Last Sunday, 2013-03-03,, Holger Levsen announced the first update -of Skolelinux / Debian Edu -based on Debian Squeeze. This is the first update since -the -initial release 2012-03-11. This is the -release -announcement email from Holger:
- -- -Hi,
- -it's my pleasure to announce the immediate availability of Debian -Edu 6.0.7+r1 ("Debian Edu Squeeze").
- -Debian Edu 6.0.7+r1 is an incremental update to Debian Edu -6.0.4+r0, containing all the changes between Debian 6.0.4 and 6.0.7 as -well Debian Edu specific bugfixes and enhancements. See below (in this -mail) for the full list of (edu) changes. Please see -http://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120311 -for more information on "Debian Edu Squeeze".
- -Images are available for download at -http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/
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- -Changes for Debian Edu 6.0.7+r1 Codename "Squeeze", released -2013-03-03:
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- -- sitesummary was updated from 0.1.3 to 0.1.8 -
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- Make Nagios configuration more robust and efficient
-- Comply with 3.X kernel
-- debian-edu-doc from 1.4~20120310~6.0.4+r0 to 1.4~20130228~6.0.7+r1 -
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- Minor updates from the wiki
-- Danish translation now complete
-- debian-edu-config from 1.453 to 1.455 -
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-- Fix /etc/hosts for LTSP diskless workstations. Closes: #699880
-- Make ltsp_local_mount script work for multiple devices.
-- Correct Kerberos user policy: don't expire password after 2 days. - Closes: #664596
-- Handle '#' characters in the root or first users password. - Closes: #664976
-- Fixes for gosa-sync: -
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- Don't fail if password contains "
-- Don't disclose new password string in syslog
-- Fixes for gosa-create: -
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- Invalidate libnss cache before applying changes
-- Multiple failures during mass user import into GOsa²
-- gosa-netgroups plugin: don't erase entries of attribute type - "memberNisNetgroup". Closes: #687256
-- First user now uses the same Kerberos policy as all other users
-- Add Danish web page
-- debian-edu-install from 1.528 to 1.530 -
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- Improve preseeding support and documentation
-End-user documentation in English is available at -http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Squeeze/ -- translations to French, Italian, Danish and German are available in -the debian-edu-doc package. (Other languages could use your help!)
- -If you want to contribute to Debian Edu, please join our -mailinglist -debian-edu@lists.debian.org! -
I am very happy to see the fruits of a year of hard work. :)
+ +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: + +
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- It is impossible to log into the slbackup web interface + (slbackup-php) using the root user and password. This is + BTS report #700257. + This used to work, but stopped working some time since Squeeze. + Perhaps some obsolete PHP feature was used? + +
- 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 BTS report + #698840. + +
If you can help us, please join us on IRC
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Do you want to set up your own TV station, schedule videos and -broadcast them on the air? Using free software? With video on demand -support using -free and -open standards? Included a web based video stream as well? And -administrate it all in your web browser from anywhere in the world? A -few years now the Norwegian public access TV-channel -Frikanalen have been building a -system to do just this. The source code for the solution is licensed -using the GNU LGPL, and -available from github.
- -The idea is simple. You upload a video file over the web, and -attach meta information to the file. You select a time slot in the -program schedule, and when the time come it is played on the air and -in the web stream. It is also made available in a video on demand -solution for anyone to see it also outside its scheduled time. All -you need to run a TV station - using your web browser.
- -There are several parts to this web based solution. I'll mention -the three most important ones. The first part is the database of -videos and the schedule. This is written in Django and include a REST -API. The current database is SQLite, but the plan is to migrate it to -PostgreSQL. At the moment this system can be tested on -beta.frikanalen.tv. The -second part is the video playout, taking the schedule information from -the database and providing a video stream to broadcast. This is done -using CasparCG from SVT and -Media Lovin' Toolkit. Video -signal distribution is handled using -Open Broadcast Encoder. The -third part is the converter, handling the transformation of uploaded -video files to a format useful for broadcasting, streaming and video -on demand. It is still very much work in progress, so it is not yet -decided what it will end up using. Note that the source of the latter -two parts are not yet pushed to github. The lead author want to clean -them up a bit more first.
- -The development is coordinated on the -#frikanalen IRC -channel (irc.freenode.net), and discussed on -the -frikanalen mailing list. The lead developer is Benjamin Bruheim -(phed on IRC). Anyone is welcome to participate in the -development.
