X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/5ddd7ed008e2e0eaad64455500b3bab3d1ed3a64..008e8a93d16efb112922aa70c1d17d6912e75b18:/blog/index.rss diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss index d118b348cb..3728590138 100644 --- a/blog/index.rss +++ b/blog/index.rss @@ -7,761 +7,946 @@ - How to install Linux on a Packard Bell Easynote LV preinstalled with Windows 8 - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8.html - Mon, 27 May 2013 15:20:00 +0200 - <p>Two days ago, I asked -<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_can_I_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8_.html">how -I could install Linux on a Packard Bell EasyNote LV computer -preinstalled with Windows 8</a>. I found a solution, but am horrified -with the obstacles put in the way of Linux users on a laptop with UEFI -and Windows 8.</p> - -<p>I never found out if the cause of my problems were the use of UEFI -secure booting or fast boot. I suspect fast boot was the problem, -causing the firmware to boot directly from HD without considering any -key presses and alternative devices, but do not know UEFI settings -enough to tell.</p> - -<p>There is no way to install Linux on the machine in question without -opening the box and disconnecting the hard drive! This is as far as I -can tell, the only way to get access to the firmware setup menu -without accepting the Windows 8 license agreement. I am told (and -found description on how to) that it is possible to configure the -firmware setup once booted into Windows 8. But as I believe the terms -of that agreement are completely unacceptable, accepting the license -was never an alternative. I do not enter agreements I do not intend -to follow.</p> - -<p>I feared I had to return the laptops and ask for a refund, and -waste many hours on this, but luckily there was a way to get it to -work. But I would not recommend it to anyone planning to run Linux on -it, and I have become sceptical to Windows 8 certified laptops. Is -this the way Linux will be forced out of the market place, by making -it close to impossible for "normal" users to install Linux without -accepting the Microsoft Windows license terms? Or at least not -without risking to loose the warranty?</p> - -<p>I've updated the -<a href="http://www.linlap.com/packard_bell_easynote_lv">Linux Laptop -wiki page for Packard Bell EasyNote LV</a>, to ensure the next person -do not have to struggle as much as I did to get Linux into the -machine.</p> + Fourth alpha release of Debian Edu/Skolelinux based on Debian Wheezy + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Fourth_alpha_release_of_Debian_Edu_Skolelinux_based_on_Debian_Wheezy.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Fourth_alpha_release_of_Debian_Edu_Skolelinux_based_on_Debian_Wheezy.html + Wed, 3 Jul 2013 14:00:00 +0200 + <p>The fourth wheezy based alpha release of Debian Edu was wrapped up +today. This is the release announcement:</p> + +<p><strong>New features for Debian Edu 7.1+edu0~alpha3 released +2013-07-03</strong></p> + +<p>These are the release notes for for Debian Edu / Skolelinux +7.1+edu0~alpha3, based on Debian with codename "Wheezy".</p> + +<p><strong>About Debian Edu and Skolelinux</strong></p> + +<p><a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu, also known as +Skolelinux</a>, is a Linux distribution based on Debian providing an +out-of-the box environment of a completely configured school +network. Immediately after installation a school server running all +services needed for a school network is set up just waiting for users +and machines being added via GOsa², a comfortable Web-UI. A netbooting +environment is prepared using PXE, so after initial installation of +the main server from CD, DVD 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 +<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Educational_applications_included_in_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux__the_screenshot_collection____.html">more +than 60 educational software packages</a> and more are available from +the Debian archive, and schools can choose between KDE, Gnome, LXDE +and Xfce desktop environment.</p> + +<p>This is the fourth test release based on Debian Wheezy. Basically +this is an updated and slightly improved version compared to the +Squeeze release.</p> + +<p><strong>Software updates</strong></p> +<ul> + <li>Dropped ispell dictionaries from our default installation.</li> + <li>Dropped menu-xdg from the KDE desktop option, to drop the Debian + submenu. It was not included with Gnome, LXDE or Xfce, so this + brings KDE in line with the others.</li> + <li>Dropped xdrawchem, xjig and xsok from our default installation as + they don't have a desktop menu entry and thus won't show up in the + menu now that menu-xdg was removed.</li> + <li>Removed the killer system to kill left behind processes on + multi-user machines, as it was no longer able to understand when a + X display was in use and killed the processes of the active users + too.</li> + <li>Dropped the golearn (from goplay) package as the debtags in wheezy + are too few to make the package useful.</li> +</ul> +<p><strong>Other changes</strong></p> +<ul> + <li>Updated artwork matching http://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Joy + <li>Multi-arch i386/amd64 USB stick ISO available.</li> + <li>Got rid of ispell/wordlist related debconf questions that showed + up for some language options.</li> + <li>Switched to using http.debian.net as APT source by default.</li> + <li>Fixed proxy configuration on Main Server installations.</li> + <li>Changed LTSP setup to ask dpkg to use force-unsafe-io the same way + d-i is doing it.</li> + <li>Made sure root and user passwords were not left behind in the + debconf database after installation on Main Server installations.</li> + <li>Made Roaming Workstation dynamic setup more robust and added draft + script setup-ad-client to hook a Roaming Workstation up to a + Active Directory server instead of a Debian Edu Main Server.</li> + <li>Update system to install needed firmware packages during + installation, to work properly in Wheezy.</li> + <li>Update system to handle hardware quirks (debian-edu-hwsetup).</li> + <li>Corrected PXE installation setup to properly pass selected desktop + and keymap settings to PXE installation clients.</li> + <li>LTSP diskless workstations use sshfs by default, allowing them to + work without adding them to DNS and NIS netgroups for NFS access.</li> +</ul> +<p><strong>Known issues</strong></p> +<ul> + <li>No mass import of user account data in GOsa (ldif or csv) + available yet (698840).</li> + <li>Artwork not enabled for all desktops.</li> +</ul> +<p><strong>Where to get it</strong></p> -<p>Thanks to Bob Rosbag, Florian Weimer, Philipp Kern, Ben Hutching, -Michael Tokarev and others for feedback and ideas.</p> +<p>To download the multiarch netinstall CD release you can use</p> +<ul> + <li><a href="ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~a3-CD.iso">ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~a3-CD.iso</a></li> + <li><a href="http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~a3-CD.iso">http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~a3-CD.iso</a></li> + <li>rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~a3-CD.iso .</li> +</ul> + +<p>The MD5SUM of this image is: 2b161a99d2a848c376d8d04e3854e30c +<br>The SHA1SUM of this image is: 498922e9c508c0a7ee9dbe1dfe5bf830d779c3c8</p> + +<p>To download the multiarch USB stick ISO release you can use</p> +<ul> + <li><a href="ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~a3-USB.iso">ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~a3-USB.iso</a></li> + <li><a href="http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~a3-USB.iso">http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~a3-USB.iso</a></li> + <li>rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~a3-USB.iso .</li> +</ul> + +<p>The MD5SUM of this image is: 25e808e403a4c15dbef1d13c37d572ac +<br>The SHA1SUM of this image is: 15ecfc93eb6b4f453b7eb0bc04b6a279262d9721</p> + +<p><strong>How to report bugs</strong></p> + +<p><a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs">http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs</a></p> - How can I install Linux on a Packard Bell Easynote LV preinstalled with Windows 8? - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_can_I_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8_.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_can_I_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8_.html - Sat, 25 May 2013 18:20:00 +0200 - <p>I've run into quite a problem the last few days. I bought three -new laptops for my parents and a few others. I bought Packard Bell -Easynote LV to run Kubuntu on and use as their home computer. But I -am completely unable to figure out how to install Linux on it. The -computer is preinstalled with Windows 8, and I suspect it uses UEFI -instead of a BIOS to boot.</p> - -<p>The problem is that I am unable to get it to PXE boot, and unable -to get it to boot the Linux installer from my USB stick. I have yet -to try the DVD install, and still hope it will work. when I turn on -the computer, there is no information on what buttons to press to get -the normal boot menu. I expect to get some boot menu to select PXE or -USB stick booting. When booting, it first ask for the language to -use, then for some regional settings, and finally if I will accept the -Windows 8 terms of use. As these terms are completely unacceptable to -me, I have no other choice but to turn off the computer and try again -to get it to boot the Linux installer.</p> - -<p>I have gathered my findings so far on a Linlap page about the -<a href="http://www.linlap.com/packard_bell_easynote_lv">Packard Bell -EasyNote LV</a> model. If you have any idea how to get Linux -installed on this machine, please get in touch or update that wiki -page. If I can't find a way to install Linux, I will have to return -the laptop to the seller and find another machine for my parents.</p> - -<p>I wonder, is this the way Linux will be forced out of the market -using UEFI and "secure boot" by making it impossible to install Linux -on new Laptops?