X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/26fa1d5a10906f642646390f5f22dfa03c8a12ef..264bf7b9967fff134d077b2873ccb2fb1e6487df:/blog/index.rss diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss index 72c1e07793..4850f16ac9 100644 --- a/blog/index.rss +++ b/blog/index.rss @@ -7,777 +7,361 @@ - What would it cost to store all phone calls in Norway? - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/What_would_it_cost_to_store_all_phone_calls_in_Norway_.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/What_would_it_cost_to_store_all_phone_calls_in_Norway_.html - Fri, 1 May 2015 19:30:00 +0200 - <p>Many years ago, a friend of mine calculated how much it would cost -to store the sound of all phone calls in Norway, and came up with the -cost of around 20 million NOK (2.4 mill EUR) for all the calls in a -year. I got curious and wondered what the same calculation would look -like today. To do so one need an idea of how much data storage is -needed for each minute of sound, how many minutes all the calls in -Norway sums up to, and the cost of data storage.</p> - -<p>The 2005 numbers are from -<a href="http://www.digi.no/analyser/2005/10/04/vi-prater-stadig-mindre-i-roret">digi.no</a>, -the 2012 numbers are from -<a href="http://www.nkom.no/aktuelt/nyheter/fortsatt-vekst-i-det-norske-ekommarkedet">a -NKOM report</a>, and I got the 2013 numbers after asking NKOM via -email. I was told the numbers for 2014 will be presented May 20th, -and decided not to wait for those, as I doubt they will be very -different from the numbers from 2013.</p> - -<p>The amount of data storage per minute sound depend on the wanted -quality, and for phone calls it is generally believed that 8 Kbit/s is -enough. See for example a -<a href="http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/voice/voice-quality/7934-bwidth-consume.html#topic1">summary -on voice quality from Cisco</a> for some alternatives. 8 Kbit/s is 60 -Kbytes/min, and this can be multiplied with the number of call minutes -to get the storage requirements.</p> - -<p>Storage prices varies a lot, depending on speed, backup strategies, -availability requirements etc. But a simple way to calculate can be -to use the price of a TiB-disk (around 1000 NOK / 120 EUR) and double -it to take space, power and redundancy. It could be much higher with -high speed and good redundancy requirements.</p> - -<p>But back to the question, What would it cost to store all phone -calls in Norway? Not much. Here is a small table showing the -estimated cost, which is within the budget constraint of most medium -and large organisations:</p> - -<table border="1"> -<tr><th>Year</th><th>Call minutes</th><th>Size</th><th>Price in NOK / EUR</th></tr> -<tr><td>2005</td><td align="right">24 000 000 000</td><td align="right">1.3 PiB</td><td align="right">3 mill / 358k</td></tr> -<tr><td>2012</td><td align="right">18 000 000 000</td><td align="right">1.0 PiB</td><td align="right">2.2 mill / 262k EUR</td></tr> -<tr><td>2013</td><td align="right">17 000 000 000</td><td align="right">950 TiB</td><td align="right">2.1 mill/ 250k EUR</td></tr> -</table> - -<p>This is the cost of buying the storage. Maintenance need to be -taken into account too, but calculating that is left as an exercise -for the reader. But it is obvious to me from those numbers that -recording the sound of all phone calls in Norway is not going to be -stopped because it is too expensive. I wonder if someone already is -collecting the data?</p> + French edition of Lawrence Lessigs book Cultura Libre on Amazon and Barnes & Noble + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/French_edition_of_Lawrence_Lessigs_book_Cultura_Libre_on_Amazon_and_Barnes___Noble.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/French_edition_of_Lawrence_Lessigs_book_Cultura_Libre_on_Amazon_and_Barnes___Noble.html + Sat, 21 May 2016 10:50:00 +0200 + <p>A few weeks ago the French paperback edition of Lawrence Lessigs +2004 book Cultura Libre was published. Today I noticed that the book +is now available from book stores. You can now buy it from +<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Culture-Libre-French-Lawrence-Lessig/dp/8269018260">Amazon</a> +($19.99), +<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/culture-libre-lawrence-lessig/1123776705">Barnes +& Noble</a> ($?) and as always from +<a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/culture-libre/paperback/product-22645082.html">Lulu.com</a> +($19.99). The revenue is donated to the Creative Commons project. If +you buy from Lulu.com, they currently get $10.59, while if you buy +from one of the book stores most of the revenue go to the book store +and the Creative Commons project get much (not sure how much +less).</p> + +<p>I was a bit surprised to discover that there is a kindle edition +sold by Amazon Digital Services LLC on Amazon. Not quite sure how +that edition was created, but if you want to download a electronic +edition (PDF, EPUB, Mobi) generated from the same files used to create +the paperback edition, they are +<a href="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig">available +from github</a>.</p> - First Jessie based Debian Edu beta release - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/First_Jessie_based_Debian_Edu_beta_release.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/First_Jessie_based_Debian_Edu_beta_release.html - Sun, 26 Apr 2015 14:10:00 +0200 - <p>I am happy to report that the Debian Edu team sent out -<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-edu-announce/2015/04/msg00000.html">this -announcement today</a>:</p> - -<pre> -the Debian Edu / Skolelinux project is pleased to announce the first -*beta* release of Debian Edu "Jessie" 8.0+edu0~b1, which for the first -time is composed entirely of packages from the current Debian stable -release, Debian 8 "Jessie". - -(As most reading this will know, Debian "Jessie" hasn't actually been -released by now. The release is still in progress but should finish -later today ;) - -We expect to make a final release of Debian Edu "Jessie" in the coming -weeks, timed with the first point release of Debian Jessie. Upgrades -from this beta release of Debian Edu Jessie to the final release will -be possible and encouraged! - -Please report feedback to debian-edu@lists.debian.org and/or submit -bugs: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs - -Debian Edu - sometimes also known as "Skolelinux" - is a complete -operating system for schools, universities and other -organisations. Through its pre- prepared installation profiles -administrators can install servers, workstations and laptops which -will work in harmony on the school network. With Debian Edu, the -teachers themselves or their technical support staff can roll out a -complete multi-user, multi-machine study environment within hours or -days. - -Debian Edu is already in use at several hundred schools all over the -world, particularly in Germany, Spain and Norway. Installations come -with hundreds of applications pre-installed, plus the whole Debian -archive of thousands of compatible packages within easy reach. - -For those who want to give Debian Edu Jessie a try, download and -installation instructions are available, including detailed -instructions in the manual explaining the first steps, such as setting -up a network or adding users. Please note that the password for the -user your prompted for during installation must have a length of at -least 5 characters! - -== Where to download == - -A multi-architecture CD / usbstick image (649 MiB) for network booting -can be downloaded at the following locations: - - http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0+edu0~b1-CD.iso - rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0+edu0~b1-CD.iso . - -The SHA1SUM of this image is: 54a524d16246cddd8d2cfd6ea52f2dd78c47ee0a - -Alternatively an extended DVD / usbstick image (4.9 GiB) is also -available, with more software included (saving additional download -time): - - http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0+edu0~b1-USB.iso - rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0+edu0~b1-USB.iso - -The SHA1SUM of this image is: fb1f1504a490c077a48653898f9d6a461cb3c636 - -Sources are available from the Debian archive, see -http://ftp.debian.org/debian-cd/8.0.0/source/ for some download -options. - -== Debian Edu Jessie manual in seven languages == - -Please see https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Jessie/ for -the English version of the Debian Edu jessie manual. - -This manual has been fully translated to German, French, Italian, -Danish, Dutch and Norwegian Bokmål. A partly translated version exists -for Spanish. See http://maintainer.skolelinux.org/debian-edu-doc/ for -online version of the translated manual. - -More information about Debian 8 "Jessie" itself is provided in the -release notes and the installation manual: -- http://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/releasenotes -- http://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/installmanual - - -== Errata / known problems == - - It takes up to 15 minutes for a changed hostname to be updated via - DHCP (#780461). - - The hostname script fails to update LTSP server hostname (#783087). - -Workaround: run update-hostname-from-ip on the client to update the -hostname immediately. - -Check https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Status/Jessie for a possibly -more current and complete list. - -== Some more details about Debian Edu 8.0+edu0~b1 Codename Jessie released 2015-04-25 == - -=== Software updates === - -Everything which is new in Debian 8 Jessie, e.g.: - - * Linux kernel 3.16.7-ctk9; for the i386 architecture, support for - i486 processors has been dropped; oldest supported ones: i586 (like - Intel Pentium and AMD K5). - - * Desktop environments KDE Plasma Workspaces 4.11.13, GNOME 3.14, - Xfce 4.12, LXDE 0.5.6 - * new optional desktop environment: MATE 1.8 - * KDE Plasma Workspaces is installed by default; to choose one of - the others see the manual. - * the browsers Iceweasel 31 ESR and Chromium 41 - * LibreOffice 4.3.3 - * GOsa 2.7.4 - * LTSP 5.5.4 - * CUPS print system 1.7.5 - * new boot framework: systemd - * Educational toolbox GCompris 14.12 - * Music creator Rosegarden 14.02 - * Image editor Gimp 2.8.14 - * Virtual stargazer Stellarium 0.13.1 - * golearn 0.9 - * tuxpaint 0.9.22 - * New version of debian-installer from Debian Jessie. - * Debian Jessie includes about 43000 packages available for installation. - * More information about Debian 8 Jessie is provided in its release - notes and the installation manual, see the link above. - -=== Installation changes === - - Installations done via PXE now also install firmware automatically - for the hardware present. - -=== Fixed bugs === - -A number of bugs have been fixed in this release; the most noticeable -from a user perspective: - - * Inserting incorrect DNS information in Gosa will no longer break - DNS completely, but instead stop DNS updates until the incorrect - information is corrected (710362) - - * shutdown-at-night now shuts the system down if gdm3 is used (775608). - -=== Sugar desktop removed === - -As the Sugar desktop was removed from Debian Jessie, it is also not -available in Debian Edu jessie. - - -== About Debian Edu / Skolelinux == - -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. Directly 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, Xfce and MATE desktop -environment. - -== About Debian == - -The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly -free community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of -the largest and most influential open source projects. Thousands of -volunteers from all over the world work together to create and -maintain Debian software. Available in 70 languages, and supporting a -huge range of computer types, Debian calls itself the universal -operating system. - -== Thanks == - -Thanks to everyone making Debian and Debian Edu / Skolelinux happen! -You rock. -</pre> + I want the courts to be involved before the police can hijack a news site DNS domain (#domstolkontroll) + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/I_want_the_courts_to_be_involved_before_the_police_can_hijack_a_news_site_DNS_domain___domstolkontroll_.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/I_want_the_courts_to_be_involved_before_the_police_can_hijack_a_news_site_DNS_domain___domstolkontroll_.html + Thu, 19 May 2016 14:00:00 +0200 + <p>I just donated to the +<a href="http://www.nuug.no/dns-beslag-donasjon.shtml">NUUG defence +"fond"</a> to fund the effort in Norway to get the seizure of the news +site popcorn-time.no tested in court. I hope everyone that agree with +me will do the same.</p> + +<p>Would you be worried if you knew the police in your country could +hijack DNS domains of news sites covering free software system without +talking to a judge first? I am. What if the free software system +combined search engine lookups, bittorrent downloads and video playout +and was called Popcorn Time? Would that affect your view? It still +make me worried.</p> + +<p>In March 2016, the Norwegian police seized (as in forced NORID to +change the IP address pointed to by it to one controlled by the +police) the DNS domain popcorn-time.no, without any supervision from +the courts. I did not know about the web site back then, and assumed +the courts had been involved, and was very surprised when I discovered +that the police had hijacked the DNS domain without asking a judge for +permission first. I was even more surprised when I had a look at +<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://popcorn-time.no">the web +site content on the Internet Archive</A>, and only found news coverage +about Popcorn Time, not any material published without the right +holders permissions.