+ +It has been a while since my last English +Debian Edu and Skolelinux +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.
+ +Who are you, and how do you spend your days?
+ +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.
+ +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.
+ +How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux / Debian Edu +project?
+ +I came to the Debian Edu project after a call for translation of +the +Debian Edu manual for the release of Debian Edu Squeeze. Since +then, I have been working on updating the French translation of the +manual. + +
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.
+ +What amazed me was the complete network infrastructure directly +ready to use, which can and the nice administration interface provided +by GOsa². 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 (Ardour, +Audacity) and +movies/animation (I was especially thinking of +Stopmotion).
+ +I am following the development of Debian Edu and am hanging out on +#debian-edu. +Unfortunately, I don't much time to get more involved in this +beautiful project.
+ +What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux / Debian +Edu?
+ +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.
+ +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.
+ +What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux / Debian +Edu?
+ +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.
+ +One can find support from a company by looking at +the +wiki dokumentation, 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.
+ +Which free software do you use daily?
+ +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 +Scilab and +Sage (built from +source as not completely packaged for Debian, yet). + +
Do you have any suggestions for teachers interested in +using the free software in Debian to teach mathematics and +statistics?
+ +I do not have any "nice" recommendations for statistics. At our +university, we use both R and +Scilab to teach statistics and probabilistic simulations. For +geometry, there are nice programs:
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- drgeo and +kig to do +constructions in planar geometry + +
- kali +to discover symmetry groups (the so-called wallpapers and frieze +groups), although the interface looks a bit old. + +
I like also +cantor, which +provides a uniform interface to SciLab, Sage, +Octave, etc...
+ +Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to +get schools to use free software?
+ +My suggestions would be to
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- advertise the reduction of costs when free software is used. + +
- communicate about the quality of free software projects, using + well known examples like Firefox, ThunderBird and + OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice. + +
- advertise the living and strong community around the project. + +
- show that it is not more difficult to use than any other + system. + +
Dr. Richard Stallman, -founder of Free Software Foundation, -is giving a -talk in Oslo March 1st 2013 17:00 to 19:00. The event is public -and organised by Norwegian Unix Users Group (NUUG) -(where I am the chair of the board) and -The Norwegian Open Source Competence -Center. The title of the talk is «The Free Software Movement and -GNU», with this description: - -
-The Free Software Movement campaigns for computer users' freedom to -cooperate and control their own computing. The Free Software Movement -developed the GNU operating system, typically used together with the -kernel Linux, specifically to make these freedoms possible. -- -
The meeting is open for everyone. Due to space limitations, the -doors opens for NUUG members at 16:15, and everyone else at 16:45. I -am really curious how many will show up. See -the event -page for the location details.
+ +Jeg jobber til daglig ved Universitetet +i Oslo, 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 en +underskriftskampanje, initiert av Diana Santos, der så langt 253 +personer har signert. Prosjektet +NIKE (Ny integrert +kalender/e-post) ble initiert for å se på mulige løsninger med +utgangspunkt i at en kombinert epost/kalenderløsning var påkrevd, og +prosjektet +NIKE-implementasjon +er igang med å rulle ut MS Exchange ved Universitetet i Oslo.
+ +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:
+ +Tid: Onsdag 2013-06-05 kl. 10:00
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Sted: 9. etasje i Lucy Smiths hus (admin-bygget)
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 +beholde +kontrollen over egen infrastruktur.
+ +Saken har ført til endel presseoppslag så langt. Her er de jeg har +fått med meg:
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- 2013-05-29 + Forsvarer + nytt IT-system - Universitas + +
- 2013-05-23 + UiO + innfører nytt epost- og kalenderverktøy - Uniforum + + +
- 2013-05-22 + Protestgruppe + vil stanse IT-system - Universitas + + +
- 2013-05-15 + UiO + må ha kontroll over sitt eget epostsystem - Uniforum + +
Etter en lang pause og travle uker har jeg endelig klart å få -samlet et nytt intervju med en av folkene i -Skolelinux-miljøet. -Denne gang er det Helge Tore Høyland, en mangeårig bidragsyter på -epostlistene og ellers i prosjektet.
- -Hvem er du, og hva driver du med til daglig?