</p> + Automatically locate and install required firmware packages on Debian (Isenkram 0.4) + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Automatically_locate_and_install_required_firmware_packages_on_Debian__Isenkram_0_4_.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Automatically_locate_and_install_required_firmware_packages_on_Debian__Isenkram_0_4_.html + Tue, 25 Jun 2013 11:50:00 +0200 + <p>It annoys me when the computer fail to do automatically what it is +perfectly capable of, and I have to do it manually to get things +working. One such task is to find out what firmware packages are +needed to get the hardware on my computer working. Most often this +affect the wifi card, but some times it even affect the RAID +controller or the ethernet card. Today I pushed version 0.4 of the +<a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/isenkram">Isenkram package</a> +including a new script isenkram-autoinstall-firmware handling the +process of asking all the loaded kernel modules what firmware files +they want, find debian packages providing these files and install the +debian packages. Here is a test run on my laptop:</p> + +<p><pre> +# isenkram-autoinstall-firmware +info: kernel drivers requested extra firmware: ipw2200-bss.fw ipw2200-ibss.fw ipw2200-sniffer.fw +info: fetching http://http.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/Contents-i386.gz +info: locating packages with the requested firmware files +info: Updating APT sources after adding non-free APT source +info: trying to install firmware-ipw2x00 +firmware-ipw2x00 +firmware-ipw2x00 +Preconfiguring packages ... +Selecting previously deselected package firmware-ipw2x00. +(Reading database ... 259727 files and directories currently installed.) +Unpacking firmware-ipw2x00 (from .../firmware-ipw2x00_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb) ... +Setting up firmware-ipw2x00 (0.28+squeeze1) ... +# +</pre></p> + +<p>When all the requested firmware is present, a simple message is +printed instead:</p> + +<p><pre> +# isenkram-autoinstall-firmware +info: did not find any firmware files requested by loaded kernel modules. exiting +# +</pre></p> + +<p>It could use some polish, but it is already working well and saving +me some time when setting up new machines. :)</p> + +<p>So, how does it work? It look at the set of currently loaded +kernel modules, and look up each one of them using modinfo, to find +the firmware files listed in the module meta-information. Next, it +download the Contents file from a nearby APT mirror, and search for +the firmware files in this file to locate the package with the +requested firmware file. If the package is in the non-free section, a +non-free APT source is added and the package is installed using +<tt>apt-get install</tt>. The end result is a slightly better working +machine.</p> + +<p>I hope someone find time to implement a more polished version of +this script as part of the hw-detect debian-installer module, to +finally fix <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/655507">BTS report +#655507</a>. There really is no need to insert USB sticks with +firmware during a PXE install when the packages already are available +from the nearby Debian mirror.</p> - Skolelinux-intervju: Nirosan Thiyagalingam - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skolelinux_intervju__Nirosan_Thiyagalingam.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skolelinux_intervju__Nirosan_Thiyagalingam.html - Fri, 24 May 2013 21:40:00 +0200 - <p>En ting -<a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Skolelinux-prosjektet</a> har -hatt mye glede av er studentprosjekter. F.eks. er -<a href="http://linuxstopmotion.org/">stillbildeanimasjonssystemet -Stopmotion</a> resultat av et studentprosjekt i Skolelinux. De siste -månedene har en ivrig student veiledet av Marius Kotsbak i -<a href="http://www.friprogramvareiskolen.no/">FRiSK</a> testet hva en -kan få til med en datamaskin til NOK 400,- (antagelig 1700,- med -skjerm, tastatur og mus) når det brukes i Skolelinux. Jeg spurte han -om et intervju.</p> - -<p><strong>Hvem er du, og hva driver du med til daglig?</strong></p> - -<p>Jeg heter Nirosan Thiyagalingam. Jeg er 24 år og studerer -dataingeniør studiet ved Høgskolen i Sør Trøndelag. Interessen for -data har siden ung alder vært tilstede og jeg har i tillegg alltid -vært glad i å lære nye ting. Med teknologi som endres svært hurtig er -det alltid noe nytt å lære. Noe som igjen har gjort det svært -interessant å følge med på utviklingen. Jeg valgte dataingeniør -studiet grunnet ønske om å lære enda mer om programmering og utvikling -av store systemer.</p> - -<p><strong>Hvordan kom du i kontakt med Skolelinux-prosjektet?</strong></p> - -<p>Skolelinux prosjektet hørte jeg først om i media. Men det var først -når jeg skulle velge bacheloroppgave at jeg fattet mer interesse for -prosjektet. Et enkelt søk på nettet førte meg til skolelinux sine -hjemmesider. Informasjonen jeg fant der gjorde meg enda nysgjerrig og -jeg valgte derfor en oppgave som gikk ut på å få en -<a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org">Raspberry PI</a>. Altså en -ultra-billig datamaskin til å kjøre Debian Edu på lik linje med -vanlige datamaskiner. I løpet av prosjektet ble det gjort mye -forskning på nettet. Det var mye jeg måtte forstå rundt hvordan -operativsystemet Linux fungerte før jeg kunne angripe -problemet. Prøvde først å finne ut hvordan man kunne transformere en -vanlig installasjon av Skolelinux til Raspberry PI, men dette var -altfor vanskelig å jeg endte opp med mer spørsmål enn svar. Det ble -videre opprettet kontakt med Skolelinux utviklere på IRC der jeg fikk -diskutert hvilken retning jeg burde gå for å få til en fullverdig -løsning. Det ble bestemt at jeg skulle gå for å først installere -<a href="http://www.raspbian.org/">Raspian</a>. Dette er et -operativsystem basert på Debian spesiallaget for Raspberry Pi sin -maskinvare. Nå som Debian var installert på datamaskinen gjenstod det -å installere de nødvendige Skolelinux pakkene for å få til et -fullverdig system. Disse pakkene ble installert manuelt i første -omgang, men ble senere installert automatisk via et script som Petter -Reinholdtsen laget. Dette scriptet er så enkel å bruke at man er i -gang med installasjonen i løpet av bare 5 minutter. Ikke nok med det, -alt skjer helt automatisk. Alt i alt er jeg veldig fornøyd med -resultatet av installasjonsprosessen. Raspberry Pi er en veldig svak -maskin og det merkes godt når man har installert Skolelinux på -den. Video og 3D-rendering fungerer utrolig dårlig, men nettsurfing og -kontorprogrammer fungerer godt. Det kan derfor konkluderes med at -datamaskinen er egnet for enkle oppgaver. - -<p>Jeg syns det er viktig påpeke at dette kun er startfasen av en slik -løsning. På markedet finnes det nå maskiner som har bedre hardware enn -Raspberry Pi. Det er store muligheter for at man kan klare å -installere Skolelinux på disse også, og da forsvinner nok mest -sannsynlig ytelsesproblemene med Video og 3D rendering også.</p> - -<p>Det ble også prøvd med en løsning som gjorde at Raspberry Pi -fungerte som en tynnklient. Denne løsningen hadde langt bedre ytelse -med tanke på hastighet og brukeropplevelse. Men også her var video og -3D rendering dårlig. Det ble brukt en liten Linux distribusjon kalt -<a href="http://www.berryterminal.com/">BerryTerminal</a> for å få til -dette.</p> - -<p><strong>Hva er fordelene med Skolelinux slik du ser det?</strong></p> - -<p>Fordelen med Skolelinux er mange. At det er gratis er en stor -fordel, men at det er så mange som er med på å utvikle det og -vedlikeholde det er en enda større fordel. Allerede før jeg startet -med prosjektet så jeg mange fordeler, og når jeg nærmet meg sluttfasen -så jeg langt flere. At prosjektet skulle inneha en så høy kvalitet -hadde jeg aldri trodd. En vanlig Skolelinux installasjon har de -nødvendige programmene og funksjonen som både små og store skoler i -tillegg til organisasjoner kan klare seg med. At prosjektet tilbyr en -så komplett løsning er en kjempefordel. Installasjonen er knirkefri -og det er svært enkelt å installere og komme i gang.</p> - -<p><strong>Hva er ulempene med Skolelinux slik du ser det?</strong></p> - -<p>Ulempene jeg ser med prosjektet er ryddigheten av websidene. Selv -om websidene er enkle og konsise er det allikevel ikke appellerende i -like stor grad som for eksempel -<a href="http://www.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu</a> sine sider. Deres side -tilbyr, i tillegg til godt design og presentasjon, en nettbasert -emulator av deres operativsystem. Dette er en stor fordel slik jeg ser -det. Bortsett fra dette ser jeg absolutt ingen ulemper med -Skolelinux-prosjektet.</p> - -<p><strong>Hvilken fri programvare bruker du til daglig?</strong></p> - -<p>Til daglig er jeg en flittig bruker av det åpne media -sentersystemet <a href="http://xbmc.org/">XBMC</a>. Det enorme -samfunnet rundt dette prosjektet har gjort dette til et program som -dekker alles behov. Man kan tilpasse det akkurat slik man vil både med -tanke på utseende og funksjoner ved installere plug-ins eller -scripts.</p> - -<p><strong>Hvilken strategi tror du er den rette å bruke for å få -skoler til å ta i bruk fri programvare?</strong></p> - -<p>Strategien som burde brukes sett fra mine øyne er -markedsføring. Jeg er sikker på at om flere skoler fikk et lite innsyn -i hvor bra Skolelinux er så ville de ikke nølt med å gå over fra noe -annet som koster de store summer. At skolelinux til de grader tilbyr -en så komplett løsning bure komme frem. Enten via reklamekampanjer -eller ved å sende ut folk til skoler for så å la skolenettverk -ansvarlige få teste ut hvordan Skolelinux fungerer i praksis. Om det -i tillegg ble utviklet gode websider og en emulator for å la brukere -prøve operativsystemet ville nok dette ha styrket inntrykket -betraktelig.</p> + The value of a good distro wide test suite... + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/The_value_of_a_good_distro_wide_test_suite___.