github.com/NickDaly/Plinth">plinth</a> + exmachina + +withsqlite), as well as a privacy enhancing proxy based on +<a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/privoxy">privoxy</a> +(freedombox-privoxy). There is also a web/javascript based XMPP +client (<a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/jwchat">jwchat</a>) +trying (unsuccessfully so far) to talk to the XMPP server +(<a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/ejabberd">ejabberd</a>). The +web interface is pluggable, and the goal is to use it to enable OpenID +services, mesh network connectivity, use of TOR, etc, etc. Not much of +this is really working yet, see +<a href="https://github.com/NickDaly/freedombox-todos/blob/master/TODO">the +project TODO</a> for links to GIT repositories. Most of the code is +on github at the moment. The HTTP proxy is operational out of the +box, and the admin web interface can be used to add/remove plinth +users. I've not been able to do anything else with it so far, but +know there are several branches spread around github and other places +with lots of half baked features.</p> + +<p>Anyway, if you want to have a look at the current state, the +following recipes should work to give you a test machine to poke +at.</p> + +<p><strong>Debian Wheezy amd64</strong></p> + +<ol> + +<li>Fetch normal Debian Wheezy installation ISO.</li> +<li>Boot from it, either as CD or USB stick.</li> +<li><p>Press [tab] on the boot prompt and add this as a boot argument +to the Debian installer:<p> +<pre>url=<a href="http://www.reinholdtsen.name/freedombox/preseed-wheezy.dat">http://www.reinholdtsen.name/freedombox/preseed-wheezy.dat</a></pre></li> + +<li>Answer the few language/region/password questions and pick disk to +install on.</li> + +<li>When the installation is finished and the machine have rebooted a +few times, your Freedombox is ready for testing.</li> + +</ol> + +<p><strong>Raspberry Pi Raspbian</strong></p> + +<ol> + +<li>Fetch a Raspbian SD card image, create SD card.</li> +<li>Boot from SD card, extend file system to fill the card completely.</li> +<li><p>Log in and add this to /etc/sources.list:</p> +<pre> +deb <a href="http://www.reinholdtsen.name/freedombox/">http://www.reinholdtsen.name/freedombox</a> wheezy main +</pre></li> +<li><p>Run this as root:</p> +<pre> +wget -O - http://www.reinholdtsen.name/freedombox/BE1A583D.asc | \ + apt-key add - +apt-get update +apt-get install freedombox-setup +/usr/lib/freedombox/setup +</pre></li> +<li>Reboot into your freshly created Freedombox.</li> + +</ol> + +<p>You can test it on other architectures too, but because the +freedombox-privoxy package is binary, it will only work as intended on +the architectures where I have had time to build the binary and put it +in my APT repository. But do not let this stop you. It is only a +short "<tt>apt-get source -b freedombox-privoxy</tt>" away. :)</p> + +<p>Note that by default Freedombox is a DHCP server on the +192.168.1.0/24 subnet, so if this is your subnet be careful and turn +off the DHCP server by running "<tt>update-rc.d isc-dhcp-server +disable</tt>" as root.</p> + +<p>Please let me know if this works for you, or if you have any +problems. We gather on the IRC channel +<a href="irc://irc.debian.org:6667/%23freedombox">#freedombox</a> on +irc.debian.org and the +<a href="http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss">project +mailing list</a>.</p> + +<p>Once you get your freedombox operational, you can visit +<tt>http://your-host-name:8001/</tt> to see the state of the plint +welcome screen (dead end - do not be surprised if you are unable to +get past it), and next visit <tt>http://your-host-name:8001/help/</tt> +to look at the rest of plinth. The default user is 'admin' and the +default password is 'secret'.</p> + + + Datalagringsdirektivet gjør at Oslo Høyre og Arbeiderparti ikke får min stemme i år http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Datalagringsdirektivet_gj_r_at_Oslo_H_yre_og_Arbeiderparti_ikke_f_r_min_stemme_i__r.html