</p> + +<p>The seizure was widely covered in the Norwegian press (see for +example <a href="http://www.hegnar.no/Nyheter/Naeringsliv/2016/03/Popcorn-time.no-beslaglagt-av-OEkokrim">Hegnar Online</a> and +<a href="http://itavisen.no/2016/03/08/okokrim-har-beslaglagt-popcorn-time-no/">ITavisen<a/> +and +<a href="http://www.nrk.no/kultur/okokrim-gar-til-aksjon-mot-popcorn-time-1.12842452">NRK</a>), +at first due to the press release sent out by Økokrim, but then based +on +<a href="http://blogg.torvund.net/2016/03/09/okokrims-beslag-i-domenet-popcorn-time-no/">protests +from the law professor Olav Torvund</a> and +<a href="http://www.klassekampen.no/article/20160311/ARTICLE/160319995">lawyer +Jon Wessel-Aas</a>. It even got some +<a href="https://torrentfreak.com/norwegian-authorities-sued-over-popcorn-time-domain-seizure-160418/">coverage +on TorrentFreak</a>.</p> + +<p>I +<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/NUUG_contests_Norwegian_police_DNS_seizure_of_popcorn_time_no.html"> +wrote about the case a month ago</a>, when the +<a href="http://www.nuug.no/">Norwegian Unix User Group</a> (NUUG), +where I am an active member, decided to ask the courts to test this seizure. +The request was denied, but NUUG and its co-requestor EFN have not +given up, and now they are rallying for support to get the seizure +legally challenged. They accept both bank and Bitcoin transfer for +those that want to support the request.</p> + +<p>If you as me believe news sites about free software should not be +censored, even if the free software have both legal and illegal +applications, and that DNS hijacking should be tested by the courts, I +suggest you <a href="http://www.nuug.no/dns-beslag-donasjon.shtml">show +your support by donating to NUUG</a>.</a> - Debian Edu interview: Shirish Agarwal - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Shirish_Agarwal.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Shirish_Agarwal.html - Wed, 15 Apr 2015 09:20:00 +0200 - <p>It was a surprise to me to learn that project to create a complete -computer system for schools I've involved in, -<a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / Skolelinux</a>, was -being used in India. But apparently it is, and I managed to get an -interview with one of the friends of the project there, Shirish -Agarwal.</p> - -<p><strong>Who are you, and how do you spend your days?</strong></p> - -<p>My name is Shirish Agarwal. Based out of the educational and -historical city of Pune, from the western state of Maharashtra, India. -My bread comes from giving training, giving policy tips, -installations on free software to mom and pop shops in different -fields from Desktop publishing to retail shops as well as work with -few software start-ups as well.</p> - -<p><strong>How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux / Debian Edu -project?</strong></p> - -<p>It started innocently enough. I have been using Debian for a few -years and in one local minidebconf / debutsav I was asked if there was -anything for schools or education. I had worked / played with free -educational softwares such as Gcompris and Stellarium for my many -nieces and nephews so researched and found Debian Edu or Skolelinux as -it was known then. Since then I have started using the various -education meta-packages provided by the project.</p> - -<p><strong>What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux / Debian -Edu?</strong></p> - -<p>It's closest I have seen where a package full of educational -software are packed, which are free and open (both literally and -figuratively). Even if I take the simplest software which is -gcompris, the number of activities therein are amazing. Another one of -the softwares that I have liked for a long time is stellarium. Even -pysycache is cool except for couple of issues I encountered -<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/781841">#781841</a> and -<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/781842">#781842</a>.</p> - -<p>I prefer software installed on the system over web based solutions, -as a web site can disappear any time but the software on disk has the -possibility of a larger life span. Of course with both it's more a -question if it has enough users who make it fun or sustainable or both -for the developer per-se.</p> - -<p><strong>What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux / Debian -Edu?</strong></p> - -<p>I do see that the Debian Edu team seems to be short-handed and I -think more efforts should be made to make it popular and ask and take -help from people and the larger community wherever possible.</p> - -<p>I don't see any disadvantage to use Skolelinux apart from the fact -that most apps. are generic which is good or bad how you see it. -However, saying that I do acknowledge the fact that the canvas is -pretty big and there are lot of interesting ideas that could be done -but for reasons not known not done or if done I don't know about them. -Let me share some of the ideas (these are more upstream based but -still) I have had for a long time :</p> - -<p>1. Classical maths question of two trains in opposing directions -each running @x kmph/mph at y distance, when they will meet and how -far would each travel and similar questions like these. - -<p>The computer is a fantastic system where questions like these can -be drawn, animated and the methodology and answers teased out in -interactive manner. While sites such as the -<a href="http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.two.trains.html">Ask -Dr. Math FAQ on The Two Trains problem</a> (as an example or point of -inspiration) can be used there is lot more that can be done. I dunno -if there is a free software which does something like this. The idea -being a blend of objects + animation + interaction which does -this. The whole interaction could be gamified with points or sounds or -colourful celebration whenever the user gets even part of the question -or/and methodology right. That would help reinforce good behaviour. -This understanding could be used to share/showcase everything from how -the first wheel came to be, to evolution to how astronomy started, -psychics and everything in-between.</p> - -<p>One specific idea in the train part was having the Linux mascot on -one train and the BSD or GNU mascot on the other train and they -meeting somewhere in-between. Characters from blender movies could -also be used.</p> - -<p>2. Loads of crossword-puzzles with reference to subjects: We have -enormous data sets in Wikipedia and Wikitionary. I don't think it -should be a big job to design crossword puzzles. Using categories and -sub-categories it should be doable to have Q&A single word answers -from the existing data-sets. What would make it easy or hard could be -the length of the word + existence of many or few vowels depending on -the user's input.</p> - -<p>3. Jigsaw puzzles - We already have a great software called -palapeli with number of slicers making it pretty interesting. What -needs to be done is to download large number of public domain and -copyleft images, tease and use IPTC tags to categorise them into -nature, history etc. and let it loose. This could turn to be really -huge collection of images. One source could be taken from -commons.wikimedia.org, others could be huge collection of royalty-free -stock photos. Potential is immense.