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/The_value_of_a_good_distro_wide_test_suite___.html + Sat, 22 Jun 2013 07:00:00 +0200 + <p>In the <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / +Skolelinux</a> project, we include a post-installation test suite, +which check that services are running, working, and return the +expected results. It runs automatically just after the first boot on +test installations (using test ISOs), but not on production +installations (using non-test ISOs). It test that the LDAP service is +operating, Kerberos is responding, DNS is replying, file systems are +online resizable, etc, etc. And it check that the PXE service is +configured, which is the topic of this post.</p> + +<p>The last week I've fixed the DVD and USB stick ISOs for our Debian +Edu Wheezy release. These ISOs are supposed to be able to install a +complete system without any Internet connection, but for that to +happen all the needed packages need to be on them. Thanks to our test +suite, I discovered that we had forgotten to adjust our PXE setup to +cope with the new names and paths used by the netboot d-i packages. +When Internet connectivity was available, the installer fall back to +using wget to fetch d-i boot images, but when offline it require +working packages to get it working. And ad the packages changed name +from debian-installer-6.0-netboot-$arch to +debian-installer-7.0-netboot-$arch, we no longer pulled in the +packages during installation. Without our test suite, I suspect we +would never have discovered this before release. Now it is fixed +right after we got the ISOs operational.</p> + +<p>Another by-product of the test suite is that we can ask system +administrators with problems getting Debian Edu to work, to run the +test suite using <tt>/usr/sbin/debian-edu-test-install</tt> and see if +any errors are detected. This usually pinpoint the subsystem causing +the problem.</p> + +<p>If you want to help us help kids learn how to share and create, +please join us on +<a href="irc://irc.debian.org/%23debian-edu">#debian-edu on +irc.debian.org</a> and the +<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu/">debian-edu@</a> mailing +list.</p> - How to transform a Debian based system to a Debian Edu installation - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_transform_a_Debian_based_system_to_a_Debian_Edu_installation.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_transform_a_Debian_based_system_to_a_Debian_Edu_installation.html - Fri, 17 May 2013 11:50:00 +0200 - <p><a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / Skolelinux</a> is -an operating system based on Debian intended for use in schools. It -contain a turn-key solution for the computer network provided to -pupils in the primary schools. It provide both the central server, -network boot servers and desktop environments with heaps of -educational software. The project was founded almost 12 years ago, -2001-07-02. If you want to support the project, which is in need for -cash to fund developer gatherings and other project related activity, -<a href="http://www.linuxiskolen.no/slxdebianlabs/donations.html">please -donate some money</a>. - -<p>A topic that come up again and again on the Debian Edu mailing -lists and elsewhere, is the question on how to transform a Debian or -Ubuntu installation into a Debian Edu installation. It isn't very -hard, and last week I wrote a script to replicate the steps done by -the Debian Edu installer.</p> - -<p>The script, -<a href="http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/debian-edu/branches/wheezy/debian-edu-config/share/debian-edu-config/tools/debian-edu-bless?view=markup">debian-edu-bless<a/> -in the debian-edu-config package, will go through these six steps and -transform an existing Debian Wheezy or Ubuntu (untested) installation -into a Debian Edu Workstation:</p> + Debian Edu interview: Victor Nițu + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Victor_Ni_u.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Victor_Ni_u.html + Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:50:00 +0200 + <p>The <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu and +Skolelinux</a> distribution have users and contributors all around the +globe. And a while back, an enterprising young man showed up on +<a href="irc://irc.debian.org/%23debian-edu">our IRC channel +#debian-edu</a> and started asking questions about how Debian Edu +worked. We answered as good as we could, and even convinced him to +help us with translations. And today I managed to get an interview +with him, to learn more about him.</p> + +<p><strong>Who are you, and how do you spend your days?</strong></p> + +<p>I'm a 25 year old free software enthusiast, living in Romania, +which is also my country of origin. Back in 2009, at a New Year's Eve +party, I had a very nice <strike>beer</strike> discussion with a +friend, when we realized we have no organised Debian community in our +country. A few days later, we put together the infrastructure for such +community and even gathered a nice Debian-ish crowd. Since then, I +began my quest as a free software hacker and activist and I am +constantly trying to cover as much ground as possible on that +field.</p> + +<p>A few years ago I founded a small web development company, which +provided me the flexible schedule I needed so much for my +activities. For the last 13 months, I have been the Technical Director +of <a href="http://ceata.org/">Fundația Ceata</a>, which is a free +software activist organisation endorsed by the FSF and the FSFE, and +the only one we have in our country.</p> + +<p><strong>How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux / Debian Edu +project?</strong></p> + +<p>The idea of participating in the Debian Edu project was a surprise +even to me, since I never used it before I began getting involved in +it. This year I had a great opportunity to deliver a talk on +educational software, and I knew immediately where to look. It was a +love at first sight, since I was previously involved with some of the +technologies the project incorporates, and I rapidly found a lot of +ways to contribute.</p> + +<p>My first contributions consisted in translating the installer and +configuration dialogs, then I found some bugs to squash (I still +haven't fixed them yet though), and I even got my eyes on some other +areas where I can prove myself helpful. Since the appetite for free +software in my country is pretty low, I'll be happy to be the first +one around here advocating for the project's adoption in educational +environments, and maybe even get my hands dirty in creating a flavour +for our own needs. I am not used to make very advanced plannings, so +from now on, time will tell what I'll be doing next, but I think I +have a pretty consistent starting point.</p> + +<p><strong>What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux/Debian +Edu?</strong></p> + +<p>Not a long time ago, I was in the position of configuring and +maintaining a LDAP server on some Debian derivative, and I must say it +took me a while. A long time ago, I was maintaining a bigger +Samba-powered infrastructure, and I must say I spent quite a lot of +time on it. I have similar stories about many of the services included +with Skolelinux, and the main advantage I see about it is the +out-of-the box availability of them, making it quite competitive when +it comes to managing a school's network, for example.</p> + +<p>Of course, there is more to say about Skolelinux than the +availability of the software included, its flexibility in various +scenarios is something I can't wait to experiment "into the wild" (I +only played with virtual machines so far). And I am sure there is a +lot more I haven't discovered yet about it, being so new within the +project.</p> + +<p><strong>What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux / Debian +Edu?</strong></p> + +<p>As usual, when it comes to Debian Blends, I see as the biggest +disadvantage the lack of a numerous team dedicated to the +project. Every day I see the same names in the changelogs, and I have +a constantly fear of the bus factor in this story. I'd like to see +Debian Edu advertised more as an entry point into the Debian +ecosystem, especially amongst newcomers and students. IMHO there are a +lot low-hanging fruits in terms of bug squashing, and enough +opportunities to get the feeling of the Debian Project's dynamics. Not +to mention it's a very fun blend to work on!</p> + +<p>Derived from the previous statement, is the delay in catching up +with the main Debian release and documentation. This is common though +to all blends and derivatives, but it's an issue we can all work +on.</p> + +<p><strong>Which free software do you use daily?</strong></p> + +<p>I can hardly imagine myself spending a day without Vim, since my +daily routine covers writing code and hacking configuration files. I +am a fan of the Awesome window manager (but I also like the +Enlightenment project a lot!), +<a href="http://www.claws-mail.org/‎">Claws Mail</a> due to its ease of +use and very configurable behaviour. Recently I fell in love with +<a href="https://launchpad.net/redshift">Redshift</a>, which helps me +get through the night without headaches. Of course, there is much more +stuff in this bag, but I'll need a blog on my own for doing this!</p> + +<p><strong>Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to +get schools to use free software?</strong></p> + +<p>Well, on this field, I cannot do much more than experiment right +now. So, being far from having a recipe for success, I can only assume +that:</p> -<ol> +<ul> -<li>Add skolelinux related APT sources.</li> -<li>Create /etc/debian-edu/config with the wanted configuration.</li> -<li>Install debian-edu-install to load preseeding values and pull in - our configuration.</li> -<li>Preseed debconf database with profile setup in - /etc/debian-edu/config, and run tasksel to install packages - according to the profile specified in the config above, - overriding some of the Debian automation machinery.</li> -<li>Run debian-edu-cfengine-D installation to configure everything - that could not be done using preseeding.</li> -<li>Ask for a reboot to enable all the configuration changes.</li> +<li>schools would like to get rid of proprietary software</li> -</ol> +<li>students will love the openness of the system, and will want to + experiment with it - maybe we need to harvest the native curiosity + of teenagers more?</li> + +<li>there is no "right one" when it comes to strategies, but it would + be useful to have some success stories published somewhere, so + other can get some inspiration from them (I know I'd promote + them!)