X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/49b01d479a9e2b78cafd35c7510a1d5ce994905b..264bf7b9967fff134d077b2873ccb2fb1e6487df:/blog/index.rss diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss index 601ff470df..4850f16ac9 100644 --- a/blog/index.rss +++ b/blog/index.rss @@ -7,1055 +7,361 @@ - Ubuntu used to show the bread prizes at ICA Storo - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Ubuntu_used_to_show_the_bread_prizes_at_ICA_Storo.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Ubuntu_used_to_show_the_bread_prizes_at_ICA_Storo.html - Sat, 4 Oct 2014 15:20:00 +0200 - <p>Today I came across an unexpected Ubuntu boot screen. Above the -bread shelf on the ICA shop at Storo, the grub menu of Ubuntu with -Linux kernel 3.2.0-23 (ie probably version 12.04 LTS) was stuck on a -screen normally showing the bread types and prizes:</p> - -<p align="center"><img width="70%" src="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2014-10-04-ubuntu-ica-storo-crop.jpeg"></p> - -<p>If it had booted as it was supposed to, I would never had known -about this hidden Linux installation. It is interesting what -<a href="http://revealingerrors.com/">errors can reveal</a>.</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> - New lsdvd release version 0.17 is ready - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/New_lsdvd_release_version_0_17_is_ready.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/New_lsdvd_release_version_0_17_is_ready.html - Sat, 4 Oct 2014 08:40:00 +0200 - <p>The <a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/lsdvd/">lsdvd project</a> -got a new set of developers a few weeks ago, after the original -developer decided to step down and pass the project to fresh blood. -This project is now maintained by Petter Reinholdtsen and Steve -Dibb.</p> - -<p>I just wrapped up -<a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/lsdvd/mailman/message/32896061/">a -new lsdvd release</a>, available in git or from -<a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/lsdvd/files/lsdvd/">the -download page</a>. This is the changelog dated 2014-10-03 for version -0.17.</p> - -<ul> - - <li>Ignore 'phantom' audio, subtitle tracks</li> - <li>Check for garbage in the program chains, which indicate that a track is - non-existant, to work around additional copy protection</li> - <li>Fix displaying content type for audio tracks, subtitles</li> - <li>Fix pallete display of first entry</li> - <li>Fix include orders</li> - <li>Ignore read errors in titles that would not be displayed anyway</li> - <li>Fix the chapter count</li> - <li>Make sure the array size and the array limit used when initialising - the palette size is the same.</li> - <li>Fix array printing.</li> - <li>Correct subsecond calculations.</li> - <li>Add sector information to the output format.</li> - <li>Clean up code to be closer to ANSI C and compile without warnings - with more GCC compiler warnings.</li> - -</ul> - -<p>This change bring together patches for lsdvd in use in various -Linux and Unix distributions, as well as patches submitted to the -project the last nine years. Please check it out. :)</p> + 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> - How to test Debian Edu Jessie despite some fatal problems with the installer - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_test_Debian_Edu_Jessie_despite_some_fatal_problems_with_the_installer.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_test_Debian_Edu_Jessie_despite_some_fatal_problems_with_the_installer.html - Fri, 26 Sep 2014 12:20:00 +0200 - <p>The <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / Skolelinux -project</a> provide a Linux solution for schools, including a -powerful desktop with education software, a central server providing -web pages, user database, user home directories, central login and PXE -boot of both clients without disk and the installation to install Debian -Edu on machines with disk (and a few other services perhaps to small -to mention here). We in the Debian Edu team are currently working on -the Jessie based version, trying to get everything in shape before the -freeze, to avoid having to maintain our own package repository in the -future. The -<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Status/Jessie">current -status</a> can be seen on the Debian wiki, and there is still heaps of -work left. Some fatal problems block testing, breaking the installer, -but it is possible to work around these to get anyway. Here is a -recipe on how to get the installation limping along.</p> - -<p>First, download the test ISO via -<a href="ftp://ftp.skolelinux.no/cd-edu-testing-nolocal-netinst/debian-edu-amd64-i386-NETINST-1.iso">ftp</a>, -<a href="http://ftp.skolelinux.no/cd-edu-testing-nolocal-netinst/debian-edu-amd64-i386-NETINST-1.iso">http</a> -or rsync (use -ftp.skolelinux.org::cd-edu-testing-nolocal-netinst/debian-edu-amd64-i386-NETINST-1.iso). -The ISO build was broken on Tuesday, so we do not get a new ISO every -12 hours or so, but thankfully the ISO we already got we are able to -install with some tweaking.</p> - -<p>When you get to the Debian Edu profile question, go to tty2 -(use Alt-Ctrl-F2), run</p> - -<p><blockquote><pre> -nano /usr/bin/edu-eatmydata-install -</pre></blockquote></p> - -<p>and add 'exit 0' as the second line, disabling the eatmydata -optimization. Return to the installation, select the profile you want -and continue. Without this change, exim4-config will fail to install -due to a known bug in eatmydata.</p> - -<p>When you get the grub question at the end, answer /dev/sda (or if -this do not work, figure out what your correct value would be. All my -test machines need /dev/sda, so I have no advice if it do not fit -your need.</p> - -<p>If you installed a profile including a graphical desktop, log in as -root after the initial boot from hard drive, and install the -education-desktop-XXX metapackage. XXX can be kde, gnome, lxde, xfce -or mate. If you want several desktop options, install more than one -metapackage. Once this is done, reboot and you should have a working -graphical login screen. This workaround should no longer be needed -once the education-tasks package version 1.801 enter testing in two -days.