</p> - -<p>Apart from this, free software suffers in two directions, we lag -both in development (of using new features per-se) and maintenance a -lot. This is more so in educational software as these applications -need to be timely and the opportunity cost of missing deadlines is -immense. If we are able to solve issues of funding for development and -maintenance of such software I don't see any big difficulties. I know -of few start-ups in and around India who would love to develop and -maintain such software if funding issues could be solved.</p> - -<p><strong>Which free software do you use daily?</strong></p> - -<p>That would be huge list. Some of the softwares are obviously apt, -aptitude, debdelta, leafpad, the shell of course (zsh nowadays), -quassel for IRC. In games I use shisen-sho while card-games are evenly -between kpat and Aiselriot. In desktops it's a tie between -gnome-flashback and mate.</p> - -<p><strong>Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to -get schools to use free software?</strong></p> - -<p>I think it should first start with using specific FOSS apps. in -whatever environment they are. If it's MS-Windows or Mac so be it. -Once they are habitual with the apps. and there is buy-in from the -school management then it could be installed anywhere. Most of the -people now understand the concept of a repository because of the -various online stores so it isn't hard to convince on that front.</p> - -<p>What is harder is having enough people with technical skills and -passion to service them. If you get buy-in from one or two teachers -then ideas like above could also be asked to be done as a project as -well.</p> - -<p>I think where we fall short more than anything is in marketing. For -instance, Debian has this whole range of fonts in its archive but -there isn't even a page where all those different fonts in the La -Ipsum format could be tried out for newcomers.</p> - -<p>One of the issues faced constantly in installations is with updates -and upgrades. People have this myth that each update and upgrade -means the user interface will / has to change. I have seen this -innumerable times. That perhaps is one of the reasons which browsers -like Iceweasel / Firefox change user interfaces so much, not because -it might be needed or be functional but because people believe that -changed user interfaces are better. This, can easily be pointed with -the user interfaces changed with almost every MS-Windows and Mac OS -releases.</p> - -<p>The problems with Debian Edu for deployment are many. The biggest -is the huge gap between what is taught in schools and what Debian Edu -is aimed at. - -<p>Me and my friends did teach on week-ends in a government school for -around 2 years, and -<a href="https://flossexperiences.wordpress.com/2012/10/08/sharings/">gathered -some experience</a> there. Some of the things we learnt/discovered -there was :</p> - -<ol> - - <li>Most of the teachers are very territorial about their subjects - and they do not want you to teach anything out of the - portion/syllabus given.</li> - - <li>They want any activity on the system in accordance to whatever - is in the syllabus.</li> - - <li>There are huge barriers both with the English language and at - times with objects or whatever. An example, let's say in gcompris - you have objects falling down and you have to name them and let's - say the falling object is a hat or a fedora hat, this would not be - as recognizable as say a - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puneri_Pagadi">Puneri - Pagdi</a> so there is need to inject local objects, words wherever - possible. Especially for word-games there are so many hindi words - which have become part of english vocabulary (for instance in - parley), those could be made into a hinglish collection or - something but that is something for upstream to do.</li> - -</ol> + Debian now with ZFS on Linux included + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_now_with_ZFS_on_Linux_included.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_now_with_ZFS_on_Linux_included.html + Thu, 12 May 2016 07:30:00 +0200 + <p>Today, after many years of hard work from many people, +<a href="http://zfsonlinux.org/">ZFS for Linux</a> finally entered +Debian. The package status can be seen on +<a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/zfs-linux">the package tracker +for zfs-linux</a>. and +<a href="https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=pkg-zfsonlinux-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org">the +team status page</a>. If you want to help out, please join us. +<a href="http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-zfsonlinux/zfs.git">The +source code</a> is available via git on Alioth. It would also be +great if you could help out with +<a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/dkms">the dkms package</a>, as +it is an important piece of the puzzle to get ZFS working.</p> - I'm going to the Open Source Developers' Conference Nordic 2015! - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/I_m_going_to_the_Open_Source_Developers__Conference_Nordic_2015_.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/I_m_going_to_the_Open_Source_Developers__Conference_Nordic_2015_.html - Tue, 7 Apr 2015 10:30:00 +0200 - <p>I am happy to let you all know that I'm going to the <a -href="http://act.osdc.no/osdc2015no/">Open Source Developers' -Conference Nordic 2015</a>!</p> - -<p>It take place Friday 8th to Sunday 10th of May in Oslo next to -where I work, and I finally got around to submitting -<a href="http://act.osdc.no/osdc2015no/talk/6192">a talk proposal for -it</a> (dead link for most people until the talk is accepted). As -part of my involvement with the -<a href="http://www.nuug.no/">Norwegian Unix User Group member -association</a> I have been slightly involved in the planning of this -conference for a while now, with a focus on organising a Civic Hacking -Hackathon with our friends -over at <a href="http://www.mysociety.org/">mySociety</a> and -<a href="http://www.holderdeord.no/">Holder de ord</a>. This part is -named the 'My Society' track in the program. There is still space for -more talks and participants. I hope to see you there.</p> - -<p>Check out <a href="http://act.osdc.no/osdc2015no/talks">the talks -submitted and accepted so far</a>.</p> + What is the best multimedia player in Debian? + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/What_is_the_best_multimedia_player_in_Debian_.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/What_is_the_best_multimedia_player_in_Debian_.html + Sun, 8 May 2016 09:40:00 +0200 + <p><strong>Where I set out to figure out which multimedia player in +Debian claim support for most file formats.