- -Eg er IT-konsulent/teknikker hjå eit firma i Steinkjer med navn -Uno IT. Uno IT er eit lite firma som -drifter nettverk og maskiner for små og mellomstore firma -Steinkjer-området. Per dags dato er me 2 ansatte. Min faglege bakgrunn -er Fagbrev som it-teknikker, samt nokre fag innen nettverk- og -server-drift frå HiST og NTNU. Dagleg arbeid består i oppsett av nye -maskiner og hjelp til sluttbrukere, samt oppsett og vedlikehold av eit -vidt spekter av fagsystemer ute hjå kunder. Erfaring med Skolelinux -har eg hatt i forbindelse med drifting av -Bjørkly skule, ein privat -grunnskule i Namsos-området. I dag har skulen 65 elever, 15 lærere, 1 -hovedserver og ca 60 klienter som kjører halvtjukt. Eg har bygd og -driftet systemet sidan summaren 2006.
+ +Included in Debian Edu / +Skolelinux, there are quite a lot of educational software. +Created to help teachers teach, and pupils learn. We have tried to +tag them all using debtags use::learning and role::program, and using +the debtags I was happy to be able to create a collage of the +educational software packages installed by default, sorted by the +debtag field. Here it is. Click on a image to learn more about the +program.
+ + + +field::arts
+ -Hvordan kom du i kontakt med Skolelinux-prosjektet?
+field::astronomy
+ -Eg kom i kontakt med Skolelinux-prosjektet via ein artikkel i eit -fagblad, som eg ikkje lenger hugsar namnet på. I og med at eg allereie -hadde pusla med nettverk for ein annan skule, fatta eg straks -interesse for prosjektet.
+field::biology:structural
+ -Hva er fordelene med Skolelinux slik du ser det?
+field::chemistry
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Fordelane med Skolelinux er sentralisert administrasjon og svært -mange gode verktøy «ut av boksen». Veldig kjekt å kunne drifte 60 -klientar med berre å «bry» seg med ein server. Levetid for systemets -hardware er og ein veldig fin effekt. I tillegg kjem fordelar som økt -sikkerhet og mindre lisenskostnader. Etter min erfaring er det og -mykje mindre driftskostnader med eit slikt system enn konkurrerande -system, pga enkelhet med sentralisert administrasjon. På grunn av at -Skolelinux er basert på Debian er det òg svært stabilt.
+field::electronics
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Hva er ulempene med Skolelinux slik du ser det?
+field::geography
+ -Ulemper er mangel på vilje til å følge standarer ute i markedet, -som fører til mangel på støtte til nokre mykje brukte ting. Flash og -Java er typiske eksempel. Sidan Debian satsar på stabilitet framfor å -ha nyeste pakke av eit program, kan ein i nokre tilfeller kome borti -at program vert «for gamle». Det er spesielt nettlesaren som er -utsett. Mangel på vilje til å utvikle pedagogisk programvare, i Noreg, -for «alle» platformer fører òg til noko hovudbry.
+field::linguistics
+ -Hvilken fri programvare bruker du til daglig?
+field::mathematics
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Til dagleg bruker eg svært mange forskjellige «fri programvare» -program. Firefox, Thunderbird, Freecommander, ImgBurn, Clonezilla, -OCS inventory, Icinga, Skolelinux, SystemRescueCD og mykje meir.
+field::physics
+ -Hvilken strategi tror du er den rette å bruke for å få -skoler til å ta i bruk fri programvare?
+field::TODO
+ -Strategisk må ein fokusere på at sluttbruker eigentleg ikkje er så -fokusert på at det er fri programvare men at det skal «berre fungere». -Gjer det enkelt å bruker og ikkje minst å administrere. For Skolelinux -sin del må ein få eit betre fokus på overganger. Utbytting av servere -må gå meir automatisk, import og eksport av brukerbase og maskinbase -med meir må kunne gå enkelt og oppgradering til neste versjon må bli -mykje meir automatisk og gjennomtesta. Ein må unngå at ein må sette -opp frå start når ein byter ut ein server eller oppgraderer til neste -versjon. For å få Skolelinux til å bli eit betre alternativ for skular -må ein ha fokus på nettlesaren. Denne må bli «up to date» og støtte -dei protokollar og tillegg som vert brukt av forlag med meir. Etter -kvart som meir og meir blir flytta ut i «skya» vert dette viktigare og -viktigare. Ein kunne ynskje og jobbe for at forlag med fleire tar i -bruk opne standarer, men inntil det skjer, må systemet kunne brukast -mot desse fagsystema.