</p> - -<p>I believe the ISO build will start working on two days when the new -tasksel package enter testing and Steve McIntyre get a chance to -update the debian-cd git repository. The eatmydata, grub and desktop -issues are already fixed in unstable and testing, and should show up -on the ISO as soon as the ISO build start working again. Well the -eatmydata optimization is really just disabled. The proper fix -require an upload by the eatmydata maintainer applying the patch -provided in bug <a href="https://bugs.debian.org/702711">#702711</a>. -The rest have proper fixes in unstable.</p> - -<p>I hope this get you going with the installation testing, as we are -quickly running out of time trying to get our Jessie based -installation ready before the distribution freeze in a month.</p> + 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> - Suddenly I am the new upstream of the lsdvd command line tool - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Suddenly_I_am_the_new_upstream_of_the_lsdvd_command_line_tool.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Suddenly_I_am_the_new_upstream_of_the_lsdvd_command_line_tool.html - Thu, 25 Sep 2014 11:20:00 +0200 - <p>I use the <a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/lsdvd/">lsdvd tool</a> -to handle my fairly large DVD collection. It is a nice command line -tool to get details about a DVD, like title, tracks, track length, -etc, in XML, Perl or human readable format. But lsdvd have not seen -any new development since 2006 and had a few irritating bugs affecting -its use with some DVDs. Upstream seemed to be dead, and in January I -sent a small probe asking for a version control repository for the -project, without any reply. But I use it regularly and would like to -get <a href="https://packages.qa.debian.org/lsdvd">an updated version -into Debian</a>. So two weeks ago I tried harder to get in touch with -the project admin, and after getting a reply from him explaining that -he was no longer interested in the project, I asked if I could take -over. And yesterday, I became project admin.</p> - -<p>I've been in touch with a Gentoo developer and the Debian -maintainer interested in joining forces to maintain the upstream -project, and I hope we can get a new release out fairly quickly, -collecting the patches spread around on the internet into on place. -I've added the relevant Debian patches to the freshly created git -repository, and expect the Gentoo patches to make it too. If you got -a DVD collection and care about command line tools, check out -<a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/lsdvd/git/ci/master/tree/">the git source</a> and join -<a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/lsdvd/mailman/">the project mailing -list</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> - Hva henger under skibrua over E16 på Sollihøgda? - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Hva_henger_under_skibrua_over_E16_p__Sollih_gda_.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Hva_henger_under_skibrua_over_E16_p__Sollih_gda_.html - Sun, 21 Sep 2014 09:50:00 +0200 - <p>Rundt omkring i Oslo og Østlandsområdet henger det bokser over -veiene som jeg har lurt på hva gjør. De har ut fra plassering og -vinkling sett ut som bokser som sniffer ut et eller annet fra -forbipasserende trafikk, men det har vært uklart for meg hva det er de -leser av. Her om dagen tok jeg bilde av en slik boks som henger under -<a href="http://www.openstreetmap.no/?zoom=19&mlat=59.96396&mlon=10.34443&layers=B00000">ei -skibru på Sollihøgda</a>:</p> - -<p align="center"><img width="60%" src="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2014-09-13-kapsch-sollihogda-crop.jpeg"></p> - -<p>Boksen er tydelig merket «Kapsch >>>», logoen til -<a href="http://www.kapsch.net/">det sveitsiske selskapet Kapsch</a> som -blant annet lager sensorsystemer for veitrafikk. Men de lager mye -forskjellig, og jeg kjente ikke igjen boksen på utseendet etter en -kjapp titt på produktlista til selskapet.</p> - -<p>I og med at boksen henger over veien E16, en riksvei vedlikeholdt -av Statens Vegvesen, så antok jeg at det burde være mulig å bruke -REST-API-et som gir tilgang til vegvesenets database over veier, -skilter og annet veirelatert til å finne ut hva i alle dager dette -kunne være. De har både -<a href="https://www.vegvesen.no/nvdb/api/dokumentasjon/datakatalog">en -datakatalog</a> og -<a href="https://www.vegvesen.no/nvdb/api/dokumentasjon/sok">et -søk</a>, der en kan søke etter ulike typer oppføringer innen for et -gitt geografisk område. Jeg laget et enkelt shell-script for å hente -ut antall av en gitt type innenfor området skibrua dekker, og listet -opp navnet på typene som ble funnet. Orket ikke slå opp hvordan -URL-koding av aktuelle strenger kunne gjøres mer generisk, og brukte -en stygg sed-linje i stedet.</p> - -<blockquote><pre> -#!/bin/sh -urlmap() { - sed \ - -e 's/ / /g' -e 's/{/%7B/g' \ - -e 's/}/%7D/g' -e 's/\[/%5B/g' \ - -e 's/\]/%5D/g' -e 's/ /%20/g' \ - -e 's/,/%2C/g' -e 's/\"/%22/g' \ - -e 's/:/%3A/g' -} - -lookup() { - url="$1" - curl -s -H 'Accept: application/vnd.vegvesen.nvdb-v1+xml' \ - "https://www.vegvesen.no/nvdb/api$url" | xmllint --format - -} - -for id in $(seq 1 874) ; do - search="{ - lokasjon: { - bbox: \"10.34425,59.96386,10.34458,59.96409\", - srid: \"WGS84\" - }, - objektTyper: [{ - id: $id, antall: 10 - }] -}" - - query=/sok?kriterie=$(echo $search | urlmap) - if lookup "$query" | - grep -q '&lt;totaltAntallReturnert>0&lt;' - then - : - else - echo $id - lookup "/datakatalog/objekttyper/$id" |grep '^ &lt;navn>' - fi -done - -exit 0 -</pre></blockquote> - -Aktuelt ID-område 1-874 var riktig i datakatalogen da jeg laget -scriptet. Det vil endre seg over tid. Skriptet listet så opp -aktuelle typer i og rundt skibrua: - -<blockquote><pre> -5 - &lt;navn>Rekkverk&lt;/navn> -14 - &lt;navn>Rekkverksende&lt;/navn> -47 - &lt;navn>Trafikklomme&lt;/navn> -49 - &lt;navn>Trafikkøy&lt;/navn> -60 - &lt;navn>Bru&lt;/navn> -79 - &lt;navn>Stikkrenne/Kulvert&lt;/navn> -80 - &lt;navn>Grøft, åpen&lt;/navn> -86 - &lt;navn>Belysningsstrekning&lt;/navn> -95 - &lt;navn>Skiltpunkt&lt;/navn> -96 - &lt;navn>Skiltplate&lt;/navn> -98 - &lt;navn>Referansestolpe&lt;/navn> -99 - &lt;navn>Vegoppmerking, langsgående&lt;/navn> -105 - &lt;navn>Fartsgrense&lt;/navn> -106 - &lt;navn>Vinterdriftsstrategi&lt;/navn> -172 - &lt;navn>Trafikkdeler&lt;/navn> -241 - &lt;navn>Vegdekke&lt;/navn> -293 - &lt;navn>Breddemåling&lt;/navn> -301 - &lt;navn>Kantklippareal&lt;/navn> -318 - &lt;navn>Snø-/isrydding&lt;/navn> -445 - &lt;navn>Skred&lt;/navn> -446 - &lt;navn>Dokumentasjon&lt;/navn> -452 - &lt;navn>Undergang&lt;/navn> -528 - &lt;navn>Tverrprofil&lt;/navn> -532 - &lt;navn>Vegreferanse&lt;/navn> -534 - &lt;navn>Region&lt;/navn> -535 - &lt;navn>Fylke&lt;/navn> -536 - &lt;navn>Kommune&lt;/navn> -538 - &lt;navn>Gate&lt;/navn> -539 - &lt;navn>Transportlenke&lt;/navn> -540 - &lt;navn>Trafikkmengde&lt;/navn> -570 - &lt;navn>Trafikkulykke&lt;/navn> -571 - &lt;navn>Ulykkesinvolvert enhet&lt;/navn> -572 - &lt;navn>Ulykkesinvolvert person&lt;/navn> -579 - &lt;navn>Politidistrikt&lt;/navn> -583 - &lt;navn>Vegbredde&lt;/navn> -591 - &lt;navn>Høydebegrensning&lt;/navn> -592 - &lt;navn>Nedbøyningsmåling&lt;/navn> -597 - &lt;navn>Støy-luft, Strekningsdata&lt;/navn> -601 - &lt;navn>Oppgravingsdata&lt;/navn> -602 - &lt;navn>Oppgravingslag&lt;/navn> -603 - &lt;navn>PMS-parsell&lt;/navn> -604 - &lt;navn>Vegnormalstrekning&lt;/navn> -605 - &lt;navn>Værrelatert strekning&lt;/navn> -616 - &lt;navn>Feltstrekning&lt;/navn> -617 - &lt;navn>Adressepunkt&lt;/navn> -626 - &lt;navn>Friksjonsmåleserie&lt;/navn> -629 - &lt;navn>Vegdekke, flatelapping&lt;/navn> -639 - &lt;navn>Kurvatur, horisontalelement&lt;/navn> -640 - &lt;navn>Kurvatur, vertikalelement&lt;/navn> -642 - &lt;navn>Kurvatur, vertikalpunkt&lt;/navn> -643 - &lt;navn>Statistikk, trafikkmengde&lt;/navn> -647 - &lt;navn>Statistikk, vegbredde&lt;/navn> -774 - &lt;navn>Nedbøyningsmåleserie&lt;/navn> -775 - &lt;navn>ATK, influensstrekning&lt;/navn> -794 - &lt;navn>Systemobjekt&lt;/navn> -810 - &lt;navn>Vinterdriftsklasse&lt;/navn> -821 - &lt;navn>Funksjonell vegklasse&lt;/navn> -825 - &lt;navn>Kurvatur, stigning&lt;/navn> -838 - &lt;navn>Vegbredde, beregnet&lt;/navn> -862 - &lt;navn>Reisetidsregistreringspunkt&lt;/navn> -871 - &lt;navn>Bruksklasse&lt;/navn> -</pre></blockquote> - -<p>Av disse ser ID 775 og 862 mest relevant ut. ID 775 antar jeg -refererer til fotoboksen som står like ved brua, mens -«Reisetidsregistreringspunkt» kanskje kan være boksen som henger der. -Hvordan finner jeg så ut hva dette kan være for noe. En titt på -<a href="http://labs.vegdata.no/nvdb-datakatalog/862-Reisetidsregistreringspunkt/">datakatalogsiden -for ID 862/Reisetidsregistreringspunkt</a> viser at det er finnes 53 -slike målere i Norge, og hvor de er plassert, men gir ellers få -detaljer. Det er plassert 40 på østlandet og 13 i Trondheimsregionen. -Men siden nevner «AutoPASS», og hvis en slår opp oppføringen på -Sollihøgda nevner den «Ciber AS» som ID for eksternt system. (Kan det -være snakk om -<a href="http://www.proff.no/selskap/ciber-norge-as/oslo/internettdesign-og-programmering/Z0I3KMF4/">Ciber -Norge AS</a>, et selskap eid av Ciber Europe Bv?) Et nettsøk på - «Ciber AS autopass» fører meg til en artikkel fra NRK Trøndelag i - 2013 med tittel -«<a href="http://www.nrk.no/trondelag/sjekk-dette-hvis-du-vil-unnga-ko-1.11327947">Sjekk -dette hvis du vil unngå kø</a>». Artikkelen henviser til vegvesenets -nettside -<a href="http://www.reisetider.no/reisetid/forside.html">reisetider.no</a> -som har en -<a href="http://www.reisetider.no/reisetid/omrade.html?omrade=5">kartside -for Østlandet</a> som viser at det måles mellom Sandvika og Sollihøgda. -Det kan dermed se ut til at jeg har funnet ut hva boksene gjør.</p> - -<p>Hvis det stemmer, så er dette bokser som leser av AutoPASS-ID-en -til alle passerende biler med AutoPASS-brikke, og dermed gjør det mulig -for de som kontrollerer boksene å holde rede på hvor en gitt bil er -når den passerte et slikt målepunkt. NRK-artikkelen forteller at -denne informasjonen i dag kun brukes til å koble to -AutoPASS-brikkepasseringer passeringer sammen for å beregne -reisetiden, og at bruken er godkjent av Datatilsynet. Det er desverre -ikke mulig for en sjåfør som passerer under en slik boks å kontrollere -at AutoPASS-ID-en kun brukes til dette i dag og i fremtiden.</p> - -<p>I tillegg til denne type AutoPASS-sniffere vet jeg at det også -finnes mange automatiske stasjoner som tar betalt pr. passering (aka -bomstasjoner), og der lagres informasjon om tid, sted og bilnummer i -10 år. Finnes det andre slike sniffere plassert ut på veiene?</p> - -<p>Personlig har jeg valgt å ikke bruke AutoPASS-brikke, for å gjøre -det vanskeligere og mer kostbart for de som vil invadere privatsfæren -og holde rede på hvor bilen min beveger seg til enhver tid. Jeg håper -flere vil gjøre det samme, selv om det gir litt høyere private -utgifter (dyrere bompassering). Vern om privatsfæren koster i disse -dager.</p> - -<p>Takk til Jan Kristian Jensen i Statens Vegvesen for tips om -dokumentasjon på vegvesenets REST-API.</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> - Speeding up the Debian installer using eatmydata and dpkg-divert - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Speeding_up_the_Debian_installer_using_eatmydata_and_dpkg_divert.