</strong></p> + +<p>A few years ago, I had a look at the media support for Browser +plugins in Debian, to get an idea which plugins to include in Debian +Edu. I created a script to extract the set of supported MIME types +for each plugin, and used this to find out which multimedia browser +plugin supported most file formats / media types. +<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/BrowserMultimedia">The +result</a> can still be seen on the Debian wiki, even though it have +not been updated for a while. But browser plugins are less relevant +these days, so I thought it was time to look at standalone +players.</p> + +<p>A few days ago I was tired of VLC not being listed as a viable +player when I wanted to play videos from the Norwegian National +Broadcasting Company, and decided to investigate why. The cause is a +<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/822245">missing MIME type in the VLC +desktop file</a>. In the process I wrote a script to compare the set +of MIME types announced in the desktop file and the browser plugin, +only to discover that there is quite a large difference between the +two for VLC. This discovery made me dig up the script I used to +compare browser plugins, and adjust it to compare desktop files +instead, to try to figure out which multimedia player in Debian +support most file formats.</p> + +<p>The result can be seen on the Debian Wiki, as +<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMultimedia/PlayerSupport">a +table listing all MIME types supported by one of the packages included +in the table</a>, with the package supporting most MIME types being +listed first in the table.</p> + +</p>The best multimedia player in Debian? It is totem, followed by +parole, kplayer, mpv, vlc, smplayer mplayer-gui gnome-mpv and +kmplayer. Time for the other players to update their announced MIME +support?</p> - Proof reading the Norwegian translation of Free Culture by Lessig - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Proof_reading_the_Norwegian_translation_of_Free_Culture_by_Lessig.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Proof_reading_the_Norwegian_translation_of_Free_Culture_by_Lessig.html - Sat, 4 Apr 2015 09:30:00 +0200 - <p>During eastern I had some time to continue working on the Norwegian -<a href="http://www.docbook.org/">docbook</a> version of the 2004 book -<a href="http://free-culture.cc/">Free Culture</a> by Lawrence Lessig. -At the moment I am proof reading the finished text, looking for typos, -inconsistent wordings and sentences that do not flow as they should. -I'm more than two thirds done with the text, and welcome others to -check the text up to chapter 13. The current status is available on the -<a href="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig">github</a> -project pages. You can also check out the -<a href="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig/blob/master/archive/freeculture.nb.pdf?raw=true">PDF</a>, -<a href="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig/blob/master/archive/freeculture.nb.epub?raw=true">EPUB</a> -and HTML version available in the -<a href="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig/tree/master/archive">archive -directory</a>.</p> - -<p>Please report typos, bugs and improvements to the github project if -you find any.</p> + The Pyra - handheld computer with Debian preinstalled + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/The_Pyra___handheld_computer_with_Debian_preinstalled.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/The_Pyra___handheld_computer_with_Debian_preinstalled.html + Wed, 4 May 2016 10:00:00 +0200 + A friend of mine made me aware of +<a href="https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/pages/pyra/">The Pyra</a>, a +handheld computer which will be delivered with Debian preinstalled. I +would love to get one of those for my birthday. :)</p> + +<p>The machine is a complete ARM-based PC with micro HDMI, SATA, USB +plugs and many others connectors, and include a full keyboard and a 5" +LCD touch screen. The 6000mAh battery is claimed to provide a whole +day of battery life time, but I have not seen any independent tests +confirming this. The vendor is still collecting preorders, and the +last I heard last night was that 22 more orders were needed before +production started.</p> + +<p>As far as I know, this is the first handheld preinstalled with +Debian. Please let me know if you know of any others. Is it the +first computer being sold with Debian preinstalled?</p> - Frikanalen, Norwegian TV channel for technical topics - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Frikanalen__Norwegian_TV_channel_for_technical_topics.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Frikanalen__Norwegian_TV_channel_for_technical_topics.html - Mon, 9 Mar 2015 11:10:00 +0100 - <p>The <a href="http://www.nuug.no/">Norwegian Unix User Group</a>, -where I am a member, and where people interested in free software, -open standards and UNIX like operating systems like Linux and the BSDs -come together, record our monthly technical presentations on video. -The purpose is to document the talks and spread them to a wider -audience. For this, the the Norwegian nationwide open channel -<a href="http://www.frikanalen.no/">Frikanalen</a> is a useful venue. -Since a few days ago, when I figured out the -<a href="http://beta.frikanalen.no/api/">REST API</a> to program the -<a href="http://beta.frikanalen.tv/guide/">channel time schedule</a>, -the channel has been filled with NUUG talks, related recordings and -some Creative Commons licensed TED talks (from archive.org). I fill -all "leftover bits" on the channel with content from NUUG, which at -the moment is almost 17 of 24 hours every day.</p> - -<p>The list of NUUG videos -<a href="http://beta.frikanalen.tv/organization/82">uploaded so far</a> -include things like a -<a href="http://beta.frikanalen.tv/video/625090">one hour talk by John -Perry Barlow when he visited Oslo</a>, a presentation of -<a href="http://beta.frikanalen.tv/video/624275">Haiku, the BeOS -re-implementation</a>, the -<a href="http://beta.frikanalen.tv/video/624493">history of FiksGataMi, -the Norwegian version of FixMyStreet</a>, the good old -<a href="http://beta.frikanalen.tv/video/623566">Warriors of the net -video</A> and many others.</p> - -<p>We have a large backlog of NUUG talks not yet uploaded to -Frikanalen, and plan to upload every useful bit to the channel to -spread the word there. I also hope to find useful recordings from the -Chaos Computer Club and Debian conferences and spread them on the -channel as well. But this require locating the videos and their meta -information (title, description, license, etc), and preparing the -recordings for broadcast, and I have not yet had the spare time to -focus on this. Perhaps you want to help. Please join us on IRC, -<a href="irc://irc.freenode.net/%23nuug">#nuug on irc.freenode.net</a> -if you want to help make this happen.</p> - -<p>But as I said, already the channel is already almost exclusively -filled with technical topics, and if you want to learn something new -today, check out the <a href="http://www.frikanalen.tv/se">Ogg Theora -web stream</a> or use one of the other ways to get access to the -channel. Unfortunately the Ogg Theora recoding for distribution still -do not properly sync the video and sound. It is generated by recoding -a internal MPEG transport stream with MPEG4 coded video (ie H.264) to -Ogg Theora / Vorbis, and we have not been able to find a way that -produces acceptable quality. Help needed, please get in touch if you -know how to fix it using free software.