</li> + +<li>more active promotion - talks, conferences, even small school + lectures can do magical things if they encounter at least one + person interested. Who knows who that person might be? ;-)</li> -<p>There are some steps in the Debian Edu installation that can not be -replicated like this. Disk partitioning and LVM setup, for example. -So this script just assume there is enough disk space to install all -the needed packages.</p> +</ul> + +<p>I also see some problems in getting Skolelinux into schools; for +example, in our country we have a great deal of corruption issues, so +it might be hard(er) to fight against proprietary solutions. Also, +people who relied on commercial software for all their lives, would be +very hard to convert against their will.</p> + + + + + Debian Edu interview: Jonathan Carter + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Jonathan_Carter.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Jonathan_Carter.html + Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:50:00 +0200 + <p>There is a certain cross-over between the +<a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / Skolelinux +project</a> and <a href="http://www.edubuntu.org/">the Edubuntu +project</a>, and for example the LTSP packages in Debian are a joint +effort between the projects. One person with a foot in both camps is +Jonathan Carter, which I am now happy to present to you.</p> + +<p><strong>Who are you, and how do you spend your days?</strong></p> + +<p>I'm a South-African free software geek who lives in Cape Town. My +days vary quite a bit since I'm involved in too many things. As I'm +getting older I'm learning how to focus a bit more :)</p> + +<p>I'm also an Edubuntu contributor and I love when there are +opportunities for the Edubuntu and Debian Edu projects to benefit from +each other.</p> + +<p><strong>How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux / Debian Edu +project?</strong></p> + +<p>I've been somewhat familiar with the project before, but I think my +first direct exposure to the project was when I met Petter +[Reinholdtsen] and Knut [Yrvin] at the Edubuntu summit in 2005 in +London. They provided great feedback that helped the bootstrapping of +Edubuntu. Back then Edubuntu (and even Ubuntu) was still very new and +it was great getting input from people who have been around longer. I +was also still very excitable and said yes to everything and to this +day I have a big todo list backlog that I'm catching up with. I think +over the years the relationship between Edubuntu and Debian-Edu has +been gradually improving, although I think there's a lot that we could +still improve on in terms of working together on packages. I'm sure +we'll get there one day.</p> + +<p><strong>What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux / Debian +Edu?</strong></p> + +<p>Debian itself already has so many advantages. I could go on about +it for pages, but in essence I love that it's a very honest project +that puts its users first with no hidden agendas and also produces +very high quality work.</p> + +<p>I think the advantage of Debian Edu is that it makes many common +set-up tasks simpler so that administrators can get up and running +with a lot less effort and frustration. At the same time I think it +helps to standardise installations in schools so that it's easier for +community members and commercial suppliers to support.</p> + +<p><strong>What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux / Debian +Edu?</strong></p> + +<p>I had to re-type this one a few times because I'm trying to +separate "disadvantages" from "areas that need improvement" (which is +what I originally rambled on about)</p> + +<p>The biggest disadvantage I can think of is lack of manpower. The +project could do so much more if there were more good contributors. I +think some of the problems are external too. Free software and free +content in education is a no-brainer but it takes some time to catch +on. When you've been working with the same proprietary eco-system for +years and have gotten used to it, it can be hard to adjust to some +concepts in the free software world. It would be nice if there were +more Debian Edu consultants across the world. I'd love to be one +myself but I'm already so over-committed that it's just not possible +currently.</p> + +<p>I think the best short-term solution to that large-scale problem is +for schools to be pro-active and share their experiences and grow +their skills in-house. I'm often saddened to see how much money +educational institutions spend on 3rd party solutions that they don't +have access to after the service has ended and they could've gotten so +much more value otherwise by being more self-sustainable and +autonomous.</p> + +<p><strong>Which free software do you use daily?</strong></p> + +<p>My main laptop dual-boots between Debian and Windows 7. I was +Windows free for years but started dual-booting again last year for +some games which help me focus and relax (Starcraft II in +particular). Gaming support on Linux is improving in leaps and bounds +so I suppose I'll soon be able to regain that disk space :)</p> + +<p>Besides that I rely on Icedove, Chromium, Terminator, Byobu, irssi, +git, Tomboy, KVM, VLC and LibreOffice. Recently I've been torn on +which desktop environment I like and I'm taking some refuge in Xfce +while I figure that out. I like tools that keep things simple. I enjoy +Python and shell scripting. I went to an Arduino workshop recently and +it was awesome seeing how easy and simple the IDE software was to get +up and running in Debian compared to the users running Windows and OS +X.</p> + +<p>I also use mc which some people frown upon slightly. I got used to +using Norton Commander in the early 90's and it stuck (I think the +people who sneer at it is just jealous that they don't know how to use +it :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 trying to force it is unproductive. I also think that in +many cases it's appropriate for schools to use non-free systems and I +don't think that there's any particular moral or ethical problem with +that.</p> + +<p>I do think though that free software can already solve so so many +problems in educational institutions and it's just a shame not taking +advantage of that.</p> + +<p>I also think that some curricula need serious review. For example, +some areas of the world rely heavily on very specific versions of MS +Office, teaching students to parrot menu items instead of learning the +general concepts. I think that's very unproductive because firstly, MS +Office's interface changes drastically every few years and on top of +that it also locks in a generation to a product that might not be the +best solution for them.</p> + +<p>To answer your question, I believe that the right strategy is to +educate and inform, giving someone the information they require to +make a decision that would work for them.</p> + + + + + Fixing the Linux black screen of death on machines with Intel HD video + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Fixing_the_Linux_black_screen_of_death_on_machines_with_Intel_HD_video.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Fixing_the_Linux_black_screen_of_death_on_machines_with_Intel_HD_video.html + Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:00:00 +0200 + <p>When installing RedHat, Fedora, Debian and Ubuntu on some machines, +the screen just turn black when Linux boot, either during installation +or on first boot from the hard disk. I've seen it once in a while the +last few years, but only recently understood the cause. I've seen it +on HP laptops, and on my latest acquaintance the Packard Bell laptop. +The reason seem to be in the wiring of some laptops. The system to +control the screen background light is inverted, so when Linux try to +turn the brightness fully on, it end up turning it off instead. I do +not know which Linux drivers are affected, but this post is about the +i915 driver used by the +<a href="http://www.linlap.com/packard_bell_easynote_lv">Packard Bell +EasyNote LV</a>, Thinkpad X40 and many other laptops.</p> + +<p>The problem can be worked around two ways. Either by adding +i915.invert_brightness=1 as a kernel option, or by adding a file in +/etc/modprobe.d/ to tell modprobe to add the invert_brightness=1 +option when it load the i915 kernel module. On Debian and Ubuntu, it +can be done by running these commands as root:</p> + +<pre> +echo options i915 invert_brightness=1 | tee /etc/modprobe.d/i915.conf +update-initramfs -u -k all +</pre> + +<p>Since March 2012 there is +<a href="http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4dca20efb1a9c2efefc28ad2867e5d6c3f5e1955">a +mechanism in the Linux kernel</a> to tell the i915 driver which +hardware have this problem, and get the driver to invert the +brightness setting automatically. To use it, one need to add a row in +<a href="http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c">the +intel_quirks array</a> in the driver source +<tt>drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c</tt> (look for "<tt>static +struct intel_quirk intel_quirks</tt>"), specifying the PCI device +number (vendor number 8086 is assumed) and subdevice vendor and device +number.</p> + +<p>My Packard Bell EasyNote LV got this output from <tt>lspci +-vvnn</tt> for the video card in question:</p> -<p>The script was created to help a Debian Edu student working on -setting up <a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org">Raspberry Pi</a> as a -Debian Edu client, and using it he can take the existing -<a href="http://www.raspbian.org/FrontPage‎">Raspbian</a> installation and -transform it into a fully functioning Debian Edu Workstation (or -Roaming Workstation, or whatever :).