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Speeding_up_the_Debian_installer_using_eatmydata_and_dpkg_divert.html - Tue, 16 Sep 2014 14:00:00 +0200 - <p>The <a href="https://www.debian.org/">Debian</a> installer could be -a lot quicker. When we install more than 2000 packages in -<a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Skolelinux / Debian Edu</a> using -tasksel in the installer, unpacking the binary packages take forever. -A part of the slow I/O issue was discussed in -<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/613428">bug #613428</a> about too -much file system sync-ing done by dpkg, which is the package -responsible for unpacking the binary packages. Other parts (like code -executed by postinst scripts) might also sync to disk during -installation. All this sync-ing to disk do not really make sense to -me. If the machine crash half-way through, I start over, I do not try -to salvage the half installed system. So the failure sync-ing is -supposed to protect against, hardware or system crash, is not really -relevant while the installer is running.</p> - -<p>A few days ago, I thought of a way to get rid of all the file -system sync()-ing in a fairly non-intrusive way, without the need to -change the code in several packages. The idea is not new, but I have -not heard anyone propose the approach using dpkg-divert before. It -depend on the small and clever package -<a href="https://packages.qa.debian.org/eatmydata">eatmydata</a>, which -uses LD_PRELOAD to replace the system functions for syncing data to -disk with functions doing nothing, thus allowing programs to live -dangerous while speeding up disk I/O significantly. Instead of -modifying the implementation of dpkg, apt and tasksel (which are the -packages responsible for selecting, fetching and installing packages), -it occurred to me that we could just divert the programs away, replace -them with a simple shell wrapper calling -"eatmydata&nbsp;$program&nbsp;$@", to get the same effect. -Two days ago I decided to test the idea, and wrapped up a simple -implementation for the Debian Edu udeb.</p> - -<p>The effect was stunning. In my first test it reduced the running -time of the pkgsel step (installing tasks) from 64 to less than 44 -minutes (20 minutes shaved off the installation) on an old Dell -Latitude D505 machine. I am not quite sure what the optimised time -would have been, as I messed up the testing a bit, causing the debconf -priority to get low enough for two questions to pop up during -installation. As soon as I saw the questions I moved the installation -along, but do not know how long the question were holding up the -installation. I did some more measurements using Debian Edu Jessie, -and got these results. The time measured is the time stamp in -/var/log/syslog between the "pkgsel: starting tasksel" and the -"pkgsel: finishing up" lines, if you want to do the same measurement -yourself. In Debian Edu, the tasksel dialog do not show up, and the -timing thus do not depend on how quickly the user handle the tasksel -dialog.</p> - -<p><table> - -<tr> -<th>Machine/setup</th> -<th>Original tasksel</th> -<th>Optimised tasksel</th> -<th>Reduction</th> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td>Latitude D505 Main+LTSP LXDE</td> -<td>64 min (07:46-08:50)</td> -<td><44 min (11:27-12:11)</td> -<td>>20 min 18%</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td>Latitude D505 Roaming LXDE</td> -<td>57 min (08:48-09:45)</td> -<td>34 min (07:43-08:17)</td> -<td>23 min 40%</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td>Latitude D505 Minimal</td> -<td>22 min (10:37-10:59)</td> -<td>11 min (11:16-11:27)</td> -<td>11 min 50%</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td>Thinkpad X200 Minimal</td> -<td>6 min (08:19-08:25)</td> -<td>4 min (08:04-08:08)</td> -<td>2 min 33%</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td>Thinkpad X200 Roaming KDE</td> -<td>19 min (09:21-09:40)</td> -<td>15 min (10:25-10:40)</td> -<td>4 min 21%</td> -</tr> - -</table></p> - -<p>The test is done using a netinst ISO on a USB stick, so some of the -time is spent downloading packages. The connection to the Internet -was 100Mbit/s during testing, so downloading should not be a -significant factor in the measurement. Download typically took a few -seconds to a few minutes, depending on the amount of packages being -installed.</p> - -<p>The speedup is implemented by using two hooks in -<a href="https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/">Debian -Installer</a>, the pre-pkgsel.d hook to set up the diverts, and the -finish-install.d hook to remove the divert at the end of the -installation. I picked the pre-pkgsel.d hook instead of the -post-base-installer.d hook because I test using an ISO without the -eatmydata package included, and the post-base-installer.d hook in -Debian Edu can only operate on packages included in the ISO. The -negative effect of this is that I am unable to activate this -optimization for the kernel installation step in d-i. If the code is -moved to the post-base-installer.d hook, the speedup would be larger -for the entire installation.</p> - -<p>I've implemented this in the -<a href="https://packages.qa.debian.org/debian-edu-install">debian-edu-install</a> -git repository, and plan to provide the optimization as part of the -Debian Edu installation. If you want to test this yourself, you can -create two files in the installer (or in an udeb). One shell script -need do go into /usr/lib/pre-pkgsel.d/, with content like this:</p> - -<p><blockquote><pre> -#!/bin/sh -set -e -. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule -info() { - logger -t my-pkgsel "info: $*" -} -error() { - logger -t my-pkgsel "error: $*" -} -override_install() { - apt-install eatmydata || true - if [ -x /target/usr/bin/eatmydata ] ; then - for bin in dpkg apt-get aptitude tasksel ; do - file=/usr/bin/$bin - # Test that the file exist and have not been diverted already. - if [ -f /target$file ] ; then - info "diverting $file using eatmydata" - printf "#!/bin/sh\neatmydata $bin.distrib \"\$@\"\n" \ - > /target$file.edu - chmod 755 /target$file.edu - in-target dpkg-divert --package debian-edu-config \ - --rename --quiet --add $file - ln -sf ./$bin.edu /target$file - else - error "unable to divert $file, as it is missing." - fi - done - else - error "unable to find /usr/bin/eatmydata after installing the eatmydata pacage" - fi -} - -override_install -</pre></blockquote></p> - -<p>To clean up, another shell script should go into -/usr/lib/finish-install.d/ with code like this: - -<p><blockquote><pre> -#! /bin/sh -e -. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule -error() { - logger -t my-finish-install "error: $@" -} -remove_install_override() { - for bin in dpkg apt-get aptitude tasksel ; do - file=/usr/bin/$bin - if [ -x /target$file.edu ] ; then - rm /target$file - in-target dpkg-divert --package debian-edu-config \ - --rename --quiet --remove $file - rm /target$file.edu - else - error "Missing divert for $file." - fi - done - sync # Flush file buffers before continuing -} - -remove_install_override -</pre></blockquote></p> - -<p>In Debian Edu, I placed both code fragments in a separate script -edu-eatmydata-install and call it from the pre-pkgsel.d and -finish-install.d scripts.</p> - -<p>By now you might ask if this change should get into the normal -Debian installer too? I suspect it should, but am not sure the -current debian-installer coordinators find it useful enough. It also -depend on the side effects of the change. I'm not aware of any, but I -guess we will see if the change is safe after some more testing. -Perhaps there is some package in Debian depending on sync() and -fsync() having effect? Perhaps it should go into its own udeb, to -allow those of us wanting to enable it to do so without affecting -everyone.</p> - -<p>Update 2014-09-24: Since a few days ago, enabling this optimization -will break installation of all programs using gnutls because of -<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/702711">bug #702711. An updated -eatmydata package in Debian will solve it.</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> - Good bye subkeys.pgp.net, welcome pool.sks-keyservers.net - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Good_bye_subkeys_pgp_net__welcome_pool_sks_keyservers_net.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Good_bye_subkeys_pgp_net__welcome_pool_sks_keyservers_net.html - Wed, 10 Sep 2014 13:10:00 +0200 - <p>Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending a talk with the -<a href="http://www.nuug.no/">Norwegian Unix User Group</a> about -<a href="http://www.nuug.no/aktiviteter/20140909-sks-keyservers/">the -OpenPGP keyserver pool sks-keyservers.net</a>, and was very happy to -learn that there is a large set of publicly available key servers to -use when looking for peoples public key. So far I have used -subkeys.pgp.net, and some times wwwkeys.nl.pgp.net when the former -were misbehaving, but those days are ended. The servers I have used -up until yesterday have been slow and some times unavailable. I hope -those problems are gone now.</p> - -<p>Behind the round robin DNS entry of the -<a href="https://sks-keyservers.net/">sks-keyservers.net</a> service -there is a pool of more than 100 keyservers which are checked every -day to ensure they are well connected and up to date. It must be -better than what I have used so far. :)</p> - -<p>Yesterdays speaker told me that the service is the default -keyserver provided by the default configuration in GnuPG, but this do -not seem to be used in Debian. Perhaps it should?</p> - -<p>Anyway, I've updated my ~/.gnupg/options file to now include this -line:</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><blockquote><pre> -keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net -</pre></blockquote></p> - -<p>With GnuPG version 2 one can also locate the keyserver using SRV -entries in DNS. Just for fun, I did just that at work, so now every -user of GnuPG at the University of Oslo should find a OpenGPG -keyserver automatically should their need it:</p> +<ul> -<p><blockquote><pre> -% host -t srv _pgpkey-http._tcp.uio.no -_pgpkey-http._tcp.uio.no has SRV record 0 100 11371 pool.sks-keyservers.net. -% -</pre></blockquote></p> + <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> -<p>Now if only -<a href="http://ietfreport.isoc.org/idref/draft-shaw-openpgp-hkp/">the -HKP lookup protocol</a> supported finding signature paths, I would be -very happy. It can look up a given key or search for a user ID, but I -normally do not want that, but to find a trust path from my key to -another key. Given a user ID or key ID, I would like to find (and -download) the keys representing a signature path from my key to the -key in question, to be able to get a trust path between the two keys. -This is as far as I can tell not possible today. Perhaps something -for a future version of the protocol?</p> +</ul> - Do you need an agreement with MPEG-LA to publish and broadcast H.264 video in Norway? - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Do_you_need_an_agreement_with_MPEG_LA_to_publish_and_broadcast_H_264_video_in_Norway_.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Do_you_need_an_agreement_with_MPEG_LA_to_publish_and_broadcast_H_264_video_in_Norway_.html - Mon, 25 Aug 2014 22:10:00 +0200 - <p>Two years later, I am still not sure if it is legal here in Norway -to use or publish a video in H.264 or MPEG4 format edited by the -commercially licensed video editors, without limiting the use to -create "personal" or "non-commercial" videos or get a license -agreement with <a href="http://www.mpegla.com">MPEG LA</a>. If one -want to publish and broadcast video in a non-personal or commercial -setting, it might be that those tools can not be used, or that video -format can not be used, without breaking their copyright license. I -am not sure. -<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Trenger_en_avtale_med_MPEG_LA_for___publisere_og_kringkaste_H_264_video_.html">Back -then</a>, I found that the copyright license terms for Adobe Premiere -and Apple Final Cut Pro both specified that one could not use the -program to produce anything else without a patent license from MPEG -LA. The issue is not limited to those two products, though. Other -much used products like those from Avid and Sorenson Media have terms -of use are similar to those from Adobe and Apple. The complicating -factor making me unsure if those terms have effect in Norway or not is -that the patents in question are not valid in Norway, but copyright -licenses are.