</p> + NUUG contests Norwegian police DNS seizure of popcorn-time.no + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/NUUG_contests_Norwegian_police_DNS_seizure_of_popcorn_time_no.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/NUUG_contests_Norwegian_police_DNS_seizure_of_popcorn_time_no.html + Mon, 18 Apr 2016 10:00:00 +0200 + <p>It is days like today I am really happy to be a member of +<a href="http://www.nuug.no/">the Norwegian Unix User group</a>, a +member association for those of us believing in free software, open +standards and unix-like operating systems. NUUG announced today it +will +<a href="http://www.nuug.no/news/Pressemelding__NUUG_og_EFN_begj_rer_rettslig_pr_ving_for_DNS_domenebeslag_av_popcorn_time_no.shtml">try +to bring the seizure of the DNS domain popcorn-time.no as +unlawful</a>, to stand up for the principle that writing about a +controversial topic is not infringing copyrights, and censuring web +pages by hijacking DNS domain should be decided by the courts, not the +police. The DNS domain was seized by the Norwegian National Authority +for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime +a month ago. I hope this bring more paying members to NUUG to give +the association the financial muscle needed to bring this case as far +as it must go to stop this kind of DNS hijacking.</p> - The Citizenfour documentary on the Snowden confirmations to Norway - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/The_Citizenfour_documentary_on_the_Snowden_confirmations_to_Norway.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/The_Citizenfour_documentary_on_the_Snowden_confirmations_to_Norway.html - Sat, 28 Feb 2015 22:10:00 +0100 - <p>Today I was happy to learn that the documentary -<a href="https://citizenfourfilm.com/">Citizenfour</a> by -<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Poitras">Laura Poitras</a> -finally will show up in Norway. According to the magazine -<a href="http://montages.no/">Montages</a>, a deal has finally been -made for -<a href="http://montages.no/nyheter/snowden-dokumentaren-citizenfour-far-norsk-kinodistribusjon/">Cinema -distribution in Norway</a> and the movie will have its premiere soon. -This is great news. As part of my involvement with -<a href="http://www.nuug.no/">the Norwegian Unix User Group</a>, me and -a friend have -<a href="http://www.nuug.no/news/Dokumentar_om_Snowdenbekreftelsene_til_Norge_.shtml">tried -to get the movie to Norway</a> ourselves, but obviously -<a href="http://www.nuug.no/news/Dokumentar_om_Snowdenbekreftelsene_endelig_til_Norge_.shtml">we -were too late</a> and Tor Fosse beat us to it. I am happy he did, as -the movie will make its way to the public and we do not have to make -it happen ourselves. -<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiGwAvd5mvM">The trailer</a> -can be seen on youtube, if you are curious what kind of film this -is.</p> + Ny utgave (v2.2) av den frie norske stavekontrollen gitt ut + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Ny_utgave__v2_2__av_den_frie_norske_stavekontrollen_gitt_ut.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Ny_utgave__v2_2__av_den_frie_norske_stavekontrollen_gitt_ut.html + Fri, 15 Apr 2016 21:20:00 +0200 + <p>I dag tok jeg mot til meg og pakket sammen en ny versjon av den +frie norske stavekontrollen, ca. tre og et halvt år etter forrige +gang. Resultatet kan lastes ned fra +<a href="http://no.speling.org/">no.speling.org-prosjeksiden</a>, både +som kildekodepakke og som "pack"-fil som kanskje fortsatt kan brukes +av OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice. Byggesystemet trenger oppussing, men i +denne omgang hadde jeg bare tid til å fikse byggefeil forårsaket av +endringer i GNU grep. De øvrige endringene var gjort tidligere i +påvente av en ny utgave.</p> + +<p><strong>Her er det som er nytt (fra NEWS-fila i +kildekodepakken):</strong></p> + +<p>Release 2.2 (2016-04-15)</p> -<p>The whistle blower Edward Snowden really deserve political asylum -here in Norway, but I am afraid he would not be safe.</p> +<ul> + + <li>Rewrite how scripts/speling2words handle tripple consonants, to + avoid importing duplicate words from no.speling.org, and getting + rid of the existing duplicates in norsk.words.</li> + <li>Remove duplicate entries with tripple consonants from norsk.words.</li> + <li>Update frequency for entries in norsk.words based on + <URL:http://helmer.aksis.uib.no/nta/ordlistf.zip> (ran 'make + freq-update').</li> + <li>Correct nn ispell build, avoid crash in munchlist causing lots of + words to fall out of the database.</li> + <li>Use grep -a to convince grep it is working on text files, to work + with newer grep versions.</li> + + <li>Remove some words disputed in the no.speling.org review process: + <ul> + <li>apparent (nb)</li> + <li>likke (nb)</li> + <li>ugjest, ugjesten, ugjestens (nb)</li> + </ul></li> + +</ul> - The Norwegian open channel Frikanalen - 24x7 on the Internet - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/The_Norwegian_open_channel_Frikanalen___24x7_on_the_Internet.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/The_Norwegian_open_channel_Frikanalen___24x7_on_the_Internet.html - Wed, 25 Feb 2015 09:10:00 +0100 - <p>The Norwegian nationwide open channel -<a href="http://www.frikanalen.no/">Frikanalen</a> is still going -strong. It allow everyone to send the video they want on national -television. It is a TV station administrated completely using a web -browser, running only <ahref="https://github.com/Frikanalen">Free -Software</a>, providing <ahref="http://beta.frikanalen.tv/api">a REST -api</a> for administrators and members, and with distribution on the -national DVB-T distribution network RiksTV. But only between 12:00 -and 17:30 Norwegian time. This has finally changed, after many years -with limited distribution. A few weeks ago, we set up a Ogg Theora -stream via icecast to allow everyone with Internet access to check out -the channel the rest of the day. This is presented on -<a href="http://www.frikanalen.tv/se">the Frikanalen web site now</a>. And -since a few days ago, the channel is also available -via <a href="https://www.uninett.no/iptv-tilgang">multicast on -UNINETT</a>, available for those using IPTV TVs and set-top boxes in -the Norwegian National Research and Education network.</p> - -<p>If you want to see what is on the channel, point your media player -to one of these sources. The first should work with most players and -browsers, while as far as I know, the multicast UDP stream only work -with VLC.