- -For meg har prosjektet med Skolelinux vore ein svært artig og -lærerik prosess. Miljøet rundt er ikkje enormt stort, dog stort nok, -men det er svært hjelpevillig og engasjert.
+In total, 61 applications. 3 of them lacked screen shots on +screenshot.debian.net. If +you know of some packages we should install by default, please let us +know on IRC, #debian-edu +on irc.debian.org, or our +mailing list +debian-edu@.
If you, like me, want an updated a map for your Garmin GPS, there is -now a great source of free maps available from -Frikart. To -download a map, just click on the country you are interested in, and -download the map type you want. There are 8 different maps available, -using different colours and data selection. Pick one of Roadmap, Topo -Summer, Topo Winter, Roadmap II, Topo Summer II, Topo Winter II, -"Trails - overlay map" and "Cross country - overlay map" (see the web -page for descriptions).
- -The maps are updated weekly, so if you find something wrong in the -map you can just edit the -OpenStreetmap map source -(anyone can contribute) and fetch a fixed map a week later. :)
+ +Two days ago, I asked +how +I could install Linux on a Packard Bell EasyNote LV computer +preinstalled with Windows 8. 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.
+ +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.
+ +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.
+ +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?
+ +I've updated the +Linux Laptop +wiki page for Packard Bell EasyNote LV, to ensure the next person +do not have to struggle as much as I did to get Linux into the +machine.
+ +Thanks to Bob Rosbag, Florian Weimer, Philipp Kern, Ben Hutching, +Michael Tokarev and others for feedback and ideas.
Here in Norway, electronic invoices are spreading, and the -solution promoted -by the Norwegian government require that invoices are sent through -one of the approved facilitators, and it is not possible to send -electronic invoices without an agreement with one of these -facilitators. This seem like a needless limitation to be able to -transfer invoice information between buyers and sellers. My preferred -solution would be to just transfer the invoice information directly -between seller and buyer, for example using SMTP, or some HTTP based -protocol like REST or SOAP. But this might also be overkill, as the -"electronic" information can be transferred using paper invoices too, -using a simple bar code. My bar code encoding of choice would be QR -codes, as this encoding can be read by any smart phone out there. The -content of the code could be anything, but I would go with -the vCard format, as -it too is supported by a lot of computer equipment these days.
- -The vCard format support extentions, and the invoice specific -information can be included using such extentions. For example an -invoice from SLX Debian Labs (picked because we -ask -for donations to the Debian Edu project and thus have bank account -information publicly available) for NOK 1000.00 could have these extra -fields:
- --X-INVOICE-NUMBER:1 -X-INVOICE-AMOUNT:NOK1000.00 -X-INVOICE-KID:123412341234 -X-INVOICE-MSG:Donation to Debian Edu -X-BANK-ACCOUNT-NUMBER:16040884339 -X-BANK-IBAN-NUMBER:NO8516040884339 -X-BANK-SWIFT-NUMBER:DNBANOKKXXX -- -
The X-BANK-ACCOUNT-NUMBER field was proposed in a stackoverflow -answer regarding -how -to put bank account information into a vCard. For payments in -Norway, either X-INVOICE-KID (payment ID) or X-INVOICE-MSG could be -used to pass on information to the seller when paying the invoice.
- -The complete vCard could look like this:
- --BEGIN:VCARD -VERSION:2.1 -ORG:SLX Debian Labs Foundation -ADR;WORK:;;Gunnar Schjelderups vei 29D;OSLO;;0485;Norway -URL;WORK:http://www.linuxiskolen.no/slxdebianlabs/ -EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:sdl-styret@rt.nuug.no -REV:20130212T095000Z -X-INVOICE-NUMBER:1 -X-INVOICE-AMOUNT:NOK1000.00 -X-INVOICE-MSG:Donation to Debian Edu -X-BANK-ACCOUNT-NUMBER:16040884339 -X-BANK-IBAN-NUMBER:NO8516040884339 -X-BANK-SWIFT-NUMBER:DNBANOKKXXX -END:VCARD -- -
The resulting QR code created using -qrencode would look -like this, and should be readable (and thus checkable) by any smart -phone, or for example the zbar -bar code reader and feed right into the approval and accounting -system.
- -The extension fields will most likely not show up in any normal -vCard reader, so those parts would have to go directly into a system -handling invoices. I am a bit unsure how vCards without name parts -are handled, but a simple test indicate that this work just fine.