</p> +<p><pre> +00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation \ + 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0156] \ + (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) + Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0688] + Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- \ + ParErr- Stepping- SE RR- FastB2B- DisINTx+ + Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- \ + <TAbort- <MAbort->SERR- <PERR- INTx- + Latency: 0 + Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 42 + Region 0: Memory at c2000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M] + Region 2: Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] + Region 4: I/O ports at 4000 [size=64] + Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] + Capabilities: <access denied> + Kernel driver in use: i915 +</pre></p> -<p>The default setting in the script is to create a KDE Workstation. -If a LXDE based Roaming workstation is wanted instead, modify the -PROFILE and DESKTOP values at the top to look like this instead:</p> +<p>The resulting intel_quirks entry would then look like this:</p> <p><pre> -PROFILE="Roaming-Workstation" -DESKTOP="lxde" +struct intel_quirk intel_quirks[] = { + ... + /* Packard Bell EasyNote LV11HC needs invert brightness quirk */ + { 0x0156, 0x1025, 0x0688, quirk_invert_brightness }, + ... +} </pre></p> -<p>The script could even become useful to set up Debian Edu servers in -the cloud, by starting with a virtual Debian installation at some -virtual hosting service and setting up all the services on first -boot.</p> +<p>According to the kernel module instructions (as seen using +<tt>modinfo i915</tt>), information about hardware needing the +invert_brightness flag should be sent to the +<a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel">dri-devel +(at) lists.freedesktop.org</a> mailing list to reach the kernel +developers. But my email about the laptop sent 2013-06-03 have not +yet shown up in +<a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2013-June/thread.html">the +web archive for the mailing list</a>, so I suspect they do not accept +emails from non-subscribers. Because of this, I sent my patch also to +the Debian bug tracking system instead as +<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/710938">BTS report #710938</a>, to make +sure the patch is not lost.</p> + +<p>Unfortunately, it is not enough to fix the kernel to get Laptops +with this problem working properly with Linux. If you use Gnome, your +worries should be over at this point. But if you use KDE, there is +something in KDE ignoring the invert_brightness setting and turning on +the screen during login. I've reported it to Debian as +<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/711237">BTS report #711237</a>, and +have no idea yet how to figure out exactly what subsystem is doing +this. Perhaps you can help? Perhaps you know what the Gnome +developers did to handle this, and this can give a clue to the KDE +developers? Or you know where in KDE the screen brightness is changed +during login? If so, please update the BTS report (or get in touch if +you do not know how to update BTS).</p> - Second alpha release of Debian Edu / Skolelinux based on Debian Wheezy - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Second_alpha_release_of_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_based_on_Debian_Wheezy.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Second_alpha_release_of_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_based_on_Debian_Wheezy.html - Tue, 14 May 2013 23:30:00 +0200 - <p>The <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / Skolelinux -project</a> is making great progress and made its second Wheezy based -release today. This is the release announcement:</p> + Third alpha release of Debian Edu / Skolelinux based on Debian Wheezy + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Third_alpha_release_of_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_based_on_Debian_Wheezy.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Third_alpha_release_of_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_based_on_Debian_Wheezy.html + Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:50:00 +0200 + <p>The third wheezy based alpha release of Debian Edu was wrapped up +today. This is the release announcement:</p> -<p><strong>New features for Debian Edu 7.0.0 alpha1 released -2013-05-14</strong></p> +<p><strong>New features for Debian Edu 7.0.0 alpha2 released +2013-06-10</strong></p> <p>This is the release notes for for Debian Edu / Skolelinux 7.0.0 edu -alpha1, based on <ahref="http://www.debian.org">Debian</a> with -codename "Wheezy".</p> +alpha2, based on Debian with codename "Wheezy".</p> <p><strong>About Debian Edu and Skolelinux</strong></p> -<p>Debian Edu, also known as Skolelinux, is a Linux distribution based -on Debian providing an out-of-the box environment of a completely -configured school network. Immediatly 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, DVD or USB stick all -other machines can be installed via the network.</p> - -<p>This is the first test release based on Wheezy (which currently is -not released yet). Basically this is an updated and slightly improved -version compared to the Squeeze release.</p> +<p><a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu, also known as +Skolelinux</a>, is a Linux distribution based on Debian providing an +out-of-the box environment of a completely configured school +network. Immediately after installation a school server running all +services needed for a school network is set up just waiting for users +and machines being added via GOsa², a comfortable Web-UI. A netbooting +environment is prepared using PXE, so after initial installation of +the main server from CD, DVD 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 +<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Educational_applications_included_in_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux__the_screenshot_collection____.html">more +than 60 educational software packages</a> and more are available from +the Debian archive, and schools can choose between KDE, Gnome, LXDE +and Xfce desktop environment.</p> + +<p>This is the third test release based on Debian Wheezy. Basically +this is an updated and slightly improved version compared to the +Squeeze release.</p> <p><strong>Software updates</strong></p> + <ul> - <li>Install freemind (0.9.0) by default, and stop installing vym by - default.</li> - <li>Install chromium (26.0.1410.43) by default.</li> - <li>Install goplay (0.5-1.1) to make golearn available by default.</li> - <li>Updated support for Japanese input methods, now based on - ibus-anthy.</li> + +<li>Iceweasel was updated from 10 to 17. (DSA 2699-1) +<li>Updated libxv (DSA-2674), libxvmc (DSA-2675), libxfixes (DSA-2676), libxrender (DSA-2677), mesa (DSA-2678), xserver-xorg-video-openchrome (DSA-2679), libxt (DSA-2680), libxcursor (DSA-2681), libxext (DSA-2682), libxi (DSA-2683), libxrandr (DSA-2684), libxp (DSA-2685), libxcb (DSA-2686), libfs (DSA-2687), libxres (DSA-2688), libxtst (DSA-2689), libxxf86dga (DSA-2690), libxinerama (DSA-2691), libxxf86vm (DSA-2692), libx11 (DSA-2693), chromium-browser (DSA-2695), gnutls26 (DSA-2697), wireshark (DSA-2700), krb5 (DSA-2701), telepathy-gabble (DSA-2702) and subversion (DSA-2703). +<li>Switched xrdp on thin client servers to use tightvncserver instead of xvnc4. +<li>Now install software oscilloscope xoscope by default. +<li>Now install music tools gtick, lingot and pianobooster by default. + </ul> <p><strong>Other changes</strong></p> + <ul> - <li>Switched default file system from ext3 to ext4 for speed and - reliability improvements.</li> - <li>Got rid of unwanted winbind daemon and PAM setup activated because - of <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/706434">706434</a>.</li> - <li>Extended and improved the testsuite tests to detect more possible - problems.</li> - <li>Corrected proxy handling to not set http_proxy to a bogus - direct:// URL.</li> - <li>Corrected proxy setup for diskless workstations.</li> - <li>Corrected PXE setup to use our updated udebs during installation.</li> - <li>Made installation handling of low entropy level more robust.</li> - <li>Create larger partitions for Roaming workstations and Thin client - servers, to make room for all the software installed.</li> - <li>Fix bug in Roaming workstation PAM setup, making it impossible to - log in (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/706753">706753</a>).</li> +<li>The subnet-change script is now able to change all files needing a change on the main-server when changing the IP network used. +<li>Updated translation of the installation. +<li>New Romanian translation. +<li>Fix security problem causing root and first user password to no longer show up in /var/cache/debconf/templates.dat. +<li>Fix roaming workstation setup (Closed in libpam-mklocaluser/0.8, libpam-mklocaluser/0.8~deb7u1: #706753: libpam-mklocaluser: Fail to create local user during first login). +<li>Made roaming workstation setup more robust in non-Debian Edu environments. +<li>New script debian-edu-bless to transform a Debian installation to a Debian Edu profile. +<li>Adjust Iceweasel setup to improve performance when $HOME is on NFS. +<li>More testsuite tests. +<li>Make automatic proxy configuration more robust. +<li>Adjust GOsa² GUI configuration. + +<li>Update thin client and diskless workstation setup to work with +LTSP in Wheezy.</li> + +<li>Diskless workstations now run out of the box -- no need to set +them up with GOsa².</li> + +<li>Update IMAP server setup. </li> + +<li>Fix login into Skolelinux Backup Tool (Closed in +slbackup-php/0.4.4-1: #700257: slbackup-php: Fails to submit correctly +entered password). </li> + </ul> <p><strong>Known issues</strong></p> + <ul> - <li>IP resolution for the local hostname give useless IPv6 address - (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/705900">705900</a>). Only install - libnss-myhostname on roaming workstations until it is fixed.</li> - <li>DVD images are not yet ready.</li> - <li>No mass import of user account data in GOsa (ldif or csv) - available yet (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/698840">698840</a>).</li> - <li>Missing artwork for the KDE desktop (and probably a few others).</li> - <li>KDE Debian submenu lacks icons.</li> - <li>LXDE menu lacks entry for changing GOsa password - (website). Installing gosa-desktop will be an option.</li> - <li>Backup configuration via web interface is impossible due to - password submission problem - (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/700257">700257</a>).</li> +<li>DVD binary and source images are not yet ready.