</p> - -<p>These are the terms for Avid Artist Suite, according to their -<a href="http://www.avid.com/US/about-avid/legal-notices/legal-enduserlicense2">published -end user</a> -<a href="http://www.avid.com/static/resources/common/documents/corporate/LICENSE.pdf">license -text</a> (converted to lower case text for easier reading):</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> -<p>18.2. MPEG-4. MPEG-4 technology may be included with the -software. MPEG LA, L.L.C. requires this notice: </p> - -<p>This product is licensed under the MPEG-4 visual patent portfolio -license for the personal and non-commercial use of a consumer for (i) -encoding video in compliance with the MPEG-4 visual standard (“MPEG-4 -video”) and/or (ii) decoding MPEG-4 video that was encoded by a -consumer engaged in a personal and non-commercial activity and/or was -obtained from a video provider licensed by MPEG LA to provide MPEG-4 -video. No license is granted or shall be implied for any other -use. Additional information including that relating to promotional, -internal and commercial uses and licensing may be obtained from MPEG -LA, LLC. See http://www.mpegla.com. This product is licensed under -the MPEG-4 systems patent portfolio license for encoding in compliance -with the MPEG-4 systems standard, except that an additional license -and payment of royalties are necessary for encoding in connection with -(i) data stored or replicated in physical media which is paid for on a -title by title basis and/or (ii) data which is paid for on a title by -title basis and is transmitted to an end user for permanent storage -and/or use, such additional license may be obtained from MPEG LA, -LLC. See http://www.mpegla.com for additional details.</p> - -<p>18.3. H.264/AVC. H.264/AVC technology may be included with the -software. MPEG LA, L.L.C. requires this notice:</p> - -<p>This product is licensed under the AVC patent portfolio license for -the personal use of a consumer or other uses in which it does not -receive remuneration to (i) encode video in compliance with the AVC -standard (“AVC video”) and/or (ii) decode AVC video that was encoded -by a consumer engaged in a personal activity and/or was obtained from -a video provider licensed to provide AVC video. No license is granted -or shall be implied for any other use. Additional information may be -obtained from MPEG LA, L.L.C. See http://www.mpegla.com.</p> +All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed. +<br>- I. F. Stone </blockquote></p> -<p>Note the requirement that the videos created can only be used for -personal or non-commercial purposes.</p> - -<p>The Sorenson Media software have -<a href="http://www.sorensonmedia.com/terms/">similar terms</a>:</p> - -<p><blockquote> - -<p>With respect to a license from Sorenson pertaining to MPEG-4 Video -Decoders and/or Encoders: Any such product is licensed under the -MPEG-4 visual patent portfolio license for the personal and -non-commercial use of a consumer for (i) encoding video in compliance -with the MPEG-4 visual standard (“MPEG-4 video”) and/or (ii) decoding -MPEG-4 video that was encoded by a consumer engaged in a personal and -non-commercial activity and/or was obtained from a video provider -licensed by MPEG LA to provide MPEG-4 video. No license is granted or -shall be implied for any other use. Additional information including -that relating to promotional, internal and commercial uses and -licensing may be obtained from MPEG LA, LLC. See -http://www.mpegla.com.</p> - -<p>With respect to a license from Sorenson pertaining to MPEG-4 -Consumer Recorded Data Encoder, MPEG-4 Systems Internet Data Encoder, -MPEG-4 Mobile Data Encoder, and/or MPEG-4 Unique Use Encoder: Any such -product is licensed under the MPEG-4 systems patent portfolio license -for encoding in compliance with the MPEG-4 systems standard, except -that an additional license and payment of royalties are necessary for -encoding in connection with (i) data stored or replicated in physical -media which is paid for on a title by title basis and/or (ii) data -which is paid for on a title by title basis and is transmitted to an -end user for permanent storage and/or use. Such additional license may -be obtained from MPEG LA, LLC. See http://www.mpegla.com for -additional details.</p> - -</blockquote></p> - -<p>Some free software like -<a href="https://handbrake.fr/">Handbrake</A> and -<a href="http://ffmpeg.org/">FFMPEG</a> uses GPL/LGPL licenses and do -not have any such terms included, so for those, there is no -requirement to limit the use to personal and non-commercial.</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> - Lenker for 2014-08-03 - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Lenker_for_2014_08_03.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Lenker_for_2014_08_03.html - Sun, 3 Aug 2014 23:00:00 +0200 - <p>Lenge siden jeg har hatt tid til å publisere lenker til skriverier -jeg har hatt glede og nytte av av å lese. Her er en liten norsk -lenkesamling.</p> - -<p><ul> - -<li><a href="http://www.nrk.no/ytring/sjoslag-om-fiskemilliardene-1.11576109">Sjøslag -om fiskemilliardene</a> (NRK Ytring 2014-03-03) - litt om hvordan de -norske felles matressurser røves fra felleskapet.</li> - -<li><a href="http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/Matkrisen-kan-komme-til-Norge-7522341.html">Matkrisen -kan komme til Norge</a> (Aftenposten 2014-4-01) - hvordan miljøendringene vil gjøre matproduksjonen i Norge mer sårbar.</li> - -<li><a href="http://www.nrk.no/ytring/norge-trenger-kornlager-1.11726744">Norge -trenger kornlager</a> (NRK Ytring 2014-06-07) Chr. Anton Smedshaug -forteller litt om Norges sårbare matsituasjon etter at Staten solgte -Norges kornlager.</li> - -<li><a href="http://www.nrk.no/norge/pst-vil-overvake-datatastaturer-1.11583286">PST -vil overvåke datatastaturer</a> (NRK 2014-03-04) - PST ønsker retten -til å bryte seg inn på private PC-er og legge inn spionprogrammer. -Hvilket nok vil gjøre Linux mer populært, men gjør at en i enda mindre -grad enn i dag kan stole på datamaskiner - neppe en god ide for -samfunnet totalt sett.