- -Update 2013-02-12 11:30: Added KID to the proposal -based on feedback from Sturle Sunde.
+ +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.
+ +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.
+ +I have gathered my findings so far on a Linlap page about the +Packard Bell +EasyNote LV 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.
+ +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?
For et halvt år siden -satte -jeg opp et system for å lage en database med informasjon om -offentlige anbud fra Doffin ved -hjelp av -Scraperwiki. Nå er databasen så vidt jeg kan se komplett, med -data helt tilbake til 2008. Her er litt statistikk over -antall -anbud publisert hver måned:
- -Publiseringsmåned | Antall |
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2013-01 | 1015 |
2012-12 | 756 |
2012-11 | 979 |
2012-10 | 1093 |
2012-09 | 1023 |
2012-08 | 951 |
2012-07 | 1103 |
2012-06 | 1334 |
2012-05 | 1435 |
2012-04 | 1169 |
2012-03 | 1573 |
2012-02 | 1335 |
2012-01 | 1147 |
2011-12 | 1045 |
2011-11 | 1114 |
2011-10 | 1230 |
2011-09 | 1165 |
2011-08 | 966 |
2011-07 | 1148 |
2011-06 | 1410 |
2011-05 | 1536 |
2011-04 | 1350 |
2011-03 | 1574 |
2011-02 | 1370 |
2011-01 | 1049 |
2010-12 | 992 |
2010-11 | 1089 |
2010-10 | 1110 |
2010-09 | 1132 |
2010-08 | 883 |
2010-07 | 1126 |
2010-06 | 1440 |
2010-05 | 1236 |
2010-04 | 1249 |
2010-03 | 1556 |
2010-02 | 1256 |
2010-01 | 1140 |
2009-12 | 1013 |
2009-11 | 1220 |
2009-10 | 1320 |
2009-09 | 1294 |
2009-08 | 953 |
2009-07 | 1162 |
2009-06 | 1605 |
2009-05 | 1568 |
2009-04 | 1522 |
2009-03 | 1599 |
2009-02 | 1376 |
2009-01 | 1080 |
2008-12 | 1028 |
2008-11 | 949 |
2008-10 | 1047 |
2008-09 | 965 |
2008-08 | 725 |
2008-07 | 1015 |
2008-06 | 1304 |
2008-05 | 323 |
En ting +Skolelinux-prosjektet har +hatt mye glede av er studentprosjekter. F.eks. er +stillbildeanimasjonssystemet +Stopmotion resultat av et studentprosjekt i Skolelinux. De siste +månedene har en ivrig student veiledet av Marius Kotsbak i +FRiSK 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.
-Her er tilsvarende -tall -per år, som viser en liten nedgang i antall anbud:
- -Publiseringsår | Antall |
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2012 | 13898 |
2011 | 14957 |
2010 | 14209 |
2009 | 15712 |
2008 | 7356 |
Hvem er du, og hva driver du med til daglig?
+ +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.
+ +Hvordan kom du i kontakt med Skolelinux-prosjektet?
+ +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 +Raspberry PI. 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 +Raspian. 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. + +
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.
+ +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 +BerryTerminal for å få til +dette.
+ +Hva er fordelene med Skolelinux slik du ser det?
+ +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.
+ +Hva er ulempene med Skolelinux slik du ser det?
+ +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 +Ubuntu 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.
+ +Hvilken fri programvare bruker du til daglig?
+ +Til daglig er jeg en flittig bruker av det åpne media +sentersystemet XBMC. 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.
-Jeg droppet den ufullstendige måneden og året fra tabellen. Se -lenken for oppdaterte tall.
+Hvilken strategi tror du er den rette å bruke for å få +skoler til å ta i bruk fri programvare?
+ +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.
With kids in the house, one challenge is getting them to sleep -during the night and wake up when it is morning. I mean, when I -believe it is morning, and not two hours earlier. In our household we -have decided that 07:00 is the turning point, but getting the kids to -sleep until 07:00 is a small challenge every day. They have adapted -quite well, and rarely wake up at 05:00 any more, but some times wake -up at times like 05:50, 06:15, 06:30 or 06:45, and it is hard to put -the awake one to bed again without disturbing and waking the rest. -And I understand perfectly well that they fail to sleep until 07:00 -some times, as there is no way for them to know if it is before or -after the magic moment without coming and asking us parents.