</p> - -<ul> - <li><a href="http://video.nuug.no/frikanalen.ogv">http://video.nuug.no/frikanalen.ogv</a></li> - <li>udp://@224.17.43.129:1234</li> -</ul> - -<p>The Ogg Theora / icecast stream is not working well, as the video -and audio is slightly out of sync. We have not been able to figure -out how to fix it. It is generated by recoding a internal MPEG -transport stream with MPEG4 coded video (ie H.264) to Ogg Theora / -Vorbis, and the result is less then stellar. If you have ideas how to -fix it, please let us know on frikanalen (at) nuug.no. We currently -use this with ffmpeg2theora 0.29:</p> - -<blockquote><pre> -./ffmpeg2theora.linux &lt;OBE_gemini_URL.ts&gt; -F 25 -x 720 -y 405 \ - --deinterlace --inputfps 25 -c 1 -H 48000 --keyint 8 --buf-delay 100 \ - --nosync -V 700 -o - | oggfwd video.nuug.no 8000 &lt;pw&gt; /frikanalen.ogv -</pre></blockquote> - -<p>If you get the multicast UDP stream working, please let me know, as -I am curious how far the multicast stream reach. It do not make it to -my home network, nor any other commercially available network in -Norway that I am aware of.</p> + I.F. Stone - an inspiration for us all + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/I_F__Stone___an_inspiration_for_us_all.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/I_F__Stone___an_inspiration_for_us_all.html + Wed, 13 Apr 2016 21:20:00 +0200 + <p>I first got to know I.F. Stone when I came across an article by Jon +Schwarz on The Intercept +<a href="https://theintercept.com/2015/05/07/new-documentary-legacy-f-stone/">about +his extraordinary contribution to investigative journalism in +USA</a>. The article is about a new documentary in two parts +(<a href="https://vimeo.com/123974841">part one is 12 minutes</a> and +<a href="https://vimeo.com/123974842">part two is 30 minutes</a>), and +I found both truly fascinating. It is amazing what he was able to +find by digging up public sources and government papers. He +documented lots of government abuse and cover ups, and I find +<a href="http://www.ifstone.org/weekly.php">his weekly news letters</a> +inspiring to read even today.</p> + +<p><blockquote> +All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed. +<br>- I. F. Stone +</blockquote></p> + +<p>His starting point was that reporters should not assume governments +and corporations are telling the truth, but verify all their claims as +much as possible. I wonder how many Norwegian reporters can be said +to follow the principles of I. F. Stone. They are definitely in short +supply. If you, like me half a year ago, have never heard of him, +check him out.</p> - En enklere Osloskolehverdag med automatisk sjekk av Fronter - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/En_enklere_Osloskolehverdag_med_automatisk_sjekk_av_Fronter.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/En_enklere_Osloskolehverdag_med_automatisk_sjekk_av_Fronter.html - Thu, 12 Feb 2015 10:30:00 +0100 - <p>En stund nå har jeg vært nødt til å forholde meg til -<a href="https://fronter.com/osloskoler/">Fronter</a>, en nettløsning -Osloskolen bruker for kontakt mellom hjem og skole. Løsningen -imponerer ikke, og det er lagt opp til at vi foreldre skal logge inn -regelmessig for å se om noe har endret seg. Idéen om å la folk stikke -innom nettsider for å se om det har skjedd endringer er så idiotisk at -jeg har lett etter et alternativ. Fronterløsningen har en innebygget -løsning der en kan abonnere på forsiden (som viser en oppsummering av -det en har tilgang til), og få tilsendt en kopi hver natt, men det -fjerner jo bare behovet for å stikke innom, ikke den idiotiske ideen -om at folk skal huske hvordan nettsiden så ut sist og oppdage hva som -er endret.</p> - -<p>For å gjøre livet enklere har jeg derfor brukt litt tid på å lage -et program som kobler seg opp og sjekker etter endringer automatisk, -slik at jeg kan få beskjed fra datamaskinen når noe endrer seg i -stedet for å forsøke å finne ut av det selv. I går ble scriptet -brukbart, og jeg er dermed klar til å dele det med deg.</p> - -<p>Jeg startet med å skrive programmet i Python, og hadde en versjon -som logget inn og hentet ned enkeltsider fra Fronter. Men -Fronter-websidene suger golfballer gjennom en hageslange, med -uleselig HTML, flere nivåer av iframes og en struktur på innholdet som -er svært vanskelig å finne ut av, så jeg ga til slutt opp lxml-parsing -med Python og forsøkte meg med WWW::Mechanize for Perl som jeg kjente -fra før. I ettertid har jeg oppdaget at WWW:Mechanize også finnes for -Python, så jeg kunne antagelig droppet språkbyttet. Men da jeg -oppdaget det hadde jeg kommet så langt med Perl-utgaven, så jeg hoppet -ikke tilbake.</p> - -<p>For å logge inn i Fronter besøker en enten skolens websider eller -den sentrale innloggingsiden <tt>https://fronter.com/osloskoler/</tt>. -Perl-koden for å logge inn ser slik ut:</p> - -<pre> -my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new(); -$mech->get('https://fronter.com/osloskoler/'); -$mech->submit_form(fields => { - username => $username, - password => $password, -} ); -</pre> - -<p>Neste steg er å få oversikt over hvilke «rom» en har tilgang til. -På vår skole er det rom for skolen, biblioteket, elevrådet, -aktivitetsskolen og klasser der en har unger, og dette vil være -forskjellig fra person til person. Etter å ha romstert rundt i -Fronter-grensesnittet endel kom jeg over en grei HTML-side med -oversikt over rommene, -<tt>https://fronter.com/osloskoler/adm/projects.phtml?mode=displayRoomchooser</tt>, -så jeg bruker denne til å hente ut romoversikt med rom-ID.</p> - -<pre> -my %room; -$mech->get('https://fronter.com/osloskoler/adm/projects.phtml?mode=displayRoomchooser'); -for my $link ($mech->links()) { - my $url = $link->url(); - if ($url =~ m%/links/list_files.phtml\?edit=(\d+)$%) { - $room{$link->text()} = $1; - } -} -</pre> - -<p>Når en har rom-ID kan en slå opp websiden for rommet, som starter -på -<tt>https://fronter.com/osloskoler/contentframeset.phtml?goto_prjid=$ROMID</tt> -(der $ROMID byttes ut med rom-ID-tallet). Det gir en side med -iframes, og en må tre nivåer ned i iframes før en får tak i -HTML-informasjonen som vises frem når en ser på det aktuelle rommet. -Her ga jeg opp den robuste parsingen og hardkodet endel URL-er som i -stedet bør spores opp maskinelt. HTML-informasjonen som vises lagres -i en fil etter at økt- og innloggings-nøkkel er fjernet og deretter -bruker jeg <tt>lynx --dump --nolist</tt> for å hente ut en tekstlig -utgave av websiden. Denne tekstlige utgaven sammenlignes med forrige -versjon og oversikt over endringer kan så sendes ut på egnet vis.</p> - -<p>Jeg valgte å bruke git til å holde rede på endringer, så jeg -sjekker inn HTML og tekst-utgaver i git og bruker git til å vise frem -endringene i tekstutgavene. Programvaren for å gjøre dette er testet -på Debian GNU/Linux og kan -<a href="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/fronter-scraper-oslo">lastes -ned fra github</a>.