</li> - -<li><a href="http://www.osloby.no/nyheter/Ruter-fremstar-som-et-pobelvelde-7490624.html">«Ruter -fremstår som et pøbelvelde»</a> (OsloBy 2014-03-05) - et eksempel på -hvordan kollektivtransportselskapet i Oslo håndterer sine kunder.</li> - -<li><a href="http://www.dagbladet.no/2014/03/05/nyheter/dbtv/reklame/clear_channel/32123808/">Clear -Channel nektet å vise Greenpeace-reklame i Oslo</a> (Dagbladet -2014-03-05) - forteller litt om hvordan hvilke budskap som når ut i -det offentlige rom kontrolleres i Norge.</li> - -<li><a href="http://www.dagbladet.no/2014/03/06/kultur/meninger/debattinnlegg/kronikk/22_juli/32175854/">Svarte -ikke på kritikken</a> (Dagbladet 2014-03-06) - innlegg fra Norsk -presseforbund der de nok en gang tar opp det forkastelige i at -politiet nå har full tilgang til å bedrive telefonkontroll av -advokater.</li> - -<li><a href="http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/Putin-spiller-poker_-ikke-sjakk-I-sjakk-har-man-regler-7495368.html">«Putin -spiller poker, ikke sjakk. I sjakk har man regler.»</a> (Aftenposten -2014-03-08) - sjakklegenden Kasparov forklarer litt om hvordan han ser -at Russlands politikk fungerer, blant annet i lys av started av -Ukraina-krisen.</li> - -<li><a href="http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kronikker/I-seng-med-fienden-7492605.html">I -seng med fienden</a> (Aftenposten 2014-03-10) - kronikk fra Eirik -H. Vinje om hvordan menn og kvinner settes opp mot hverandre i det -offentlige ordskiftet, kanskje på sviktende grunnlag.</li> - -<li><a href="http://www.aftenposten.no/amagasinet/Hvor-er-elevene-7501690.html">Fritt -frem for skulk</a> (Aftenposten 2014-03-14) - skildring av hvordan -norske elever i dag ikke lenger har rimelig krav om oppmøte på -skolen.</li> - -<li><a href="http://www.aftenposten.no/digital/Datalagringsdirektiv-avslorte-abort_-sykdom-og-vapenkjop--7503014.html">«Datalagringsdirektiv» -avslørte abort, sykdom og våpenkjøp</a> (Aftenposten 2014-03-14) - om -hvordan forskere har dokumentert hvordan innsamling av metadata om -telefoni og Internett-bruk kan være svært avslørende.</li> - -<li><a href="http://www.dagbladet.no/2014/03/14/kultur/meninger/ideer/lordagskommentaren/agnes_ravatn/32302856/">Konsentrasjonssvikt -på pensum</a> (Dagbladet 2014-03-14) - Kommentar om hvordan (feil) -bruk IKT i skolen kan ødelegge mer enn det bidrar til læring.</li> - -<li><a href="http://doremusnor.wordpress.com/2014/02/09/reservasjonsrettsstaten/">Reservasjonsrettsstaten</a> -(blogg fra Doremus 2014-02-09) - morsom beskrivelse om hvordan -regjeringens forslag til reservasjonsrett for leger kan utvides til å -gjelde alles samvittighet.</li> - -<li><a href="http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kronikker/Autoritar-gjokunge-7514915.html">Autoritær -gjøkunge</a> (Aftenposten 2014-03-25) - Kronikk av Bjørn Stærk om -snurpenots-overvåkningen som varsleren Snowden dokumenterte.</li> - -<li><a href="http://blogg.friprog.no/2014/03/leveransekrise-i-offentlig-sektor-mener-mike-bracken-executive-director-of-digital-in-the-cabinet-office/">Leveransekrise -i Offentlig sektor – mener Mike Bracken, Executive Director of Digital -in the Cabinet Office</a> (blogg fra Friprog-senteret 2014-03-26).</li> - -<li><a href="http://www.dagbladet.no/2014/03/26/kultur/meninger/kronikk/etiopia/avlytting/32499687/">Norge -må stanse avlyttingen</a> (Dagbladet 2014-03-26) - leserinnlegg fra -Felix Horne der han ber om at Norge gjør en innsats for å få slutt på -overvåkning av innbyggerne som gjøres i Norge av Etiopiske -myndigheter.</li> - -<li><a href="http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kronikker/Demokrati-er-ingen-naturlig-styreform-7521957.html">Demokrati -er ingen naturlig styreform</a> (Aftenposten 2014-04-01) - kronikk av -Stein Ringen om hvordan demokrati som styreform går tapt når -innbyggerne tar det for gitt.</li> - -<li><a href="http://www.nrk.no/ytring/ytringsansvar-ere-enhver-tilladte_-1.11618934">Ytringsansvar -ere Enhver tilladte!</a> (NRK Ytring 2014-04-01) - innspill fra Trygve -Svensson og Helge Svare om at hver enkelt av oss har et ansvar for å -ytre oss i den offentlige debatten.</li> - -<li><a href="http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/Jeg-er-ingen-god-samfunnsborger-7527128.html">Jeg -er ingen god samfunnsborger</a> (Aftenposten 2014-04-16), kronikk av -Simen Tveitereid om alternative måter å motiveres i samfunnet, uten å -hige etter mer penger og flere ting.</li> - -<li><a href="http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/debatt/Avgjorelsen-far-umiddelbar-virkning-7531811.html">DLD-dommen: -Avgjørelsen får umiddelbar virkning</a> (Aftenposten 2014-04-10) - -kronikk av Høyres Michael Tetzschner, en partiutbryter i DLD-saken som -stemte nei til DLD i Stortinget i 2011.</li> - -<li><a href="http://www.uhuru.biz/?p=1466">Datalagringsdirektivets -endelikt</a> (blogg fra John Wessel-Aas 2014-04-11) - oppsummering -av hvordan direktivet ble funnet ugyldig i EU-domstolen.</li> - -<li><a href="http://www.vg.no/nyheter/meninger/kronikk-kapitulasjonspresidenten/a/10147713/">Kronikk: -Kapitulasjonspresidenten</a> (VG 2014-04-22) - kronikk av Einar -Kr. Steffenak om hvordan Stortingspresidenten og regjeringen viser sin -prinsippløshet i møte med Kina.</li> - -<li><a href="http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kronikker/Innerst-inne-er-alle-nordmenn-7542617.html">Innerst -inne er alle nordmenn</a> (Aftenposten 2014-04-27) - kronikk fra Bjørn -Stærk om hvordan vi i Vesten i stor grad baserer oss på en fantasi om -at alle i verden bærer på en drøm om å bli som oss.</li> - -<li><a href="http://www.aftenposten.no/viten/uviten/Det-italienske-senatet-gav-seg-selv-134-milliarder-euro-i-sluttpakke--7575312.html">Det -italienske senatet gav seg selv 134 milliarder euro i sluttpakke</a> -(Aftenposten 2014-06-19) - forsker Simen Gaure forteller hvordan -løgner og fantasi fra nettkilder i stor grad blir akseptert som -sannhet - antagelig også av deg og meg.