- -But yesterday I came up with a method to solve this problem. It -involve home automation. A few years ago I bought a -Tellstick and RF -switches at the local Clas -Ohlson shop, allowing me to control lights and other electrical -gadgets using my Linux server. When I moved from the old flat to a -small house, I put away all this equipment as most of the lighting in -the house was not using wall sockets and thus not easy to connect to -the gadgets I had. But recently I bought a -Tellstick -Net to be able to read sensor input as well as control power -sockets. I want to control ovens in the basement to avoid the pipes -to freeze, and monitor the humidity to detect flooding. The default -setup for Tellstick Net is to be controlled by the vendor web service, -which to me is a security problem, but it is also possible to build -ones own -firmware -with local access instead of being controlled by a Swedish -company, thanks to the release of the GPL licensed firmware source -code. I plan to get that running before I let it control anything -important. But while working on this, one idea to make it easier for -the kids came to me yesterday. We can set up a night light controlled -by the computer, and turn it automatically on at 07:00. The kids can -then check the light in the morning to know if they are supposed to -get up or not. They joined me in setting everything up, and I -repeated the concept several times before bed times to make sure they -remembered to check the light before getting up in the morning.
- -We tested it this morning, and all the kids stayed in bed until -after 07:00, and every one of them commented on the fact that the -"morning light" was turned on and signalled that the morning had -arrived. So this look like a success, and I am excited to see how -this develops the next few days. :) I really hope this can allow us -all to sleep a bit longer in the morning.
- -A nice advantage of this setup is that we can remote control when -to tell the kids to get up. We do not have to wait until 07:00, and -can also delay it if we want to.
+ +Debian Edu / Skolelinux 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, +please +donate some money. + +
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.
+ +The script, +debian-edu-bless +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:
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- Add skolelinux related APT sources. +
- Create /etc/debian-edu/config with the wanted configuration. +
- Install debian-edu-install to load preseeding values and pull in + our configuration. +
- 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. +
- Run debian-edu-cfengine-D installation to configure everything + that could not be done using preseeding. +
- Ask for a reboot to enable all the configuration changes. + +
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.
+ +The script was created to help a Debian Edu student working on +setting up Raspberry Pi as a +Debian Edu client, and using it he can take the existing +Raspbian installation and +transform it into a fully functioning Debian Edu Workstation (or +Roaming Workstation, or whatever :).
+ +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:
+ ++PROFILE="Roaming-Workstation" +DESKTOP="lxde" ++ +
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.
Nytt stortingsvalg er på trappene, og folket får igjen mulighet til -å påvirke sammensetningen i vår lovgivende forsamling. Da er det -relevant å vite hvilke representanter og partier som har støttet -innføringen av brev- og besøkskontroll av hele den norske -befolkningen, det vil si datalagringsdirektivet.
- -Hvis du vil vite hva hver enkelt stortingsrepresentant har stemt i -stortingsvoteringene om datalagringsdirektivet, så har nettstedet til -Holder De Ord den (så vidt jeg -vet) eneste komplette oversikten på sin temaside om -innføringen -av datalagringsdirektivet. Den har detaljene fra de 11 relevante -forslagene som har vært fremmet så lagt. De har vært votert over -2011-04-04, 2011-04-11, 2012-06-11, 2012-10-05 og 2012-12-06.
- -Hvis du lurer på hva som er problemet med datalagringsdirektivet, -anbefaler jeg å lese artiklene -fra Jon Wessel-Aas om temaet, samt informasjon fra foreningen -Digitalt -Personvern.
+ +The Debian Edu / Skolelinux +project is making great progress and made its second Wheezy based +release today. This is the release announcement:
+ +New features for Debian Edu 7.0.0 alpha1 released +2013-05-14
+ +This is the release notes for for Debian Edu / Skolelinux 7.0.0 edu +alpha1, based on Debian with +codename "Wheezy".
+ +About Debian Edu and Skolelinux
+ +Debian Edu, also known as Skolelinux, is a Linux distribution based +on Debian providing an out-of-the box environment of a completely +configured school network. 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.
+ +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.