</p> - -<p>For å bruke dette selv, kjør følgende kommandoer på din -Debian-maskin (forutsetter sudo-tilgang for installasjon av -programvare):</p> - -<pre> -sudo apt-get install git lynx-cur libio-prompter-perl libwww-mechanize-perl \ - libconfig-inifiles-perl -git clone https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/fronter-scraper-oslo -cd fronter-scraper-oslo -./update-git -</pre> - -<p>Det gjenstår endel, men systemet er allerede nyttig for meg. Jeg -ønsker at systemet også skal laste ned PDF-er og slikt som er lagt ut -for nedlasting på sidene, slik at f.eks. ukeplaner kommer inn i -git-arkivet mitt automatisk og jeg får automatisk beskjed når ny -ukeplan er lagt ut. Kanskje du kan bidra med å få det på plass, eller -kanskje du har andre ting du vil fikse? Jeg tar gjerne imot endringer -og forbedringer. Det er mye som kan gjøres bedre, og scriptet er ikke -veldig robust mot endringer hos nettsidene til Fronter. Jeg regner -dermed med at det vil trengs oppdateringer jevnlig etter hvert som -Fronter-løsningen endrer seg.</p> + A French paperback edition of the book Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig is now available + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/A_French_paperback_edition_of_the_book_Free_Culture_by_Lawrence_Lessig_is_now_available.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/A_French_paperback_edition_of_the_book_Free_Culture_by_Lawrence_Lessig_is_now_available.html + Tue, 12 Apr 2016 10:40:00 +0200 + <p>I'm happy to report that +<a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/culture-libre/paperback/product-22645082.html">the +French paperback edition</a> of +<a href="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig">my +project to translate</a> the <a href="http://free-culture.cc/">Free +Culture</a> book by Lawrence Lessig is now available for sale on +Lulu.com. Once I have formally verified my proof reading copy, which +should be in the mail, the paperback edition should be available in +book stores like Amazon and Barnes & Noble too.</p> + +<p>This French edition, Culture Libre, is the work of the +<a href="http://dblatex.sourceforge.net/">dblatex</a> developer Benoît +Guillon, who created the PO file from the initial translation +available from +<a href="http://www.wikilivres.ca/wiki/Culture_libre">the Wikilivres +wiki pages</a> and completed and corrected the translation to match +the original docbook edition my project is using, as well as +coordinated the proof reading of the final result. I believe the end +result look great, but I am biased and do not read French. In +addition to the paperback edition, the book is available in PDF, EPUB +and Mobi format from the github project page linked to above.</p> + +<p>When enabling book store distribution on Lulu.com, I had to nearly +triple the price to allow the book stores some profit. I also had to +accept that I will get some revenue when a book is sold via Lulu.com. +But because of the non-commercial clause in the book license +(CC-BY-NC), this might be a problem. To bypass the problem I +discussed how to handle the revenue with the author, and we agreed +that the revenue for these editions go to the +<a href="https://creativecommons.org/">Creative Commons non-profit +Corporation</a> who handle donations to the Creative Commons project. +So far they have earned around USD 70 on sales of the +<a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/free-culture/paperback/product-22440520.html">English</a> +and +<a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/fri-kultur/paperback/product-22441576.html">Norwegian +Bokmål</a> editions, according to Lulu.com. They will get the revenue +for the French edition too. Their revenue is higher if you buy the +book directly from Lulu.com instead of via a book store, so I +recommend you buy directly from Lulu.com.</p> + +<p>Perhaps you would like to get the book published in your language? +The translation is done using a web based translator service, so the +technical bar to enter is fairly low. Get in touch if you would like +to make this happen.</p> - Nude body scanner now present on Norwegian airport - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Nude_body_scanner_now_present_on_Norwegian_airport.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Nude_body_scanner_now_present_on_Norwegian_airport.html - Tue, 10 Feb 2015 15:20:00 +0100 - <p>Aftenposten, one of the largest newspapers in Norway, today report -that -<a href="http://www.aftenposten.no/reise/Slik-skannes-kroppen-din-i-fremtidens-sikkerhetskontroll-490666_1.snd">three -of the nude body scanners now is put to use at Gardermoen</a>, the -main airport in Norway. This way the travelers can have their body -photographed without cloths when visiting Norway. Of course this -horrible news is presented with a positive spin, stating that "now -travelers can move past the security check point faster and more -efficiently", but fail to mention that the machines in question take -pictures of their nude bodies and store them internally in the -computer, while only presenting sketch figure of the body to the -public. The article is written in a way that leave the impression -that the new machines do not take these nude pictures and only create -the sketch figures. In reality the same nude pictures are still -taken, but not presented to everyone. They are still available for -the owners of the system and the people doing maintenance of the -scanners, as long as they are taken and stored.</p> - -<p>Wikipedia have a more on -<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_body_scanner">Full body -scanners</a>, including example images and a summary of the -controversy about these scanners.</p> - -<p>Personally I will decline to use these machines, as I believe strip -searches of my body is a very intrusive attack on my privacy, and not -something everyone should have to accept to travel.</p> + Lets make a Norwegian Bokmål edition of The Debian Administrator's Handbook + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Lets_make_a_Norwegian_Bokm_l_edition_of_The_Debian_Administrator_s_Handbook.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Lets_make_a_Norwegian_Bokm_l_edition_of_The_Debian_Administrator_s_Handbook.html + Sun, 10 Apr 2016 23:20:00 +0200 + <p>During this weekends +<a href="http://www.nuug.no/news/Oslo__Takk_for_feilfiksingsfesten.shtml">bug +squashing party and developer gathering</a>, we decided to do our part +to make sure there are good books about Debian available in Norwegian +Bokmål, and got in touch with the people behind the +<a href="http://debian-handbook.info/">Debian Administrator's Handbook +project</a> to get started. If you want to help out, please start +contributing using +<a href="https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/debian-handbook/">the +hosted weblate project page</a>, and get in touch using +<a href="http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-handbook-translators">the +translators mailing list</a>. Please also check out +<a href="https://debian-handbook.info/contribute/">the instructions for +contributors</a>.</p> + +<p>The book is already available on paper in English, French and +Japanese, and our goal is to get it available on paper in Norwegian +Bokmål too. In addition to the paper edition, there are also EPUB and +Mobi versions available. And there are incomplete translations +available for many more languages.</p>