</li> + +<li>No mass import of user account data in GOsa (ldif or csv) +available yet (Open in gosa/2.7.4-4: #698840: gosa-plugin-ldapmanager: +missing import feature).</li> + +<li>Missing artwork for the KDE desktop (and probably a few others). </li> + +<li>KDE Debian submenu lacks icons (Closed: #502192: menu-xdg: invents +own icon names instead of using existing). This will remain +unfixed.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Where to get it</strong></p> <p>To download the multiarch netinstall CD release you can use</p> + <ul> - <li><a href="ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu~7.0+edu0~a1-CD.iso">ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu~7.0+edu0~a1-CD.iso</a></li> - <li><a href="http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu~7.0+edu0~a1-CD.iso">http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu~7.0+edu0~a1-CD.iso</a></li> - <li>rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu~7.0+edu0~a1-CD.iso debian-edu~7.0+edu0~a1-CD.iso</li> +<li><a href="ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.0+edu0~a2-CD.iso">ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.0+edu0~a2-CD.iso</a></li> -</ul> +<li><a href="http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.0+edu0~a2-CD.iso">http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.0+edu0~a2-CD.iso</a></li> -<p>The MD5SUM of this image is: 685ed76c1aa8e44b12d3fde21faf450b</p> +<li>rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.0+edu0~a2-CD.iso .</li> -<p>The SHA1SUM of this image is: 6c874de157024da13e115bab29c068080a11ec4c</p> +</ul> + +<p>The MD5SUM of this image is: 27bbcace407743382f3c42c08dbe8178 +<br>The SHA1SUM of this image is: e35f7d7908566cd3075375b3721fa10ee420d419</p> <p><strong>How to report bugs</strong></p> -<p><a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs">http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs</a></p> - - - - - Debian, the Linux distribution of choice for LEGO designers? - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian__the_Linux_distribution_of_choice_for_LEGO_designers_.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian__the_Linux_distribution_of_choice_for_LEGO_designers_.html - Sat, 11 May 2013 20:30:00 +0200 - <P>In January, -<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/New_IRC_channel_for_LEGO_designers_using_Debian.html">I -announced a</a> new <a href="irc://irc.debian.org/%23debian-lego">IRC -channel #debian-lego</a>, for those of us in the Debian and Linux -community interested in <a href="http://www.lego.com/">LEGO</a>, the -marvellous construction system from Denmark. We also created -<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/LegoDesigners">a wiki page</a> to have -a place to take notes and write down our plans and hopes. And several -people showed up to help. I was very happy to see the effect of my -call. Since the small start, we have a debtags tag -<a href="http://debtags.debian.net/search/bytag?wl=hardware::hobby:lego">hardware::hobby:lego</a> -tag for LEGO related packages, and now count 10 packages related to -LEGO and <a href="http://mindstorms.lego.com/">Mindstorms</a>:</p> - -<p><table> -<tr><td><a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/brickos">brickos</a></td><td>alternative OS for LEGO Mindstorms RCX. Supports development in C/C++</td></tr> -<tr><td><a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/leocad">leocad</a></td><td>virtual brick CAD software</td></tr> -<tr><td><a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/libnxt">libnxt</a></td><td>utility library for talking to the LEGO Mindstorms NX</td></tr> -<tr><td><a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/lnpd">lnpd</a></td><td>daemon for LNP communication with BrickOS</td></tr> -<tr><td><a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/nbc">nbc</a></td><td>compiler for LEGO Mindstorms NXT bricks</td></tr> -<tr><td><a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/nqc">nqc</a></td><td>Not Quite C compiler for LEGO Mindstorms RCX</td></tr> -<tr><td><a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/python-nxt">python-nxt</a></td><td>python driver/interface/wrapper for the Lego Mindstorms NXT robot</td></tr> -<tr><td><a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/python-nxt-filer">python-nxt-filer</a></td><td>simple GUI to manage files on a LEGO Mindstorms NXT</td></tr> -<tr><td><a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/scratch">scratch</a></td><td>easy to use programming environment for ages 8 and up</td></tr> -<tr><td><a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/t2n">t2n</a></td><td>simple command-line tool for Lego NXT</td></tr> -</table></p> - -<p>Some of these are available in Wheezy, and all but one are -currently available in Jessie/testing. leocad is so far only -available in experimental.</p> - -<p>If you care about LEGO in Debian, please join us on IRC and help -adding the rest of the great free software tools available on Linux -for LEGO designers.</p> - - - - - Narvik sparer minst 9 millioner på å bruke Skolelinux - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Narvik_sparer_minst_9_millioner_p____bruke_Skolelinux.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Narvik_sparer_minst_9_millioner_p____bruke_Skolelinux.html - Fri, 10 May 2013 18:30:00 +0200 - <p>I fjor sommer ble jeg -<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Gladoppslag_om_Skolelinux_i_avisen_Fremover.html">gledelig -overrasket</a> over et oppslag i avisen Fremover om Narvik kommunes -bruk av <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Skolelinux</a>. Oppslaget -var basert på et notat som besvarte spørsmål fra ordfører Tor Nysæter -og rådgiver for skolesektoren, Petter Falkbu, om bruken av Skolelinux -i Narvikskolene og konstnaden ved å gå over til Windows. For litt -over en uke siden siden fikk jeg endelig bedt kommunen om å få innsyn -i dette notatet, og det ble oversendt på epost tirsdag. Jeg fikk -<a href="http://www.nuug.no/pub/offentliginnsyn/from-Narvik-kommune/2013-04-29-09:12-skolelinux-notat/PetterFalkbuogwindowsfornarvikskolen%20(L)351310.pdf">lagt -ut notatet</a> samme dag, og fikk i dag sjekket postlista til Narvik, -der jeg fant notatet som -<a href="https://www.narvik.kommune.no/innsyn.aspx?response=arkivsak_detaljer&arkivsakid=2013001023&scripturi=/innsyn.aspx&skin=infolink&Mid1=301&">sak -2013/1023</a>.</p> - -<p>Notatet forteller at Narvik ville måtte betalt minst 9 millioner -for å gå over til Windows på skolene. I tillegg dokumenterer notatet -at læreplanens krav oppfylles uten problemer ved bruk av Skolelinux. -Jeg anbefaler alle å lese de 10 sidene med gode argumenter for å kutte -unødige utgifter på IT i skoleverket. :)</p> - - - - - Debian Wheezy is out - and Debian Edu / Skolelinux should soon follow! #newinwheezy - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Wheezy_is_out___and_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_should_soon_follow___newinwheezy.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Wheezy_is_out___and_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_should_soon_follow___newinwheezy.html - Sun, 5 May 2013 07:40:00 +0200 - <p>When I woke up this morning, I was very happy to see that the -<a href="http://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130504">release announcement -for Debian Wheezy</a> was waiting in my mail box. This is a great -Debian release, and I expect to move my machines at home over to it fairly -soon.</p> - -<p>The new debian release contain heaps of new stuff, and one program -in particular make me very happy to see included. The -<a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/">Scratch</a> program, made famous by -the <a href="http://www.code.org/">Teach kids code</a> movement, is -included for the first time. Alongside similar programs like -<a href="http://edu.kde.org/kturtle/">kturtle</a> and -<a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/Turtle_Art">turtleart</a>, -it allow for visual programming where syntax errors can not happen, -and a friendly programming environment for learning to control the -computer. Scratch will also be included in the next release of Debian -Edu.</a> - -<p>And now that Wheezy is wrapped up, we can wrap up the next Debian -Edu/Skolelinux release too. The -<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu/2013/04/msg00132.html">first -alpha release</a> went out last week, and the next should soon -follow.<p> +<p><a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs">http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs</a> - Vårt konkurransebidrag til #apps4norge bruker @opnedata - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/V_rt_konkurransebidrag_til__apps4norge_bruker__opnedata.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/V_rt_konkurransebidrag_til__apps4norge_bruker__opnedata.html - Wed, 1 May 2013 23:45:00 +0200 - <p>For noen uker siden, innen fristen 2013-04-15, leverte jeg og -Morten Kjelkenes vårt bidrag til -<a href="http://www.apps4norge.no/">DIFIs apps4norge-konkurranse</a> -under lagnavnet <a href="http://www.nuug.no/">NUUG</a>s tannlegeteam. -Vi leverte følgende i idé-kategorien:</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p><strong>Tittel: Stikk innom tannlegen</strong><p> - -<p><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-05-01-tannlegeportal.jpeg"><img width="70%" src="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2013-05-01-tannlegeportal.jpeg"></a></p> - -<p><strong>Beskrivelse:</strong><p> - -<p><em>Idéen</em> - -<p>Gjøre det enklere å finne en tannlege som er praktisk for deg, der -pris og reisetid med kollektivt, til fots eller med bil er tatt med i -beregningen, ved å oppgi hvor en bor og jobber, og få forslag til -tannleger både i nærheten og på veien mellom disse stedene.</p> - -<p>Brukeren oppgir hjemmeadresse og jobbadresse, og kanskje også -barnehage. Så kan en også oppgi egen timelønn (for å beregne taps -arbeidsfortjeneste) og om en reiser med kollektivt, til fots eller -kjører bil. Så trykker en søk, og får opp en todelt side med kart og -tekstliste. I kartdelen vises aktuelle tannleger (for eksempel maks -7), og i tekstdelen er de samme tannlegene listet opp, med pris og -reisetid for kollektivtransport, og pris pluss reisekostnad hvis en -reiser med bil. En kan endre sorteringsrekkefølge for listen ved å -trykke på aktuell kolonne, og velge om en skal sortere på pris, -reisetid eller totalkostnad. Kun tannleger som tar imot nye kunder tas -i utganspunktet med i listen. Når brukeren trykker med musa en -tannlegemarkør på kartet kommer det en popup med detaljer om -tannlegen, den samme informasjonen som finnes i listen under kartet, -og lenke til mer informasjon om tannlegen.