- I'm going to the Open Source Developers' Conference Nordic 2015!
+ First Jessie based Debian Edu beta release
- 7th April 2015
+ 26th April 2015
-
@@ -66,14 +227,15 @@ submitted and accepted so far.
Debian Edu interview: Shirish Agarwal
I am happy to let you all know that I'm going to the Open Source Developers' -Conference Nordic 2015!
+I am happy to report that the Debian Edu team sent out +this +announcement today:
-It take place Friday 8th to Sunday 10th of May in Oslo next to -where I work, and I finally got around to submitting -a talk proposal for -it (dead link for most people until the talk is accepted). As -part of my involvement with the -Norwegian Unix User Group member -association I have been slightly involved in the planning of this -conference for a while now, with a focus on organising a Civic Hacking -Hackathon with our friends -over at mySociety and -Holder de ord. This part is -named the 'My Society' track in the program. There is still space for -more talks and participants. I hope to see you there.
++the Debian Edu / Skolelinux project is pleased to announce the first +*beta* release of Debian Edu "Jessie" 8.0+edu0~b1, which for the first +time is composed entirely of packages from the current Debian stable +release, Debian 8 "Jessie". -Check out the talks -submitted and accepted so far.
+(As most reading this will know, Debian "Jessie" hasn't actually been +released by now. The release is still in progress but should finish +later today ;) + +We expect to make a final release of Debian Edu "Jessie" in the coming +weeks, timed with the first point release of Debian Jessie. Upgrades +from this beta release of Debian Edu Jessie to the final release will +be possible and encouraged! + +Please report feedback to debian-edu@lists.debian.org and/or submit +bugs: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs + +Debian Edu - sometimes also known as "Skolelinux" - is a complete +operating system for schools, universities and other +organisations. Through its pre- prepared installation profiles +administrators can install servers, workstations and laptops which +will work in harmony on the school network. With Debian Edu, the +teachers themselves or their technical support staff can roll out a +complete multi-user, multi-machine study environment within hours or +days. + +Debian Edu is already in use at several hundred schools all over the +world, particularly in Germany, Spain and Norway. Installations come +with hundreds of applications pre-installed, plus the whole Debian +archive of thousands of compatible packages within easy reach. + +For those who want to give Debian Edu Jessie a try, download and +installation instructions are available, including detailed +instructions in the manual explaining the first steps, such as setting +up a network or adding users. Please note that the password for the +user your prompted for during installation must have a length of at +least 5 characters! + +== Where to download == + +A multi-architecture CD / usbstick image (649 MiB) for network booting +can be downloaded at the following locations: + + http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0+edu0~b1-CD.iso + rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0+edu0~b1-CD.iso . + +The SHA1SUM of this image is: 54a524d16246cddd8d2cfd6ea52f2dd78c47ee0a + +Alternatively an extended DVD / usbstick image (4.9 GiB) is also +available, with more software included (saving additional download +time): + + http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0+edu0~b1-USB.iso + rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/debian-edu-8.0+edu0~b1-USB.iso + +The SHA1SUM of this image is: fb1f1504a490c077a48653898f9d6a461cb3c636 + +Sources are available from the Debian archive, see +http://ftp.debian.org/debian-cd/8.0.0/source/ for some download +options. + +== Debian Edu Jessie manual in seven languages == + +Please see https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Jessie/ for +the English version of the Debian Edu jessie manual. + +This manual has been fully translated to German, French, Italian, +Danish, Dutch and Norwegian Bokmål. A partly translated version exists +for Spanish. See http://maintainer.skolelinux.org/debian-edu-doc/ for +online version of the translated manual. + +More information about Debian 8 "Jessie" itself is provided in the +release notes and the installation manual: +- http://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/releasenotes +- http://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/installmanual + + +== Errata / known problems == + + It takes up to 15 minutes for a changed hostname to be updated via + DHCP (#780461). + + The hostname script fails to update LTSP server hostname (#783087). + +Workaround: run update-hostname-from-ip on the client to update the +hostname immediately. + +Check https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Status/Jessie for a possibly +more current and complete list. + +== Some more details about Debian Edu 8.0+edu0~b1 Codename Jessie released 2015-04-25 == + +=== Software updates === + +Everything which is new in Debian 8 Jessie, e.g.: + + * Linux kernel 3.16.7-ctk9; for the i386 architecture, support for + i486 processors has been dropped; oldest supported ones: i586 (like + Intel Pentium and AMD K5). + + * Desktop environments KDE Plasma Workspaces 4.11.13, GNOME 3.14, + Xfce 4.12, LXDE 0.5.6 + * new optional desktop environment: MATE 1.8 + * KDE Plasma Workspaces is installed by default; to choose one of + the others see the manual. + * the browsers Iceweasel 31 ESR and Chromium 41 + * LibreOffice 4.3.3 + * GOsa 2.7.4 + * LTSP 5.5.4 + * CUPS print system 1.7.5 + * new boot framework: systemd + * Educational toolbox GCompris 14.12 + * Music creator Rosegarden 14.02 + * Image editor Gimp 2.8.14 + * Virtual stargazer Stellarium 0.13.1 + * golearn 0.9 + * tuxpaint 0.9.22 + * New version of debian-installer from Debian Jessie. + * Debian Jessie includes about 43000 packages available for installation. + * More information about Debian 8 Jessie is provided in its release + notes and the installation manual, see the link above. + +=== Installation changes === + + Installations done via PXE now also install firmware automatically + for the hardware present. + +=== Fixed bugs === + +A number of bugs have been fixed in this release; the most noticeable +from a user perspective: + + * Inserting incorrect DNS information in Gosa will no longer break + DNS completely, but instead stop DNS updates until the incorrect + information is corrected (710362) + + * shutdown-at-night now shuts the system down if gdm3 is used (775608). + +=== Sugar desktop removed === + +As the Sugar desktop was removed from Debian Jessie, it is also not +available in Debian Edu jessie. + + +== About Debian Edu / Skolelinux == + +Debian Edu, also known as Skolelinux, is a Linux distribution based on +Debian providing an out-of-the box environment of a completely +configured school network. Directly after installation a school server +running all services needed for a school network is set up just +waiting for users and machines being added via GOsa², a comfortable +Web-UI. A netbooting environment is prepared using PXE, so after +initial installation of the main server from CD or USB stick all other +machines can be installed via the network. The provided school server +provides LDAP database and Kerberos authentication service, +centralized home directories, DHCP server, web proxy and many other +services. The desktop contains more than 60 educational software +packages and more are available from the Debian archive, and schools +can choose between KDE, GNOME, LXDE, Xfce and MATE desktop +environment. + +== About Debian == + +The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly +free community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of +the largest and most influential open source projects. Thousands of +volunteers from all over the world work together to create and +maintain Debian software. Available in 70 languages, and supporting a +huge range of computer types, Debian calls itself the universal +operating system. + +== Thanks == + +Thanks to everyone making Debian and Debian Edu / Skolelinux happen! +You rock. +