</li> - -<li><a href="http://www.dagbladet.no/2014/05/30/kultur/meninger/kronikk/skole/33576392/">Et -forsvar for bråkmakerne</a> (Dagbladet 2014-05-30) - kronikk av Dag -Øystein Nome som beskriver hvordan dagens skole ikke fungerer så godt -for mange elever.</li> - -<li><a href="http://www.osloby.no/nyheter/Betalte-med-slitt-seddel---havnet-i-arresten-7617208.html">Betalte -med slitt seddel - havnet i arresten</a> (Osloby 2014-06-25)) - -dokumentasjon av Oslopolitiets angrep på vår alles rett til å ferdes -uten elektronisk sporing. Jeg bruker kontanter i så stor grad som -mulig da banken ikke har noe med hvor jeg er og hva jeg kjøper. Vi -som gjør dette risikerer som beskrevet overgrep som frihetsberøvelse -og registrering og lagring av fingeravtrykk og bilde i politiets -database over mistenkte.</li> - -<li><a href="http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/leder/Fredsprisen-til-Snowden-7620422.html">Fredsprisen -til Snowden</a> (Aftenposten 2014-06-28) - leder som forklarer hvorfor -varsleren Snowden bør få fredsprisen.</li> - -<li><a href="http://www.dagbladet.no/2014/08/01/kultur/meninger/dbmener/leder1/34598010/">Strategi -for politistaten</a> (Dagbladet 2014-08-01) - leder som advarer om -sterke krefter som bruker terrortrusselen til å lirke Norge nærmere å -bli en politistat.</li> - -<li><a href="http://www.nrk.no/ytring/vi-ma-tenke-nytt-om-narkotika-1.11859322">Vi -må tenke nytt om narkotika</a> (NRK Ytring 2014-08-03) - Mark Lewis -forklarer hvorfor legalisering og offentlig kontroll av -narkotikamarkedet er mye bedre enn å overlate det til kriminelle.</li> - - -</ul></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> - Debian Edu interview: Bernd Zeitzen - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Bernd_Zeitzen.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Bernd_Zeitzen.html - Thu, 31 Jul 2014 08:30:00 +0200 - <p>The complete and free “out of the box” software solution for -schools, <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / -Skolelinux</a>, is used quite a lot in Germany, and one of the people -involved is Bernd Zeitzen, who show up on the project mailing lists -from time to time with interesting questions and tips on how to adjust -the setup. I managed to interview him this summer.</p> - -<p><strong>Who are you, and how do you spend your days?</strong></p> - -<p>My name is Bernd Zeitzen and I'm married with Hedda, a self -employed physiotherapist. My former profession is tool maker, but I -haven't worked for 30 years in this job. 30 years ago I started to -support my wife and become her officeworker and a few years later the -administrator for a small computer network, today based on Ubuntu -Server (Samba, OpenVPN). For her daily work she has to use Windows -Desktops because the software she needs to organize her business only -works with Windows . :-(</p> - -<p>In 1988 we started with one PC and DOS, then I learned to use -Windows 98, 2000, XP, …, 8, Ubuntu, MacOSX. Today we are running a -Linux server with 6 Windows clients and 10 persons (teacher of -children with special needs, speech therapist, occupational therapist, -psychologist and officeworkers) using our Samba shares via OpenVPN to -work with the documentations of our patients.</p> - -<p><strong>How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux / Debian Edu -project?</strong></p> - -<p>Two years ago a friend of mine asked me, if I want to get a job in -his school (<a href="http://www.gymnasium-harsewinkel.de/">Gymnasium -Harsewinkel</a>). They started with Skolelinux / Debian Edu and they -were looking for people to give support to the teachers using the -software and the network and teaching the pupils increasing their -computer skills in optional lessons. I'm spending 4-6 hours a week -with this job.</p> - -<p><strong>What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux / Debian -Edu?</strong></p> - -<p>The independence.</p> - -<p>First: Every person is allowed to use, share and develop the -software. Even if you are poor, you are allowed to use the software -included in Skolelinux/Debian Edu and all the other Free Software.</p> - -<p>Second: The software runs on old machines and this gives us the -possibility to recycle computers, weeded out from offices. The -servers and desktops are running for more than two years and they are -working reliable. </p> - -<p>We have two servers (one tjener and one terminal server), 45 -workstations in three classrooms and seven laptops as a mobile -solution for all classrooms. These machines are all booting from the -terminal server. In the moment we are installing 30 laptops as mobile -workstations. Then the pupils have the possibility to work with these -machines in their classrooms. Internet access is realized by a WLAN -router, connected to the schools network. This is all done without a -dedicated system administrator or a computer science teacher.</p> - -<p><strong>What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux / Debian -Edu?</strong></p> - -<p>Teachers and pupils are Windows users. &lt;Irony on&gt; And Linux -isn't cool. It's software for freaks using the command line. &lt;Irony -off&gt; They don't realize the stability of the system. </p> - -<p><strong>Which free software do you use daily?</strong></p> - -<p>Firefox, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, Ubuntu Server 12.04 (Samba, -Apache, MySQL, Joomla!, … and Skolelinux / Debian Edu)</p> - -<p><strong>Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to -get schools to use free software?</strong></p> - -<p>In Germany we have the situation: every school is free to decide -which software they want to use. This decision is influenced by -teachers who learned to use Windows and MS Office. They buy a PC with -Windows preinstalled and an additional testing version of MS -Office. They don't know about the possibility to use Free Software -instead. Another problem are the publisher of school books. They -develop their software, added to the school books, for Windows.</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>