</p> - -<p>For hvert enkelt tannlegekontor er det tilgjengelig en -informasjonsside med adresse, hjemmesideurl, telefonnummer, lenke til -side for å finne reisebeskrivelse, åpningstider, etc.</p> - -<p><em>Nytteverdi for brukeren</em></p> + Is there a PHP expert in the building? Debian Edu need help! + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Is_there_a_PHP_expert_in_the_building___Debian_Edu_need_help_.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Is_there_a_PHP_expert_in_the_building___Debian_Edu_need_help_.html + Wed, 5 Jun 2013 17:50:00 +0200 + <p>Here is a call for help from the Debian Edu / Skolelinux project. +We have two problems blocking the release of the Wheezy version we +hope to get released soon. The two problems require some with PHP +skills, and we seem to lack anyone with both time and PHP skills in +the project: -<ul> -<li>sparer tid på tannlegebesøk</li> -<li>kan utnytte normal reisevei mellom hjem/jobb/barnehage</li> -<li>kan finne aktuell tannlege basert på flere kriterier</li> -<li>sile bort tannleger som ikke tar imot flere kunder</li> -<li>får kart som viser tannleger i nærheten, på tvers av kommunegrenser</li> -</ul> - -<p><em>Grad av innovasjon, nytenkning og kreativitet</em></p> - -<p>Enkel tjeneste som fokuserer på det vi selv mener er relevant ved valg -av tannlege.</p> - -<p>Tjenestekonseptet kan også brukes til andre næringer, f.eks. lege, -butikk, leiebiler, hvis en har aktuell datakilde å koble med.</p> - -<p>Skulle gjerne hatt med vurdering av tannlegene tilgjengelig, slik -at en kunne finne "flinke" tannleger basert på et eller annet -kriterium.</p> +<ol> -<p><em>Markedspotensiale - potensiale for å slå gjennom hos mange -brukere</em></p> +<li>It is impossible to log into the slbackup web interface + (slbackup-php) using the root user and password. This is + <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/700257">BTS report #700257</a>. + This used to work, but stopped working some time since Squeeze. + Perhaps some obsolete PHP feature was used?</li> -<ul> -<li>Alle som ønsker eller vurderer å skaffe seg ny tannlege, f.eks. nyinnflyttede og studenter</li> -<li>Familier med en travel hverdag</li> -</ul> +<li>It is not possible to "mass import" user lists in Gosa, neither + using ldif nor using CSV files. The feature was disabled after a + major rewrite of Gosa, and need to be ported to the new system. + This is <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/698840">BTS report + #698840</a>.</li> -<p>Felles er at den gjør tannlegen lettere tilgjengelig for de som vil spare tid eller penger.</p> - -<p><em>Samfunnsøkonomisk nytte - bidrar til å løse -samfunnsutfordringer</em></p> +</ol> -<p>Kutter tid brukt på tannlegebesøk, og penger frigjøres som kan brukes på andre områder. Oppfordrer til bedre bruk av kollektivtransport ved å gi tips om tannleger i nærheten av allerede brukt reisevei mellom hjemme og jobb når en reiser kollektivt.</p> +<p>If you can help us, please join us on IRC +(<a href="irc://irc.debian.org/%23debian-edu">#debian-edu on +irc.debian.org</a>) and provide patches via the BTS.</p> + + + + + Debian Edu interview: Cédric Boutillier + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__C_dric_Boutillier.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__C_dric_Boutillier.html + Tue, 4 Jun 2013 10:30:00 +0200 + <p>It has been a while since my last English +<a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu and Skolelinux</a> +interview last November. But the developers and translators are still +pulling along to get the Wheezy based release out the door, and this +time I managed to get an interview from one of the French translators +in the project, Cédric Boutillier.</p> + +<p><strong>Who are you, and how do you spend your days?</strong></p> + +<p>I am 34 year old. I live near Paris, France. I am an assistant +professor in probability theory. I spend my daytime teaching +mathematics at the university and doing fundamental research in +probability in connexion with combinatorics and statistical physics.</p> + +<p>I have been involved in the Debian project for a couple of years +and became Debian Developer a few months ago. I am working on Ruby +packaging, publicity and translation.</p> + +<p><strong>How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux / Debian Edu +project?</strong></p> + +<p>I came to the Debian Edu project after a call for translation of +<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Manuals">the +Debian Edu manual</a> for the release of Debian Edu Squeeze. Since +then, I have been working on updating the French translation of the +manual. + +<p>I had the opportunity to make an installation of Debian Edu in a +virtual machine when I was preparing localised version of some screen +shots for the manual. I was amazed to see it worked out of the box and +how comprehensive the list of software installed by default was.</p> + +<p>What amazed me was the complete network infrastructure directly +ready to use, which can and the nice administration interface provided +by <a href="https://oss.gonicus.de/labs/gosa/">GOsa²</a>. What pleased +me also was the fact that among the software installed by default, +there were many "traditional" educative software to learn languages, +to count, to program... but also software to develop creativity and +artistic skills with music (<a href="http://ardour.org/">Ardour</a>, +<a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/">Audacity</a>) and +movies/animation (I was especially thinking of +<a href="http://linuxstopmotion.sourceforge.net/">Stopmotion</a>).</p> + +<p>I am following the development of Debian Edu and am hanging out on +<a href="irc://irc.debian.org/%23debian-edu">#debian-edu</a>. +Unfortunately, I don't much time to get more involved in this +beautiful project.</p> + +<p><strong>What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux / Debian +Edu?</strong></p> -<p><em>X-faktor - “Det lille ekstra...”</em></p> +<p>For me, the main advantages of Skolelinux/Debian Edu are its +community of experts and its precise documentation, as well as the +fact that it provides a solution ready to use.</p> + +<p>I would add also the fact that it is based on the rock solid Debian +distribution, which ensures stability and provides a huge collection +of educational free software.</p> + +<p><strong>What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux / Debian +Edu?</strong></p> + +<p>Maybe the lack of manpower to do lobbying on the +project. Sometimes, people who need to take decisions concerning IT do +not have all the elements to evaluate properly free software +solutions. The fact that support by a company may be difficult to find +is probably a problem if the school does not have IT personnel.</p> + +<p>One can find support from a company by looking at +<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Help/ProfessionalHelp">the +wiki dokumentation</a>, where some countries already have a number of +companies providing support for Debian Edu, like Germany or +Norway. This list is easy to find readily from the manual. However, +for other countries, like France, the list is empty. I guess that +consultants proposing support for Debian would be able to provide some +support for Debian Edu as well.</p> + +<p><strong>Which free software do you use daily?</strong></p> -<p>Denne tjenesten gir det lille ekstra ved at den ikke slår opp -avstand til tannlege fra et enkelt punkt men avstand fra en reisevei, -slik at en får flere tannleger å velge imellom og kanskje kan spare -enda mer tid og penger enn en ville gjort ved å sjekke kun de nærmest -hjemme eller jobb.</p> +<p>I am using the KDE Plasma Desktop. But the pieces of software I use +most runs in a terminal: Mutt and OfflineIMAP for emails, latex for +scientific documents, mpd for music. VIM is my editor of choice. I am +also using the mathematical software +<a href="http://www.scilab.org/en/scilab/about‎">Scilab</a> and +<a href="http://www.sagemath.org/index.html‎">Sage</a> (built from +source as not completely packaged for Debian, yet). -<p>Tjenesten gir informasjonen både som kart og som tekstlig oversikt, for å sikre at blinde og svaksynte kan få tilgang til informasjonen selv om de ikke får brukt kartvisningen.</p> +<p><strong>Do you have any suggestions for teachers interested in +using the free software in Debian to teach mathematics and +statistics?</strong></p> -<p><em>Datasett brukt</em></p> +<p>I do not have any "nice" recommendations for statistics. At our +university, we use both <a href="http://www.r-project.org/‎">R</a> and +Scilab to teach statistics and probabilistic simulations. For +geometry, there are nice programs:</p> <ul> -<li><a href="http://www.hvakostertannlegen.no/">http://www.hvakostertannlegen.no/</a> -(Ikke-publisert JSON-API), se f.eks. JSON-output fra -<a href="http://www.hvakostertannlegen.no/services/klinikker/oslo/undersokelse-med-2-rontgenbilder">http://www.hvakostertannlegen.no/services/klinikker/oslo/undersokelse-med-2-rontgenbilder</a></li> - -<li>Kartdata, -<a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/">http://www.openstreetmap.org/</a> -<a href="http://mapit.nuug.no/">http://mapit.nuug.no/</a> (nabokommuner, postnummer)</li> - -<li><a href="http://labs.trafikanten.no/how-to-use-the-api.aspx">http://labs.trafikanten.no/how-to-use-the-api.aspx</a> -(reisetid med kollektivtrafikk på Østlandet), -<a href="http://data.norge.no/data/ruter-kollektivtrafikkdata">http://data.norge.no/data/ruter-kollektivtrafikkdata</a></li> +<li><a href="http://www.drgeo.eu/">drgeo</a> and +<a href="http://edu.kde.org/applications/all/kig‎">kig</a> to do +constructions in planar geometry -<li><a href="http://reiseregningen.no">http://reiseregningen.no</a> -(data om statens satser for biltransport)</li> +<li><a href="http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/software/download/kali.html">kali</a> +to discover symmetry groups (the so-called wallpapers and frieze +groups), although the interface looks a bit old.