+ +Software updates
+-
+
- Install freemind (0.9.0) by default, and stop installing vym by + default. +
- Install chromium (26.0.1410.43) by default. +
- Install goplay (0.5-1.1) to make golearn available by default. +
- Updated support for Japanese input methods, now based on + ibus-anthy. +
Other changes
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- Switched default file system from ext3 to ext4 for speed and + reliability improvements. +
- Got rid of unwanted winbind daemon and PAM setup activated because + of 706434. +
- Extended and improved the testsuite tests to detect more possible + problems. +
- Corrected proxy handling to not set http_proxy to a bogus + direct:// URL. +
- Corrected proxy setup for diskless workstations. +
- Corrected PXE setup to use our updated udebs during installation. +
- Made installation handling of low entropy level more robust. +
- Create larger partitions for Roaming workstations and Thin client + servers, to make room for all the software installed. +
- Fix bug in Roaming workstation PAM setup, making it impossible to + log in (706753). +
Known issues
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- IP resolution for the local hostname give useless IPv6 address + (705900). Only install + libnss-myhostname on roaming workstations until it is fixed. +
- DVD images are not yet ready. +
- No mass import of user account data in GOsa (ldif or csv) + available yet (698840). +
- Missing artwork for the KDE desktop (and probably a few others). +
- KDE Debian submenu lacks icons. +
- LXDE menu lacks entry for changing GOsa password + (website). Installing gosa-desktop will be an option. +
- Backup configuration via web interface is impossible due to + password submission problem + (700257). + +
Where to get it
+ +To download the multiarch netinstall CD release you can use
+-
+
+
- ftp://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 +
- rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu~7.0+edu0~a1-CD.iso debian-edu~7.0+edu0~a1-CD.iso + +
The MD5SUM of this image is: 685ed76c1aa8e44b12d3fde21faf450b
+ +The SHA1SUM of this image is: 6c874de157024da13e115bab29c068080a11ec4c
+ +How to report bugs
+ +Jeg ser med gru at Arbeiderpartiet, Høyre og Fremskrittspartiet -applauderer -tollvesenets forslag om å øke overvåkningen i Norge nok et hakk. -Det er ikke så rart, da de som uttaler seg jo også har støttet -innføringen av datalagringsdirektivet eller i hvert fall ikke veldig -aktivt har motarbeidet det. Innføringen av datalagringsdirektivet er -en lovendring som innebærer brev og besøkskontroll for hele -befolkningen.
- -Datalagringsdirektivet -har vært oppe til votering i stortinget tre ganger så langt. Det ble -vedtatt første gang 2011-04-04 -og -andre -gang 2011-04-11 (lovendringer voteres to ganger), og forslag om å -stoppe loven ble -nedstemt -2012-12-06 (se også -oversikt fra Holder De -Ord).
- -Jan Bøhler i Arbeiderpartiet stemte for å innføre -datalagringsdirektivet i lovverket i første votering, var ikke -tilstede i andre votering og støttet loven i tredje votering. André -Oktay Dahl i Høyre var ikke til stede i første og andre votering men -støttet loven i tredje votering. Ulf Leirstein i Fremskrittspartiet -stemte mot loven i første votering men var ikke til stede i andre og -tredje votering.
- -Hvis du lurer på hva som er problemet med datalagringsdirektivet, -anbefaler jeg å lese artiklene -fra Jon Wessel-Aas om temaet, samt informasjon fra foreningen -Digitalt -Personvern.
- -Oppdatering 2013-03-09: Endret lenke til Holder De -Ord, som har byttet mange lenker i forbindelse med import av -voteringsdata for 2010-2011.
+ +In January, +I +announced a new IRC +channel #debian-lego, for those of us in the Debian and Linux +community interested in LEGO, the +marvellous construction system from Denmark. We also created +a wiki page 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 +hardware::hobby:lego +tag for LEGO related packages, and now count 10 packages related to +LEGO and Mindstorms:
+ +brickos | alternative OS for LEGO Mindstorms RCX. Supports development in C/C++ |
leocad | virtual brick CAD software |
libnxt | utility library for talking to the LEGO Mindstorms NX |
lnpd | daemon for LNP communication with BrickOS |
nbc | compiler for LEGO Mindstorms NXT bricks |
nqc | Not Quite C compiler for LEGO Mindstorms RCX |
python-nxt | python driver/interface/wrapper for the Lego Mindstorms NXT robot |
python-nxt-filer | simple GUI to manage files on a LEGO Mindstorms NXT |
scratch | easy to use programming environment for ages 8 and up |
t2n | simple command-line tool for Lego NXT |
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.
+ +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.