</li> -<li>Kollektivtrafikkkart, -<a href="http://öpnvkarte.de/?zoom=17&lat=59.91056&lon=10.75641&layers=BT">http://öpnvkarte.de/?zoom=17&lat=59.91056&lon=10.75641&layers=BT</a></li> - -<li>Routing med OpenStreetmap-data, -<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Routing/OnlineRouters">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Routing/OnlineRouters</a></li> - -<li>Bilveiruting med OpenStreetmap-data, <a href="http://map.project-osrm.org/">http://map.project-osrm.org/</a></li> -<li>Kollektivtrafikkruting for Norge med uviss datakilde, <a href="http://dit.no/">http://dit.no/</a></li> </ul> -<p><strong>Åpne offentlige datasett brukt i applikasjonen:</strong></p> +<p>I like also +<a href="http://edu.kde.org/applications/all/cantor">cantor</a>, which +provides a uniform interface to SciLab, Sage, +<a href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Octave‎">Octave</a>, etc...</p> + +<p><strong>Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to +get schools to use free software?</strong></p> -<ul> -<li>Reisetid med kollektivtrafikk på Østlandet</li> -</ul> +<p>My suggestions would be to</p> -<p><strong>Øvrige datasett brukt i appen/tjenesten:</strong></p> <ul> -<li>Fakta om tannleger, priser etc (upublisert JSON-API)</li> -<li>Data om statens satser for biltransport</li> -<li>Kartbilder, kartdata</li> -<li>Kommunegrenser, nabokommuner, postnummer</li> -<li>Bilveiruting med OpenStreetmap-data</li> -<li>Kollektivtrafikkkart</li> -<li>Routing med OpenStreetmap-data</li> -<li>Kollektivtrafikkruting for Norge med uviss dataopphav</li> -</ul> -<p><strong>Kategori: </strong></p> -<ul> -<li>Arbeid og velferd</li> -<li>Forbruker</li> -<li>Økonomi</li> -</ul> +<li>advertise the reduction of costs when free software is used.</li> -<p><strong>Geografi (dekningsområde for app): </strong></p> +<li>communicate about the quality of free software projects, using + well known examples like Firefox, ThunderBird and + OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice.</li> -<p>Hele landet</p> +<li>advertise the living and strong community around the project.</li> -</blockquote> +<li>show that it is not more difficult to use than any other + system.</li> -<p>Vinneren annonseres 2013-05-08 ved -<a href="http://www.apps4norge.no/arrangement/2013-05-08-invitasjon-til-prisutdeling-apps4norge-8mai-2013">prisutdelingen -hos DIFI 09:00 til 12:00</a>. Konkurransen blir hard. Det meldes at -38 apper og 50 ideer er registrert som kandidater. Jeg frykter at jeg -ikke rekker innom selv, på grunn av jobb og forpliktelser på -hjemmebanen.</p> +</ul> - First alpha release of Debian Edu / Skolelinux based on Debian Wheezy - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/First_alpha_release_of_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_based_on_Debian_Wheezy.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/First_alpha_release_of_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_based_on_Debian_Wheezy.html - Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:30:00 +0200 - <p>The Debian Edu / Skolelinux project is still going strong and made -its first Wheezy based release today. This is the release -announcement:</p> + Åpent møte på onsdag om bruken av Microsoft Exchange ved Universitetet i Oslo + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/_pent_m_te_p__onsdag_om_bruken_av_Microsoft_Exchange_ved_Universitetet_i_Oslo.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/_pent_m_te_p__onsdag_om_bruken_av_Microsoft_Exchange_ved_Universitetet_i_Oslo.html + Mon, 3 Jun 2013 14:00:00 +0200 + <p>Jeg jobber til daglig ved <a href="http://www.uio.no/">Universitetet +i Oslo</a>, en institusjon som lenge har vektlagt verdien av åpne +standarder og fri programvare. Men noe har endret seg, og for en +liten stund tilbake annonserte USIT at dagens fungerende e-postsystemet +basert på fri programvare skulle byttes ut med Microsoft Exchange og +at Microsoft Outlook skulle bli den best fungerende men antagelig ikke +eneste støttede e-postklienten. Annonseringen har ført til flere +protester og <a href="http://folk.uio.no/dssantos/nooutlookatuio/">en +underskriftskampanje</a>, initiert av Diana Santos, der så langt 253 +personer har signert. Prosjektet +<a href="http://www.usit.uio.no/prosjekter/nike/">NIKE (Ny integrert +kalender/e-post)</a> ble initiert for å se på mulige løsninger med +utgangspunkt i at en kombinert epost/kalenderløsning var påkrevd, og +prosjektet +<a href="http://www.usit.uio.no/prosjekter/nike-implementasjon/">NIKE-implementasjon</a> +er igang med å rulle ut MS Exchange ved Universitetet i Oslo.</p> + +<p>For kun kort tid siden ble det annonsert at det blir et åpent møte +med ledelsen hos universitetet i Oslo med disse planene som tema:</p> + +<p>Tid: <strong>Onsdag 2013-06-05 kl. 10:00</strong> +<br>Sted: <strong>9. etasje i Lucy Smiths hus (admin-bygget)</strong></p> + +<p> Det kan være en god plass å stille opp hvis en som meg ikke tror +valget av Microsoft Exchange som sentral epostinfrastruktur er et +heldig valg for Norges ledende forskningsuniversitet, men at en er mer +tjent med å selv +<a href="http://nuug.no/dokumenter/kronikk-friprog-itsikkerhet.shtml">beholde +kontrollen over egen infrastruktur</a>.</p> + +<p>Saken har ført til endel presseoppslag så langt. Her er de jeg har +fått med meg:</p> -<p><strong>New features for Debian Edu ~7.0.0 alpha0 released -2013-04-26</strong></p> +<ul> -<p>This is the release notes for for Debian Edu / Skolelinux ~7.0.0 -edu alpha0, based on Debian with codename "Wheezy".</p> +<li>2013-05-29 + <a href="http://universitas.no/nyhet/58462/forsvarer-nytt-it-system">Forsvarer + nytt IT-system</a> - Universitas</li> -<p><strong>About Debian Edu and Skolelinux</strong></p> +<li>2013-05-23 + <a href="http://www.uniforum.uio.no/nyheter/2013/05/uio-innforer-nytt-epost-og-kalendersystem.html">UiO + innfører nytt epost- og kalenderverktøy</a> - Uniforum</li> -<p><a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu, also known as -Skolelinux</a>, is a Linux distribution based on Debian providing an -out-of-the box environment of a completely configured school -network. Immediatly 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, DVD or USB stick all other machines can be -installed via the network.</p> -<p>This is the first test release based on Wheezy (which currently is -not released yet). Basically this is an updated and slightly improved -version compared to the Squeeze release.</p> +<li>2013-05-22 + <a href="http://universitas.no/nyhet/58424/protestgruppe-vil-stanse-it-system">Protestgruppe + vil stanse IT-system</a> - Universitas</li> -<p><strong>Software updates</strong></p> -<ul> -<li>Everything which is new in Debian Wheezy, eg: - <ul> - <li>Linux kernel 3.2.x</li> - <li>Desktop environments KDE "Plasma" 4.8.4, GNOME 3.4, and LXDE 4 - (KDE is installed by default; to choose GNOME or LXDE: see - manual.)</li> - <li>Web browser Iceweasel 10 ESR</li> - <li>LibreOffice 3.5.4</li> - <li>LTSP 5.4.2</li> - <li>GOsa 2.7.4</li> - <li>CUPS print system 1.5.3</li> - <li>Educational toolbox GCompris 12.01</li> - <li>Music creator Rosegarden 12.04</li> - <li>Image editor Gimp 2.8.2</li> - <li>Virtual universe Celestia 1.6.1</li> - <li>Virtual stargazer Stellarium 0.11.3</li> - <li>Scratch visual programming environment 1.4.0.6</li> - <li>New version of debian-installer from Debian Wheezy, see - <a href="http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/installmanual">installation - manual</a> for more details.</li> - <li>Debian Wheezy includes about 37000 packages available for - installation.</li> - <li>More information about Debian Wheezy 7.0 is provided in the - <a href="http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/releasenotes">release notes</a> and the <a href="http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/installmanual">installation manual</a>.</li> - </ul></li> -</ul> +<li>2013-05-15 + <a href="http://www.uniforum.uio.no/leserbrev/2013/uio-ma-ha-kontroll-over-sitt-eget-epostsystem.html">UiO + må ha kontroll over sitt eget epostsystem</a> - Uniforum</li> -<p><strong>Documentation</strong></p> -<ul> -<li>The (<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Wheezy">English</a>) Debian Edu Wheezy Manual is fully translated to - German, French, Italian and Danish. Partly translated versions exist - for Norwegian Bokmal and Spanish.</li> -</ul> - -<p><Strong>LDAP related changes</strong></p> -<ul> -<li>Slight changes to some objects and acls to have more types to - choose from when adding systems in GOsa. Now systems can be of type - server, workstation, printer, terminal or netdevice.</li> -</ul> - -<p><strong>Other changes</strong></p> -<ul> -<li>LTSP clients start as diskless workstation / thin client can be - configured via command line argument -- or individually adding an - entry in lts.conf or LDAP.<li> -<li>GOsa gui: Now some options that seemed to be available, but are non - functional, are greyed out (or are not clickable). Some tabs are - completely hidden to the end user, others even to the GOsa admin.</li> -</ul> - -<p><strong>Regressions</strong></p> -<ul> -<li>No mass import of user account data in GOsa (ldif or csv) available - yet.</li> -</ul> - -<p><strong>No updated artwork</strong></p> - -<ul> -<li>Updated artwork which is visible during installation, in the login - screen and as desktop wallpaper is still missing or the same as we - had for our Squeeze based release.</li> </ul> - -<p><strong>Where to get it</strong></p> -To download the multiarch netinstall CD release you can use -<ul> -<li><a href="ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/">ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/</a></li> -<li><a href="http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/">http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/</a></li> -<li>rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/wheezy/</li> -</ul> - -<p>The MD5SUM of this image is: c5e773ddafdaa4f48c409c682f598b6c</p> - -<p>The SHA1SUM of this image is: 25934fabb9b7d20235499a0a51f08ce6c54215f2</p> - -<p><strong>How to report bugs</strong></p> -<p><a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs">http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs</a></p>